Month: February 2020

A panel discussion on student-athlete recruitment featuring hockey scout Carson Shields, Dan Becker of Basketball Manitoba, softball coach Haylee O’Neill, and David Larkins of the University of Winnipeg.  

I’ll have to admit, I am a big fan of Twitter.  I like seeing people share interesting things and link their posts to more information that I can learn from. It is impressive to me when someone can get a point across in 144 characters or less, which leads me to this post by Eric…

Sport Manitoba recognizes the crucial role that officials have within sport. Without officials, there would be no game. Keep an eye out for our #NoRefNoGame campaign this year as we share the real stories from Manitoba officials, and what its like to be behind the call. The first official we are proud to feature is…

A year after the 2019 Canada Winter Games, here’s an update on our Team Manitoba Closing Ceremonies Flag Bearer, Austin Taylor. When his older brother wouldn’t let him use his $20 bow from Canadian Tire, Austin decided he would go out and get his own. At the time, Austin was just 13 years old and,…

Dawn Currie is the Executive Director of Recreation & Parks Association of Nunavut. This past January, she used the Sport Manitoba facility to run a three-day youth leadership training program for just over 20 leaders who travelled to Winnipeg from eight different communities in Nunavut. The group underwent training, team building exercises and lesson planning…