North Halton Girls Hockey Association
PO Box 74056 260 Guelph St. L7G4B1 Georgetown, ON, Canada

The Twister Christmas Cheer keeps on spreading! Thank you to the U9 Novice team for their food donations to the Georgetown Bread Basket!

Thank you to the U18AA team for spreading Twister Christmas Cheer! Your $150 cash and truckload of food donation to the Georgetown Salvation Army on Christmas Eve was amazing! Thank you!

Happy Boxing Day Twister families! Our U15B team was proud to donate $485 to the Georgetown Salvation Army on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas Eve Twister families! We just dropped off our team U15B donation to the Salvation Army in Georgetown and ran into Heidi from the U18AA team delivering their cash and truckload of food as well. So wonderful to see our teams out in the community spreading Christmas cheer! Stay tuned for pics and more details.

Happy Boxing Day Twister families! Our U15B team was proud to donate $485 to the Georgetown Salvation Army on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas Eve Twister families! We just dropped off our team U15B donation to the Salvation Army in Georgetown and ran into Heidi from the U18AA team delivering their cash and truckload of food as well. So wonderful to see our teams out in the community spreading Christmas cheer! Stay tuned for pics and more details.

Good morning Twister comrades! How would you like to spread some cheer around Halton with your teams? Due to the pandemic we cancelled Twister Day Pink the Rink however, we are hoping that all Twister teams from Tyke to Senior Women's and Rep will all still participate and do an act of kindness or giving to some needy groups in our Halton community. As a hockey family, Twisters have always stepped up and donated to many local organizations as well as our monetary donation fr...om Pink the Rink to Cancer Assistance Services of Halton Hills of $4000.00 from last year's event. We would love to showcase your team on the Twister website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so please let us know how you are spreading the Twister love, Christmas spirit, kindness and giving back to our community. You can get creative and have 1 or 2 people from each team collecting with porch drops or at practices to minimize contact. Every little bit helps. Stick taps already to the U11 BB team for their generous donation of personalized Christmas gifts to seniors in Georgetown. Some organizations that are always in need of cash, gift cards, hats and mittens and non perishable food items: Cancer Assistance Services of Halton Hills (CasHH) Salvation Army Georgetown Bread Basket (Food Bank) Links to Care (Youth Services) Let's show the rest of Halton that even through a pandemic we can still help those less fortunate! Please share this message with your team and let the good cheer begin. Merry Christmas! Kim Morrison-Edgar [email protected]

and stick taps to our Twisters Atom BB team for spreading holiday cheer, gifts and warm wishes to many local seniors this month. We are very proud of this team and their families for sharing the love in Halton. #TwisterSisters #HelpLocal #HockeyLove

Return to Play Update We hope everyone has had a safe and restful summer. As the fall approaches, we wanted to take a moment to update everyone on where we are in planning for the upcoming season. There is still a lot of uncertainty as to exactly what hockey will look like but here is what we know so far. The Ontario Hockey Federation, the governing body of hockey in Ontario, has released the return-to-play framework that sets out how hockey is to be structured as we return t...o the ice. We are still awaiting confirmation from the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association exactly how the OHF framework will be applied to girl’s hockey and hope to have a more detailed update from them soon. We are also working with Milton and Halton Hills to ensure we meet the return-to-play requirements for their arenas. The OHF framework envisions a staged return to play process with increasing flexibility in each stage. Progression through the stages will be determined by the OHF in consultation with public health officials. We are currently in Stage 3A and as of September, we are expected to be in Stage 3B. This will allow us to run skills development sessions and have 3 on 3 or 4 on 4 games in-house. Please see the latest version of the OHF framework for full information on future stages https://www.ohf.on.ca//tukpd/ohf-return-to-hockey_0731.pdf. Please also see the link to the OHWA website at http://owha.on.ca/ for information and updates. We intend to run the best programming possible under each stage of the return-to-play framework. It is not yet certain exactly what this will look like and it may vary by age group and team/level. If you intend to play with the Twisters for the 2020-2021 Season, it is important that you complete the intent to play registration as soon as possible (further details to follow). Completing your intent to play registration will help us determine ice requirements and how best to structure our programs. We are not asking for any payment at this time, as we do not yet know exactly what the season will look like or what our costs will be. We know that this is a difficult time financially for many in our communities so we will be continuously striving to ensure value-for-money as we plan our revised programming. We know many of you still have lots of questions. Many of them do not yet have answers. We thank you for your patience as we work hard to answer them and get ready to go as soon as we are allowed to do so. We will keep you up-to-date as we learn more. Hockey will be a bit different this year but it will still be Twisters hockey. Our goal is to provide every Twister with as fun, exciting, and safe year as possible. Looking forward to seeing you at the rinks soon, Kevin Salmon President of the North Halton Twisters

HOUSE LEAGUE payments are now open Twisters.

Twisters Intent to Play: 2020-2021 Intent to Play Registration Is Open Intent to Play Registration is open!! If you intend to play with the Twisters during the 2020-2021 Season, it is important that you register as soon as possible. This is the first step in order to participate in any programs with the NHGHA during the 2020-2021 hockey season. Completing the Intent to Play Registration will help us determine ice requirements and how best to structure our programs.... There are no fees attached to the intent to play registration. There is a new registration system called RAMP for girls’ hockey this year. The steps to complete your intent to play registration are outlined below followed by the registration link. Click on "create a new account" and enter an email address and password. You will then be automatically redirected to sign into this new account. Register your player(s) using 'Participant'. Add a family member and then enter your player's information (HCRID is not required). Choose a Division: FUNdamentals (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) U7 Fundamentals Tyke (2014, 2015, 2016) U9 - Novice (2012, 2013) U11 Atom (2010, 2011) U13 Peewee (2008, 2009) U15 Bantam (2006, 2007) U18 Midget (2003, 2004, 2005) U22 Intermediate (2000, 2001, 2002) Plays in U18 House League Senior House Over 19 (2000 and older) Choose your package House League or Competitive (Rep) If you were planning to tryout for any rep team please select the Competitive option Waivers Each box must be electronically signed, then tick that you are of the age of majority and agree to the terms and conditions. Enter Parent/Guardian/Emergency Contact information. Enter player’s years of hockey experience and preferred position. Confirm details and submit. This player will be confirmed as registered, and you will get a confirmation message on the screen as well as a confirmation email. If you have another player to register, add another family member under participant and follow the same steps or select REGISTER from the menu on the left side of the page. Use this link to register http://NorthHaltonGHA.rampregistrations.com

While we miss seeing you around the rink, the health, safety and well-being of our extended hockey community remains our priority. The North Halton Twisters would like to thank all of the front line workers who are in our family for all that you are doing during these difficult times. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been taking our directive from Hockey Canada, the Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) and the Town of Halton Hills and Milton. At this point in time,... we are not in a position to open registration for the 2020/2021 season, nor can we establish a timeline for Rep level tryouts. We are in communication with Hockey Canada and the OWHA and will update our membership as more information becomes available. In a recent communication from the OWHA (see link below), they state that we will be permitted to open player registration shortly, but there will be certain guidelines regarding their return to play structure. As we await further direction from the OWHA, we are working alongside The Towns of Halton Hills and Milton to help develop a reopening plan for their ice rinks that will ensure our players safety. One thing we are certain of, the upcoming hockey season will look a lot different than years past. We appreciate your patience as we work with all of the governing bodies to develop a return to play structure that creates a healthy and safe experience for all Twister players and families. For the latest information see the links below: Hockey Canada: https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/exclusive/return-to-hockey Ontario Women's Hockey Association: http://owha.pointstreaksites.com//May_29_-_OWHA_Bulletin.p

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A fellow Twister family lost their family home to a fire today. Please consider helping if you can. Every little bit helps. #TwisterSisters https://www.gofundme.com/f/bender-fire-relief-community-fun