Team Manitoba

About The Team

Golf Manitoba provides enhanced training, development, and competitive opportunities for both aspiring and accomplished junior female and male athletes from the Golf Manitoba region.

The Team Manitoba program is nine months in scope and encompasses fitness, sports psychology, nutrition, technique, equipment management and regional, multi-sport, and national level competition. Leaders in the field of sport science have been a part of building the program and continue in the ongoing execution of the program from the perspective of mental performance coaching, strength and conditioning, equipment as well as planning and periodization.

Each player receives a personalized program tailored towards his or her needs and in turn each team member is expected to be fully committed to the program with the goal of trying to achieve their best as athletes and golfers.

Development Focus

Emphasis for golfers in this program will be placed on the Learn to Compete and Train to Compete stages of Golf Canada Long Term Player Development Guide.

Mission, Vision & Values

The mission of the Team Manitoba program is to provide world-class coaching programs and development opportunities for aspiring and accomplished junior golfers to help them succeed both in golf and in life.

Through our vision, we will be a leader in golf performance excellence helping our athletes to realize their full potential. Team Manitoba program values:

Commitment
Inclusion
Respect
Fun
Excellence
Accountability

Program Goals

To develop the skills of young athletes in a fun, safe, accessible, nurturing, and competitive environment.
Use Golf Canada’s Long Term Player Development guide as the framework for programming opportunities.
Provide athletes with world-class coaching including a direct pathway to become a national champion.
Provide Team Manitoba members the opportunity to receive provincial coaching at a level in equality or succession of other provinces.
Including regular testing during training to help golfers understand strengths and weaknesses.

Eligibility

To be considered for Team Manitoba athletes must:

Be a member in good standing with Golf Manitoba
Have unquestioned status as an amateur golfer
Be a permanent resident in the region covered by Golf Manitoba
Be a Canadian citizen
Be 11 years old prior to the start of the program
Be under 19 years of age as of August 1 of the selection year

Team Selection

Junior Boys
Two teams will be chosen each year (up to 25 athletes) based on the following criteria:
- The top three eligible junior golfers from the Manitoba Junior will automatically be selected to the team
- Manitoba Junior Boys Championship results
- Nott Autocorp Men’s Amateur Championship Results
- NextGen Prairie Championship
- Maple Leaf Junior Tour events may be considered
Junior Girls
The selection of athletes to the girl’s development program will be based on the following criteria:
- Junior Girls who compete in Golf Manitoba, NextGen and Maple Leaf Junior Tour events will be given priority for the program
- Junior Girls who compete in Home Club Events

Additional Consideration:

In addition to golf results, consideration will be given to those athletes who meet the following qualitative criteria:

Work ethic, behavior (on and off the course) and team compatibility
Projected ability and athletes desire to achieve high performance benchmarks
Performance Trends
Coachability
Eagerness to continue their golf development

Coaching Staff

Bri-ann Tokariwski, PGA of Canada

Head Coach, Team Manitoba – Girls

Bri-ann is a three time Manitoba Provincial Amateur Champion, four-time Manitoba Match Play Champion and ten time Manitoba Provincial Team Member.

She participated in the inauguration of the Junior Girls Development Program when she was a junior and learned so much from the program. Following graduating from the University of the Cumberlands (Kentucky) on a golf scholarship in 2015, Bri-ann joined Elmhurst Golf and Country Club’s staff earning her PGA of Canada status in 2017.

Bri-ann was named a four time PGA of Canada Manitoba Zone Apprentice Professional of the Year (2018-2021). Her main focus is showing young girls they can do anything they set their minds to.
Sean Murray, PGA of Canada

Head Coach, Team Manitoba – Boys

Sean is a PGA of Canada Golf Professional based in Winnipeg at St. Charles Country Club. He has been teaching and coaching the sport of golf for the past 12 years lending his knowledge in over 2,500 hours of instruction.

The Winnipeg product developed his passion for the sport from Team Canada’s National Coach Derek Ingram. Sean has spent countless hours educating himself in an effort to provide the best possible information to his students by shadowing some of the best golf instructors in the world including George Gankas, Mark Sweeney, Joe Mayo, Jeff Smith, Vision 54, Martin Chuck, Dana Dahlquist and Dr. Craig Farnsworth.

He has attended numerous conferences and seminars all around the world.

Sean has been a coach with Team Manitoba for the past three seasons and is proud to see seven of his athletes now attending both Canadian and American colleges and universities to play golf on scholarships.

Eight of his students competed in National Championships during the 2024 season which is the highest recorded number since the inception of the Golf Manitoba Development Program.

In 2024, Sean was named PGA of Manitoba Coach of the Year and the PGA of Manitoba Professional Development Award winner. He also led the PGA of Manitoba in Professional Recognition Points.

2024 culminated with Murray being named the recipient of the PGA of Canada Tex Noble Professional Development Award. This award recognizes the PGA of Canada professional who is the model of life-long learning and continuing professional development. The Tex Noble Professional Development Award is designed to give special recognition to an individual PGA professional for outstanding and continuing contributions to professional development and continuing education.
Bret Thompson, PGA of Canada

Assistant Coach, Team Manitoba – Boys

Team Manitoba 2025

Girls Team
TEAM GOLD
- Sadie Blazeiko (Pine Ridge)
- Gracie McMillan (Pine Ridge)
- Payton Oakden (Glendale)
- Erin Nowicki (Pine Ridge)
- Maisy Shewchuk (Golf Manitoba Public Player)
- Angelina Sitarz (Elmhurst)
TEAM BLACK
- Emily Devlin (Elmhurst)
- Annika Gording (Elmhurst)
- Kate McMillan (Elmhurst)
- Mikaila Pador (Golf Manitoba Public Player)
- Camryn Thomas (St. Charles)
TEAM BLUE
- Mackenzie Bartlett (Carman)
- Isla Dent (Golf Manitoba Public Player)
- Leah Klippenstein (Golf Manitoba Public Player)
- Lindley Kurz (Golf Manitoba Public Player)
Boys Team
TEAM GOLD
- Adam Blair (Pine Ridge)
- Brayden Boge (Rossmere)
- Ty Brewster (Quarry Oaks)
- Gavin Carver (Glendale)
- Liam Comaskey (Pine Ridge)
- Owen Conrad (St. Charles)
- Jackson Delaurier (Dauphin Lake)
- Hudson Hunnie (Rossmere)
- Spence Mott (Shilo)
- Hunter Oakden (Glendale)
- Ryder Pufahl (Rossmere)
- Ryder St. Laurent (Niakwa)
- Payne Wood (St. Boniface)
TEAM BLUE
- Brady Comaskey (Pine Ridge)
- Colton Drul (Elmhurst)
- Brayden Hamm (Wheat City)
- Preston Johnson (St. Charles)
- Finn Kydd (St. Charles)
- Hunter MacLean (St. Charles)
- Aris Mercury (Glendale)
- Tiago Miranda (St. Charles)
- Ty Montour (Scotswood Links)
- Grant Secord (St. Charles)