Brock has a ringette team? Who knew?
Marc MacDonald
Issue date: 2/27/07 Section: Sports
My reaction, along with several others, was the same: "We have a ringette team?"
Evolving out of a shinny league team in the Niagara Region, Brock student Elysia Muise, put together a team to represent Brock at the University Ringette Challenge Cup.
The only university tournament available for the team, the Ringette Challenge Cup was held in Ottawa earlier in the year and had representatives from Carleton, Laurentian, Waterloo, Calgary, Ottawa, Trent, Alberta and Manitoba.
The Brock team fared decent, going 3-4 for the tournament, positing victories over Carleton twice and Laurentian.
Of course we all know that being a female athlete is not as easy as being a male one, and trying to get a sport dedicated predominantly towards girls off the ground can be a daunting task.
With costs involved in all aspects, from promotion to ice time, Muise and the Brock squad were not deterred, relying on sponsors and their own grit and determination to put together a few bucks to continue the sport they all love.
"All the money we raised for our tournament was through sponsorship and other work we did," said Muise. "We raked leaves in the fall to raise some money for our team, we don't get any funding from the school.
"This year we rented one van, and I drove up, so funding [from the school] would definitely help, especially if the tournament wasn't in Ontario. Carleton gave their team $2,500 for their efforts in the tournament, so some help from the school would definitely be nice."
Of course getting funding from the school would help matters tremendously, but it is understandable as to why a team without varsity status would be denied. It's not so much the money that had Muise a little perturbed, as it was the denial to use the Badgers logo and name for their team.
"We had to go through the school to go to the tournament, but we weren't allowed to use the Badgers name.
"It was disappointing, because we are Brock University, and when you think Brock sports, you think Badgers, so it was kind of hard."
Evolving out of a shinny league team in the Niagara Region, Brock student Elysia Muise, put together a team to represent Brock at the University Ringette Challenge Cup.
The only university tournament available for the team, the Ringette Challenge Cup was held in Ottawa earlier in the year and had representatives from Carleton, Laurentian, Waterloo, Calgary, Ottawa, Trent, Alberta and Manitoba.
The Brock team fared decent, going 3-4 for the tournament, positing victories over Carleton twice and Laurentian.
Of course we all know that being a female athlete is not as easy as being a male one, and trying to get a sport dedicated predominantly towards girls off the ground can be a daunting task.
With costs involved in all aspects, from promotion to ice time, Muise and the Brock squad were not deterred, relying on sponsors and their own grit and determination to put together a few bucks to continue the sport they all love.
"All the money we raised for our tournament was through sponsorship and other work we did," said Muise. "We raked leaves in the fall to raise some money for our team, we don't get any funding from the school.
"This year we rented one van, and I drove up, so funding [from the school] would definitely help, especially if the tournament wasn't in Ontario. Carleton gave their team $2,500 for their efforts in the tournament, so some help from the school would definitely be nice."
Of course getting funding from the school would help matters tremendously, but it is understandable as to why a team without varsity status would be denied. It's not so much the money that had Muise a little perturbed, as it was the denial to use the Badgers logo and name for their team.
"We had to go through the school to go to the tournament, but we weren't allowed to use the Badgers name.
"It was disappointing, because we are Brock University, and when you think Brock sports, you think Badgers, so it was kind of hard."
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Christina
posted 5/01/09 @ 2:15 PM EST
So Brock does have a ringette team, which is awesome because I think I'm going there in the fall. I love to play and now that there is a team I'm super excited. (Continued…)
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