August 6, 2017
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Pep Rally
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Team BC members are settling into the 2017 Canada Games Athlete Village at the University of Manitoba after arriving on Saturday from the West Coast. They took a break from their training and practice sessions on Sunday to attend the Team BC week two pep rally. It was a chance for athletes from all the sports to get to know each other and practice some new cheers.
“Everyone is super enthusiastic. It’s awesome to be a part of something bigger than just golf,” said athlete Alicia Lau of Richmond. “We’re a small team, so we are usually by ourselves. To be in this team environment is totally different. Team BC is ready to rock and roll. We are going to be good!”
Team BC presented the second Athlete Excellence Award of the Games to volleyball athlete, Coltyn Liu (Vancouver). Liu is an outstanding athlete who has had to overcome the challenges of a brain injury as a child. He has established his own community organization K.A.R.E. Power that identifies societal challenges and devises and implements solutions through youth led projects. Coltyn will receive a $2500 bursary from the Powering Potential Fund as part of the award.
The rally included another donation of running shoes to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg as part of Team BC’s Leave Your Tracks legacy initiative with Team Ontario, as well as a $1000 cash donation to assist with the purchase of sport equipment.
“We’ve been following and watching and seeing the good performances of BC,” said Michelle Schmidt, Director of Programs for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Winnipeg. “We love to cheer for good games. I think that’s the bottom line. At the end of the day, you want athletes to do their best to win.”
Week two competition begins Monday in canoe/kayak, men’s soccer, women’s softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball (men and women) and wrestling.
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Team BC week one video
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We had an incredible first week at the 2017 Canada Games, with lots of action, medals and most importantly, memorable experiences. Watch some fantastic highlights here.
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Catch up on the action |
There are lots of great ways to catch up on the action from the 2017 Canada Summer Games. Check out these links for some great photos, videos, TSN highlight clips and Canada Games TV archives.
Flickr - All the photos from Team BC's amazing photographer, Kevin Bogetti-Smith are posted here. For great action shots of your favourite sport - this is where you want to go. All photos are available for download.
Broadcast – As the official broadcaster of the 2017 Canada Summer Games, TSN is on location in Winnipeg. Check out the highlights here.
Webcasting – over 1200 hours of action is being live streamed. If you missed any of the action you can watch the Canada Games TV archives here.
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Team BC’s specific competition schedule will be updated daily and posted on TeamBC.org. Make sure you are set to watch the livestream or come out and cheer Team BC in Winnipeg.
Click here for Team BC's schedule - Monday, August 7
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