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As a local sports team, the Hamilton Heat gives youth an opportunity to develop leadership and collaborative skills, provides a much needed outlet for their stressors, while helping them build relationships and support their community.
By supporting us, you are supporting the Hamilton Ringette Association's goal to build meaningful relationships and strength of character through team sport.
About the Hamilton Ringette Association (HRA)
The Hamilton Ringette Association (HRA) began over 50 years ago to administer and promote the sport of ringette.
The association continues to grow and expand as more athletes from ages 4 to 18+ come out to join in this great sport. Our continued efforts towards growth were recognized in 2022 by being named Ringette Ontario's Regional Association of the Year! 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 HRA's "circle of influence" is quite broad, and increasing in size on a yearly basis. In partnering with the HRA, your business will benefit from access to this large audience while investing into the future of our youth and community.
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, ringette is inclusive regardless of gender identity.
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 end.
The emphasis in ringette is on play-making and skating skills. In fact, ringette has become one of the fastest team sports on ice.
Why Be a Sponsor?
Your involvement in Hamilton 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 Hamilton youth to participate in an organized team sport.
Why We Need Your Support?
We want to make sure that Hamilton Ringette is accessible to everyone. The success of our Association relies not only on the power of volunteers but also monetary support to get our athletes on the ice. Some of these costs include: tournaments, ice time, game officials, travel throughout Southern Ontario and the GTA, equipment, on and off ice training sessions, and team building to name a few. Your sponsorship will help us keep our registration costs to a reasonable rate, improving accessibility of ringette to more youth in our community. Help us make this year our most successful and enjoyable season by supporting the Hamilton Ringette Association and/or a specific team.
Platinum Sponsorship ($1000+)
- Company name logo with back link to company website listed in the sponsor section of the HRA website (as well as RAB for the U16A team sponsors)
- Large full colour logo on banner that is on display at the arena entrance for all home games, away games*, including tournaments across the province.
- Link via QR code included with your logo on the banner to direct visitors to your website
- Logo on dressing room door flag
- Logo displayed on the HRA community board at Inch Park arena
- Monthly personalized posts, with tagging, promoting your business throughout the 2024-25 season
- Tagging of your business on all weekly posts promoting upcoming games and/or events
- Option to provide promotional material: Boost engagement with the opportunity to provide promotional material which will be distributed to all athletes, directing families to your business (ie: coupons)
- Invitation to attend assocation events: Engage directly with members and their families at Association events throughout the season. Events may include opening day festivities, skate-a-thon fundraiser, pasta dinner fundraisers, AGM, etc.
- Team picture "thank-you" plaque at the end of the season to proudly display at your place of business to show your community involvement
Gold Sponsorship (Fee $750-$999)
- Company name logo with back link to company website listed in the sponsor section of the HRA website (as well as RAB for the U16A team sponsors)
- Medium full colour logo on banner that is displayed at the arena entrance for all home games, away games* and tournaments across the province
- Link via QR code included with your logo on the banner to direct visitors to your website
- Logo displayed on HRA Community Board at Inch Park Arena
- Bi-monthly customized posts, with tagging, promoting your business during the 2024-25 season
- Tagging of your business on all weekly posts promoting upcoming games and/or events
- Option to provide promotional material: Boost engagement with the opportunity to provide promotional material which will be distributed to all athletes, directing families to your business (ie: coupons)
- Invitation to attend assocation events: Engage directly with members and their families at Association events throughout the season. Events may include opening day festivities, skate-a-thon fundraiser, pasta dinner fundraisers, AGM, etc.
Silver Sponsorship (Fee $500-$749)
- Company name logo with back link to company website listed in the sponsor section of the HRA website (as well as RAB for the U16A team sponsors)
- Small full colour logo on banner that is displayed at the arena entrance for all home games, away games* and tournaments across the province
- Link via QR code included with your logo on the banner to direct visitors to your website
- Logo displayed on HRA Community Board at Inch Park Arena
- Tagging of your business in all weekly posts promoting upcoming games and/or events
- One customized post, with tagging, promoting your business throughout the season
- Invitation to attend assocation events: Engage directly with members and their families at Association events throughout the season. Events may include opening day festivities, skate-a-thon fundraiser, pasta dinner fundraisers, AGM, etc.
Bronze Sponsorship (Fee $250-$499)
- Company name logo with back link to company website listed in the sponsor section of the HRA website (as well as RAB for the U16A team sponsors)
- Company name (no logo) on banner that is displayed at the arena entrance for all home games, away games* and tournaments across the province
- Link via QR code included with your logo on the banner to direct visitors to your website
- Logo displayed on HRA Community Board at Inch Park Arena
- One customized post, with tagging, promoting your business throughout the season
Partnership (Fee up to $249)
- Inclusion of logo or mention for any fundraising support materials pending availability
*Away games and tournaments as available
If you are interested in sponsoring our athletes this year, please complete the application below. If you have any questions, please contact sponsorship@hamiltonringette.ca
