MB Summer Games: Point system/Results for 1st Qualifier Race, Falcon Cup Registration Open!

…and had a MCA license in 2023 and/or 2024 (or took part in the first qualifier race) and would be age eligible to qualify for a spot on a regional team to compete in the 2024 MB Summer Games in Dauphin this August 11-14, 2024.

REGIONAL TEAMS

There are 5 REGIONAL teams: 

1. EAST
2. WEST, 
3. SOUTH, 
4. WINNIPEG BLUE  
5. WINNIPEG GOLD.  (No North team)

Each team will have a Regional team COACH and a Regional team MANAGER (1 male, 1 female)Each regional team can have up to 8 athletes:

• U13 Female x 2
• U13 Male x 2
• U15 Female x 2
• U15 Male x 2

REGIONS

How do I find out what regional team my child would qualify for?  Here is the link to Sport MB’s regional map: https://www.sportmanitoba.ca/manitoba-games/about/faq/

TEAM SELECTION – Athlete fill policy

Athlete selection will be based on cumulative points earned from the five MB Summer Games qualifier races (Grand Beach, Falcon Cup, Neepawa, Minnedosa and Schinken Vad).  Best 4 of 5 race results count towards the athletes total.  If an athlete participates in all five qualifier races, they will be awarded a bonus of 50 points.

The athletes who have the highest and second highest number of points in all four categories: age and gender.  The athlete fill policy can be found in the technical package on the MB Summer Games website: https://www.sportmanitoba.ca/manitoba-games/dauphin2024/

The MCA will regulate fills using the list of qualifying athletes obtained once all qualifying events are complete in accordance with the Manitoba Games Regional Team policy. The list of qualifying athletes will consist of the following:

• • All first and second place finishers in all four categories (age group and
    gender).
  • All third-place finishers in all four categories (“Fill” athletes).
  • Any additional athletes who may desire to attend the Games as recommended by a regional coach (“Fill” athletes)

Athlete fill positions will be distributed equally and fairly among regional teams. Only eligible athletes from their respective categories, (age and gender), will be used as fills. The intent is to fill by gender and category first, if positions are still vacant then cross category and cross gender fills will be assigned based on MCA approval. 

• • Fill Athletes will compete in their own category, (age and gender), for their respective regional team. 
  • A Regional team may have more than the standard number of competitors for a category (e.g., more than two U13 boys) only if other regional teams have fewer than the allocated numbers for that same category. 
  • A Regional team may have more than the allotted # of athletes by gender within a Category if other Regional teams are not able to fill their complement. 
  • The MCA will determine the number of athlete fill positions available. 
  • The third-place fill athletes will be ranked equally for each regional team, i.e. all third-place competitors from their regional qualifiers will be randomly drawn to fill the available category spots. 
  • Once all category and gender fill positions have been assigned to qualified category and gender athletes, leftover fill positions will then be drawn by qualified category and alternate gender athletes on the qualified list of fill athletes.

POINT SYSTEM

Point system is based on the MTB cup points system as described in the MB Mountain Bike Manual: https://mbcycling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MCA-Mountain-Bike-Manual-Rev-Oct31-2022.pdf

See page 30 for specifics.  For each age and gender category: