This year, the National Junior Circuit program has been updated to increase access to the National Junior Circuit rankings. An NJC Gold level of events across the country has been added, with 12 NJC Gold events total. The 6 core NJC events will now be named NJC Platinum events.

This gives our Ontario athletes a chance to still earn NJC points at our local Golds, which can move players up the NJC rankings. Gold #1 at Cedar Springs is your first chance to play an NJC Gold and the registration deadline is September 4th. The points available in the NJC Platinum events will be higher than the points in the NJC Gold events. Please see the points table here.

The National Junior Circuit is designed for high-performance juniors in the U15, U17 and U19 age categories in the “Train to Train” and “Train to Compete” stages of the Long-Term Development model that have graduated through provincial/territorial and/or regional pathways and are now competing at the national level. The National Junior Circuit rankings will be used to select athletes for events such as World Junior, Pan Am Junior, and Battle of Border teams, as well as for International Event endorsements (USJO, BJO, etc.).

The National Junior Circuit ranking system runs in tandem with the existing Canadian junior rankings based upon Club Locker ratings, which recognize all eligible Canadian juniors including U11 and U13 categories. Juniors therefore have two opportunities to be ranked: amongst all Canadian juniors, and then how they rank against other top juniors who are vying for international selection.

For information on how the National Junior Circuit (NJC) ranking system works please read more here. Please note that the National Junior Circuit Policy has been updated with the NJC Gold level addition, and to reflect important feedback from this past season. Please review for familiarity.