Manitoba Best and Brightest
at the Night of Champions
By Scott Taylor, Photos by James Carey Lauder, Bruce Fedyck and Jeff Miller
Sport Manitoba always puts on a great
show every time it recognizes this
province’s finest athletes.
This year, the big night arrives
on April 23, and it should be an
extravaganza as Sport Manitoba
recognizes the achievements of the
province’s best young with athletes
with another Night of Champions.
This year’s event will be held on
Saturday night, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Club Regent Event Centre. Tickets
can be purchased on line at www.
sportmanitoba.ca.
It’s kind of an extra special night
because the Manitoba Junior Athletes
of the Year were selected with the help
of a People’s Choice vote on line.
Kelsey Wog
Here are this year’s awards nominees:
THE JUNIOR CATEGORY
The Manitoba
Female Junior
Athlete of the Year
Nominees
Ashton Bell –
Hockey
Hannah Blatt –
Squash
Claire Bredin –
Water Polo
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Sean Cout
Sarah Filby –
Fencing
Taryn Grant – Water Skiing
Isabella Onyshko – Gymnastics
Samantha Renooy – Ringette
Brttmey Rocan – Triathlon
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Kelsey Wog – Swimming
Sara Sabeski – Baton
Kelsey Wog – Swimming
The Manitoba Male Junior
Athlete of the Year Nominees
Sean Coutts – Tenpin Bowling
Cameron MacKay – Fencing
Levi Nadlersmith – Cross
Country Skiing
Yonatan Orlov – Baton
Drake Pilat – Baseball
Evan Ratzlaff – Athletics
Travis Sanheim – Hockey
Shae Weekes – Football
The Junior Team of the Year Nominees
2015 Canada Games Team – Ringette
Portage Terriers –
Hockey
Team Calvert –
Curling
Team Toba
Phantom – Baton
Vincent Massey
Trojans – Football
Winman Wesmen
U-18 Club –
Volleyball
Additional
Category Nominees
OPIN Official of the Year Nominees
J.P. Chorney – Football
Sandra Kirby – Rowing
Paul Shipman – Ringette
Lynn Smith – Gymnastics
Travis Sanheim,
Calgary Hitmen
Outstanding Volunteer Award
Nominees
Bill Finch – Softball
Peter Garagan – Swimming
Lynne Gauthier – Tenpin Bowling
Barbara Hamill – Golf
Jocelyn McLeod – Ringette
Dana Peteleski – Baton
Susan Shinkarik – Water Polo
Louis Tanguay – Curling
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sport Manitoba is
a not for profit organization and the
lead planning, programming and
funding agency for the development of
amateur sport in Manitoba. Located
in the Canada Games Sport for Life
Centre, Sport Manitoba partners with
over 100 organizations to deliver sport
in our province and is responsible for
programs including the
Power Smart Manitoba
Shae Weekes
Games, Coaching
St. Paul’s
Manitoba, Team
Crusaders
Manitoba, Manitoba
Sports Hall of Fame,
Fit Kids Healthy Kids
and KidSport. Services
provided include the
Sport Medicine Centre,
Sport Performance
Centre, and Sport
Resource Centre. l