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Forest Xtreme Tween A RingetteTeam Bring Home Gold
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2016
COMMUNITY NEWS
submitted photo
Front
Row l-r Mayor of Richmond
Hill Dave Barrow, Brooke Kobe,
Nikki Boere, Haleigh Rops,
Drew Wilcox, Emma White and Leah
Koolen
Back Row Coach Mike Koolen,
Caitlyn Garside, Shelby Veeke,
Sydney Sollen, Jessica Vanos,
Peyton Moffatt, Teigan Chapman
and Mariah Sterling.
On February 5, 2016 the
Forest Xtreme Ringette Tween A
team won the gold medal at the
29th Annual Invitational
Ringette Tournament in Richmond
Hill.
The Tween A team went undefeated
to capture the gold with wins
against Richmond Hill 6-5,
Cambridge 6-1, Markham 7-4,
Guelph 8-2 and in the final they
edged out Cambridge 3-2.
The Forest Xtreme Tween A team
is made up of 12 and 13 year old
girls, many of whom have been
playing for approximately 8
years.
In regular league action after
15 games played the team has 12
wins, 2 losses and 1 tie.
The 2015-2016 has been a very
successful year for the Tween A
team. On November 5 the
team won gold in London at the
35 Annual London Lynx Ringette
Tournament. The Tween A team
defeated Kitchener 8-1, City of
Ottawa 6-0, Gloucester 5-2 and
tied Dorchester 3-3. The final
game against London finished in
a win for Forest with a score of
2-1 winning a gold trophy.
Coming off their win in London
the Tween A team traveled two
weeks later to compete in St.
Catharine’s at the 35th Annual
Ringette Tournament. The Tween A
team lost their first game
against Sudbury 4-8 and went on
to win every game after that
defeating Elora-Fergus 7-0,
Waterloo 7-0, Burlington 7-2 and
London 2-0. The final game
against Sudbury finished in a
win for Forest with a score of
5-1 for the gold medal.
On January 8, 2016 the Forest
Xtreme traveled to Whitby to
compete in the Whitby Annual
Ringette Tournament. The Tween A
team defeated Whitby 10-3,
Gloucester-Cumberland 3-1, Upper
Ottawa Valley 5-1, Dorchester
1-0 and in the final against
Gloucester-Cumberland 2-0 with
Forest winning the gold medal.
The Forest Xtreme are anticipate
to compete at the Provincial
finals in Timmins.
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