U12 Thunder Roar to Provincial Gold

The Chatham Thunder ‘Cement Man’ Provincial U12 Petite Ringette team travelled to Oshawa to compete in the Provincial Championships this weekend.

The Thunder started slowly, losing their first game 5-3 to Metcalf and tying Forest 5-5. On Friday, the Thunder started rolling, beating Elora-Fergus 3-2.

Saturday morning brought a 5-3 win against Sault Ste. Marie setting up a must-win to advance against Oshawa. Chatham was down 4-0 early in the second half before they turned it around to edge the hometown team 5-4.

Sunday morning’s semi-final saw the Chatham Thunder once again fall behind, this time 3-0 before taking over the game for another 5-4 win.

In the championship game Chatham jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, then never looked back, dominating the game and shutting out The Soo 4-0 for the gold medal.

Team members are goalies Olivia Eskritt and Audrey Mackay-Barr, defencemen Camille Blain, Ericka Anderson, Leah Thompson, Ireland Dasilva and Rachel Carleton, Forwards Lydia Harron, Niyah Poole, Natasha Anderson, Isabel Baillie, Emily Newman, Rachel Benn and Courtney Legere.