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 RAS SCHOLARSHIP

Objective
To provide four $500 one-year scholarships to active Saskatchewan Ringette participants enrolled as full-time students in a post-secondary institution in Saskatchewan.

The scholarships were designed to assist in covering the cost of post-secondary education for ringette participants who have demonstrated a strong academic performance and a commitment to the sport of ringette.

Eligibility
* The applicant must be a registered player, coach/manager/trainer or on-ice official active
during the season of application
* The applicant must be a Saskatchewan resident for a minimum of one year prior to application
* The applicant must be enrolled in a Saskatchewan post-secondary institution as a full-time student
* Successful applicants are not eligible to re-apply.

Application
* Application must be made to the Ringette Association of Saskatchewan office by February 15 of the current playing year
* The application must include a transcript of marks for the last completed year of education.
* The application must include two letters of reference, one of which must be from an individual within the ringette community.
* The applicant must include an essay (maximum two pages), outlining:
  - The benefits of their ringette involvement
  - Extra cirricular activities
  - Community involvement
  - Number of years involved in ringette, in what capacity     they were involved and in which community/communities.

Criteria
* The applicant must complete, sign and submit the scholarship application by the February 15 deadline.
* The applicant must provide evidence of their full-time enrollment or application for full-time enrollment in an educational institution in Saskatchewan that is a university, college or other educational institution providing courses at a post-secondary level.
* During the season of application, the applicant must be registered and active as listed above.

Selection
* An appointed RAS selection committee will review all applications. Selection will be based on demonstrated ringette and academic achievement. The selection committee reserves the right to decline a scholarship if a suitable application is not received. Decisions of the selection committee are final.
* All applicants will be notified by mail and will be required to submit a head and shoulder picture prior to receiving funds. Scholarship winners will be announced prior to the Ringette Saskatchewan Annual General Meeting held in May and will be featured on the RAS web site. 

RAS_Scholarship_Application.pdf

Recipients

2008 - 2009 Season

Samantha Bray
 
 














Laken Hain
 
 




















Heather Troesch
 
 




















2007-2008 Season
Shana Wandler - Regina
Charmaine Elmgren - Saskatoon
Juliegh Ritchie - Saskatoon
Jessica Lang - Emerald Park


2006-2007 Season
Alison Truelove - Regona
Chelsie Coxford - Regina
Jillian Obrigewitsch - Saskatoon
Jamie Lang - Emerald Park

2005-2006 Season
Courtney Schell - Saskatoon
Kate Renwick - Regina
Lori Hepp - Saskatoon
Katherine Francis - Saskatoon

2004-2005 Season
Mel Brockman - Saskatoon
Autumn Bryden - Regina
Breanne McAdam - Saskatoon
Lesley Stronach - Regina

2003-2004 Season
Kari Doering - Regina
Tracy Roadhouse - Saskatoon
Jessica Putland - Regina
Lana Morelli - Saskatoon

2002-2003 Season
Kim Brown, Prince Albert
Amanda Donauer, Regina

2001-2002 Season
Shardelle Brown, Saskatoon
Nicole Bryksa, Regina
Chelsea Ebel, Hodgeville
Kyla Park, Prince Albert

2000-2001 Season
Daina Haubrich, Regina
Sherra Keogan, Biggar
Renae McEwen, Tisdale
Katie Rapko, Prince Albert

1999-2000
Andrea Johnston, Saskatoon
Kevin Kuehn, Saskatoon
Brenna Lanz, Buffalo Plains
Melissa Shanks, Buffalo Plains


 LOCAL & NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Congratulations to Mel Brockman of Saskatoon who was awarded one of the Agnes Jacks Scholarships at CRCs in Halifax!

Agnes Jacks Scholarship, Cara Brown Scholarship, Ringette Canada LINK HERE

Regina Ringette Scholarship LINK HERE

Saskatoon Ringette Scholarship LINK HERE


 COACHING RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS

2008-2009 Season
Rob Belyk - Saskatoon
Eric Johnson - Regina
Tobi Hess - Buffalo Plains

2007-2008 Season
Rob Knuttila - Saskatoon
Jeff Merritt - Regina
Rachel Knudsen - Buffalo Plains

2006-2007 Season
Ken Nagy - Buffalo Plains
Marcel Garnier - Regina
Kirk Byers - Saskatoon

2005-2006 Season
Jason Troesch - Regina Ringette
Roy Brooks - Saskatoon Ringette

2004-2005 Season
Trina Buchanan - Buffalo Plains Ringette
Larry Way, Regina Ringette
Lyle Kopp - Saskatoon Ringette

2003-2004 Season
Autumn Bryden, Regina Ringette
Grant Wasnik, Saskatoon Ringette

2002-2003 Season
Louelle Gillespie, Buffalo Plains Ringette
Lorna Kathol, Regina Ringette

2001-2002 Season
Rick Lang, Buffalo Plains Ringette
Tracey Roadhouse, Saskatoon Ringette

2000-2001 Season
Kevin Barrett, Saskatoon Ringette
Brian Merk, Regina Ringette
Barry McBain, White Fox Ringette


 OFFICIATING AWARD WINNERS

2008-2009 Season
Lesley Stronach - Regina
Heidi Stoecklein - Saskatoon
Cherie Young - Buffalo Plains

2007-2008 Season
Russ Turgeon - Regina
Gary Loy - Saskatoon
Jessica Lang - Buffalo Plains

2006-2007 Season
Tanya Jones - Regina
Trevor Sorrell - Regina

2005-2006 Season
Jodi Wilson - North Battleford
Michelle McNabb - Regina

2004-2005 Season
Nadine Boudreault - Saskatoon
Cherie Phillips - Buffalo Plains

2003-2004 Season
Kim Penner - Saskatoon
Aaron Armstrong - Star City


 RINGETTE CANADA HALL OF FAME

2003 Inductee

 
 
Jim Benning says, "I'll continue to be involved with ringette for as long as the sport and its organizations will have me". Judging by his impressive list of accomplishments and contributions, it will be a long time. Benning has been inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame in the Builder category, one of only 20 people in the 40-year history of the sport to earn the honour.

Benning got involved in ringette in 1974 when a neighbour demonstrated the sport to him and his daughters. "I liked it right from the beginning," says Benning. "It looked like an interesting game, and my two older girls took to it right from the start."

Apparently, Benning took to the sport as well. He began refereeing in 1975; that was also the year he started as Whitmore Park Ringette coordinator in Regina. Benning first started coaching ringette in 1975, something he's still doing today; he retired as a referee in 2001. For Benning, coaching is the best part of ringette.

"I like coaching, I've always liked coaching. It's a way that you stay involved with young people who are doing something that's lots of fun, and it's something that I've always realized…that's one of the ways you stay involved with people," says Benning.

That involvement is long-standing. Benning, who currently coaches the Deb division Regina Raiders, has been the coach of Darlene Bissett for more than twenty years. Bissett says Benning is like a parent to her, and a great coach besides.

"He's down to earth, but he likes to win. When you need to practice, you have a practice; when it's your turn to sit, you sit; and if you get a penalty, you're in trouble," laughs Bissett. "But he's a lot of fun, and just an excellent coach. He's the best."

Benning's skills as a ringette coach, referee, and administrator have not gone unnoticed, although he says he was quite surprised when he heard he was nominated to the National Hall of Fame by Regina Ringette and Ringette Saskatchewan. Tanya Jones with Regina Ringette, who re-named their biggest tournament the Jim Benning Invitational, says he was a natural choice.

"When you look at the criteria Ringette Canada has in place, you have to hit certain marks. Jim immediately jumped to mind," says Tanya Jones who is also Ringette Saskatchewan's Technical Coordinator and a longtime colleague of Benning's. "He's served on every level, from community, to provincial, to Ringette Canada. He actually ended up writing a lot of the rulebook for Ringette Regina, and had a lot of input into Ringette Canada's rulebook. We started putting together a list of his accomplishments; it just went on and on. In ringette, we couldn't think of anybody more deserving," says Jones.

Benning doesn't think his contributions to ringette are extraordinary. He is just happy to be involved with what he describes one of the friendliest games there is:

"It's a high skill game, and the players compete and they compete hard. But at the same time, there's a good deal of friendship involved. The girls always have fun…you go to the rink, and the team is there early, and hanging on the benches talking," says Benning. "The girls know everybody, and they know the people on the other teams, and they talk to one another. There's a lot of friendship that goes from team to team."

In his 29 years of involvement in ringette, Benning has made a lot of friends. Many will be on hand in Kitchener-Waterloo in April as he is inducted into the Hall of Fame, to honour the achievements of a man who has worked tirelessly to build the game he loves.