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Good Luck at CWBL Nationals!
Leave a CommentThe OWSA would like to wish the best of luck to two of our wheelchair basketball club teams – the Twin City Spinners and the Brampton Suns – at the CWBL National Championships in Kamloops, BC. They will be competing from April 22-24. The Spinners are coached by Bruce Russell and the Suns are coached by Kathy Ludwig.
A special mention also goes out to the Ontario athletes competing at Nationals as part of the WBC National Academy team!
Play hard and play well everyone!
Team Ontario (Wheelchair Basketball) – Official Selection
Leave a CommentTEAM ONTARIO SELECTION
The OWSA would like to congratulate the following athletes on their selection to the Team Ontario Junior & Women’s wheelchair basketball teams:
Juniors
Adel Akhmed
Zoë Hahn
Maninder Hothi
Michael Kilonzo
Puisand Lai
Higor Marques Da Silva
Aaron McDonald
Lee Melymick
Jesse Packard
Eric Voss
Alternates: Sara Black, Emily Williamson
Women
Sara Black
Lisa Bradley
Helen Dam
Zoë Hahn
Melanie Hawtin
Puisand Lai
Joanne Lee
Émilie Mondor
Karina Nowaczyk
Darda Sales
Tamara Steeves
Shannon Young
We wish them all the best in their upcoming competitions! The women will be competing in the CWBL Women’s National Championships in Longueuil, Québec from April 15-17 while the Juniors head to Charlottetown, PEI for the Junior East Regional Championships from May 14-15.
We would also like to take the time to recognize the Assistant Coaches who were selected to help lead our provincial programs in conjunction with our Head Coaches.
Junior
Head Coach – Kathy Ludwig
Assistant Coach – Josh Davies
Additional Coaches – Jesse McNalley, Aidyn Low, Chris Chandler
Women
Head Coach – Paul Bowes
Assistant Coaches – Annie Goodchild, Christina Swett, Martin Corriveau
Additional Coaches – Chris Chandler
Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you have shown throughout both the teams’ tryout & selection processes! The present and future of wheelchair basketball in Ontario is looking promising! GO ONTARIO!
Junior Provincial Wheelchair Basketball Team Tryouts
Leave a CommentThe 2015-16 season is the first year within the four-year Junior competition cycle leading up to the Canada Winter Games in 2019. In preparation for the event, Wheelchair Basketball Canada provides yearly competition opportunities for Junior athletes in the form of East & West Regional Championships (2016 & 2017), National Championships (2018) and Canada Games (2019).
This year’s Junior East Regional Championships will be held in Charlottetown, PEI from May 13-15. Ontario’s Junior Team will be coached by our newly selected Junior Provincial Program Head Coach, Kathy Ludwig. All potential athletes are invited to attend the open selection camps on March 20 and April 3.
Team Ontario selection criteria for 2016 Junior East Regional Championships can be found here.
Selection camps
- Sunday March 20, 2016 from 4:30pm – 8:30pm
- Sunday April 3, 2016 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
Location: Haber Recreation Centre, 3040 Tim Dobbie Drive, Burlington.
Once athletes have been selected to the team, they will be required to attend two (2) training camps on April 17 and May 8 in preparation for Regional Championships.
Training camps
- Sunday April 17, 2016 from 10:00am – 5:00pm
- Sunday May 8, 2016 from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Harold Brathwaite Secondary School, 415 Great Lakes Drive, Brampton.
Athletes are asked to bring a water bottle and a reversible jersey/pinnie or “dark” and “light” shirts for scrimmaging to the open selection camps and training camps.
Please note that athletes not selected to attend Junior Regional Championships this year will continue to have opportunities to participate in training and identification camps every year leading up to Canada Winter Games. The goal is to continually develop our Junior athletes throughout the province in order to showcase the strongest Team Ontario possible at Canada Games in 2019.
Contact
Kathy Ludwig
Head Coach, Junior Provincial Wheelchair Basketball Program
blazerskl@hotmail.com
Josée Matte
Wheelchair Basketball Provincial Coordinator
josee@onpara.ca
Welcome New Wheelchair Basketball Provincial Coaches!
Leave a CommentThe Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association is pleased to announce the selection of two wheelchair basketball provincial coaches
Women’s Provincial Team
Paul Bowes, ChPC, has been selected as the Head Coach of our Women’s Provincial Team and will be coaching Team Ontario at CWBL Women’s National Championships in April of 2016. Paul brings with him a wealth of coaching experience at the local, provincial and national level. Currently, Paul is the Head Coach of the London Forest City Flyers, a role he has held since 1988. As a member of the men’s national program, Paul has been to five Paralympic Games, bringing home four medals during that time. He is the only head coach to win a World Championship Gold Medal for the men’s team in 2006. At the provincial level, Paul served as the Head Coach of Ontario’s men’s team from 1994-2001, bringing home six gold medals and two silver medals. Paul’s extensive coaching and managerial experience in both grass roots and elite level programs make him an incredible asset to the women’s provincial program.
Junior Provincial Team
Kathy Ludwig has been chosen to lead our Junior Provincial Team. Coach Kathy served as an Assistant Coach at Canada Games in 2015 and will lead the team at Junior Regionals in Prince Edward Island from May 14-16, 2016 and into the next Canada Games in Red Deer, Alberta in 2019. At the local level, Kathy is the Head Coach for the Brampton Suns of the Cruisers Sports for the Physically Disabled, a position she has held since 2008. At the provincial level, Kathy was the Head Coach of the Women’s Provincial Team from 2011-2013. In 2011, Kathy joined the coaching staff of the junior provincial program in that capacity of Apprentice Coach and her commitment to the junior program has continued to the present time. Kathy’s passion and commitment for the sport of wheelchair basketball is unparalleled in this province and we look forward to seeing her lead, guide and develop our next generation of high performance young athletes in Ontario.
Information about team selection and development days will be available shortly. All interested athletes and coaches across Ontario will be invited to attend. For more information, please contact our Wheelchair Basketball Provincial Coordinator, Josée Matte for more information at josee@onpara.ca
Achilles Canada St. Patrick’s Day 5K Run/Walk
Leave a CommentJoin Team OWSA!
On Sunday, March 13, 2016 Team OWSA will be participating in the 17th Annual Achilles Canada St. Patrick’s Day 5K Run/Walk.
The Achilles Run is a charitable 5K run and all pledges for Team OWSA participants will support current and future OWSA programs and services.
How can I help?
If you are interested in joining our team and raising funds for OWSA please contact adam@onpara.ca. To sponsor a runner/walker/wheeler or make a donation, please visit https://onpara.ca/product/achilles-run-team-owsa-sponsor/
Wheelchair Basketball Head Coach Positions – Application Deadline: February 26, 2016
Leave a CommentThe OWSA is looking to fill the Head Coach positions for both Junior Provincial and Women’s Provincial wheelchair basketball programs, respectively.
For details on the positions and application information, visit:
http://sirc.ca/…/junior-wheelchair-basketball-provincial-te…
http://sirc.ca/…/womens-wheelchair-basketball-provincial-te…
The application deadline for both positions is Friday, February 26, 2016.
Contact:
info@onpara.ca
Wheelchair Tennis Instructor Workshop
Leave a CommentInterested in coaching wheelchair tennis?
This Tennis Canada initiative is designed to provide interested people with the knowledge to teach wheelchair tennis to introductory players.
Participants will learn how to adapt their coaching to systematically develop beginning wheelchair tennis players. They will help players learn the fundamentals of rallying, starting a point with a serve and return,
playing the game, and most importantly chair mobility.
The course will be taught by Tennis Canada National Coach for Wheelchair Tennis Development and 3-time Paralympic medalist Kai Schrameyer.
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2016
Time: 1 day course – 6 hours (8:30am – 3:00pm)
Location:
Angus Glen Tennis Centre
3970 Major Mackenzie Dr E
Markham, ON, L6C 1P8
Cost: $20 for TPA members, $60 for non-TPA Members
**Registration Deadline is Friday February 26th – spaces are limited. **
For registration information and details contact Kai Schrameyer at kschrameyer@tenniscanada.com.