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Team Manitoba Medal Alert

Jesse Bachinsky, led by his guide, Levi Nadlersmith

Jesse Bachinsky (24, Kenora, ON) earns his first medal of the 2023 Canada Winter Games, a bronze in the Para Nordic standing –  2.5 km classic race.

“I’m very proud and honoured to be part of this amazing team and, it’s a real honour to be here. The course is incredibly wicked fast, and there’s lots of technical climbs and downhills, and it’s a really great place to race and train.”

“This is my third Canada Games – and I had lots of fun at the last two. I’m just gonna continue to have lots of fun here and race hard, race fast. I gain experience every time I race or train and just being here, I learn new things, I meet new people, and it’s incredible and I love it.”

Jesse’s results and athlete profile here

RESULTS


Photo credits: Team Manitoba/Sport Manitoba Media Contact
Sarah Tone
431-778-5796
sarah.tone@sportmanitoba.ca

Free Adaptive Ski Program

Accessible Sport Connection Manitoba in partnership with Winnipeg Trails Association and the Vision Impaired Resource Network host free adaptive ski nights every Tuesday at Kildonan Park Golf course from 6-8pm!

They invite persons with a disability to try skiing, snowshoeing or kicksledding. This is a chance to try adapted equipment, and meet a ski guide.

The event is facilitated by the dynamic duo of Kirby Cote and Olexsandr Korniiko! They are very passionate about creating opportunities for persons with a disability to get active.

Kirby is an athlete with a disability retired paralympic swimmer who works with Winnipeg Trails as our active aging coordinator. She is relatively new to skiing and keen to get you involved.

Olex is an athlete with a disability, who represented Ukraine at the 2014 Sochi, Paralympic games in skiing and biathlon. He has a long track record of program development and experience introducing persons with a disability to many different sports and physical activities.

You do not need to aspire to be a future paralumpian to participate. This event is super chill. Both our facilitators are passionate and dedicated to advancing access to sport AND recreation.

WINTERPEG IS FOR EVERYONE!

Team Manitoba 2023 Canada Winter Games

Team Manitoba at the 2023 Canada Winter Games
February 18 – March 5, 2023
Prince Edward Island

Event Coverage Information
 Team Manitoba is sending 207 of the province’s best young athletes, along with 47 coaches, 15 managers, 6 technical support staff, and 22 mission staff to participate at the 2023 Canada Winter Games. 

The Canada Games brings together more than 2,000 able-bodied athletes and athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities for the largest amateur multi-sport event in the country. Alternating between winter and summer, they span over 30 different sports to showcase the very best in Canadian sport and spirit.

Results
Keep your eyes on Team Manitoba’s Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts. Official results can be obtained directly from the Canada Games. The online results system provides multiple search features. You can search by an athlete’s name, team name, sport, or city. It also provides a report that sorts results by day, sport and/or event that will be live by February 18.

Results

Cross Country Ski Team

Family fun facts:

  • Siblings: Naomi and Ben Wiens from Boundary Trails Nordic (Morden) 
  • Siblings: Kate and Mia Sawatsky, from Boundary Trails Nordic (Altona)
  • Team Manager Pauline Nadlersmith’s two children are both competing – Levi and Imogen. This is Levi’s third Canada Games and Imogen’s second. 
  • Coach Steven Wintoniw will coach his children Hannah and William.
  • Technical support staffer Andrew Vanden Berg is attending with his son William, and his three nephews, Isaiah Vanden Berg, and Hezekiah and Gideon Hoeppner.

Past results

  • 2019:
    • 1 Gold, 2 Bronze – Jesse Bachinsky
    • Bronze – Conor McGovern

More history here: https://www.sportmanitoba.ca/team-manitoba/

Community ski event at Ste Geneviève on Louis Riel Day

The Ste Geneviève Community Centre, in conjunction with the RM of Taché, is pleased to organize a community ski and snowshoe event at the Monominto Trails on Louis Riel Day (Monday February 20) from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Walk, snowshoe, or ski through poplar forest on the gentle trails using your own equipment (a few snowshoes and child-sized skis will be available to try out), and then join family and friends around a bonfire with hot chocolate. For more information, check out the Facebook event page or email robin.attas@gmail.com .