Release Date: April 2, 2009
Media Contact: Dale Johnson, External Relations
E-mail: Dale.Johnson@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5439
Mobile: 306-536-4312
Fax: 306-585-4997
Girls in the Game is a success at the University of Regina
A unique program called Girls in the Game has been created for young girls (aged 5-8) where they can learn and practice fundamental movement skills development that transfer into a variety of sports.   As such, the girls have worked on skills that relate to basketball, volleyball, football, hockey, soccer, wrestling, tennis and badminton.

"The program is an enormous success," says June Zimmer, a seconded professor to the Baccalauréat en Éducation (BAC) Program in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. Zimmer launched the program in September 2008.  "We're filled to capacity, which is 80 girls both times we've offered the program."  The Girls in the Game motto is "Confidence, Competence and Friendship - Sport, it really is more than just a game!"

Zimmer has won a national award for developing and delivering the Girls in the Game program.  She was named one of the 2009 Women in Sport Encouragement Fund (WISE) recipients through the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS).

"As a WISE fund recipient, CAWWS has awarded the Girls in the Game program with funding which will be used to train coaches and purchase equipment, in addition to national recognition for coaching leadership targeted at promoting sport and physical activity for young girls, " says Zimmer.

The next session runs April 30th through June 18th.

For more information about the Girls in the Game program or to register please contact Recreation and Athletic Services at (306) 585-4371.