Team MB Mission Staff Announced for 2013 CSG

Winnipeg, MB - Sport Manitoba today announced members of the Mission Staff selected to Team Manitoba for the 2013 Canada Summer Games that will be held in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

“The Mission Staff team plays an integral role in the overall organization, preparation and success of Team Manitoba in interprovincial games,” said Chef de Mission Ted Bigelow. “Our athletes, coaches and teams will once again have the benefit of being supported by volunteers and professionals with an impressive set of skills from a wide cross section of the sport community as they ramp up for the Games.”

Mission staff will spend the next 15 months working with individual teams and in other support roles to help Team Manitoba’s 433 athletes, coaches and managers implement their plans for the 2013 Canada Summer Games. A link between individual teams and the larger Team Manitoba, Mission Staff will help ensure best possible conditions that will enable all participants to attain their performance objectives and a positive sport and personal Games experience.

Core Team:
Chef de Mission – Ted Bigelow
Assistant Chef – Shawnee Scatliff
Assistant Chef – Barry Moroz
Sport Performance – Adam Decker
Office Manager – Marcie Halls-Stronciski
Social Media – Joelle Schmidt

Week One:
Medical – Mandy Los
Basketball (M) – Rob Holmes
Cycling – Jim Prendergast
Sailing – Wendy Moar
Soccer (F) – Lauren Rousseau
Softball – Jennifer How
Swimming – Mallory Moir
Swimming (SO/SWAD) – Heather Normand
Wrestling – Peter Birse
Tennis – Jamie Pham
Volleyball (F) – Francoise Umamariya
Volleyball (M) – Pat Alexander
Baseball – Kylo Harris

Week Two:
Medical – Byron Bahniuk
Canoe/Kayak – Rob Holmes
Cycling – Jim Prendergast
Triathlon – Wendy Moar
Golf – Lauren Rousseau
Basketball (F) – Jennifer How
Beach Volleyball – Mallory Moir
Diving – Heather Normand
Soccer (M) – Peter Birse
Rowing – Jamie Pham
Fencing – Francoise Umamariya
Athletics – Pat Alexander

Sherbrooke will play host to the 2013 Canada Summer Games from August 2 to 17, 2013. The 2013 Canada Summer Games will be the largest multi-sport event to ever be held in the city with over 4200 athletes and 850 coaches from each province and territory and a total of more than 12,500 participants that also includes major officials, artists, mission staff, medical personnel, media, special guests and observers.

Held every two years, alternating between summer and winter, the Canada Games are a key event in the development of Canada’s young athletes. Canada Games athletes are Canada’s next generation national, international and Olympic champions.

Sport Manitoba is a not for profit organization and the lead planning, programming and funding agency for the development of amateur sport in Manitoba. Located in the Sport for Life Centre, Sport Manitoba partners with over 100 organizations to deliver sport in our province and is responsible for programs including the Power Smart Manitoba Games, Coaching Manitoba, Team Manitoba, Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, and KidSport. Services provided include the Sport Medicine Centre, Sport Performance Centre, and Sport Resource Centre.

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Barry Moroz
Games Manager
Sport Manitoba
w. 925.5903
barry.moroz@sportmanitoba.ca

Tara Skibo
Communications/Public Relations Officer
Sport Manitoba
w. 925-5735
c. 781-1438
tara.skibo@sportmanitoba.ca