Media Advisory - 41st Royal Canadian Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships: Aug. 11-13, Brandon MB

Under 16 and under 18 categories

OTTAWA, Aug. 9, 2017 /CNW/ -

WHAT:	The Royal Canadian Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships and Opening Ceremonies
WHEN:	August 11-13 - Competition begins August 11 9:00 a.m.
	August 11 - Opening Ceremonies begin 7:00 p.m.
	August 14 – Closing Banquet begins 6:00 p.m.
WHERE:	City of Brandon Sportsplex, 30 Knowlton Dr., Brandon, Manitoba (Competition & Opening Ceremonies)
	Brandon University Dining Hall, 270 18^th St., Harvest Hall (Closing Banquet)
WHO:	Over 650 track and field athletes from across Canada in under 16 and under 18 categories
	Opening Ceremonies - guests:
	Angus Stanfield, Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Vice President; Ron Anderson, Royal Canadian Legion MB/NW ON President; Larry Maguire, MP Brandon-Souris; Len Isleifson, MLA Brandon East; Reg Helwer, MLA Brandon West; His Worship Rick Chrest, Mayor City of Brandon; Lieutenant-Colonel Dave MacIntyre, Base Commander CFB Shilo.
	Closing Ceremonies – guests:
	Angus Stanfield, Bagpipes; Dr. Sarah Dentry-Travis, former Invictus Games athlete, Canadian military veteran, Post-doctoral Fellow in the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Manitoba and Visiting Scholar at Queen's University.

**Media requests for this specific event, contact: Robert Wormald, 289-241-8417 cell

Learn more, including events and times:
http://www.legion.ca/communities-youth/youth-leadership-and-sports/national-youth-track-and-field-championships

Results from August 11-13:
Follow daily: http://athleticsmanitoba.com/events/real-time-results/
Watch on Facebook live: https://www.facebook.com/LegionNationals

About The Royal Canadian Legion

Founded in 1925, the Legion is Canada's largest Veteran support and community service organization. We are a non-profit organization with a national reach across Canada as well as branches in the U.S., Europe and Mexico. With more than 275,000 members, many of whom volunteer an extraordinary amount of time to their branches, our strength is in our numbers.

Public Relations / Media Inquiries: [email protected] 
Legion.ca
Facebook.com/CanadianLegion
Twitter.com/RoyalCdnLegion
Instagram.com/royalcanadianlegion
youtube.com/user/RCLDominionCommand

SOURCE The Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Command

Media requests for this specific event, contact: Robert Wormald, 289-241-8417 cell

Related Links

http://www.legion.ca