Western Canada Summer Games – Beach

Beach volleyball at the Western Canada Summer Games for Manitoba athletes.

The Western Canada Games are a multi-sport competition designed to bi-sect the Canada Summer Games cycle and provide an opportunity for top age-class athletes to test their athletic talent against the best in the west. The City of Swift Current hosted the Western Canada Summer Games in 2019 from August 9–18, 2019.

Athletes, coaches and managers from Nunavut, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba came together to compete in Beach Volleyball (Aug 9–13) and Volleyball (Indoor) (Aug 13–18).

Ages (Beach)

Boys/Girls – born in 2001 and later

Description

This program refined current skills and introduced advanced tactics and systems to compete at the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games. Athletes may also have participated in the Team Manitoba indoor program at the Junior or Youth levels while training concurrently with the Western Canada Games beach program.

Beach Competition

2019 Western Canada Summer Games – Swift Current, Saskatchewan. August 9–13, 2019.

Athlete / Team Selection

Two teams of each gender (4 male, 4 female) were eligible to represent Manitoba. A Selection Tournament was held on July 5–6 that qualified the top 2 teams of each gender.

Training

An optional training program in May & June was offered to interested athletes preparing for the Selection Tournament. Following selection, qualified teams planned a training & competition program ahead of the Games.