Ringette Stamp to honour West Ferris Ringette Association

Canada Post is releasing a ringette stamp on Saturday August 8th and in honour of North Bay being the birth place of ringette, Kenneth Tregenza the superintendent of the North Bay Canada Post Depot, will present the West Ferris Ringette Association with a framed first-release of the stamp.

This stamp presentation will be held on Monday, August 10th from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Hall of Fame Room at Memorial Gardens.

It was in 1963, that Sam Jacks, a City of North Bay Parks and Recreation Director created the sport of ringette because he felt that there was a need to have a winter ice sport for girls. Since that time, the sport has grown and is now played worldwide. Ringette is 100% Canadian and is North Bay invention in the sporting world.

“This is a great honor for the West Ferris Ringette Assocation that Canada Post selected ringette as part of their Canadian invention stamp series and that Canada Post wants to do something for us, in honor of this prestigious ringette stamp release,” said WFRA Publicity Director Andrew Hopkins.

Submitted to BayToday.ca