Sponsorship
By supporting us, we can help you. We both win!
About the Nepean Ringette Association (NRA)
The Nepean Ringette Association (NRA) began over 40 years ago to administer and promote the sport of ringette. It has grown steadily from an organization of only 50 players to an association of close to 400 players spread across over 20 teams.
The annual Nepean tournament that is held in November now attracts over 100 teams, and over 2,500 participants and spectators.
When you consider all the coaches, trainers, families and friends of both visiting and home teams that come out to games and tournaments, you can see that the NRA’s “circle of influence” is quite broad, and increasing in size on a yearly basis. In partnering with the NRA, your business will benefit from access to this large audience.
What is Ringette?
Ringette was founded in Canada in 1963 by Sam Jacks, a Recreation Director and sports enthusiast from North Bay, Ontario when he saw the opportunity to create a winter team sport for girls.
Since the early 1960s, the sport has continued to grow and currently boasts nearly 32,333 registered players on nearly 2000 teams, with over 8000 coaches and over 1700 officials. While it is primarily a female sport, there are currently over 700 males playing ringette across the country.
Ringette, like hockey, is played on ice with skates and sticks, and with six players per team on the ice at once. The objective is to score goals by shooting the object of play into the opposing team’s net at either end of the rink during stop-time periods of play. But this is where the comparisons between ringette and hockey really ends.
The emphasis in ringette is on play-making and skating skills. In fact, ringette has become one of the fastest team sports on ice.
Internationally, ringette is played in a number of countries around the world, including Finland, Sweden, the United States, France, Slovakia, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Abu Dhabi.
Since 1990, a world ringette championship has been held on a regular basis, with Canada and Finland being the predominant challengers.
Why Be a Sponsor?
Your involvement in Nepean Ringette can be financially rewarding for your business. An investment in a team sponsorship can:
- Increase traffic to your business;
- Provide a low-cost form of advertising;
- Offer a tax break for publicity;
- Demonstrate your interest in the community by supporting Nepean youth to participate in an organized team sports.
Team Sponsorship Plans
Your sponsorship will be linked to our team, and your contribution would apply to the costs incurred by the team to assist in paying for tournaments, extra ice time and other operating costs.
We offer the following team sponsorship plans:
Platinum Sponsorship ($800+)
- Business name/logo sponsor tag shown on away team sweater (tag costs to be included within sponsorship);
- Business name/logo on nepeanringette.ca Sponsor Page with a link to your website;
- Opportunity to distribute promotional items to NRA members;
- Recognition plaque from sponsored team.
Gold Sponsorship (Fee $600)
- Business name/logo sponsor tag shown on away team sweaters (tag costs to be included within sponsorship);
- Business name/logo on nepeanringette.ca Sponsor Page with a link to your website;
- Recognition plaque from sponsored team.
Silver Sponsorship (Fee $450)
- Business name/logo on nepeanringette.ca Sponsor Page with a link to your website;
- Recognition plaque from sponsored team.
Player Specific Sponsorship
If there is a specific player you wish to sponsor and have your company name on their away jersey, this can be managed through that player’s specific team.
Corporate Sponsorship Plans
For all association, corporate and fundraising, please contact fundraising@nepeanravens.ca.
If you are interested about or supporting our National Ringette League - Nepean Ravens affiliated team, please contact jessica.mainwood@gmail.com.
Read more information on Nepean’s National Ringette Team.
Attached below is the sponsorship agreement form for your review and endorsement.
In sponsoring the NRA this year, you have an opportunity to grow your business, get affordable publicity, and support a community-based team sport for youth.
Thank you for your consideration and, please do not hesitate to contact Nepean Ringette President, Phil Mechura, if you have any questions either by email at the address below.
Phil Mechura
President, Nepean Ringette Association
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