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CTV News
a day ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Meet the Team Manitoba athletes heading to the 2025 Canada Summer Games
Athletes from around the province are gearing up to represent Manitoba on the national stage. Team Manitoba's 374 athletes are heading to Newfoundland and Labrador to compete in the 2025 Canada Summer Games in August. The provincial team has athletes participating in all 19 sports offered at the competition, which takes place every four years. 'We're maybe not up there in terms of medal count with some of the bigger provinces, but we certainly are competing in every single event,' Drew Todd, Team Manitoba's chef de mission, told CTV News. Luke Enns, a 19-year-old canoe kayaker from Winnipeg, was introduced as Team Manitoba's flag bearer for the opening ceremony during a news conference Tuesday. This will be Enns' third time representing Manitoba in national competition. He won two bronze medals at the 2022 Summer Games and competed in the 2023 Canada Winter Games in biathlon. 'I wasn't expecting this, but it's pretty cool to represent Team Manitoba in this way,' Enns said in a release. 'It's pretty amazing [at a Canada Games] to see what can happen when you put your mind to it. There's always an opportunity to do really well, and if you don't end up exactly where you want to be, you're still at the Canada Games.' Todd said there are athletes from all parts of the province competing, including some displaced by wildfires. He said several members of the provincial softball team are from Cross Lake (Pimicikamak Cree Nation). The northern community was evacuated due to the wildfire threat in late May, though residents were allowed to return home a couple of weeks later. 'They're still doing everything they can to put a team in place and compete and practice ahead of time. So it's a pretty inspiring story to see what they had to go through and the commitment that they still have to the team and getting on that plane in a couple weeks.' The 2025 Canada Summer Games run August 8-25 in St. John's.
CBC
2 days ago
- Climate
- CBC
The 207th Royal St. John's Regatta is a go
The 207th Royal St. John's Regatta is officially a go organizers who made the call early Wednesday morning while gathered along the shores of Quidi Vidi Lake. The regatta is North America's oldest continuous sporting event, typically running on the first Wednesday each August. Keith White, vice president of the Royal St. John's Regatta Committee, said the decision to proceed was unanimous. "It was a quick decision. We looked at a number of factors, weather, wind of course, temperatures," he said. "We look forward to seeing you lake-side throughout the day." The annual event has only been moved a few times in its history — this year because of the Canada Summer Games, which begins on Aug. 6 and will make use of the historic lake over the event's two weeks. This is the first year the rowing event will have an open category for all rowers, regardless of their gender. The event draws thousands of people who line the shores of the lake for a full day of races, games of chance and food. The regatta is unique in part because of its fixed-seat rowing and its status as a mid-week, weather-dependent municipal holiday.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
The 207th Royal St. John's Regatta is a go
The 207th Royal St. John's Regatta is officially a go organizers who made the call early Wednesday morning while gathered along the shores of Quidi Vidi Lake. The regatta is North America's oldest continuous sporting event, typically running on the first Wednesday each August. Keith White, vice president of the Royal St. John's Regatta Committee, said the decision to proceed was unanimous. "It was a quick decision. We looked at a number of factors, weather, wind of course, temperatures," he said. "We look forward to seeing you lake-side throughout the day." The annual event has only been moved a few times in its history — this year because of the Canada Summer Games, which begins on Aug. 6 and will make use of the historic lake over the event's two weeks. This is the first year the rowing event will have an open category for all rowers, regardless of their gender. The event draws thousands of people who line the shores of the lake for a full day of races, games of chance and food. The regatta is unique in part because of its fixed-seat rowing and its status as a mid-week, weather-dependent municipal holiday. Download our free CBC News app to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Sign up for our daily headlines newsletter here. Click here to visit our landing page
CBC
2 days ago
- Sport
- CBC
Manitoba athletes looking forward to 2025 Canada Summer Games
Hundreds of athletes from Manitoba will go for gold starting next week in St. John's, N.L., at the 2025 Canada Summer Games. Team Manitoba is sending 374 athletes to the Games, which run from Aug. 8-25.
CBC
2 days ago
- Sport
- CBC
Team Manitoba gears up for 2025 Canada Summer Games
Social Sharing Hundreds of athletes from Manitoba will go for gold starting next week in St. John's at the 2025 Canada Summer Games. Team Manitoba is sending 374 athletes to the Games, which run from Aug. 8-25. "I'm ecstatic," said Team Manitoba baseball player Piper Hollywood. "This is so crazy to me, and I'm so excited." Hollywood and her teammates will be part of history at the Games, with women's baseball making its debut at the event. The 15-year-old also hopes she and her teammates can be an inspiration to future generations of young girls who play baseball. "It means so much to me. It means so much to all the girls. We've all worked so extremely hard," she said. "I think we're just excited to be there. We're excited to show everyone what we have." Some of the athletes helped unveil team uniforms Tuesday morning during a ceremony at the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inside the Sport Manitoba facility on Pacific Avenue. Kayaker Luke Enns, 19, was announced as the team's flag-bearer for next week's opening ceremony. "It's such an honour," he said. "For me, it symbolizes the connection between all the sports and all the teams that will be competing at the Games, so it's an honour to have that opportunity." Team Manitoba will showcase family ties on the wrestling mat, with Jordan Blais coached by his dad, Dominick. "My dad has just been so dedicated and so disciplined with how he's learning the sport. He's been studying it, looking at high-level videos, high-level wrestling," he said. "I think his technique has surpassed mine already," said Blais. "I'm just very thankful to have him as my coach and someone that I can look up to." Although wrestling is relatively new for Dominick Blais, he's no stranger to combat sports, with a 10-5-0 professional mixed martial arts record. He also holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He took up wrestling with Jordan and his daughter when they were young, he said. "It brings the family very close," Dominick said. "It's a passion that everybody shares. We've been travelling a lot together, and now coaching is my work, but it doesn't really feel like work." Jordan said competing at the Games can also help athletes get recognized for future opportunities in their sport. "Many of my friends from last Canada Games, they got recruited because of the Canada Games," he said. "This is really important. You've got to stay in the mindset of 'Your future is in your hands.'"
