In just under five months, the best amateur athletes in the province will converge on Dauphin for the 2024 Manitoba Summer Games.
The event, which will take place from August 11th to 17th, will feature a total of 12 sports.
Host committee Sport chair Phil Fafard says we will see a lot of competitors converging on our area for those games.
Overall I think there are about 19 hundred athletes and coaches coming, more or less 900+ per phase. So it is quite an event to accommodate them, feed them, and make sure that they get to the right events. So it will be a busy, full week with the number of athletes that we have to look after."
A total of twelve sports will make up this year's games, and Fafard says the event will be broken up into two phases.
"It is spread out over one week, but we have phase one on the Sunday to Wednesday. And then Wednesday it is turn over day where more athletes come in for the second phase from Wednesday to Saturday."
Phase one sports include baseball, basketball, golf, rugby, soccer, swimming, and volleyball.
Soccer, rugby, and basketball will also be contested during phase two of the games, along with Athletics, cycling, sailing, softball, and triathlon.
