Wesmen Athletics
Wesmen Inner City Basketball
Winnipeg Sun Inner City Girl's Classic... A Success |
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - The inaugural Winnipeg Sun Inner City Girl's Classic was a great success. The two day event featured six teams displaying their basketball talents. The Inner City Jr. Wesmen team, coached by Bob Axworthy finished the event in second place.
Game Recaps
Kids Benefit From New Hoops Program - (Winnipeg Sun Video, December 13th)
2011-2012 Inner City Basketball Season Set To Begin
The Inner City Wesmen Basketball program started in 2006 this program is to help inner city kids thru sports, education and job placement. The ages are from 14 to18 girls and boys.
The program sponsored by the University of Winnipeg, has helped 100 kids so far. Plans are underway for the upcoming season.
For those players interested in participating or looking for additional information please contact:
Bob Axworthy
rda@mymts.net
(204) 489-0720
INNER CITY YOUTH SCORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
University of Winnipeg, Inner City Jr. Wesmen, Pizza Hotline launch employment program
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - The Inner City Jr. Wesmen program, together with the Pizza Hotline Café 22 are pleased to announce an employment partnership for inner city youth.
Bob Axworthy, coach and program director of Inner City Jr. Wesmen along with Pizza Hotline franchise owner Jerry Cianflone have developed an innovative program that will result in employment recommendations and, ultimately, jobs for inner city youth. Members of the program will earn the employment recommendation and will be required to go through traditional employment application and screening processes.
The initial pilot of the program has been successful with 15 young people already employed at Pizza Hotlines’ new store at 383 Broadway. The newest members of the Pizza Hotline team assume their starting line up roles when the store has its grand opening this week.
“This partnership with the Inner-City Jr. Wesmen is very much a win-win. This initiative fits with our company’s desire to give back to the community and help tackle the problems of the inner city, plus the program provides us with employees that have learned the most fundamental traits we are looking for - being on time, working hard, and having respect for others,” said Pizza Hotline owner Cianflone.
“The partnership with Pizza Hotline gives our program members a leg up on getting that all-important first job. Work experience gives these kids a meaningful opportunity to break out of the poverty cycle. They are gaining essential skills and a first foothold in the workforce. We are grateful for our partnership with Pizza Hotline,” said Inner City Jr. Wesmen coach Axworthy.
The Inner City Jr. Wesmen program now offers opportunities of sports, education and employment - a large combination that it hopes will help change the lives of inner city youth.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Bob Axworthy, P: 489-0720, Jerry Cianflone, P: 291-2892
Inner-City Girls Basketball Receive New Outfits (Girl's Basketball)
Inner-city Junior Wesmen basketball team heads to provincial championships in style
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
WINNIPEG, MB – Twenty-five teenage girls from Winnipeg’s inner-city are hitting the basketball circuit in style this week, thanks to the generous donation by Sport Chek Polo Park, which supports the Power of Sport for Kids program run by its parent company The Forzani Group Ltd.
The girls, many of whom are new Canadians aged 13 to 16, play
basketball for The University of Winnipeg’s inner city Junior Wesmen
team, led by volunteer coach Bob Axworthy. The Sport Chek donation
means they now have coordinated uniforms, jerseys, jackets, duffle
bags, basketball shoes and basketballs.
click here for full release (pdf)
Bob Axworthy Awarded Manitoba's Coach of The Month For February
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - Inner-City Junior Wesmen Girl's 14U Basketball coach Bob Axworthy was awarded Manitoba's Coach of the Month featured on Global Sports for February. Fifteen-year-old Almaz Aschalew nominated Axworthy and wrote, “Coach Bob deserves to be selected. He is caring and is a great coach. He believes in us therefore we are committed to the sport.”
Axworthy
coaches kids with the Inner City Jr. Wesmen basketball program. This
program was created to involve kids in sports with an opportunity for
higher education. Players in the program have an opportunity to receive
tuition credits for their involvement which they can use towards
education. Axworthy also hosted the first Summer In The City Street
Festival & Basketball Tournament on Spence Street this past June on
campus.Check out Axworthy's feature on Global Sports.
Coach of the Month recognizes outstanding Manitoba coaches in action. Nominations are accepted for coaches at all levels of sport (grassroots through high performance) who make extraordinary contributions to sport and athlete development.
