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About the Games:
Fast Facts
The athletes participating in the 2008 Power Smart
Manitoba Games aspire to become champions and take their sport
development experience to the next level.
The Power Smart Manitoba Games follow the Olympic cycle, taking
place every two years, alternating between summer and winter
events.
Sports participating in the 2008 Power Smart Manitoba Summer
Games include: Archery, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beach
Volleyball, Golf, Sailing, Soccer, Female Softball, Swimming,
Table Tennis and Triathlon.
Age and eligibility requirements vary between sports. The
Games in general focus on the developmental ages of 10 to
21 years.
Participants qualify for the provincial finals through regional
qualifying events.
The program is administered by Sport Manitoba and implemented
by the Manitoba Games Council.
Sport Manitoba, Manitoba's corporate community, participant
registration fees and local fundraising efforts fund the program.
Impact
A minimum of 1200 volunteers will be trained to operate
a multi-sport event.
There will be increased awareness for the provincial host
and surrounding area resulting from a province wide media
campaign
The provincial host community will benefit from in excess
of $150,000 in sport facility capital upgrades
here is an opportunity for a monetary surplus at the completion
of the Games. Previous financial legacies have ranged from
$10,000 to $60,000
1600 athletes and a large number of family members will contribute
to an economic impact of one million dollars on the community
History
In 1972 the Provincial Government approved the initiation
of a Provincial Games Development Program which would give Rural
Manitoba an equal opportunity to participate in amateur sport.
A pilot program was held in 1974 and more than 400 athletes
from 19 communities in Northern Manitoba gathered in Thompson
to compete in the North of the 53rd Games.
The first province-wide Manitoba Games was held in Winnipeg
in late December as part of the city’s 1974 Centennial
Celebration. These Games were used to identify and select
Manitoba’s 1975 Canada Winter Games teams. Neepawa was
chosen to host the 1976 Manitoba Summer Games and the 1978
Manitoba Winter Games were held in Dauphin. After a ten-year
hiatus, the Manitoba Games program was reinstituted in 1986
and have been held every two years since.
*1986 Winter - Flin Flon
*1988 Summer - Beausejour/Pinawa
*1990 Winter - Carman
*1992 Summer - Minnedosa/Neepawa
*1994 Winter - Thompson
*1996 Summer - Morden
*1998 Winter - Gimli
*2000 Summer - Virden
*2002 Winter - The Pas
*2004 Summer - Dauphin
*2006 Winter - Beausejour
*2008 Summer - Carman
*2010 Winter - Portage la Prairie
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