"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work"

   Mark Twain

Come watch the Senior Women play before they head to the world champsionship. Click here for the details.

YBL house league registration is now open. Please click here for the details.

Tryout dates for the 2010-2011 season have been announced. Note that the new Junior Elite teams have different, earlier tryout dates.

Please encourage any girls you know who have an interest in playing competitive basketball to sign up!

Registration is now open for the 2010-2011 open tryouts. Please fill out our online registration form in order to register. Tryout dates and times will be announced later, but occur at the end of September. The 2010-2011 season starts after Thanksgiving, in mid-October.

Please encourage any girls you know who have an interest in playing competitive basketball to sign up!

A number of KW Lightning players were on the team that won the silver medal at the Ontario Summer Games, read all about it here.

Over the next week or two we'll be transitioning to the new website for the KW Lightning Girls Basketball Association at http://www.kwlightning.ca. Please bear with us during this transition period.

KW Lightning needs volunteers to help with a number of tasks:

Contact Allan Bush to apply. allan.bush@rogers.blackberry.net

We are accepting applications for 2010-2011 rep team coaches. We want to run 12 teams, two at every age group. Contact Allan Bush to apply. allan.bush@rogers.blackberry.net

KW Lightning tryouts will be in September and October. Please check back at the beginning of September for details.

We will be running two teams for the league: KW Lightning and TriCounty Lightning (players from KW, Guelph, Brantford and Cambridge). We will be running open tryouts in September — watch our website for teams and locations, all are welcome. Bob Urosevic will be coaching the KW Lightning team. We are accepting applications for coaches and assistant coaches for the TriCounty Team. For more information contact Allan Bush by email or 519-883-5350.

Congrats to Michelle Hudyn for making the Provincial team and Gemma Bullard for making Englands National Team

KW Lightning is pleased to offer the following coaching clinics in the coming year:
 
Level 2 Theory (Comp Intro Part B): Oct 17-18, 2010
This will be the last time this course will be needed for Ontario Basketball certification as the Level 2 delivery system will change to the "integrated" formate similar Level 1.
 
The NEW Level 2: Nov 19-21, 2010
This will be one of the first courses to roll out anywhere in Ontario and as you can see it is a 2 1/2 day training session combining the old "Part B" theory materials and the new Canadian Sport For Life Basketball Development technical materials. (Note: All coaches who have completed their old Level 2 training will maintain it as long as the Level 2 Practical Application has been fulfilled for full certification.)
 
Level 1: Feb 12-13, 2011
This is the Introduction to Competition - Basketball course, the first level of NCCP training that is required for all new coaches.

The KW Lightning Junior #1 team had a spectacular weekend May 7-9, 2010 by winning the gold medal in Division 1 at the Ontario Cup. The 4th-seeded squad beat #5 seed Kanata 57-54 in OT to advance from pool play with a 3-0 record. In the semifinal, the girls shocked the Ontario basketball community by beating #1 seed Blessed Sacrament 66-65 in an overtime shootout thriller! In the final, the girls won a hard fought 42-37 slugfest vs #3 seed Ajax Advantage. An unbelievable season (31-4) came to a dramatic conclusion. The coaches, parents and supporters of the team and organization are so proud of the team!!!

The Junior #2 team, coached by Allan Bush, recorded its own upset Friday night by beating the second-ranked Sultans to finish 2-1 in the tournament, not bad for a 15th-ranked team. The two junior teams went 7-1 in the top divison of girls basketball in Ontario.

The Juvenile team, coached by Brian Henry, also did great by winning a silver medal on the Ontario Cup.

Special thanks to Roy and Marti Dahl and their team of volunteers for organizing and hosting two great OBA weekends!

Rachael Urosevic and Shelby Kurt have been selected to play in the All Canada Girls Basketball All-Star Game at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Monday, June 14th at 5 pm. Congratulations! What a great honour to be selected as two of the Top 20 players in Canada. Both girls have played for KW Lightning for the past 9 years. We know you will represent KWL, your families, and the extended K-W basketball community well!

For more information check the Canada Basketball website.

Tickets to the game are available at the Air Canada Centre on game day. The boys' game starts at 7 pm.

Boxed chicken, steaks and assembled meals are available from Meals In No Time. KW Lightning receives $10 for each box of chicken or steak sold. A donation is also made for assembled meals — see the Fundraising page at www.mealsinnotime.com for details. If you want to order boxed chicken or steak, please download the order form for all the details.

Darrah Bumstead was a recipient of the 2010 Voyageur Award, presented to graduating student-athletes who have made outstanding contributions to their sport and Voyageur athletics throughout their career. Read more about Darrah and the award.