What's New

• Whitby Olympian (and former WGSA Player) Offering Team Yoga Sessions
• Whitby Lightning Clothing
• Long Term Player Development

Winter Clinics

Once again the WGSA, through the organizational and instructional skills of our dedicated president, Stacy Novack, and our dedicated Select convenor, Al Betts, as well as various other Board members, is pleased to offer to our members the opportunity to hone your softball skills through a number of clinics over the course of the winter. These clinics are a great value at a cost of $40 per girl, to cover the cost of the gym rental.

Please note that these clinics are only open to those girls who have registered for the 2012 softball season. All clinics will take place at the Oshawa YWCA (at the corner of Simcoe St S and McGrigor Ave) on Sundays. The first clinics began on Sunday, January 15th with the ones shown below still coming up.

**As predicted, our Pitching Clinics have filled up so a fifth session has been added. Please contact Stacy right away if you intend to sign up for this clinic as it will likely fill up as well.

Likewise our Conditioning and Skills Clinic Session 2 is almost full, with spot still being available in Session 1.

Pitching Clinics

Conditioning and Skills Clinics

Please tell your friends about these clinics, but let them know that they are available only to players registered for the 2012 season.

Novice Select

Coach Andy has once again put together a slideshow to commemorate his select team.

Whitby Lightning Clothing

This year WGSA has partnered with Roy's Enterprise to offer our logo-emblazoned clothing online! Rather than only being able to order once or twice a year and having to wait for bulk orders to be put in, you can now order whenever you want.

Does your child have a birthday coming up? Order some logowear. Would mom and dad like to show support for their daughter? Order some logowear. Click here to go to the clothing order form website.

If you would like to try on the clothing for sizing purposes, Roy's will be at our Skills Day on May 29th, or you may visit their store at 1609 McEwen Dr in Whitby.

Mite Select in Unionville

What a fantastic day for a ball tournament. After so many rain delayed (or cancelled) games over the years we hit it just right this time – or so we thought. This was our 2nd Tournament of the 2011 season (as Guelph was cancelled the week before) and the girls were anxious to get to the games. (more...)

Whitby Olympian (and former WGSA Player) Offering Team Yoga Sessions

Erin McLean had the honor of representing Canada in softball for over 7 years. As a third baseman with the National Softball Team, Erin has traveled around the world and competed at the 2005 World Championships, 2007 Pan Am Games, 2007 World University Games and 2008 Olympic Games.

Since retiring from softball in 2008, Whitby's own Erin McLean has found a new passion in yoga. Erin is currently working towards her RYT 200 certification in power and hatha yoga. She recently started her own business, The Hot Corner, offering private, group and team yoga sessions. Yoga is a fantastic team building tool. Erin's sessions assist teams in:

• building core strength
• improving muscle tone, upper and lower body strength
• increasing flexibility
• learning mental training techniques and breath relaxation tools

The Hot Corner is available to attend your indoor training sessions, or in studio sessions can be arranged at Live With Spirit studio in Brooklin Ontario. One off, 4 or 8 week sport specific sessions are available. For more information and to arrange a session for your team please contact Erin McLean at hotcorneryoga@gmail.com.  

Batting Instruction

Now that you have seen Erin McLean at Skills Day, you may wish to book her to help out with batting instruction. Contact her at hotcorneryoga@gmail.com to discuss times and fees.

Registration for 2012

If you would like to register for WGSA in order to be eligible for winter clinics, please come out to our registration at Iroquois Park on January 14th or print off the registration form below and drop it off or mail it in.

1. Mail-in or drop-off registration
   Simply click here to print off our registration form. You can mail it to the address on the form or drop it off to the WGSA mailbox at Iroquois Park.
2. On-line registration
   We are pleased to offer on-line registration. Click here to fill-out the online form and pay through Paypal, a reputable internet financial transaction company. Please note that there is a $5 fee for this online transaction.
3. In-person registration
   Saturday, January 14th, from 9:00am - noon at Iroquois Park.

Select Coach Applications

Have you thought of being a coach for one of our Select teams? If so, make sure that you contact Al Betts our Select Convenor, to submit your application by March 11th. Click here to download the application.

League Champs

Playoff Champs

Novice Select Win Gold in Barrie

After having our home tournament postponed, the Novice Select team was eagerly awaiting the Barrie tournament on June 26th. The girls got the season off to a successful and exciting start by winning all four games and finishing first. There were eight teams in the tournament. Vaughan, Erindale and Brampton were in our pool. The second pool consisted of Barrie, Burlington, Martingrove and Guelph. (more...)

Code of Conduct

The WGSA has offered girls the opportunity to compete, improve skills, improve fitness and, most importantly, have fun, for over thirty years. In that time we have been proud of the skill level of our coaches and players evidenced by our consistently high results in Select Tournaments and by the level of play in our house league program.

As an organization we continually strive to offer our membership more value for their dollar and will continue to strive to improve ourselves. One step forward in this ongoing process may be found in this year's players packages, which will be distributed by coaches: a new Code of Conduct for players and parents. These go along with the Codes of Conduct that are being signed for the first time by coaches and umpires of WGSA. As you read these you will unlikely find anything new or revolutionary. They are simply a formal statement of everyone's commitment to the same ideals: fairness, tolerance, respect and fun. By stating everyone's intent up front, we will all maintain our commitment to these worthy goals.

Long Term Player Development

WGSA has long been concerned with the physical fitness of our community and has been committed to providing fitness opportunities for girls from ages 5 - 24. Within the last few years Canada, through its participation with sports organizations, has also become committed to formalizing this ideal. Click on the picture above to see what is happening in this area.