Statement on 2023 Tryouts:

Unfortunately, Team Ontario execution was delayed this year with staff turnover, and then dealing with the passing of Greg Francis who was leading the planning for Team Ontario.

With Team Ontario tryouts happening later in the year than typically planned, we are keenly and acutely aware of the limited gym time, and the potential conflicts with OBLx/OBL schedules including Provincial championships and Ontario Cup weekends.

Since the very first announcement with tryout information was released in APRIL, we have been working with parents who reached out with conflicts to ensure they were provided with ample opportunity to attend tryouts and be properly evaluated around their existing commitments.

This year, we held tryouts spanning from Sault Ste. Marie, to Ottawa to Windsor, with our reach being larger than previous years.

We have scheduled multiple second round invitational evaluation weekends throughout the month of May to provide athletes playing AAU and OBL to attend 1 of the offered weekends.

Coaches that reached out to us with concerns were promptly advised to have the parents contact us so we could work directly with them to avoid any information being lost in translation being passed through clubs.

There have been regular communications being sent out to participating athletes and their families with direction on how to handle a schedule conflict, and we have worked with every single one that has contacted us.

To be clear, OBA/Team Ontario has NOT and WILL NOT ask any athlete to miss their OBL Provincial championships or Ontario Cups to attend Team Ontario tryouts. 

We continue to ask that people refer only to official communications sent out by OBA, and if they are hearing something contrary to what has been communicated to please reach out to us and ask for clarification.