News, U15 A1, REP (Whitby Girls Hockey Association)

By Rob MacDonald: Attention OWHA Presidents and Coaches,    We are honored to have Dr. Ryan Scott run our athletes through an at home workout session.  The session will be active and will only require athletes to have a hockey stick. Dr. Ryan Scott has been in the fitness industry for over 20 years.  He has ...

By Rob MacDonald: Please be advised the Ontario government has now announced that the province will enter a shutdown effective this Saturday, April 3 at 12:01 a.m. as a result all Town Facilities will be closed.  The shutdown will be in place for a period of at least four weeks. The Ontario government will ...

By Rob MacDonald: The Coach Selection Committee chaired by the VP Rep, Jeff Webb, is pleased to announce the following U18 coaches have been selected for the 2021-2022 season U18 A1 Geraid O'Kane U18 A2 Craig Nemis   U18 BB Dan Blais   U18 B Kevin Arnem

By Rob MacDonald: Congratulations to Sean Murphy and Bill Kerr, our 2021/22 U13 AA and U11 AA coaches, respectively.   U13 AA- Sean Murphy Sean has two boys playing WMHA and one daughter in the WGHA system. He started coaching in 2006 as an assistant coach with the Oshawa Generals OHL. For the last four ...

By Rob MacDonald: Mark your calendars for the inaugural Scotiabank Girls HockeyFest Summit! Join us on Sunday, March 7th at 4:00 PM EST, as we host the inaugural Scotiabank Girls HockeyFest Summit. Joined by top professionals in the field, we will dive into informative and interactive sessions and introduce the ...

By Rob MacDonald: Hello Hockey Parents, We know there is much anticipation about the remainder of the hockey season now that we are back in the "Red".   As an executive we wanted to let you all know that we will be in discussions with our partners ( Town of  Whitby, OWHA and Durham Public Health) to form a plan ...

By Rob MacDonald: Tiya Bainbridge's world changed last summer when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. But not only is she back on the ice, she's making a difference for families going through the same ...

By Rob MacDonald: Help stop the spread of COVID-19.  Staying home means saving lives.  We’re all in this together.   For our health care workers, our essential workers and our health care system, let’s stay home and save lives to beat the virus and get back to the sport we all love. Together we can stop the ...

By Rob MacDonald: Dear Hockey Family, Thank you for giving me support and hope during my cancer treatments.  Many days I was weak and could not get out of bed but your support made me feel stronger.  As many of you know, I started Tiya's Purpose to help Sick Kids Hospital support children dealing with hard times. ...

By Rob MacDonald: Happy New Year !!I wanted to share an off-ice success story.  Despite the restrictions of COVID this team reached out to me and offered to help my charity. The charity is called SOCKS and quite simply, we collect new SOCKS and place them into areas of need in the community.  ...