Team Manitoba 2027 Canada Winter Games Trials Event

Event Date: Saturday, October 4, 2026
Event Time: Check-in & Practice at 5:30 PM / Scoring at 6:00 PM
Event Location: Heights Archery – 2281 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB
Event Fee: $25
Event Registration: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (Closes October 3 end of day)

About the Canada Winter Games

The 2027 Canada Winter Games will be held in Quebec City, Quebec, from February 27 to March 14, 2027. Archery Manitoba will send an eight-athlete team, plus one alternate per position:

Program Leadership

• Vice President, Athlete Development: Avril Hatherell
• Coach: Sean Murray
• Manager: Cleo Wermann-Thorn

Final approval of athlete nominations rests with the Archery Manitoba Executive Committee.

Who Is Eligible?

To be considered for selection, athletes must:

• Shoot compound, recurve, or barebow
• Be a Manitoba resident for at least 180 days prior to the opening of the Games
• Be 20 years of age or under as of December 31, 2027 (born in 2007 or later)

Not eligible (per the Canada Games Technical Package): Senior National Team athletes; athletes who have ever held a Senior, SR1, or SR2 card under Sport Canada’s Athlete Assistance Program; and athletes who have competed for any nation at the Olympic Games, Senior World Archery Championships, Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, or FISU Games. Athletes holding a C card or in their first year of Senior National Team status may be considered on a case-by-case basis through the Chef de Mission and Canada Games Council Sport Committee.

How Selection Works

The goal is to select athletes with a reasonable probability of finishing in the top half of their competition at the Games.

Step 1 – Training & Competitions: Athletes must participate in all training and competitions set by program leadership. Program leadership may consider alternate training arrangements for athletes outside the Winnipeg Region.

Step 2 – Qualifying Events (September 1 – November 19, 2027): Eight 18M indoor 600-round qualifiers will be held: four in the West Region and four in the Winnipeg Region. Athletes must compete in at least two and no more than four qualifiers (any location) to earn a ranking score. Scores must be shot in the compound, recurve, or barebow division on the following faces:

• Compound: World Archery 40cm, 3-Spot Triangular
• Recurve: World Archery 40cm, 3-Spot Triangular
• Barebow: World Archery 40cm, 10 Ring

Step 3 – Qualification Finals (Portage la Prairie, MB – November 21 & 22, 2027)

• Saturday, November 21: single indoor 18M (600) round
• Sunday, November 22: round-robin match play (minimum three rounds per category; total rounds set at the event based on participation)

Step 4 – Final Ranking: Final rank is based on the combined Average Arrow Value (AAV) of:

• Two highest 600-round scores from qualifying events
• 600-round score from the Qualification Finals
• Combined match play scores from the Qualification Finals

Example: 547 (AAV 9.12) + 556 (AAV 9.27) + 551 (AAV 9.18) + 137+140+139 (AAV 9.24) = Total AAV 9.20