Hello Wilshire Families,

It’s that time of year again. Our annual Krispy Kreme doughnut fundraiser is on now. You should be receiving an order form from your players basketball coach. If you need to download another copy, you may do so from the link below.  All orders will be due on 1/6 with delivery of doughnuts on 1/19 during picture day. 

Please help us raise some dough so we can continue to provide athletic opportunities to the youth of Springfield. We appreciate all of your efforts and Thank You for your continued support. 

Have a Happy Holiday.

Wilshire AA 

https://www.wilshireaa.org/pre-sale-order-form-_original-glazed-doughnuts_v2023-24/

Good morning. Today is the last day for basketball sign-ups (10/15/2023). Please have all registrations done by this evening. We are only accepting online registrations on our registration site @ https://reg.sportspilot.com/106405/login. We are also still looking for some coaches. Please reach out to us by email at wilshireaa1@gmail.com if interested in coaching a basketball team. 

Due to the overwhelming interest of our Biddy 7 and Under program, we are unable to take any new registrations for this age group. We are currently reviewing registrations for the 4 teams we are allotted and if additional room does open up, we will inform the community. Our apologies for the inconvenience. 

Registration is upon us for Basketball for the 2023-2024 Season. 

Online registration will open on 9/15/2023 and will be open for approximately 1 month. 

In-Person signup dates will be 9/22 from 6-8 PM, 9/23 from 10 AM-12 PM, 9/29 from 6-8 PM and 9/30 from 10 AM-12 PM. Uniforms will be available to try on during in person registration.

On 10/22, we will be holding a Basketball Skills evaluation for all players in grades 3-8 that are not already committed to an existing team. This will help us to better place kids by skill level in appropriate divisions. 

Please click on Event under Events section for more details.

The Spring Sports Banquet is 7/16/2023

We have now closed ticket sales for the banquet in order to register the final tally. As a reminder, in addition to sold tickets, players and coaches are included in that number. We are expecting a large turnout.

All Instructional teams (Tee Ball and U6/U8 soccer) will receive a trophy during the banquet. We will also present trophies to ONLY those competitive teams that placed 1st or 2nd in their respective divisions. We look forward to celebrating the successful season with you all regardless of if your player will be receiving an award. 

Wilshire AA

We will be opening Online Registration for fall soccer on Saturday July 1. Please visit https://reg.sportspilot.com/106405/leagues to register.

If you prefer in person registration, please see the dates and details under our Events listing. 

For Pricing Info, visit https://www.wilshireaa.org/soccer/

Spring Sports Picture Day will be happening on 4/27/2023 at Brunton School.

For picture day info, please visit:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HKTdzBtC8x-bUaG5TXJcnBS8UbELiRlg/view?usp=sharing

If you are looking to pre-order photos, you can go to:

https://newenglandsportsphoto.simplephoto.com/

The access code for our organization is SP2365

The schedule for all team photos is:

We still have some room open in our Basketball Clinic set to start this weekend. Registrations will close on Friday 4/14 @ 6:00 PM. 

To register, please complete registration and pay via Venmo QR code that will appear after submitting form. You need to scan the QR code with your camera app on your phone. It will then link the website to complete payment. 

The cost is $100 and we are limiting this to 20 players MAX per age group. To Register, please click the following link.

https://neartail.com/us/waabballclin

Dates

Saturday 4/15 – John F. Kennedy Middle School, 1385 Berkshire Avenue, Springfield MA 01151 – Grade 2 to 4 from 9:00 – 11:00 and Grade 5 to 8 from 11:30 – 1:30.

Saturday 4/29 – John F. Kennedy Middle School, 1385 Berkshire Avenue, Springfield MA 01151 – Grade 2 to 4 from 9:00 – 11:00 and Grade 5 to 8 from 11:30 – 1:30.

Saturday 5/13 – John F. Kennedy Middle School, 1385 Berkshire Avenue, Springfield MA 01151 – Grade 2 to 4 from 9:00 – 11:00 and Grade 5 to 8 from 11:30 – 1:30.

Friday 5/19 – Balliet Elementary School, 52 Rosewell St, Springfield, MA 01109 – Grade 2 to 4 from 6:00 – 7:30 and Grade 5 to 8 from 7:30 – 9:00.

Saturday 6/3 – John F. Kennedy Middle School, 1385 Berkshire Avenue, Springfield MA 01151 – Grade 2 to 4 from 9:00 – 11:00 and Grade 5 to 8 from 11:30 – 1:30.

Good Morning,

Please be advised that recording and/or photo taking using the game changer app or other personal devices is not something that Wilshire has control of. In a public space, parents/fans may record games practices that their child is involved in and we are unable to stop them. We do encourage use of caution and respect if you are posting to social media specifically for safety sake. Game Changer, which most coaches are using, is the safest place to share media as only the parents/coaches who have been invited to the team site will be able to view.

Thanks,

Wilshire Athletic Association

Player pass photo dates are coming up on 3/18, 4/8 and 4/22 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon at Greenleaf Community Center on Parker St. We recommend getting it done sooner rather than later.

Per JLS……

You must have a valid Player Pass to play on Tee Ball, U8, U10 or U12 teams. Player passes are good for 2 years, so if you had one taken last year and you still have it, it will be valid for this season. If you are a new player or your last pass was taken 2021 or before, you must have a new pass taken. Player passes should then be given to the coach to hold for the season and then they will be returned to you at the end of the season.

The following requirements must be met for player pass.

• Must have athlete present for picture taking,
• Must have childs birth certificate or something with athlete’s name and date of birth on it
• Must pay $10.00 (cash only)
• Must be on time. If the session ends at 12, they will not take a photo at 12:01.