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Esso Golden Ring

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Save the Date!

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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.

Updates will be posted here as soon as more information is available.

Update

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Looking for More Information on Why We Cancelled?

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:

  • If a team withdrew due to COVID, our options for teams to replace them was small because of the high participation rate of teams from Alberta.
  • If teams withdrew, their games would be forfeited to their opponent. It could have meant that an opponent would not get to play their guaranteed 3 or 4 games despite having spent thousands of dollars to attend.
  • We would expect that our volunteers follow AB Health recommendations and stay home if they are exhibiting symptoms and with over 400 volunteer shifts spread out over 15 different facilities the task of ensuring our facilities were staffed and tournament supplies were available at each of the facilities was insurmountable.
  • Esso Golden Ring requires a large number of officials to work all levels of games. Every year we require more officials than we
    have in Alberta and we recruit officials from across Canada. We do not have an extensive back up system in place to replace numerous officials who may be required to stay home.

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.

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We are devastated to announce the cancellation of the 2022 Esso Golden Ring 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.

2021 Esso Golden Ring

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2020 Champions

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  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

Thank You!

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Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who helped make
the 34th Annual Esso Golden Ring a success!

We couldn't do it without you!
A special Thanks to the hard working
Tournament Committee:
Judy Renneberg Jenny McConaghy
Kate Coolidge Jocelyn Beswick
Tracy Beaton John Mader
Colleen Strachan Laura Webb
Carrie Smith Martha Goosens
Cassandra Drouin Sarah Curran
Christine Hewit Sharon Hul
Christine Somer Shaun Renneberg
Dianne Tomko-Baker Sue Piercy
Holly Bradley Warren Kee
Jason McCallum
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Looking for some stats on the 34th Esso Golden Ring?
  • There are 173 teams in 18 different divisions including 2 NRL teams.
  • There are 340 Games on 433 hours of ice.
  • Teams registered 2448 players and 1038 coaches.
  • In addition there are more than 100 referees, 373 Arena Volunteers, 141 Minor Official Volunteers, 69 Shot Clock Volunteers and 20 Tournament Committee Members.
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

FAQS

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