Ringette Tournament Softwarefor Alberta

Live brackets, standings that calculate themselves, and a public display board every family at the rink can follow from their phone. Built for the director running the event — not for an IT department.

GOVERNING BODY
Ringette Alberta
SEASON
Roughly October through March
SETUP TIME
Under 10 minutes

RINGETTE IN ALBERTA

What a ringette weekend looks like in Alberta

Ringette Alberta administers one of the strongest ringette memberships in Canada, with deep participation across the Calgary and Edmonton regions. That depth means Alberta can fill genuine AA-tier draws at the older age groups — and a tiered event with A and AA running side by side is two brackets to keep straight, not one.

Alberta's participation is concentrated in the Calgary and Edmonton metros, with Red Deer sitting almost exactly between them — which is why so many provincial events are hosted there rather than in either major city.

BUILT FOR RINGETTE

Ringette, not generic sport

How the draw works

Ringette shares hockey's ice and hockey's tournament shape — pool play into a playoff — but it is a smaller sport, which changes the maths. A ringette weekend often has fewer teams per division and more divisions running at once, so an organiser is juggling several small brackets in parallel rather than one big one.

Where TrakScore fits

That is exactly the case where a single public display board earns its keep: parents watching a U14 game can see the U16 and U19 results from the same screen, and the organiser is not maintaining four separate whiteboards across two ice surfaces.

Divisions

U10 (played under the Step program), U12, U14, U16, U19 and an open adult category, with AA and A tiers at the older ages.

Season

Roughly October through March, with the provincial championship season falling in late winter.

Vocabulary

Venues are rinks, fixtures are games, and standings track GF and GA.

FORMATS

Every format a ringette draw needs

Single elimination

One loss and you are out. The fastest way to settle a small draw.

Double elimination

Every team gets a second life through the losers bracket.

Round robin

Everyone plays everyone; the standings table decides it.

Pool play into playoffs

Groups on the Saturday, knockout on the Sunday.

Best-of series

BO3, BO5 or BO7, set independently per round, with automatic clinching.

HOW IT WORKS

Up and running in minutes

01

Create the tournament

Name it, pick a format and set your division. Takes about a minute.

02

Add teams and schedule

Seed your entries and lay out every game across your rinks and dates.

03

Go live

Publish, and share the display board link with every Alberta club in the draw.

04

Manage in real time

Scores go in, the bracket advances itself, and the standings update on every screen at once.

PRICING

Pay per event. Or run the whole season.

Start free. Unlock one weekend at a time — or go all-in for the year. No monthly subscriptions.

FREE

$0

forever free

  • 1 tournament per season
  • Up to 16 teams
  • All bracket formats
  • Live display board + embed
  • Per-game scorekeeper links

SEASON PASS

$290

per year · Pro — Elite $790/yr

  • Run events all year
  • Pro: 5 active + 25 archived, 32 teams
  • Elite: 10 active + 50 archived, 128 teams
  • Priority support on Elite

First event on us if it doesn’t deliver — every Event Pass comes with a full money-back guarantee.

FAQ

Ringette tournaments in Alberta

Can TrakScore run a ringette tournament in Alberta?

Yes. TrakScore is built for exactly this job: a director running a weekend ringette event with teams from across Alberta. You set the format, add your teams, generate the schedule and publish a public display board. Nothing about the platform is tied to a particular league or to Ringette Alberta — you run your own event on your own terms.

Which ringette tournament formats are supported?

All five formats ringette organisers actually use: single elimination, double elimination, round robin, pool play feeding a playoff, and best-of series. Ringette events in Alberta most often use pool play into a playoff round, and TrakScore advances winners into the bracket automatically as each game goes final.

How do parents in Alberta follow the scores?

Every tournament gets a public display board at its own URL — no app, no account, no login. Put it on a screen at the rink and share the same link with families. The Calgary–Edmonton corridor lets Alberta organisers run genuinely large draws without overnight travel for most entrants, so bracket sizes here skew bigger than in the Atlantic provinces.

Do my scorekeepers need accounts?

No. You can email a one-tap scoring link for any individual game, and the volunteer at the rink opens it and enters the score — no download, no signup. That works on every plan including Free. Standing scorekeeper seats, for someone covering a whole weekend, come with Pro and above.

What does it cost to run a Alberta ringette tournament?

Free covers one tournament per season with up to 16 teams, which is enough for a small ringette draw. It is one tournament per organization, not per login. Beyond that an Event Pass is a one-time $79 for up to 32 teams, $149 up to 64 or $249 up to 128 — no subscription, and the event stays archived and publicly readable afterwards. If you run several ringette events a year — a division per weekend, say — the annual Season Pass works out cheaper.

Does TrakScore use the right terminology for ringette?

Yes — the product speaks ringette, not generic sport. Venues are labelled “Rink”, fixtures are “Games”, and the standings table tracks GF and GA rather than a one-size-fits-all column. Age divisions in ringette run U10 (played under the Step program), U12, U14, U16, U19 and an open adult category, with AA and A tiers at the older ages, and you can name yours whatever your event and Ringette Alberta actually call them.

READY TO RUN YOUR TOURNAMENT?

Your next Alberta ringette event starts here

Set up your bracket in minutes. The display board goes live the moment you publish — no tech skills required.

CREATE YOUR TOURNAMENT FREE