Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting in various events. The sport has been on the winter program since its debut at the 1991 Canada Games in Charlottetown. Thirty-two years later, at the 2023 Canada Winter Games, most of Team Manitoba’s biathletes got their start in the sport through the cadets.  Biathlon is one of…

Speed skating has been on every Canada Winter Games program since 1967. Short track joined the program in 1983 and has featured ever since. In short track, athletes compete against each other over a series of rounds, and the fastest skaters progress to the later rounds. Usually, four to six athletes compete in each race,…

Team Manitoba’s gymnasts competed in artistic and trampoline events this week at the 2023 Canada Winter Games. Both teams reflected positively on their performances and each of the athletes was very excited to have had this experience. Here’s what they had to say: Artistic Gymnastics “We are Team Toba! We’re mighty and tough! We are…

Matt Gard (15, Winnipeg) is a 6’4” centre for Team Manitoba’s men’s hockey team, here at the 2023 Canada Winter Games, and comes from a very athletic family – starting with his parents Jay and Sherri, his older twin brothers Jack and Luke, as well as his younger brother Graham. Matt’s dad played volleyball in…

Ringette coaches Lynn Girardin and Spiros Kavvadas have coached together for over 10 years. Lynne brings over 25 years of ringette coaching experience, and Spiros had 12 years behind the bench in hockey before transitioning to ringette. Both got started in the sport because of their daughters.  Caro and her older sister Nicole Girardin and…

The Fulton twins from Birtle Manitoba will be part of Manitoba’s freestyle skiing team for years to come. Mae (pictured below) and Evan are only 15 and are representing Manitoba at the 2023 Canada Winter Games. They ski against competitors who are much older, as the maximum age at the Games is 21.   Both…

“I’ve basically been playing basketball every day of the week for the last six years. It’s kind of all I do. I’ve been playing for about nine years now.” This is wheelchair basketball athlete Josh Brown’s third Canada Games. He played for Team Manitoba in 2015 (Prince George, BC), in 2019 (Red Deer, Alberta), and…

Tournaments and qualifiers, training with the team, landing in PEI – with so many things to prepare for in advance of the Canada Games, squash sisters Anne and Emily Hargraves arrived at the 2023 Canada Winter Games ready to compete.  “It’s really cool to play on the same team together, we have a lot of…

14-year-old Victoria Lee (Winnipeg) is half of Team Manitoba’s female doubles team that earned the Herd’s first medal of the 2023 Canada Games – a silver in a hard-fought match against Ontario.  Victoria started playing table tennis when she was nine years old, and one of her keys to success is to always have fun…

Team Manitoba’s 207 athletes, 68 coaches, managers, and technical support staff, and 22 mission staff are participating in the 2023 Canada Winter Games. Here are our stories: Team Toba bringing home 19 medals from Canada Winter Games – Discover Westman Team Toba bringing home 19 medals from Canada Winter Games – CVHN A great time…