Ringette in Canada#Western Canadian Ringette Championships

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The national governing body for the sport of ringette in Canada is Ringette Canada based in Ottawa, Ontario and is also responsible for the promotion the sport nationally. Ringette Canada is a member of the International Ringette Federation (IRF). Ringette Canada's national hall of fame, the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame, was established in 1988.{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://www.ringette.ca/our-sport/hall-of-fame/}}{{Cite web |title=Ringette History – National Ringette School |url=https://nationalringetteschool.com/ringette/history}}

{{Main|Ringette Canada Hall of Fame}}

Ringette Canada established the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame (RCHoF) in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://www.ringette.ca/our-sport/hall-of-fame/|title=Ringette Hall of Fame |website=ringette.ca|author= |date=2022|access-date=24 May 2022 |publisher=Ringette Canada|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://nationalringetteschool.com/ringette/history|title=Ringette History |website=nationalringetteschool.com |author= |date= |access-date=10 November 2022|publisher=National Ringette School|language=en}} The RCHoF includes six categories: Founder, Builder, Official, Team, Coach, and Athlete. A number of Canadian national ringette teams have been inducted over the course of its existence, as well as players, builders, coaches, and officials.

Canada's provincial and territorial ringette associations are listed in the table below.{{cite web|url=http://www.ringette.ca/history.html|title=The History of Ringette|website=ringette.ca|author= |date=2000|access-date=2 February 2023|publisher=Ringette Canada|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000302113724/http://www.ringette.ca/history.html|archive-date=2 March 2000|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ringette.ca/Content/About/OurSport/HistoryOfRingette.asp?langid=1 |title=Our Sport {{!}} History of Ringette |website=ringette.ca |author= |date=2010|access-date=4 February 2023|publisher=Ringette Canada |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706202909/http://www.ringette.ca/Content/About/OurSport/HistoryOfRingette.asp?langid=1 |archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

Levels of competition in Canada are based on age group and skill, and range from recreational to competitive. Elite level competition includes university and college ringette, the National Ringette League, and the Canada national ringette team.

Levels of competition in Canadian ringette include: Recreational, C, B, BB, A, and AA and AAA, with AA being the highest level at which league competition occurs. AAA ringette is typically specific to particular regions who feel another category is necessary to clarify their league or tournament play. For example: AAA teams out of Quebec have played AA teams out of Alberta at various tournaments, including the Canadian Ringette Championships.

La Relève is a development program in Canada's ringette community. It aims to identify and cultivate young talented players in the sport of ringette. La Relève provides additional training and mentorship opportunities for selected athletes who have shown potential at the U16 level.

The program typically includes regional and national camps where players receive specialized coaching and skill development sessions. It also provides exposure to high-level competition, allowing players to showcase their abilities and gain valuable experience.

La Relève in ringette is part of a broader effort to support the growth and advancement of the sport in Canada. It plays a critical role in identifying and nurturing talented young players, ultimately contributing to the development of the next generation of elite ringette athletes.

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Canada selects two national ringette teams for international competition: Team Canada Junior and Team Canada Senior. The roster for Team Canada's modern-day makeup for its senior national team includes athletes who either play or have played in Canada's semi-professional National Ringette League. Both teams compete in the World Ringette Championships (WRC).

The first all-Canadian national ringette consisted of adult and young adult ringette players and was established in 1996 and competed in the third World Ringette Championships, though Canada's first international appearance in ringette took place at the first World Ringette Championships in Gloucester, Ontario, at the 1990 World Ringette Championships. At the first World Ringette Championships, five teams from five separate Canadian provinces were represented: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. A sixth Canadian team, Team Gloucester, also competed having been selected to participate due to the fact that Gloucester served as the international tournaments host city. Canada has competed at every World Ringette Championships since, though a new division for junior players was eventually created in the early part of the 21st century beginning in 2009.

Canada's first all-Canadian junior national team was established for the 2013 World Ringette Championships. Previously, Canada's junior elite ringette players had competed in the World Junior Ringette Championships which first occurred in 2009 and then 2012 before the junior program was merged with the World Ringette Championships itself, resulting a new junior division. For the 2009 and 2012 world junior competitions, Canada sent two different junior teams to represent Canada at the world tournament, Team Canada East and Team Canada West.

{{Main|National Ringette League}}

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The National Ringette League{{Cite web |title=National Ringette League |url=https://www.nationalringetteleague.ca/ |website=nationalringetteleague.ca}} (also indicated by the initials NRL) is Canada's premier, semi-professional showcase league for the sport of ringette and was introduced during the 2004–2005 ringette season. It is Canada's national league for elite ringette players aged 18+.

The final competition for the National Ringette League is held annually at the Canadian Ringette Championships. The winning team in the NRL division is awarded the Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup{{Cite web |title=Canadian Ringette Championships Trophies |url=http://www.ringette.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRC-Trophies.pdf |website=Ringette Canada}} named after the late Governor General of Canada, Jeanne Sauvé. Initially coined the Jeanne Sauvé Cup and initiated in December 1984, it was first presented at the 1985 Canadian Ringette Championships in Dollard des Ormeaux, Québec. Now called the Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup the trophy is awarded to the best team in the National Ringette League. Canada's Rick Mercer visited the National Ringette League's Cambridge Turbos in 2009 to shoot an episode about ringette in Canada.{{Cite web |title=Media |url=https://www.ringette.ca/about-us/media/}}

{{Further|National Ringette League#Current teams}}

In 2022–23, the league entered its 18th season with thirteen teams competing:

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• BC Thunder
• Edmonton Black Gold Rush
• Edmonton WAM!
• Calgary RATH
• Saskatchewan Heat
• Manitoba Herd

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• Nepean Ravens
• Waterloo Wildfire
• Cambridge Turbos
• Gatineau Fusion

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• Montreal Mission
• Rive-Sud Révolution
• Atlantic Attack

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Ringette is played in all 10 Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories and involves an average of 50,000 participants a year. In the 2017–18 Canadian ringette season, 31,168 players were registered to play ringette in Canada, the highest known participation rate for a season.{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Dan |date=6 April 2018 |title=Canadian ringette is back on the path to prosperity – and just maybe, to beating Finland for once |work=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/canadian-ringette-is-back-on-the-path-to-prosperity-and-just-maybe-to-beating-finland-for-once |access-date=16 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ringette.ca/ringette-canada-reaches-record-registration-numbers-announces-new-president-and-board-appointments/|title=Ringette Canada reaches record registration numbers, announces new president and board appointments |website=www.ringette.ca |author= |date=7 November 2018 |access-date=3 August 2022|publisher=Ringette Canada |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417095920/https://www.ringette.ca/ringette-canada-reaches-record-registration-numbers-announces-new-president-and-board-appointments/ |archive-date=17 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=Cardwell |first=Mark |title=The ins and outs of ringette: The growing popularity of a nearly 60-year-old sport |url=https://www.costcoconnection.ca/connectioncaeng/20181112/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1437172&app=false#articleId1437172 |website=Costco Connection |language=en}} Players participated on nearly 2,000 teams in eight age categories across the country. The largest increases were observed in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The COVID-19 pandemic which began in 2019 had a negative impact on registration rates.

In Canada in 1979 there was an estimated 4,500 girls playing ringette across the country,{{cite web|url=https://www.ringette.fi/fi/Ringetteliitto/Lajin+historia.html|title=HISTORIA {{!}} SUOMEN RINGETTELIITTO PERUSTETTIIN 5.5.1983|trans-title=HISTORY {{!}} RINGETTE FINLAND WAS ESTABLISHED ON MAY 5, 1983|website=ringette.fi|author= |date=2022|access-date=29 September 2022|publisher=Ringette Finland|language=fi}} but by 1983 (20 years after ringette was created) there were over 14,500, marking an increase in participation of roughly 10,000 Canadian girls. That same year the number of players registered in the female category of ice hockey in Canada, which was almost a century old, was a mere 5,379, less than 40% of ringette's numbers.{{cite book |last1=Etue |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Williams |first2=Megan |author-link= |date=11 September 1996 |title=On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History |url= |location= |publisher=Second Story Press |page= |isbn=9780929005799}} A small decrease in the number of ringette athletes after 1998 has been attributed at least partially to women's ice hockey being recognized officially as an Olympic sport that same season,{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Jill |title=Fitness: Do the Olympics turn host cities into active cities? |url=https://montrealgazette.com/health/diet-fitness/fitness-do-the-olympics-turn-host-cities-into-active-cities |access-date=16 October 2019 |website=Montreal Gazette}}{{Cite web |title=Devoted ringette players say they prefer it to hockey |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/devoted-ringette-players-say-they-prefer-it-to-hockey-1.2605407 |access-date=16 October 2019 |publisher=CBC News}} but is largely considered due to the decision by major governing body's for the women's hockey game to exclude body checking.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Beverely |date=27 November 2002 |title=Canada out to ring up gold metal |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/canada-out-to-ring-up-gold-medal/article25427111/ |access-date=16 October 2019}} Body checking was removed from the women's ice hockey program by the International Ice Hockey Federation after the 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship. Despite the inclusion of women's ice hockey in the Olympics, there remains a striking absence of recognition towards the fact that female players had historically employed body checking as an element of their game. After women's hockey's introduction to the Olympic Games, it quickly gained popularity; however, within a decade of its inaugural year in the Olympics, ringette saw a resurgence of registrations in Canada.

Between 1979 and 1983, roughly 10,000 new Canadian players registered to play ringette. Between 1985 and 1987 the sport continued to experience a notable increase in player registrations in Canada growing from roughly 20,000 registered players in 1985 to over 27,000 in 1987, a substantial increase within less than a five-year period. While the 1996–1997 ringette season saw a peak record of 27,058 registrations nationwide, a slight drop occurred in registration rates during the following season in 1997–98 whereby 25,951 players were recorded to have registered in Canada. However, rates began climbing again after the 2002–03 season and by the 2007–08 season, 27,197 players had registered, breaking the sport's highest recorded registration rate in Canada which had been set a decade before in 1996–97. By 2017–18 Canada recorded a record breaking 31,168 registered players, the highest number of players ever recorded in the nation's history.

The number of ringette registrations in Canada from 1979 to 2022 is as follows:{{cite web |url=https://www.ringette.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/RingetteCanada.MediaInformationKit.September2014.pdf |title=Ringette Canada Media Information Kit|website=www.ringette.ca|author= |date=2015 |access-date=3 August 2022|publisher=Ringette Canada|language=en}}

Ringette players in Canada can play the sport at the university level and, in some provinces, at the college level as well. University teams mostly compete in the Open-A division and also participate in the University Challenge Cup (UCC), which is a nation-wide event.{{cite web|url=https://www.mhringette.com/content/post-secondary-ringette |title=Medicine Hate Ringette Association {{!}} Post Secondary Ringette|website=www.mhringette.com|year=2023|access-date=25 March 2023|publisher=Medicine Hate Ringette Association |language=en}}

The organizing body for the post-secondary level is known as the Canadian University & College Ringette Association, which is abbreviated "CUCRA".{{Cite web |title=Welcome to www.canadianuniversityringette.ca |url=https://www.canadianuniversityringette.ca/ |website=canadianuniversityringette.ca}} The organization was previously known by its initial name, "Canadian University Ringette" (CUR). CUCRA is not affiliated with U Sports, Canada's national governing body for university sport, or Ontario University Athletics (OUA) as of yet but aims to become so in the future.

Although U Sports does not recognize ringette, each institution has its own relationship to the ringette program connected to its particular campus. Some permit the ringette program to use the team nickname and use the varsity uniforms, while others have no affiliation with the ringette program at all.

The number of university ringette teams in Canada can vary from season to season, as teams may come and go due to factors such as funding, player recruitment, and other considerations. It is important to note that these teams may change over time, and there may be additional universities that participate in local or regional tournaments and events. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several competitions for CUCRA's college and university ringette athletes were cancelled. Some teams did not reconvene post COVID-19.

The first tournament took place at the University of Winnipeg in 1999. Other Canadian universities previously known to have had teams include Lakehead University (Thunder Bay, Ontario), Mount Royal University (Calgary), Simon Fraser University (British Columbia), and the Université de Sherbrooke (Quebec).{{Cite web |title=Canadian University Ringette |url=https://www.canadianuniversityringette.ca/Links.php |website=CANADIAN UNIVERSITY RINGETTE Website |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.canadianuniversityringette.ca/Links.php |title=Canadian University Ringette|website=www.canadianuniversityringette.ca |author= |date= |access-date=3 August 2022|publisher= |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530214639/https://www.canadianuniversityringette.ca/Links.php |archive-date=30 May 2022 |url-status=dead}}

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The University Challenge Cup (UCC) is an annual competition in Canada which groups together ringette teams from various Canadian universities in two conferences and is organized by the Canadian University & College Ringette Association, (abbreviated "CUCRA").{{Cite web |title=Welcome to www.canadianuniversityringette.ca |url=http://www.canadianuniversityringette.ca/Home_Page.php |access-date=3 December 2017 |website=canadianuniversityringette.ca}} The first competition took place at the University of Winnipeg in 1999. The competition typically involves in excess of 350 players, coaches, referees and tournament staff.

The University of Calgary, (Calgary Dinos in Calgary, Alberta) have won the most Tier 1 national titles to date since the UCC's inaugural year in 1999. Both the University of Western Ontario (Western Mustangs in London, Ontario) and McMaster University (McMaster Marauders in Hamilton, Ontario) are tied for the most titles won in Tier 2 competition, a division which was formed in 2009.

In the province of Ontario, a University division is hosted by Ringette Ontario at the Ontario Provincial Ringette Championships where University ringette teams compete for the Dave Bennett University Cup. Some Ontario ringette tournaments also host University pools.{{cite web|url=http://easternregionringette.ca/page.php?page_id=94527|title=Official Site of the Eastern Region Ringette Association {{!}} University Ringette |website=easternregionringette.ca|date=2021|access-date=17 January 2023|publisher=Eastern Region Ringette Association|language=en}}

{{main|Canadian Ringette Championships}}

Canada's elite ringette players compete at the end of every ringette season in the Championnats Canadien d'Ringuette/Canadian Ringette Championships, commonly called "the Nationals", which also includes the final competition for the National Ringette League (NRL). The Canadian Ringette Championships, typically held each April, took place for the first time in 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.{{Cite news |title=Canadian Ringette Championships – Ringette Canada |language=en-US |work=Ringette Canada |url=http://www.ringette.ca/events/canadian-ringette-championships/ |access-date=2017-02-10}} This tournament was created to determine the Canadian champions in the categories of Under-16 years, Under-19 years and Open (replaced by the National Ringette League since 2008).

{{Main|Canada Winter Games}}

While ringette was invented in 1963, the first Canada Games, a multi-sport event, was held four years later in 1967 in Quebec City. Ringette did not become a part of the Canada Winter Games programme until 1991.{{Cite web |title=Canada Games |url=https://www.canadagames.ca/ |website=Canada Games |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Canada Winter Games |url=https://www.ringette.ca/events/canada-winter-games/}} Former Ringette Canada President, Betty Shields, is considered to have been, "instrumental in ringette’s entry to the Canada Winter Games".{{cite web |url=http://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/news-posts/join-us-2018-hall-inductions/|title=OTTAWA SPORT HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES 2018 INDUCTEES |website=ottawasporthalloffame.ca |author= |date=28 February 2018 |access-date=16 December 2022|publisher=Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813125036/http://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/news-posts/join-us-2018-hall-inductions/ |archive-date=13 August 2018|url-status=dead}} The ringette program takes part during one of the two weeks of the Canada Winter Games. Competition usually begins on Mondays followed by the semi-final on Friday evening with the National final taking place on Saturdays. The best ringette athletes from 10 Canadian provinces are selected to compete on their representative provincial teams.

The Canada Winter Games are considered an important national event in Canada and is considered to be a key event in the development of Canada's young athletes. The competition involves the best young Canadian athletes competing in their age groups. The entire event is of two weeks in duration and is held every four years.

Annual province-wide championship competitions are organized in a number of Canadian provinces for various skill levels and age groups.

In Canada a number of provinces organize province-wide, winter-based, multi-sport competitions either annually or biannually. These events are typically referred to as provincial "Winter Games". However, ringette is not included in every provincial winter games program and it depends on which province is involved.

Several Canadian cities and regions also have their own annual competitions.

{{Main|Eastern Canadian Ringette Championships}}

The Eastern Canadian Ringette Championships (ECRC) is an annual competition organized strictly for ringette teams from the eastern part of Canada. The competition involves teams from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. The first event was held in 2002. Since 2002, teams from the participating provinces compete in the following four divisions: U14AA, U16A, U19A and 18+ A.

The Western Canadian Ringette Championships (WCRC) is an annual competition organized strictly for ringette teams from the western part of Canada, however, it is not organized by Ringette Canada. The tournament's inaugural year was in 2003. Typically held at the end of March, the competition involves teams from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia competing in U14, U16, U19 and 18+ divisions of competition.

Each of the four Western Canadian Provinces is eligible to send one provincial team to compete in each age division. The Host is able to enter a host team at U16, U19 and 18+ to create a five team division. U14 is a 10-team division made up of two teams from each province and two wildcard draws.

The largest ringette tournament in Canada is the annual Esso Golden Ring Tournament in Calgary, Alberta which takes place in the month of January.

The City of Lakes Tournament (COLT) in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is the province's largest ringette tournament.

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Several of Canada's national level ringette players have also played bandy for the Canadian women's national bandy team.{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2016 |title=USA Women's Bandy vs Canada |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/natej/24530453134/ |via=Flickr}}{{Cite web |title=Winnipeg-based national women's bandy team wins North American crown |url=https://winnipegsun.com/2015/02/08/winnipeg-based-national-womens-bandy-team-wins-north-american-crown |website=winnipegsun}}{{Cite web |date=January 9, 2011 |title=National Ringette League Nash a triple threat | NRL |url=http://www.nationalringetteleague.ca/nash-a-triple-threat-p139560-en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109053608/http://www.nationalringetteleague.ca/nash-a-triple-threat-p139560-en |archive-date=2011-01-09}}{{Cite web |last=Wynn |first=Thom |date=December 27, 2012 |title=USA to Host Canada in Women's Bandy |url=https://www.usabandy.com/news_article/show/206134-usa-to-host-canada-in-women-s-bandy- |website=USA Bandy}} Both the women's and men's Canadian national bandy teams are based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Several of Canada's women's national bandy players also played in the National Ringette League and on Canada's National Ringette Team. The bandy team has included top level ringette players like Ainsley Ferguson, Carrie Nash, Shelly Hruska, Amy Clarkson, and Lindsay Burns. Their best results are 4th at the 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2016 Women's Bandy World Championships. Canada's first goal scored in the nations history of organized women's bandy was by Lindsay Burns, a former member of Canada's national ringette team.{{Cite web |title=True North Strong part 1 |url=https://vimeo.com/14456979 |access-date=3 December 2017 |via=Vimeo}}{{Cite web |date=21 November 2013 |title=Team Canada/Équipe Canada: Lindsay Burns |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXsL3a-eObg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/kXsL3a-eObg |archive-date=2021-12-13 |access-date=3 December 2017 |publisher=Ringette Canada |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

In Canada male players are uncommon since numerous other winter team sports options for them exist such as ice hockey, bandy, and broomball. Boys are restricted to competing at the "B" level or lower in many ringette organizations since the sport is meant to highlight, cater to, and increase participation among females. Male players compete at the AA level in limited areas where the sport is played. Boys have participated in Under-9 (U9) or Under-6 (U6) divisions in some Canadian provinces. While ringette is mainly played by females, 700 male players are currently involved in the sport across the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.ringette.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/RingetteCanada.MediaInformationKit.September2014.pdf |title=Ringette Canada {{!}} Media information kit {{!}} September 2014 |website=ringette.ca|date=September 2014|access-date=24 March 2023|publisher=Ringette Canada|language=en}}

Currently the sport of ringette is not recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and therefore is not a part of the Winter Olympic programme.{{cite web |url=https://www.ringette.ca/why-isnt-ringette-in-the-olympics/|title=Why isn't ringette in the Olympics?|website=ringette.ca|date=16 August 2021|access-date=17 June 2022|publisher=Ringette Canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531064248/https://www.ringette.ca/why-isnt-ringette-in-the-olympics/|archive-date=31 May 2022|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Nick |date=4 February 2018 |title=New sports face struggle to be added to Winter Olympic Games programme, IOC warn |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1061027/new-sports-face-struggle-to-be-added-to-winter-olympic-games-programme-ioc-warn |access-date=17 June 2018 |website=Insidethegames.biz |publisher=Dunsar Media}} The sport has a relatively narrow profile and is played predominately in four nations: Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States.

The International Olympic Committee has a rule that no new sport will be allowed into the Olympics unless it is organized for and played by both females and males at the international level.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

Ringette is played predominantly by female athletes and the IOC has higher requirements for male participation. The charter stipulates that ringette be played extensively in seventy-five countries by men on four different continents and played by women in no less than forty countries and on three different continents. Outreach efforts by officials in Canada and Finland to have the sport recognized by the IOC have not been successful thusfar.{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Dan |date=6 April 2018 |title=Canadian ringette is back on the path to prosperity - and just maybe, to beating Finland for once |work=National Post |url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/canadian-ringette-is-back-on-the-path-to-prosperity-and-just-maybe-to-beating-finland-for-once |access-date=16 October 2019}}

• Collins, Kenneth Stewart (2004). The Ring Starts Here: An Illustrated History of Ringette.
• Hall, Margaret Ann (2016). The Girl and the Game: A History of Women's Sport in Canada. University of Toronto Press.
• Hall, Margaret Ann; Pfister, Gertrud. Honoring the Legacy: Fifty Years of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women.

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