Ringette Tournament Softwarefor Quebec

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
Ringuette Québec
SEASON
Roughly October through March
SETUP TIME
Under 10 minutes

RINGETTE IN QUEBEC

What a ringette weekend looks like in Quebec

Ringuette Québec administers one of the sport's founding provincial memberships, and Québec ringette runs in French throughout. Québec teams travel to Ontario and Atlantic events and host in return, so a Québec organiser's bracket is often read by families from outside the province mid-weekend.

Quebec organises most of its youth sport through regional bodies rather than a single provincial schedule, and events are run predominantly in French — including the bracket sheets and the arena announcements.

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 Quebec 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 Quebec

Can TrakScore run a ringette tournament in Quebec?

Yes. TrakScore is built for exactly this job: a director running a weekend ringette event with teams from across Quebec. 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 Ringuette Québec — 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 Quebec 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 Quebec 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. Quebec organisers running an event that draws teams from Ontario or New Brunswick need a scoreboard that reads clearly to families in either language, which is a real constraint on printed-sheet workflows.

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 Quebec 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 Ringuette Québec actually call them.

READY TO RUN YOUR TOURNAMENT?

Your next Quebec 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