1st Annual Global Women’s Summit Empowers Ball Hockey Through Collaboration
United Women's Ball Hockey Foundation, ISBHF, Temple University, and Balford Join Forces, National Ball Hockey League (NBHL) Offers Full Support [Buffalo, NY, USA], [August 25, 2023] — The world of ball hockey is poised [...]
FROM ICE TO FIELD TO STREET: Liane Dixon’s life of hockey
From her home in Martha’s Vineyard—only a ferry ride and 90-minute drive from the city of Boston—Linda Dixon avidly supported the Bruins. As a result, her daughter, Liane, was laced up and on the [...]
Celebrating 50 Years of Title IX
Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD), an annual day of observance dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of female athletes. Today, we honor the ongoing struggle for equality and the achievements [...]
Oktoberfest Returns, This Year in Rhode Island
'Twas the Night Before Oktoberfest When all through Rhode Island, The ladies rolled in from Cali to Atlantic Highlands. Armed with hockey sticks and helmets, massage guns and GU, They prepped for the games [...]
Novice Division Breathes New Life Into Women’s Tournament Circuit
On October 23, 2021, fifteen women who had never before played a full game together stood nervously against the glass of the indoor rink at the Longplex Family and Sport Center in Tiverton, RI [...]
Community Support & Development Board
As UWBHF continues to expand and grow, we are excited to announce the formation of the UWBHF Community Support and Development Board. The board is comprised of four of the most influential leaders in [...]
Breaking the Glass
1992 was a pivotal year in my young life. That summer, “A League of Their Own” came out in theaters. As a kiiiiiinda chunky, shy eight-year-old, the Rockford Peaches showed me what it meant [...]
UWBHF Nashville NWHL All-Star Weekend
The United Women’s Ball Hockey Foundation traveled to Nashville, TN for the NWHL All-Star weekend to spread the love of ball hockey with girls as part of the Play Like A Girl (PLAG) Leadership Summit [...]
How One Mom’s Life Changed When She Picked Up a Stick
By: Ashlie Klavon Life has a funny way of taking the carefully painted pictures we have in our minds of what our lives will look like and shattering them to pieces only to mend [...]