Manitoba Shines in the 2024 Canadian Indoor Regional Championships
Archery Canada’s 2024 Canadian Indoor Regional Championships were held at national sites over the weekend of March 2 and 3. The Regional Indoor Championship is a nationwide indoor archery championship hosted at local clubs that have registered a competition site with Archery Canada. The clubs will organize and host a single 18 M Indoor shoot, to be shot on the first full weekend in March, to determine the Canadian Indoor Champions across Canada.
In 2024, almost 50 archers from around the province competed in 21 championship categories at local sites. Archery Manitoba congratulates all Manitoba members who competed and represented our province, their region, and their club. While many Manitoba archers earned top-half placements and showed positive development, the following archers earned notable podium and top 10 results in their categories.
In the Barebow, Sarah Wach won the Female 21+ category over 15 other archers with a score of 493, Greg Rubell grabbed a silver medal finishing 2nd of almost 30 archers, Sofia Kircher placed 2nd of 12 to earn a silver medal in Female U15, Fangge Zhu made the podium in Female U18 Barebow placing 3rd of 12 archers.
In the compound categories, U13 Female Jiayi Yuan placed second of 11 archers with a score of 539, Khushreet Sandu earned a 3rd place bronze beating out 11 other archers to reach the Female U15 podium. In a very deep and competitive Female U18 category, Bailey Mathers earned the top spot, with a 570, and fellow team members Acadia Flockton and Waasayah Munro-Soldier finished in the top 10, placing 7th and 8th respectively. In Female U21 Compound, Chyler Sanders earned a bronze with a score of 562, while teammate Taylor Klimchuk placed 3 spots back in 6th. In Male Compound Unlimited 21+, Sean Murray placed 6th of 46 in a deep and competitive senior category. In the Compound Male 21+ category, Austin Taylor placed 2nd of 67 athletes with a score of 595, followed by Joel Brugger tied for 4th place. In the Male U15 Compound Category, Team Member Sylar Anderson Johnson took gold handily with a score of 563, followed by teammate Luke Bass in the Top 10.
Rounding out the Manitoba notable results, in the competitive Male U21 Recurve category, Team Member Ryder Wilson placed second with a 548.
To learn more about Archery Canada’s Canadian Indoor Regional Championships and for a full results listing go to: https://archerycanada.ca/national-competitions/regional-indoor-championships/
