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If you’re a 3D enthusiast or just someone who loves archery events, then mark your calendars for the Heartland Throwdown. This exciting new 3D team event is set to take place this coming weekend, and it’s sure to be a day filled with fun, excitement, and prizes. The Heartland Throwdown 3D Archery Event is set to take place on Saturday, April 15 at the Lorette Community Complex in Lorette, Manitoba, and it promises to be an event like no other.

This new and unique event will see archers randomly teamed up by the host organizers into three categories Under 18 (17 years and younger), Compound (Known 50 and Hunters), and Traditional (Recurve/Long/Barebow/Traditional). Each archer per team shoots one arrow per target with the higher scoring of arrows being scored. Teams must use at least 10 shots out of 30 per team member.  The intent is to ensure teams are balanced and keep the competition close for all competitors. This event is geared toward archers of all abilities, looking to have fun and meet others in the community.

One of the most exciting aspects of the Heartland Throwdown 3D Archery Event is the cash prizes and silent auction fundraiser that will be held during the event. All proceeds from the auction will go towards supporting the First Flight Introduction to 3D Program, which is a great cause that helps introduce new archers to the 3D competition format. 

The silent auction features a fantastic array of prizes, including the Mission by Mathews Radik bow valued at $430 and the Diamon Edge 320 bow valued at $500. There are also Black Eagle Spartan arrows, a Conquest Tallon quiver, a set of Firewire Custom Bow Strings, and an X Shot lens, all valued at hundreds of dollars each.

In addition to these amazing prizes, there is also a Cabela’s Intensity 1600R Laser Rangefinder (donated by Brad Mathers and Brava Creations), four three-pack G5 Broads valued at $60 each, Prime Archery Apparel valued at $200, and BBQ accessories package donated by Shawn at Poplar Smoke BBQ.

There will also be plenty of food and drink available for purchase at the BBQ Lunch hosted by Poplar Smoke BBQ, so you can stay fueled up and ready to compete. the Heartland Throwdown 3D Archery Event is an event not to be missed. 

Registration is open until the end of the day, Thursday, April 13th. For more event information or to register visit: https://archerymanitoba.ca/event/heartland-3d-throwdown/

The 2023 Canada Winter Games proved to be a successful event for Team Manitoba’s archery team. With six medals won by four talented athletes, the team dominated the competition and secured a place among the top-performing provinces. The team’s success was a result of their hard work, dedication, and the guidance of their coach and manager.

Ryder Wilson, Emily Love, Chyler Sanders, and Ryan Cherniak put in a remarkable effort during the games, and their performances did not go unnoticed. Ryder Wilson, competing in the recurve male individual event, finished in the first place, securing the gold medal for Team Manitoba. Emily Love, competing in the recurve female individual event, finished in third place, earning a bronze medal. In the recurve mixed team event, Emily and Ryder teamed up to secure a silver medal for the team.

In the compound events, Chyler Sanders and Ryan Cherniak proved their skill as they competed in the female and male individual events. Chyler Sanders finished in the first place, winning the gold medal, while Ryan Cherniak finished in third place, winning the bronze medal. The pair also teamed up in the compound mixed team event, finishing in third place and earning another bronze medal for the team.

The six medal performance from the archery team was a significant contribution to Team Manitoba’s overall medal count, making up 1/3 of the team’s total medal tally. This feat is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and talent of the archery team.

The success of the archery team was also a result of the leadership and guidance of Coach Avril Hatherell and Manager Allan Gunter. Their expertise and experience played a vital role in the team’s training, preparation, and performance during the games.

The outstanding performance of Ryder Wilson and Chyler Sanders earned them the honor of being nominated as Team Manitoba’s flag bearers for the closing ceremonies. Their achievements and leadership were an inspiration to the rest of the team and a reflection of the spirit of the games.

In conclusion, Team Manitoba’s archery team proved their mettle at the 2023 Canada Winter Games. The team’s hard work, dedication, and talent paid off as they secured six medals, including two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes. The team’s success was a result of the leadership and guidance of their coach and manager and the exceptional talent and performance of the four athletes. The archery team’s performance was a shining example of the spirit of competition, sportsmanship, and excellence that embodies the Canada Winter Games.

Join us in recognizing the Archery Manitoba athletes, coaches, and volunteers that have made an impact in 2022. The event will be hosted at the Holiday Inn Winnipeg – Airport West in Winnipeg, Manitoba, located at 2520 Portage Avenue on Saturday, January 28. Tickets are $35 per person and include a full buffet lunch, coffee, and dessert.

Doors at 12:00 PM
Lunch at 1:00 PM
Ceremonies 1:30 PM

The Archery Manitoba Awards will showcase archers and volunteers for various Provincial & National events, Sport Manitoba Excellence, and our annual awards of distinction. Those events and awards include:

• Sport Manitoba Awards of Sport Excellence
• Archery Canada Indoor Regional Championships
• World Archery Americas – Multi-sites Indoor Championships of the Americas (MICA)
• 2022 Provincial Target Championships & Manitoba Open
• 2022 Archery Manitoba Awards of Distinction

The deadline to purchase tickets is Monday, January 23, 2023

Register online at the link below:

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/44MAG55Z13P5S/checkout/TCLSK4AUIKLLXRNNTAJMW7JF

Archery Manitoba is pleased to announce the names of the 6 athletes, male and female, who have been selected to represent Team Manitoba as part of the 2022 Archery Manitoba Provincial 3D Team.

The mandate of our Provincial Team Program is to develop nationally competitive archers, by providing training resources and competition support funding, in alignment with our Long Term Athlete Development Pathway. Athletes in the program participate in local training, performance camps and have the opportunity to be funded to major national and out of province competitions.

Archery Manitoba is pleased to announce Team Manitoba Archery for the Canada Winter Games has been named.

The archers were named following an extensive qualification period consisting of numerous tournaments and matchplay events in the Westman and Winnipeg Regions. All eights athletes selected were ranked in the top 2 of our Canada Winter Games ranking list, that included indoor 18M qualifying events between January 1, and November 27, 2022.

The four archers selected as primary athletes are Emily Love, Ryder Wilson, Chyler Sanders and Ryan Cherniak, selected as their alternates are, respectively, Cleo Wermann-Thorn, Kadin Giebelhaus, Bailey Mathers, and Ethan Hall.  After consideration, Ethan Hall has decided to decline to the Compound Male Alternate spot to focus on his 3D training and competition goals leading him to the 2023 North American Indigenous Games this summer in Halifax.  The remaining seven athletes have committed to high frequency technical and fitness training plans, which includes a Canada Winter Games prep camp and competition in Saskatoon in January.

The current team brings strong performance potential to the games, in keeping with a tradition of Manitoba success at the Canada Winter Games. Love & Wilson, both currently competing in the U18 division have had recent national success with Emily placing 5th in the 2022 Indoor Nationals, and Ryder taking home bronze at this summers outdoor nationals. They are backed up by two U21 division archers in Giebelhaus and Wermann-Thorn, both of who bring strong value in their experience competing at the last Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta in 2019.

Our primary compound archers are both currently competing in the U21 division and have years of experience at the national and international levels. Cherniak has been a member of Team Manitoba for over 6 years and has earned podium finishes at numerous national championships. Sanders, a team member since 2018, has competed at the Manitoba Games, Canadian Championships, Youth Continental Championships and two World Archery Youth Championships. Female Compound Alternate Bailey Mathers is a U18 archer who has a depth of experience in her past several years as provincial team member. Bailey finished 2nd at this summers national championships and attended her first international event as a member of Team Canada at the Youth Pan American Championships.

The Canada Winter Games run from Feb. 18 to March 5 in Charlottetown, PEI. Archery runs in the second week, from Feb. 25 to March 4 and consists of qualification rounds followed by match-play eliminations in individual and mixed team events.  To follow along, check out this link: https://cg2023.gems.pro/Result/Sport_List.aspx?SetLanguage=en-CA&Gems_ScreenWidth=1920&Gems_ScreenHeight=1080&Gems_ScreenAvailWidth=1920&Gems_ScreenAvailHeight=1055

Join us in recognizing the Archery Manitoba athletes, coaches, and volunteers that have made an impact in 2022. The event will be hosted at the Holiday Inn Winnipeg – Airport West in Winnipeg, Manitoba, located at 2520 Portage Avenue on Saturday, January 28. Tickets are $35 per person and include a full buffet lunch, coffee, and dessert.

Doors at 12:00 PM
Lunch at 1:00 PM
Ceremonies 1:30 PM

The Archery Manitoba Awards will showcase archers and volunteers for various Provincial & National events, Sport Manitoba Excellence, and our annual awards of distinction. Those events and awards include:

• Sport Manitoba Awards of Sport Excellence
• Archery Canada Indoor Regional Championships
• World Archery Americas – Multi-sites Indoor Championships of the Americas (MICA)
• 2022 Provincial Target Championships & Manitoba Open
• 2022 Archery Manitoba Awards of Distinction

The deadline to purchase tickets is Monday, January 23, 2023

Register online at the link below:

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/44MAG55Z13P5S/checkout/TCLSK4AUIKLLXRNNTAJMW7JF

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Nominate a deserving archer or volunteer today!

We ask our members and partner clubs to help us recognize deserving athletes, coaches, and volunteers by online nomination by January 3. 2023. 

• Rising Star Award (Male and Female): In recognition of the Manitoba Youth Archers (Cadet & under) with the most outstanding achievement(s) in provincial, national or international archery in the past year. (Target or 3D).

• Glenn Lewer Memorial Coach of the Year Award: Awarded to the Coach who has contributed the most to developing archery in the province of Manitoba during the previous year.

• Roger Garrod Memorial Volunteer of the Year: Awarded to the volunteer who has contributed the most to developing archery within the province of Manitoba during the previous year.

• Judge of the Year: Awarded to the Judge who has contributed the most to archery in the province of Manitoba during the previous year.

• Target Archer of the Year Award (Male and Female): In recognition of the Manitoba Target Archers with the most outstanding achievement(s) in provincial, national or international archery in the past year.

• 3D Archer of the Year Award (Male and Female): In recognition of the Manitoba 3D Archers with the most outstanding achievement(s) in provincial, national or international archery in the past year.

• Presidential Award (doesn’t need to be awarded annually) – Presented to a member of the archery community who has made an outstanding contribution as an organizer at the international, national or provincial level. This award is the highest honor our association bestows. It reflects our deep appreciation of the recipient’s impact on Archery in the Province of Manitoba.

Please be sure to add as much rationale and reference of performance (if applicable).

The official results for the World Archery Americas 2022 Multi-Sites Indoor Championships of the Americas (MICA) have been published. More than 3500 archers from across the continent participated in the satellite competition.  Congratulations to the numerous Manitoba Archers that ranked top 30/top half!  Those archers are as follows:

Team Round

•  U21 Women Compound – Taylor Klimchuk/Chyler Sanders/Bailey Mathers – Placed 1st among 4 teams.

Individual 

• Ryan Cherniak – U21 Compound Men – Placed 20th among 95 competitors
• Bailey Mathers – U18 Compound Women – Placed 20th among 137 competitors
• Chyler Sanders – U21 Compound Women – Placed 15th among 113 competitors
• Taylor Klimchuk – U21 Compound Women – Placed 33rd among 113 competitors
• Ryder Wilson – U18 Recurve Men – Placed 17th among 284 competitors
• Emily Love – U18 Recurve Women – Placed 16th among 252 competitors

Full individual and team results can be found at the links below:

Individual: https://home.mycloud.com/public/41cda176-25d1-4dc8-a2af-083c4058c06a/folders/xfvuuv6qwglsj7tiytinj2sp 

Team: https://home.mycloud.com/public/41cda176-25d1-4dc8-a2af-083c4058c06a/folders/xfvuuv6qwglsj7tiytinj2sp

Article from: https://www.sportmanitoba.ca/archery-2023-canada-winter-games/

Archery Head Coach Avril Hatherell has been to the Canada Games as an athlete, a manager, and will now experience the event as a coach in PEI.

Involved in the sport for 25 years, one of the things she loves about archery is that it’s a personal sport with lots of room for growth and development.

“It lets you compete with people across the country in a way that you don’t in other sports. And they mix the ages all together when you’re shooting, so you get to shoot with older people and younger people,” said Avril.

Team Toba’s Archers

Four archers—one in each equipment category and each gender—will represent The Herd on the ranges in PEI.

“The equipment categories for archery are recurve, which are the long, Olympic bows that you see,” said Avril. “And then the compound [bows] have pulleys at the top and bottom, which make them faster.”

They’ll also have four alternates for a total of eight athletes who will be training together this winter.

“The team will be decided at the end of November and that’s based on their three highest scores they’ve shot, mostly this fall, or earlier this year,” said Avril.

Once 2023 arrives, they’ll be kicking it up a notch, including planning a training camp with a couple other provinces in the middle of January.

“[They’ll be] getting some more practice with shooting against other people and shooting some match play with people they will probably see at Canada Games. So, getting comfortable with that, also getting them comfortable with shooting somewhere they’re not used to shooting, because that does play a factor as well.”

Post-Games: What’s Next?

The journey for athletes doesn’t need to end at the Canada Games. For many, there are opportunities beyond this event.

For these archers, they could qualify to go to the youth world championships — a really big event typically held in another country.

“We’re talking hundreds of athletes who are all shooting the same categories,” said Avril. “Very different, very fun, and you get to make some really great friendships across the world. And it also kind of prepares you for moving up a category into the senior category, where you’re also exposed to the same thing as well.”

Another opportunity is scholarships!

“We’ve also had a couple of athletes from Winnipeg who’ve got scholarships from the U.S. to go to the colleges to do archery. So I think some of the archers coming up going to the Games would definitely qualify for that, if that’s something that interests them.”

Follow Along

“I think it’s a really great experience for athletes, and it’s something they’ll remember their whole archery careers, or even if they finish with archery and move on, they’ll think ‘Oh yeah, that time that i went to Canada Games and that was so much fun’.”

Watch archery take the national stage and follow The Herd on social media!

• @teamtoba on Instagram
• @TeamToba on Twitter
• Team Manitoba on Facebook

To learn more about archery in Manitoba, visit Archery Manitoba’s website and follow them on Instagram and Facebook.