Quality of Life: Sports Activities in Manitoba

Leisure: Overview Sports Cultural Activities Festivals

Throughout the year, Manitobans enjoy a wide variety of sports activities at professional, amateur and recreational levels. Winnipeg is home to three professional teams. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Canadian Football League) can be seen at the 29,550 seat Canad Inns Stadium. The Winnipeg Goldeyes (Northern Baseball League) provide Manitobans with professional baseball at Canwest Global Park, and the Manitoba Moose (American Hockey League) offer professional hockey at the new 15,000-seat MTS Centre downtown.

Most communities in Manitoba have arenas, curling rinks, baseball fields and other developed recreation facilities. For example, in Winnipeg there are:

• Approximately 30 fitness/cycling trails and 11 municipal fitness/leisure centres. The YM/YWCA operates 4 fully equipped athletic facilities and there are over 60 privately-owned fitness clubs.

• 13 municipally-run indoor public swimming pools and 10 seasonal outdoor public pools.

• 20 curling rinks

• 3 indoor tennis clubs, and outdoor public tennis courts in every community

• 29 indoor skating/hockey rinks and over 70 outdoor rinks

• 27 golf courses -- 7 private, 7 semi-private, and 13 public

The following list offers an idea of the variety of opportunities available. In addition to casual participation, each of the following provides opportunities for organized participation, managed by a provincial organization.

Archery Auto Racing Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Cricket Cycling Diving Fencing Field Hockey Figure Skating

Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Hang Gliding Hockey Horse Racing Horseback Riding Hunting Lacrosse Martial Arts Orienteering

Parachuting Racquetball Roller Sports Rowing Rugby Sailing Skiing (cross-country) Skiing (downhill ) Soccer Softball Special Olympics Speed Skating

Sport fishing Squash Swimming Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water Skiing Weightlifting Wheelchair Sports Wrestling

Sport Manitoba

Sport Manitoba serves the province’s estimated 300,000 amateur sports enthusiasts by providing support services to approximately 100 provincial amateur sports organizations. For more information on Sport Manitoba and its programs, services and partner organizations, please visit the Sport Manitoba website at: www.sport.mb.ca