Gearing Up

Coaches and Managers

Your coach is responsible to supervise you and your team and will be staying in the Games Village in a coaches room. Your manager is responsible for the overall coordination of your team. They will be in contact with your region's Chef de Mission leading up to and during the Games. They will also be staying in the Games Village and will support the coach in supervising your team.

Chef and Assistant Chef de Mission

The volunteer Chef and Assistant Chef de Mission support each Team Manager and Provincial Sport Organization (PSO) with the planning and implementation of all tasks to ensure the regional teams’ successful selection and staging for the Manitoba Games. They also help make sure you have fun, and get familiar with the Games environment.

Click here to meet your Chefs!

1. Read this Guide to Games!

2. Visit our website and follow us on social media: Facebook, X and Instagram.

3. Check out our performance resources page.

4. Complete your online registration. The instructions will be emailed to you closer to the Games. Athletes competing in two phases, will need to complete the registration twice, one registration for each sport.

   The online registration includes:

   • Code of Conduct form - know the rules and expectations

   • Complete any allergy and/or medical information we need to know about

   • Upload a picture. Make sure you follow the instructions!

   • Share your story and complete the athlete biography

5. Pay your registration frees - $250 per athlete ($300 for athletes competing in both phases). You will receive an email for payment once you have registered AND are selected to a final roster.

6. Review your travel schedule sent to you closer to Games.

• Sleeping bag, towel, pillow - don’t forget these items!

• Sport equipment

• Competitive uniform (if you received it before the Games)

• Water bottle (you will also receive one at Games)

• Sun protection

• Toiletries: shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, ear plugs, sleeping masks and other personal items

• Medications/prescriptions

• Shower flip-flops

• Extra clothes - pack for the weather!

• Personal ID

• Copy of Manitoba Health Card (photocopy or photo of card)

• Extra money for concessions

• Lock for use of school locker

• Nut-free Lunch and snacks for the bus trip to Dauphin

To ensure your safety during travel to and from the Manitoba Games, participants will travel together on charter buses departing from and returning to various central locations. Every bus will have a designated team captain (coach, manager or adult supervisor) that will supervise you and the other participants from the time you board the bus until the time you arrive at your destination. Your departure location and time will be shared closer to Games.

When you register for the Games, you will be able to select your preferred pick-up/drop-off location. You must be able to get to and from the selected pick-up/drop-off locations.

If you have other travel plans to get to and from Dauphin on your own, you will be able to select “arranging my own travel” from the drop-down menu.

Click here if you'd like to see a map of all pick-up/drop-off locations.

(Please note that those within 150 KM of Dauphin (Roblin, Minnedosa and Neepawa) are not guaranteed provided transportation, as per the External Travel Policy).

Arriving in Dauphin

When you arrive in Dauphin, you’ll drop off your equipment, check-in at your Games Village, pick up your walk-out uniform, and grab some food. You may also prepare for practices and the opening ceremonies - if you are arriving in Phase 1.

Getting around Dauphin

Buses will take you to your sport venue and participant special events. All departure times from the village to the sport venue (and vice versa) will be scheduled to allow you to arrive at the venue with lots of time to warm-up and get ready for competition. These times will be shared with you by your coach.

Departing Dauphin

August 14 is what is known as turnaround day - where phase 1 athletes depart and phase 2 athletes arrive. All athletes departing the Games will receive a bagged lunch for the bus ride.

Phase 1 athletes will be asked to check out of your accommodations in the morning, before you head out to any competitions. There will be a secure place to leave your luggage until you depart.

Phase 2 athletes will also check out of your accommodations in the morning, finish up competition, and attend the closing ceremony before getting on the bus to return home.

Every participant is allowed the following on the bus with them:

• 1 piece of luggage

• 1 sport equipment bag (if required for your sport)

• 1 personal item (backpack)

• A pillow

• A sleeping bag

Be sure to have luggage tags or identifiers on your bags!

Safe Sport is an environment where individuals can have a healthy, supportive, and respectful sport experience, free from all forms of harassment and abuse. This guide helps you recognize and identify acceptable and unacceptable behaviours between you and your coach.

Responsible Coaching Movement

Sport Manitoba has signed the pledge for the Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM), which means all Manitoba Games coaches adhere to the three steps to Responsible Coaching:

1. Rule of 2

   No coach should ever be alone one-on-one with an athlete. If a coach must be one-on-one with an athlete, they must do so in a public place within earshot or within view of another coach or adult.

2. Background Screening

   Screening in a Games program includes a criminal record check with a vulnerable sector search and a child abuse registry check.

3. Ethics Training

   Coaches must complete Respect in Sport (RiS) training. RiS is an online training course for coaches and sport leaders designed to assist in identifying and dealing with abuse, neglect, harassment, and bullying in sport.