Week Three:

Men's division Player of the Week: Colin Bouchard

Colin Bouchard has been an active Team Handball player in the WTHL for the last 2 years. Colin plays on team Blitz (formerly known as Juniors) and is a dedicated provincial player. Colin plays right back and has accumulated 17 points in 3 games, helping his team stay competitive in each game. Colin also helps out in the WTHL as on of our officials and is described by as a great teammate and leader on his team. An unconfirmed fact about Colin is that he is an avid Harry Potter fan, so anyone looking for a wizard dual, Colin's your man!

We look forward to watching Colin develop his skills in the WTHL and as a provincial player, good luck to you Colin and your team!

Women's division Player of the Week: Jaimie Eyers

Jaimie has been playing in the WTHL for an amazing 15 years roughly! Jaimie first started out on a team called Lady Bulldogs and then started playing on the Wildcats which she now captains. Jaimie has been very active in Mantioba's provincial program, having participated as a player since she was 17 and also contributed as a coach for a number of years. Jaimie has been to Denmark as part of the Canadian National team and has also spent some time training in France.

Jaimie has been Wildcats biggest contributor in goals, leading the Women's division in week three with 21 goals in 4 games! Good luck in your future games Jaimie, and keep an eye out for the Wildcats come playoff time!

-WTHL

There will be a Clinic for Beginner Referees on Wednesday January 8th at Sport Manitoba starting at 7 pm. There will be a charge involved of $ 30.00 with a reduced rate ($20.00) for those who were at either the Rules Clinic, November 13th or a previous Beginner Clinic.

Any of the new referees from last year that have not been reffing in the WTHL are encouraged to come for the review in preparation for High School League.

Please confirm your attendance with either Ward ( whrabi@shaw.ca ) or Brian ( bhayes@mymts.net ).

Thank you

Brian Hayes
Head Referee

Are you interested in making a little extra coin on the side? If you have an interest in becoming a team handball referee, there will be a clinic happening sometime in the first couple weeks of January.

If you wish to inquire about the referee clinic, all questions can be sent to our head referee, Brian Hayes at bhayes@mymts.net

Thank you for all of those who have shown interest and we look forward to adding you to the list of WTHL officials!

Take care,

-WTHL

Pictures from the first weekend are now being added! With over 800 pictures, it is a slow process but you can check out the pictures for each game in the Image Gallery tab on the left of the WTHL homepage.

Stay tuned for your team's pictures, and you can add a picture to your player profile if you wish!

Have a great week, rest up any injuries and be ready to play come Sunday!

Take care,

-WTHL

The WTHL will now be awarding weekly players of the week! This will include a short feature about that player and posted both on the homepage and in the "Players of the week" tab! Stay tuned for week 3!

Week Two:

Men's division Player of the Week: Matt Rayner

Matt has been playing the league for approximately 13 years and has 6 championships under his belt. Matt currently plays and captains his team, the Rebels. Matt is the son of Manitoba Team Handball legend, Brad Rayner and is the current leading scorer for the men's division. Matt has greatly contributed to helping his team go 3-0 by scoring an amazing 23 goals in 3 games and keeping the Rebels as one of only a few teams that remain undefeated. Matt is heavily involved in Manitoba Team Handball's High School League and works hard to keep developing the young players that come into our league! We wish Matt all the best for the rest of the season and good luck to his team in remaining one of the league's top teams.

Women's division Player of the Week: Jillian James

Jill has been playing on her team, Fury, for the last 6 years and has helped keep her team a constant contender for Women's division champions. Fury is coming off a winning season as last season's Champions and will look to make this year equally successful. Jill plays center back for her team and also has been playing for Manitoba's provincial team for 5 of the last 6 years, only taking the last year off before hopefully deciding to continue to play again. Jill now leads the women's division after 3 games with 14 goals and looks to increase that number this upcoming weekend, watch out opponents! Fun fact about Jill from her teammates; (although unconfirmed) Jill has a healthy obsession with the Royal Family, keeping tabs on all its members and its newest addition, Prince George. We wish Jill and her team the best this season and this upcoming weekend!

-WTHL