Casting for Canadian Tire Jumpstart Foundation Commercial Seeking 1x boy, 8-12 years old, with physical disability, able to play wheelchair basketball. Audition – Saturday, May 14 Time: TBD Location: Milestone Studio (400 Eastern Avenue, Toronto, M4M 2K9) – studio is wheelchair accessible. Call Back – The call back will be held in-studio Tuesday, May 24 or Wednesday, May 25 Shoot… Read More about “Casting Call for Boys with Physical Disabilities”
We’re so excited to have Parapan Am bronze medallist and Tennis Canada Ambassador, Joel Dembe leading the UTSC Spring Wheelchair Tennis program! Thursday evenings from 6:00pm-8:00pm starting May 5th and running until June 23. All ages and abilities are welcome! Participants can register online for the full 8-week program or single-session drop-ins. For more information, or… Read More about “Joel Dembe to lead UTSC Spring Tennis Program”
The 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… Read More about “Good Luck at CWBL Nationals!”
TEAM 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… Read More about “Team Ontario (Wheelchair Basketball) – Official Selection”
The 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… Read More about “Junior Provincial Wheelchair Basketball Team Tryouts”
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!”
