50th Annual Golden Ring Tournament Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2025

Nov. 08, 2024

Kitchener Ringette Association invites you to their 50th Annual Golden Ring Tournament

January 31st to February 2nd, 2025

Kitchener's much-coveted Golden Ring tournament has been a staple of the Ringette world since 1974. Teams from across Canada have travelled here to participate in our event. The Golden Ring has played host to visitors from Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Eastern Ontario, Quebec and Ann Arbor over its’ 50 year history. Come and help us celebrate the oldest ringette tournament in Ontario!

Golden Ring clothing
Stephanie Tomlin from Shop Love Collective will be onsite selling ringette clothing and other merchandise at the tournament. You can pre-order your Golden Ring sweaters and t-shirts and they will be ready for pick up at the tournament. Please see the link below:
Ringette Merch - Shop Love Collective

Photography Options
Bex Creatives will be doing the photography for our tournament. In order to ensure there are enough staff scheduled for full coverage, they ask that teams pre-book. There is a special fee for teams to have all their games covered - see below for details. Note that scheduling is done on a first come, first served basis, so please book asap.
Tournament Photography Options by Bex:

Pre-Booked Game Coverage

Teams can pre-book coverage for specific games.
Fee: $100 per game (includes full game coverage and access to all professionally edited images).
Please fill out the form at https://forms.gle/AnbhwrwV3EHYvtz5A to book
Attend ALL games fee is $300 (includes full game coverage for all your games)
Per Image Download

Individual photos can be purchased both during and after the tournament.
Pricing:
1 image for $5
3 images for $12
5 images for $18
10 images for $35
Custom collages available for $25
All tournament photos $200 ( No guarantee in all games being covered or that all players will be captured)
How to Book:

Teams can pre-book game coverage by contacting me directly at bex@bexcreatives.ca or through https://forms.gle/AnbhwrwV3EHYvtz5A
Limited availability, so booking early is recommended!
Bookings will also be taken during the tournament however we can not guarantee spaces available.
Gallery Access:

Images will be uploaded to an online gallery, and teams/parents can view and purchase photos directly both during and after the tournament.

The Golden Ring tournament registration is now open via RAMP.

For hotel reservation information, please see the main Golden Ring page

We aim to run the following divisions with the following fees per team:

All divisions are now full! See you at the tournament!

FUN2 - Mixed ($300) FULL

FUN3 - Mixed ($715) FULL

U12 A/B - Mixed ($795) FULL

U14 B/C, U16 B/C, U19 B/C, 18+ BB/B/CC - Female/Mixed ($795) FULL

U14A, U14AA, 18+A - Female ($995) FULL

U16AA - Female ($1,195) FULL

Golden Ring will be following Ringette Ontario rules, found HERE.