SportsLife is Manitoba’ s amateur sports magazine. This is where sports fans will meet the Olympians of tomorrow and the medalists of today and they all compete right here in Manitoba. We exist to pay tribute to those who make sport so important to this province.
Published by SportsLife Publications, it is edited by Scott Taylor and is designed and developed by Scott Taylor, Debbie Dunmall and OV Suvajac. SportsLife Magazine is printed by The Winnipeg Sun.
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ART DIRECTOR Debbie Dunmall ddunmall @ gmail. com
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COVER PHOTO Brooke Pirrie, Julia Maisey and Kyla Milne taken by James Carey Lauder in the photo studio at Tec Voc High School
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Jeff and Tara Miller / 100 Acre Woods Photography, James Carey Lauder Sports Photography, Dan LeMoal, Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba, Manitoba Lacrosse Hall of Fame, NASCAR, Manitoba Organization for Disc Sports, Assiniboia Downs, Anderson / Boulanger Family
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Scott Taylor, Al Gowriluk
A change of seasons
We certainly had a wonderful summer in Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Goldeyes won the championship of the American Association, the folks out at Assiniboia Downs had perhaps the best meet in the last 50 years and Olympians Desiree Scott, Sophie Schmidt and Chantal van Landeghem brought back medals from the Rio Olympics.
In this issue of SportsLife, we’ ll look back on a number of outstanding performances from the Summer of 2016. But we’ ll also look ahead to some events coming to Winnipeg in the next 24 months and introduce you to some people you might not have met before.
We’ re now less than a year from the Opening Ceremonies for the 2017 Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg and in two years, the World Masters Ultimate Championship will be held in Winnipeg. We’ ll introduce you to the local board of the Canada Games and also set you up for one of the greatest Disc Championships on the planet.
We’ ll also introduce you to the 2016 Bisons women’ s soccer team and Bison’ s men’ s football team, Rifles star runningback Michael Ritchott, race car driver Amber Balcaen, young hockey players Vanessa Klimpke and Renee Stevenson and UND football players Mason Bennett and Brady Oliveira.
As well, we’ ll introduce you to three young women playing with the boys in the Winnipeg High School Football League. Manitoba has a wonderful, diverse, equal and welcoming sports community and the WHSFL is just another one of those leagues that says,” Come one, come all, and let’ s play!”
Here at SportsLife Magazine, we’ re thrilled that Manitobans love to play, no matter the sport and no matter the time of year. We are changing seasons from baseball and horse racing to football and hockey. The games never stop and we certainly wouldn’ t have it any other way.
– SCOTT TAYLOR Editor-in-Chief
SportsLife is published at least six times a year by SportsLife Publications. All sales are managed by SportsLife Publications. All design and layout is provided by Debbie Dunmall and SportsLife is printed by The Winnipeg Sun. www. SportsLife. life
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