Countdown to GameDay!!

• LTP/ALTP - Tuesday May 14th
• Mite - Thursday May 16th
• Squirt - Wednesday May 15th
• Novice - Monday May 13th
• Bantam - Wed. May 15th
• Midget - Thursday May 16th

Pitching Clinics

Once again WGSA will be offering pitching clinics free of charge, although pre-registration is mandatory.

• Monday evening clinics at Brooklin Optimist
• 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
• Mite and Squirt players only
• Begins Monday May 6th.

Spots are limited and must be reserved by contacting Stacy Novack at cHJlc2lkZW50QHdoaXRieWdpcmxzc29mdGJhbGwuY29t

Spots in the clinics will only be assigned by reservation. No walk-ups will be accepted.

Each pitcher must bring someone to catch.

We are looking forward to seeing all participants on the diamond.

Registering for 2024 Season

WGSA is a great place for girls to have fun and learn some valuable skills. Our season runs from mid-May to the beginning of August, during which time the players make new friendships and renew old ones. They look forward to this from year to year and can't wait to hit the diamond each season.

Register now to be elgible for our off-season clinics and to secure these prices in case they go up in the new year.

If the division in which you are interested is full and you would like to be placed on a waiting list, or if you have any questions regarding registration, please contact the WGSA Registrar at ZGFycmVuLm11cnJheUB3aGl0YnlnaXJsc3NvZnRiYWxsLmNvbSA=.

Click here to register online for the upcoming season.

Learn to Play and Advanced Learn to Play

The Whitby Girls Softball Association is very proud of our award winning development divisions, LTP and ALTP. We began LTP in 2006 taking some ideas from Softball Canada's LTP program, at the time, and then combining them with our own design to make something unique and effective. ALTP followed soon after.

These divisions have been designed specifically for the abilities and attention spans of young players. The goal is for the girls to be active and have fun, while learning the fundamentals of softball in small, age-appropriate pieces. To that end the girls are placed on a team and then rotate through stations as a whole team where they play small games designed to be fun and still teach them softball skills. For example, an game early in the season is Tag where the girls have fun chasing each other, but those tagged must run the bases, in the right direction, calling out the names of the bases, before they rejoin the tag game.

The girls are active, have fun, make friends and the softball skills introduced grow as the season progresses. There is a one-inning game at the end of each night where everyone on each team bats. In this game there are no strike outs (batting from a tee for the whole season in LTP; progressing to coach-pitch for ALTP), but a player may be put out on the bases if a play is made at a base. In this way they get to see the point of the skills they are learning. It's a lot of fun and has been a great success since we began doing it this way.

Both divisions play on the same evening, Tuesday evenings starting at 6:30. We ask people to be at the ballpark (Whitby Optimist on Graymar Avenue) by 6:15 so that we can begin at 6:30 promptly. Everything is usually finished between 7:30pm and 8:00pm. Since we have 2 divisions playing (one rotating through stations around the hardball diamond and one rotating through stations around the softball diamond), there are in excess of 100 children, plus parents, grandparents and siblings. It is like a carnival every week, but the parking lot does fill up quickly. Another reason to arrive early.

Because of the way that these divisions are designed, there is no other night needed for practice, as there would be in older divisions.

The requirements for equipment are pretty small. Every player needs a glove and a helmet. A cage on the helmet is not mandatory, but strongly recommended. In every division above LTP and ALTP, cages are mandatory. Many choose to bring their own bats, but we do have some available at the batting stations and for the game. Cleats are not necessary, but running shoes are very necessary. Please no crocs, sandals, etc which would make it difficult to be active.

LTP and ALTP are an ideal way to introduce children to softball. They are fun, active and a chance to hang out with friends.

Whitby Lightning Clothing

Once again WGSA has partnered with Roy's Enterprise to offer our logo-emblazoned clothing online!

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 please visit Roy's 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.

I've Registered, Now What?

The next person you will hear from will be your child's coach. The season will commence during the week beginning on May 13th, assuming that everything goes well, including diamond conditions.

If you are curious before then, you can click on the Houseleague menu on this website. When the schedules are complete they will show up there.

For now, oil up your glove, warm up your pitching arm and think warm thoughts.

Click here to go to the Useful Info page and see other things to consider.

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.