In just under two weeks, the 2011 World Club Championship will take place in Turku, Finland. I am writing today to provide you with some information on the event and let you know what we have planned in terms of outreach so that you can follow our Canadian athletes while they are competing in Turku.

As a bit of background, the first world club championship took place in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 2008. The Cambridge Turbos came away with the inaugural world club championship title and they will travel to Finland to defend that title. They will compete against Canada's Richmond Hill Lightning as well three club teams from Finland - Raision Nuorisokiekko ry (RNK), Lapinlahden Luistin -89 (LL-89), Luvian Kiekko -82 (LuKi-82), and one club team from Sweden - Ulriksdals SK (USK). The event starts on December 28, 2011 and finals will be held on January 1, 2012. 

All games will be held at Kupittaa Ice Rink in Turku, Finland and a full schedule can be found here. This link will also provide game-by-game results and stats throughout the event. All games involving Canadian teams will have live stats input on this website.

To give you a bit more information about the Cambridge Turbos, a roster can be found here. The Turbos currently sit in third place in the National Ringette League's Eastern Conference standings with 11 wins, one loss and two shootout losses (24 points). Fans can send messages to the Turbos while they are in Finland through the email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Richmond Hill Lightning currently sit in second place in the NRL's Eastern Conference standings with 12 wins, two losses and one shootout loss (25 points). The Lightning's roster can be found here and messages to the team can be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

I would also like to point out that two Canadian officials will also be participating in the event - Lorie Grant (Kitchener, ON) who has been officiating for 16 years and Jaimie Nelson (High River, AB) who has been officiating for 14 years.

My colleague Frances Losier (Sport Development Director) and I will be onsite in Finland throughout the event. We will be undertaking a number of activities to make sure everyone back home can follow along. Here is a rundown of the activities:

- We will be writing and distributing a daily media release outlining what went on during the day. These daily releases will be sent to media and also distributed through the Ringette Canada and NRL mailing lists. To join the Ringette Canada mailing list, click here and to join the NRL mailing list, click here. They will also be posted on the National Ringette League website at www.nationalringetteleague.ca.

- We will be posting photos on a daily basis on our Ringette Canada Flickr page. To view the pictures, click here.

- We will be posting daily videos on our Ringette Canada YouTube page. To view the videos, click here.

- We will be blogging about the event and some of the interesting stories around the rink. To read the blog, click here.

- We will be posting game scores, as well as interesting sightings and happenings from around the games on Twitter and Facebook. To follow us on Twitter, click here to follow @NRLLNR and to follow us on Facebook, click here to follow Samantha Belle Ringette. The NRL Twitter account will be posting game scores/summaries for each game.

- We are currently finalizing a plan for webcasting and will communicate that information once it is finalized.