Among the over 500 Indigenous athletes traveling from Manitoba to Nova Scotia for the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) are four 3D archers, including 15-year-old Métis competitor Ethan Hall.
Waasayah Munro-Soldier, 13, is Archery Manitoba's 2021 Female 3D Archer of the Year. She is excited to continue on with the sport and to eventually go hunting with her skills.
WINNIPEG Winnipeg is in the running to be the host city for the 2025 World Youth Archery Championships. If successful the bid could bring an economic boom to the city, estimated to be around $5 million. This is based on an analysis by Sportcal, a global sports economics consultancy, on a similar event held in Denmark in 2015. “We re hoping that by showcasing archery at a high level, and these archers are the cream of the crop in youth archery, they re the up and comers,” said Kelly Taylor, vice-president of athlete development with Archery Manitoba. “We hope that in showcasing archery at this level we can inspire other Canadians to take up archery cause it is a sport that could be for everyone.
Archery Canada seeking to host 2025 World Youth Championships Sunday, 11 April 2021
Archery Canada has announced that Winnipeg is a candidate city to host the 2025 World Archery Youth Championships.
The governing body, working in partnership with Archery Manitoba and Tourism Winnipeg, estimates the event could have a CAD$5 million (£2.9 million/$4 million/€3.4 million) economic impact, bringing nearly 600 athletes from more than 60 countries to the city.
Winnipeg proposes staging the event in late August 2025, with qualification rounds and early elimination rounds at Red River Exhibition Park and medal matches at The Forks.
World Archery plans to announce which city has won the right to host the Championships by December 31 this year.