Calling All Potential Umpires

      

Windsor-Essex is in dire need of umpires.

You don’t need any experience; we will train you. Anyone turning 11 this year (born in 2013) or older can be an umpire. We especially need “mature” umpires to work the older age groups. This is a great part time job for the summer. Our Umpire in Chief (UIC) will work around your schedule, and you can work as many games as you’d like.

For those not familiar with WE Umps - we schedule umpires for Travel (Rep) games for several baseball organizations in the Windsor area, in addition to umpires for the Windsor Hawks House league.  If you are interested in umpiring for Tecumseh house league or Windsor South Canadians, we are happy to make introductions to those amazing UICs as well.  We are all working together to make sure all games in Windsor are covered and kids are enjoying the game.

 

We are hosting two In-Person Clinics:

 

Saturday April 13th 10:00 - 2:00

or

Saturday April 27th 10:00 - 2:00

 

Clinics will be held in the gym at:

Holy Names Catholic High School

1400 Northwood St.

Windsor

Clinic fees are $25 for level 1 umpires and $45 for level 2. More information regarding umpire certification can be found on the Baseball Ontario Website at the following link.

https://www.playoba.ca/umpire-certification  

 

If you’re interested or for more information please contact our UIC, Mari Otero-Jones, at whacumpires@gmail.com.

 

Earn cash and gain a better understanding of the game on your terms.

 

     

   

The Hawks ordering portal is now open until February 25^th at midnight

This is the perfect opportunity for our fans to get their swag. There are hoodies, T-shirts, tanks, hats, bags, and many other items for fans to purchase. The uniform is for travel players only, but these items are for everyone. This is also a fund raiser for the organization, we receive a small percentage of each purchase. Use the link below for direct access.

Get your Hawks gear, show your colours and wear it proud.

Our uniform portal is open once again for those who have not ordered their uniforms. This is the last chance for those registered travel (rep) players to place their order. Any registered player who has not purchased their uniform will be unable to play and they will not receive a refund for registration costs already paid.

https://hawks2024store2.itemorder.com/

 

   

Annual General Meeting

October 2, 2023 7:00-8:30

 

We're holding our 2023 Annual General Meeting this Monday October 2nd at the clubhouse.

This meeting is open to any Walker Homesites memeber in good standing. 

You're welcome to attend to meet the executive and hear about our accomplishments and plans for Walker Homesites.

​Deadline for nominations is this Sunday, October 1^st.

Nominations are now being accepted for the following positions on the Walker Homesites Executive Board.  These are two-year positions with a start date of November 1^st 2023.

Walker Homesites:
President
2nd Vice President

Treasurer

Walker Homesites Women’s Auxiliary (Travel Board):
President

2nd Vice President

 

Nominations need to be submitted to the Recording Secretary, Mari Otero-Jones (moj176@hotmail.com), no later than Sunday, October 1st to be considered and can be submitted by anyone.  All nominees will be contacted ahead of time to inform them that they’ve been nominated and acknowledge if they will stand for the position they’ve been nominated for.
Elections will be held at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday October 4^th at the Walker Homesites Clubhouse.  Nominees are encouraged to attend the AGM for the elections.  If you’re unable to attend the AGM but have accepted your nomination, a declaration of acceptance must be sent to Mari in writing before the AGM in order to be considered for election.  Candidates will be given time to introduce themselves to the voting executive team as part of the AGM agenda.

Thank you for your consideration.  As a purely volunteer organization, we rely on community involvement to make us successful. 

Tryouts

We will be conducting tryouts for the 2024 season beginning the week of September 11th. Please check back often for specific dates and any updates.

We plan to field travel baseball teams at all age levels.

Please express your interest in trying out using the following link. This will help us appropriately plan for the turnout.

2024 Tryout Registration

Call for Coaches

We're also looking for coaches for the 2024 season. If you'd like to share your knowledge, passion and love of the game with our 2024 players please register at the following link.

Interest in Coaching 2024

Having just completed out 2023 Provincial Playoff schedules we're looking forward to 2024.

Hope to see you on the diamond.

 

2024 Tryout Information - Updated November 22nd

 

2024 Tryouts have begun. We plan to field teams at all age levels from 8U through senior.

Tryouts are open to all players, no need for releases to attend.

 

2024 Tryout Signup

Any information related to tryouts will be posted here so check back often for updates. 

 

Thank you to the following coaches for volunteering to manage our teams next year.

8U/9U (2015-2016)

Laura Walker (lwalker84@hotmail.com) and Brynn Kibble (bkibble67@gmail.com)

Thank you to all who tried out this year. Congratulations to the following players selected for our 2024 team

 

10U/11U (2013-2014) - Larry Melanson - melanson30@gmail.com

Thank you to all who tried out this year. Congratulations to the following players selected for our 2024 team.

Any new players looking to join our team please contact Larry and we will arrange to have your player evaluated. 

 

12U/13U (2011-2012) - John Topolie - jonjanmax5@gmail.com

Thank you to all who tried out this year. Congratulations to the following players selected for our 2024 team.

Any new players looking to join our team please contact John and we will arrange to have your player evaluated

 

14U/15U (2009-2010)

Please contact Mark Ruttle (whacpresident@gmail.com) if interested in playing 14U/15U and fill out the form at the following link

Tryout Registration Form

We will continue to take information in preparation for early spring tryouts if there is enough interest

 

16U (2008) - Sean Grondin - grondinsean@yahoo.com

Thank you to all who tried out this year. Congratulations to the following players selected for our 2024 team

Nidheesh Aggarwal
Kingston Clarke
Jacob Clemens
Luke Delaurier
Zack Grein
Calvin Grondin
Brody Hamm
John Houle
Ben Kennette
Logan Kimmerly
Gian Lapico
Carter Litfin
Michael Walker

 

18U (2006-2007) - Kevin Blundell - kevinblundell6@gmail.com

Thank you to all who tried out this year. Congratulations to the following players selected for our 2024 team

Maxx Angermann
Eavan Blundell
Lincoln Conley
Jack Evans
Leo Gai
Will Howick
Mackay Jeffery
Noah Lam
Justin Liburdi
Jaxon McArthur
Jesse Moffat 
Thomas Nagygyorgy
Brycen Renaud
Logan Serdachny
Dillon Timperio
Tristan Turner
Joey Vespa

 

22U (2002-2005)

Tyler Ruttle (trruttle@gmail.com) and Spiro Kourelias (spiro.kourelias@gmail.com)

Our 22U team will be player coached in 2024 lead by Tyler and Spiro. Mark Ruttle continue on as an advisor.

Any further interest please contact Tyler or Spiro

Ethan Barta
Will Berecz
Jayin Dennison
Kyle Drouillard
JJ Fuchs
George Karatzias
Max Kepran
Spiro Kourelias
James Krug
Zach Murray
Tom O'Brien
Xavier Paxman
Diondre Peña
Noah Ruttle
Tyler Ruttle
Zach Sellan
Aaron Tir

 

Senior (2001 and earlier) - Ed Stewart - stewcrew13@gmail.com

 

 

Coaches are still needed for some age levels. If interested please contact Mark Ruttle or fill out the form below and we will be in touch.

Coach Registration

 

The following was posted on Windsorite.ca. For the full story click HERE.

The City of Windsor is looking for input on plans for Walker Homesite Park.

The city is developing a new Functional Design Plan for the park with upgrades aimed at mitigating current drainage issues, upgrading the existing parking lots, improving public safety, improving park accessibility, and enhancing the existing sports facilities.

A new concept plan and a brief summary of the proposed improvements is available on the city’s website. You will also find a link to share your thoughts via SurveyMonkey.

The deadline for comments is Saturday, December 17th, 2022.

We've been working with the City on many of these improvements and now is the time for you to be heard. This is exciting news for Walker Homesites Park and our community. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey at the following link.

Link To City of Windsor Survey