Ontario Wrestling
May 2021 Club/Coaches’ Mailing
- FINAL REMINDER: COVID Relief funding for member-clubs.
Clubs are asked to remember that to be eligible for COVID relief the club must be registered with all coaches registered for 2021.
The funding is to be used by towards supporting community sport clubs that are members of the OAWA.
The Government of Ontario recognizes that Community sport clubs that are members of a PSO offer programming that supports alignment within the amateur sport system by offering a range of grassroots and competitive programming. This funding will support community sport clubs across the province in sustaining their organizations and prepare for when sport is able to return safely.
At their April 17, 2021 meeting, the OAWA Board of Directors agreed to distribute the funding to Wrestling Clubs using the following criteria.:
FINAL REMINDER: To be eligible, Club must have their coaches’ memberships for 2021 renewed by May 30, 2021. Remember, this is FREE for all coaches who were registered in 2020 – go to the OAWA Web Site Membership link to register.
- Base level of support to all clubs. To be eligible, the Club must meet the minimum standards to be an OAWA Active Club. Thus, all clubs eligible to vote at an OAWA AGM will be eligible to receive funding, Associate Clubs will not. All eligible Clubs, including the Ontario Amateur Wrestling Officials’ Association) will receive $250.00. Note, as per prior information from OAWA clubs who have attained Active Club status since the last AGM will be eligible.
- Added support for clubs with more members: Each Club will receive $20/member registered in 2020
- Added support for clubs who have received their COVID-19 Return to Training approval and have been operating. Clubs who have received COVID Clearance and have been operating prior to the current shutdown will receive an added $500.00. To be eligible, the club will be asked to confirm they have conducted training in addition to being approved.
OAWA will begin processing payments to clubs approximately June 1, 2021 so clubs are asked to complete their Coach registrations to ensure that all coaches are registered and receiving OAWA regular communications.
Reminder for Clubs under item # 3 above, athletes training must be OAWA registered for 2021.
Questions? Please contact Tim MaGarrey: admin@oawa.ca (905)577-5188
- 2022 Canada Games Development Program Launch
We are pleased to announce that preparations are underway for the 2022 Canada Summer Games Team Ontario program.The Coaching Staff:
- Heather Sweezey Head Women’s Coach
- Ken Burgess Assistant Women’s Coach
- Zoltan Hunyady Head Men’s Coach
- Jeremy Latour Assistant Men’s Coach
have put together a program that will start with on-line training sessions this spring leading into in-person training once this is allowed under COVID-19 guidelines.
You can view the letter selected athletes will receive at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Z4EW566-aOvPN3dva-3X9S-hBntUL6G/view?usp=sharing
This letter is going out to all athletes who place top three at the 2020 Ontario Juvenile Championships and top two at the 2020 Ontario Cadet Open or 2020 Ontario Winter Games.
Athletes must register for the program using the link to the on-line registration in the letter.
An on-line program launch meeting will be held on Wednesday June 9th at 7:00 pm.The meeting link will be sent to all athletes who register.Coaches are encouraged to join this meeting as well.Please contact OAWA Program Coordinator Chris Stefopulos at:
ohpwrestling@gmail.com
The Canada Games Team Ontario Coaching staff will be at the Program Launch Meeting
- Wrestling Canada Announces 2022-2024 event locations
Canada Wrestling has announced the following locations for upcoming events (updated May 24, 2021):
- 2022 Jr/Sr/Cadet Trials – Edmonton, AB
- 2022 U-17/U-19 Championships – Calgary, AB
- 2022 Canada Cup – Summerside, PE
- 2023 Jr/Sr/Cadet Trials – Waterloo, ON
- 2023 U-17/U-19 Championships – Vancouver, BC
- 2024 Jr/Sr/Cadet Trials – Ottawa, ON
- 2024 U-17/U-19 Championships – Mississauga, ON
- Reminder OAWA Annual General Meeting
The OAWA 2021 OAWA Annual General Meeting will take place Saturday September 25, 2021 at 10:00 am.
We anticipate the AGM will once again take place on-line in a format similar to the 2020 AGM.
Regional Members are also advised that over the course of the summer, OAWA will hold elections for the Regional Representatives to the OAWA Regional Council. More information will be made available on this process at a later time.
We look forward to meeting with our member clubs and other representatives in September. We wish we could meet in person but feel that a virtual meeting will be more appropriate for 2021
- Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) AGM to take place July 6, 2021
Wrestling Canada will hold its 2021 Annual General Meeting virtually on Tuesday July 6, 2021 at 7:00 pm.
Attendance at the WCL AGM is only open to Provincial/Territorial members and other guests. Others wishing to attend must ask permission of WCL or be sponsored by the OAWA. Please contact OAWA President Jason O’Neil if you wish to request to attend (president@oawa.ca ).
Included in the agenda for the 2021 WCL AGM will be election of WCL Board positions:
2021 Election of Directors
- 2-year term – Director at Large (to be nominated by Coaches)
- 2-year term – Director at Large (to be nominated by U SPORTS Coaches)
- 2-year term – Director at Large (to be nominated by AB/NT)
- 2-year term – Director at Large ONTARIO 2 (to be nominated by Ontario)
- 2-year term – Director at Large (to be nominated by NB/QC/NS/NL/PE)
- 2-year term – President (can be nominated by any member)
Ontario is eligible to put forward nominations for these positions on the WCL Board of Directors:
- WCL President
- WCL Director at Large for Ontario (ON 2)
Individuals interested in being nominated to the WCL Board for these positions should contact the OAWA to be nominated. Please contact the OAWA (admin@oawa.ca) immediately if interested so that the OAWA Board of Directors can review applicants and forward the nominations to WCL in time.”
If you have any questions about the nomination process for WCL Board of Directors’ members, we suggest you consult the WCL Board of Directors’ Nominations Guide available at:
https://wrestling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020_BOD_Nominations_Guide_FINAL.pdf
- New Training Module from the Coaches Association of Canada
The Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) has introduced another FREE module for Coaches to take on-line. This new module is to help coaches when it is time to return to training after the Lockdown.
The Leading a Return to Sport Participation program. Click HERE to go to the module.
For Coaches This eLearning module provides guidance and resources to help coaches create a safe and adaptable return-to-sport plan.
This module takes about an hour to complete and in addition to giving coaches valuable guidance on starting back to coaching once we have clearance to do so, it also awards NCCP Certified coaches with 1 Professional Development point.
NCCP Accredited Coaches are reminded that once certified you need to continue to take courses and on-line modules to earn Professional Development points to maintain your certification. For more details on how to maintain your certification, please see the following page on the Coaches Association of Ontario website:
https://www.coachesontario.ca/nccp-training/maintenance-of-certification/
Coaches are encouraged to optimize opportunities for upgrading and maintaining their Coaching Credentials, particularly now during the pandemic while coaches are mostly unable to actively coach.
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