The Sport

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="08f005f0ermwup.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>International Ringette Federation (IRF)</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="International Ringette Federation (IRF)"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History">History</A>   |   <B>The Sport</B>   |   <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Rules">The Rules</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=189 style="border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="International Ringette Federation (IRF)"><U><IMG SRC="09077c70.gif" border=0 width="119" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About"><B>About</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mem.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members"><B>Members</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Sport"><B>Our Sport</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WRC"><B>WRC</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press"><B>Press</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> The Sport</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="499" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 226 WIDTH="493"><div> <IMG SRC="0ad40dc0.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 226 WIDTH="493"><div> <IMG SRC="0af2cdc0.gif" border=0 width="300" height="220" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 65 WIDTH="493"><div> Ringette is a Canadian game that was first introduced in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario. Developed originally for girls, Ringette is a fast-paced team sport on ice in which players use a straight stick to pass, carry, and shoot a rubber ring to score goals.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 65 WIDTH="493"><div> Ringette is played on a rink and there are five players plus goalie on the ice at the same time from each team. Ringette is fun and fast, it has no body contact and there is a need to cooperate to be able to move from one side to another.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 310 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b071300.jpg" border=0 width="369" height="304" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 228 WIDTH="493"><div> <IMG SRC="0ae2cde0.gif" border=0 width="300" height="222" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 302 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b2f2280.jpg" border=0 width="498" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>