The 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… Read More about “Welcome New Wheelchair Basketball Provincial Coaches!”
Join 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… Read More about “Achilles Canada St. Patrick’s Day 5K Run/Walk”
The 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
Interested 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… Read More about “Wheelchair Tennis Instructor Workshop”
In partnership with the City of Hamilton, we will be offering a four week introduction to wheelchair basketball program at the Westmount recreation centre. This program will introduce the fundamentals of wheelchair basketball. Focusing on fun, team work and basic skills, participants and their siblings will have the opportunity to learn new skills in a… Read More about “Calling All Youth in the Hamilton Area!”
Q4G Athlete Selection Criteria is now available for Cycle 2 sports: Wheelchair Athletics and Wheelchair Tennis. Please visit the Quest for Gold page for details. Deadline for applications is December 5, 2015. A list of draft nominees for cycle 1 sports has now been posted on the Quest for Gold page under the Programs & Events tab.
The City of Mississauga is running a new Adaptive Multi-sport Program. The program will introduce kids (age 6 to12) to para sports. The program starts October 24th and has a fee of $40.60 for residents of Mississauga and $50.60 for non-residents. More information about the Adaptive Multi-Sport Program in Mississauga here.
Athletics Canada is hosting a para-athletics development camp November 20-22, 2015 in Guelph, Ontario. More information on Athletics Canada para-athletics development camp here.
Q4G Athelte Selection Criteria is now available for Cycle 1 sports: wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. Please visit the Quest for Gold page. Deadline for applications is October 19, 2015.
The Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association will take place on October 19, 2015 at 6:30pm at 3 Concorde Gate, Toronto Ontario M3C 3N7. Call for nominations (pdf) here. 2015 Board nominations form (pdf) here.
