The Esso Golden Ring is slated for January 20-22, 2023.
We will be working on updating our application form, it will be available in the fall. Please do not contact the office for application info.
The Esso Golden Ring is slated for January 20-22, 2023.
We will be working on updating our application form, it will be available in the fall. Please do not contact the office for application info.
The organizing committee cancelled the tournament because we were growing concerned with our ability to manage our resources going in. The health and safety of our participants, is of course, of utmost importance. With the Omicron variant increasing in case numbers, it was leading to more and more individuals who were faced with mandated isolation requirements. We couldn’t predict which teams would be forced to withdraw, which pools/divisions would be left short, and whether we would be able to replace any volunteer or refereeing shifts left empty. We didn’t want participants spending their time and money coming to a tournament where their risk of contracting COVID-19 was higher and which we weren’t confident would meet their expectations. Specifically:
We had 163 teams slated to compete in the Esso Golden Ring, that’s over 2,200 players and 979 coaching staff. If we include officiating staff, volunteers and participants we are looking at well over 5,000 individuals involved with the event. Of the teams registered to participate 46 were travelling from within Alberta to Calgary and 18 were from out of province. Managing all the different aspects of such a large tournament is a completely different animal than a tournament held in one or two facilities, or a mini-series with six teams from Calgary.
We believe team sports and physical activity are an important part of youth well-being. We have had a regular season to date with many tournaments that were held so far this year and it’s just really unfortunate timing for Esso Golden Ring. League games are continuing but they are spread out over a longer period of time and can react and adjust more readily.
We would like to thank our major sponsor Imperial for standing by our decision and giving us their support. They are truly the best sponsor we could ask for as they are able to recognize that a tournament of this magnitude is virtually impossible in the current environment.
Thank you to our tournament organizing committee, our volunteers and the facilities that were very understanding of our decision to cancel the tournament.
Given the uncertainty surrounding recent COVID-19 developments, the EGRT committee has determined that cancelling the tournament is the best course of action. The EGRT committee strives to support the safety of participants, volunteers, spectators, officials and facility staff and to assist in limiting the spread of COVID-19. With a tournament of this size, we are not able to quickly react and adequately respond to the unpredictable scenarios COVID-19 may present and we do not want to compromise the caliber of event that participants have come to expect when attending the Esso Golden Ring.
Gold Medalists | Silver Medalists | |||
U10S3 | Cal BV Reign | 7 | Cal BV Ring Robbers | 1 |
U12A | Cal BV Edge | 7 | Cal BV Crossfire | 0 |
U12B | Regina Predators | 8 | Cal BV Toxic Rush | 4 |
U12C | Cal BV Nightmare | 2 | Cal BV Ice Dragons | 1 |
U14AA | Zone 2 Blaze | 3 | Buffalo Plains Rush | 2 |
U14A | Cal NW Rampage | 6 | Regina Aces | 5 |
U14B | Cal NW Mayhem | 6 | Buffalo Plains Chaos | 5 |
U14C | Cal BV Eclipse | 1 | S Cal Thunderstruck | 0 |
U16AA | St Albert Mission | 5 | Calgary Peak | 1 |
U16A | Cal NW Forte | 7 | Vernon Venom | 2 |
U16B | Buffalo Plains Blitz | 6 | Cal NW Nitro | 2 |
U19AA | Calgary Blade | 8 | Spruce Grove Riot | 7 |
U19A | Cal BV Blue | 5 | Cal BV Elite | 3 |
U19B | Buffalo Plains Phantoms | 7 | Cal BV Impulse | 0 |
Level | Calgary teams |
AB | BC | SK | MB | total out of town |
# in draw |
# of games |
AS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||||
U10-1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 24 | |||
U10-2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
U10-3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 15 | ||||
U12 A | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | |||
U12 B | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 31 | ||
U12 C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | |||
U14 AA | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
U14 A | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | ||
U14 B | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 25 | ||
U14 C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | |||
U16 AA | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |
U16 A | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |
U16 B | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 25 | |
U19 AA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
U19 A | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | ||
U19 B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | ||
Open AA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
totals | 106 | 39 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 67 | 173 | 340 |
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