Archer shoots her way to national team

Charleswood

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Charleswood’s Bryanne Lameg has been rewarded for a decade of effort with a spot on Archery Canada’s 2025 senior compound archery team. She is one of two women to make the nine-person squad.

Lameg, 24, first took up archery in 2014. Two months after she began regularly attending a range, she competed at her first national tournament. She was a member of Canada’s fifth-place team at the 2017 World Youth championships and the silver-medal team at the 2018 World Archery Indoor championships. She has also enjoyed top 10 finishes at the 2018 Pan American championships, 2018 World Junior Indoor championships, and the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

“I am grateful to have been chosen for Team Canada for the 2025 season,” Lameg said. “I am excited to compete internationally this year. I haven’t competed internationally since before the COVID-19 pandemic.”

A student at the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business, Lameg will be busy over the coming summer break as the World Archery World Cup circuit will take her to Florida, China, Türkiye and Spain between April and July.

Lameg’s first-place finish at this summer’s Canada Cup solidified her spot on Team Canada. She is especially proud, given she is a full-time student and works at a veterinary clinic.

As she prepares for the World Cup, Lameg will continue strength and conditioning training, along with practice at the range.

“Endurance and stability are both very important to train as an archer,” Lameg explained. “Come the summertime, I plan to shoot in various weather conditions such as high winds and rain. Tournaments will only typically be cancelled if there is lightning, so it is worthwhile to train in less-than-ideal weather situations. At many tournaments, you will be shooting over 100 arrows in a day.”

Archery Canada helps athletes with logistics and helps them decide which events to attend. Lameg said staff members attend all tournaments to support athletes in any way they can.

“There is also typically funding provided by Archery Canada to help athletes financially,” Lameg said. “Occasionally, Archery Canada will allocate different levels of sponsorship from large archery companies to the national team.”

Lameg said her goals for the World Cup Tour begin with representing Canada well and setting a good example for other athletes and those considering archery.

“It is an honour to have been chosen to represent Canada on the international level, and I hope to feel satisfied with my shooting while attending these events,” Lameg concluded.

Winnipeg’s Austin Taylor joins Lameg on Team Canada. A member of Heartland Archery, Taylor has represented Canada four times internationally and set several national indoor and outdoor records. Taylor was a member of the bronze-medal-winning compound junior team at the 2018 World Indoor championships. His team also finished fourth at the 2017 Youth World Championships in Rosario, Argentina.