What's New

• Whitby Lightning Clothing
• Register for Select Tournaments
• Ace is Coming to Skills Day
• Summer Camp
• Long Term Player Development

Ace Up Our Sleeves

Ace, the Blue Jays mascot, will be at Skills Day on May 26th, running bases, batting and throwing. He'll be there from 1pm to 3pm so if you would like to get your picture taken with him drop by and say 'Hi'. Remember to bring your camera!. Click here to go to Ace's own Blue Jays webpage.

Heard at Advanced Learn to Play

Aubrey S. was instructing a seven or eight year old girl how to use both hands to catch and the girl replied: "I've played for lots of years now. I don't need two hands anymore!"

Would You Like to Register for Our Whitby Select Tournaments?

Once again WGSA Lightning is proud to host our Select peers in our annual tournaments:

Please see our Select page for more details.

Pitching Clinics

Pitching clinics are coming again on Mondays evenings at D'Hillier Park, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. The first clinic will be Monday, May 7th and will be limited to 12 - 15 girls.

Pre-registration is mandatory and only open to Mite and Squirt players. Please contact WGSA President, Stacy Novack. Register quickly. They are very instructive and can fill up quickly. All pitchers must bring their own backcatchers.

2012 Summer Softball Day Camp

Once again, the WGSA, with the Academy Baseball School, is pleased to offer a Summer Softball Camp opportunity to our registered players (Ages 7 - 14). The camp will be run out of Iroquois Park Sports Complex during the weeks of July 9 - 13 and July 16 - 20.

The regular camp fee is $240 per week, but the camp fee is reduced to $130 for the first week for WGSA members. (Second week discounts are also available.) Subsidies are limited, so enrol early!

Each weekly program includes:

Sign up for either or both weeks, but register early as space is limited. For more details contact WGSA President, Stacy Novack. To view the Summer Softball Camp registration form (in Adobe Acrobat, PDF, format), click here. Mailing information is on the form. Click here to visit the Academy Baseball School website.

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.

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.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, WGSA Members

Announcing the WGSA’s Picture Day and 13th Annual Skills Competition taking place at Iroquois Park sports complex on Saturday May 26th, 2012.

Click here for a schedule of when the photos will be taken.

The purpose of this fun-filled day is twofold: first, to get together for your TEAM picture; second a chance to join your whole team in the skills competition (hitting, running, throwing) and compete for individual and team prizes! Maybe you can even get your coaches to compete in the running drills!!

After you have worked up an appetite competing, your team will enjoy a free pizza lunch. This fun day is open to the Learn to Play, Advanced Learn to Play, Mite and Squirt divisions. The Novice division will participate in the team pictures only.

Roy's Enterprises will also be on hand for those people who would like to order Logowear with the WGSA logo emblazoned. You can order this at any time through our website, but having Roy's on hand will allow you the opportunity to try samples on for size.

The skills competition commences right after the pictures. Your coaches will be handing our information sheets at the start of the season so please mark May 26th on your calendar. If you can only join us for pictures that’s fine too. We don’t want anyone to miss having their picture taken with their team. Team and individual pictures only take about 10 minutes.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

As with everything we do, we are in need of volunteers to help out at this event. If any parents are available, we would love to have you. If any older-division players are available, this would qualify for your community hours. Please contact our Skills Day Convenor Trish Ewing.

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.