The Red Deer Ringette Association will host it’s 29th annual Friends on Ice tournament this weekend.
Play opened today in six arenas with the finals set for Sunday.
The tournament includes 62 teams — 42 from out of town — in 13 divisions. All the teams except for the Regina Rough Ringers, who are in the U14 B division, are from Alberta.
The U6 division, which consists of the Red Deer Dragons and Lacombe Lightning Bolts, is the youngest division with the Masters, which has the Red Deer Confusion, Brooks Oil Ringers, Calgary Ice Breakers and Mustang Sally, is the oldest.
Action in the U10 division began today at 7:45 a.m. at the Kin City Arena A. Games also go at Kin City B, the Collicutt Centre, the Kinex and the Dawe Centre with a handful of games in Penhold during the weekend.
Finals in all the divisions go at the Kin City Arenas or the Collicutt Centre.
The U6 and U9 divisions will be strictly round-robin play.