U18 Development Team Coaching Staff and camp invitations announced

Ringette Canada is pleased to announce the coaching staff and invitations to 40 athletes to compete at the 2023 u18 Development and Selection Camp from August 7 – 14, 2023 in Calgary, Alberta.

From the forty (40) athletes, thirty-four (34) athletes will be selected to represent Canada in the International Development Program hosted during the World Ringette Championship at WinSport from October 26 – November 4, 2023  in Calgary, Alberta.

 

u18 Development Team / Équipe de développement u18

 

J #	Name / Nom		P	Hometown/ Ville d’origne			2022-23 Team / Equipe 2022-23
EASTERN
2	Charlotte Anderson		C/F	Ajax		ON	u19AA Ajax Pickering
3	Katelyn Barteaux		F/D	Kanata		ON	West Ottawa Wild
19	Janie Bourque		D	Grand-Barachois		NB	u19AA Team New Brunswick
7	Jessica Chapman		D	Waterloo		ON	Waterloo Wildfire
14	Dayna Dingwell		D	Chepstow		PEI	PEI Canada Games, PEI u19 Wave
10	Mia Fiorvanti		C/F	Stittsville		ON	WORA u19AA
6	Morgan Forrest		C	Orleans		ON	GCRA – Gloucester Cumberland
26	Bailie Frigault		F	Cocagne		NB	Team NB and CWG NB
99	Gabrielle Gosselin		F	Memramcook		NB	Team NB AA and CWG NB
16	Maya Howard		F	Ottawa		ON	GCRA u19AA and Ontario AA
12	Cynthia Leblanc		D	Haute-Aboujagane		NB	CWG Team NB
31	Amadea Llewellyn		G	Fortune Bridge		PEI	U19AA PEI Wave
17	Cassidy MacLeod		F/C	Cocagne		NB	Team NB CWG and Team NB u19
64	Emma Mason		C/D	Belwood		ON	Guelph Predators
77	Leah Mombourquette		F	Stillwater Lake		NS	Nova Scotia CWG
22	Sofia Morello		C	Pointe-Claire		QC	Lac Saint-Louis
91	Zoe Nagy		F	Boucher Ville		QC	Rive-Sud
9	Geneviève Robichaud		D	Ottawa		ON	GCRA u19AA and Team Ontario (CWG)
33	Annabelle Sylvestre		G	Beloeil		QC	Rive-Sud
79	Ophélie Vivier		F	McMasterville		QC	Rive-Sud
WESTERN
9	Tobi Albert		D	Saskatoon		SK	Saskatoon Blazers
3	Tayte Arlinghaus		F	St Albert		AB	St Albert Mission
8	Tessa Brown		C	Calgary		AB	Calgary Fusion
17	Riley Chapman		D	Calgary		AB	Calgary AA Rise
14	Karley Clark		D	Strathmore		AB	u19AA Zone 2
21	Talisa Cowley		F	Langdon		AB	U19AA Zone 2
16	Madison Fitzpatrick		F	Calgary		AB	Team AB / Calgary Rise
77	Tessa Galandy		F	Strathmore		AB	Zone 2 Blaze
29	Julia Harvie		G	Surrey		BC	U19AA Team BC
1	Cadence Howe		G	Regina		SK	Regina Bandits
6	Olivia Hwang		D	St Albert		AB	St Albert Mission
22	Taylor Johnston		D	Regina		SK	u19AA Regina Bandits
26	Lauren Lesko		F	Calgary		AB	Team Alberta/Calgary AA Rise
33	Aeva Lott		G	Red Deer		AB	Red Deer Rush
15	Leah Marlborough		D	Calgary		AB	u19AA Calgary Fusion
5	Dylan Pighin		C	Water Valley		AB	Zone 2AA Blaze
11	Anjali Risbud		F	Calgary		AB	Calgary u19AA Fusion
13	Jemma Sangha		C	Anmore		BC	Team BC u19 AA
24	Brianna Shupe		C	Regina		SK	Regina Bandits
18	Ava Will		D	Calgary		AB	Calgary u19AA Fusion

 

u18 Coaching and Support Staff || Entraîneurs et personnel de soutien
EASTERN
Head Coach/ Entraîneure en chef	Tracey Tulloch	Halifax	NS
Assistant Coach / Entraîneure adjointe	Sarah Ianni	Toronto	ON
Assistant Coach / Entraîneure adjointe	Jessica Boisvert	Ottawa	ON
WESTERN
Head Coach/ Entraîneure en chef	Danielle Brassington	Vancouver	BC
Assistant Coach / Entraîneure adjointe	Caley Mineault	Calgary	AB
Assistant Coach / Entraîneure adjointe	Daina Seymour	Regina	SK

 

Tracey Tulloch

Originally from Bedford, NS and now living in Halifax, NS. Tracey Tulloch has been coaching ringette for 24 years. Tracey has coached at the provincial level for much of that time and has had the opportunity to be a part of the NS Canada Winter Games team staff over three cycles. Tracey has also been a part of the team staff of the National Ringette League’s Atlantic Attack since 2019. Tracey has been a part of the 2010 and 2017 Senior National Team programs as Team Leader, and was most recently a Head Coach at the 2022 U17 La Releve. Tracey is excited at the prospect of continuing to work with some of these U18 athletes in their introduction to the International level. When asked about the opportunity, Tulloch shared, “I’m excited to be a part of this new program that should help to prepare our Canadian players to compete on the world ringette stage.”

 

Sarah Ianni

Sarah Ianni is returning to the National Team Program after being a part of the bench staff for the 2015 and 2017 U21 Programs. As an athlete, Sarah has represented Canada in three National Team Programs, was an assistant captain in 2002 when Canada won the World Championships and is a member of Ringette Canada’s Hall of Fame in the athlete and team category. Sarah is currently the head coach for the U19AA team in Richmond Hill where she has coached for the past 12 seasons and is a high school mathematics teacher in Toronto.

 

Jessica Boisvert

Jessica Boisvert is an accomplished coach in Ontario, medaling at the Ontario Winter Games and winning provincial championships. Jessica brings experience from playing in the National Ringette League and coaching at the Canadian Ringette Championships at the U16, U19 and NRL levels. She is currently coaching the Nepean Ravens NRL team in Ottawa where she works as a physical education teacher in the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.

 

Dani Brassington

Dani Brassington is an Intelligence Analyst from North Vancouver, BC. She has been involved in the high performance ringette community in BC for over 25 years as a player and now as a coach. In recent years she led the BC Provincial Excellence program, has prepared multiple teams for the Canadian Ringette Championships at the U19 and NRL level, and worked with Team BC for the 2019 and 2023 CWG cycles. Dani is excited to be a part of the U18 National Development Program and to work with the next generation of Canadian athletes. 

 

Daina Seymour

Daina Seymour is rejoining the national team program after previously serving as an alternate with the 2000 National Team and an apprentice coach with the 2007 National Team. Daina was part of the coaching team that led Saskatchewan to a Bronze Medal at the 2023 Canada Winter Games, 24 years after earning Team Sask’s last bronze medal in 1999. Daina has won several medals and was selected to the all-star lineup multiple times at the Western and Canadian Ringette Championships as an athlete. Daina works in the Education Profession and she also currently operates a ringette skills and development camp and offers instruction opportunities for former and current players to contribute to the sport.

 

Caley Mineault

Caley has been coaching within the Calgary AA Ringette Association at the U16 and U19 levels for the past 9 years. During this time she has earned a variety of medals at the Canadian Ringette Championships. Caley has been a part of two Winter Games coaching teams earning a Gold Medal at the 2020 Alberta Winter Games, and recently a Silver Medal at the 2023 Canada Winter Games. Outside of ringette, Caley is a junior high teacher for the Calgary Board of Education.