Team BC Alumnus Bo Hedges named as an Ambassador of Canada Games Activity Challenge
The Canada Games Council has announced that two-time Olympic medalist Jennifer Heil and two-time Paralympic medalist Bo Hedges will be the ambassadors of the Canada Games Activity Challenge.
Triathlon BC announces 2017 Canada Summer Games Staff
Kelly Guest will represent Team BC at the 2017 Canada Summer Games as the Lead Coach, and Laura Medcalf will be joining the Team staff as Manager.
Canada Games announces Canada 150 Signature Project
The Canada Games Council announced the Canada Games Activity Challenge as a Canada 150 Signature Project, supporting children and teachers in Canadian classrooms to build daily active healthy habits.
Coach Profile: Grace Northrop – Judo
Team BC alumna Grace Northrop of Prince George competed at the 2015 Canada Winter Games. She is now taking her talents and experience to coaching and was an apprentice coach at the 2016 BC Winter Games.
Coach Profile: Jennika Efford – Swimming
Meet swimming coach, Jennika Efford of Victoria. She was a mentor coach at the 2016 BC Summer Games and will join Team BC as an apprentice coach at the 2017 Canada Summer Games.
13 alumni headed to Rio for the Paralympic Games
British Columbia will be sending another strong contingent of athletes to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games with more than a quarter of the team hailing from this province including 13 BC Games and Team BC alumni.
2017 Canada Summer Games Apprentice Coaches Announced
Three Team BC coaches have been selected to the Apprentice Coach Program for the 2017 Canada Summer Games.
Five alumni bring home medals from Rio
Five Team BC and BC Games alumni contributed to Canada's record setting medal haul at the Rio Olympic Games.
28 paddlers named to Canada Summer Games long list
Twenty-eight canoe and kayak paddlers from eight BC clubs have been selected to the Canada Summer Games long list squad.
Great Games for Team BC Tennis
/in 2015 NewsThere were many stories from the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games for the tennis athletes and coaches, great tennis, gold medal performances, heart breaking defeats, opening ceremonies, pep rallies, pin trading and more…
Strong team performance seals bronze for basketball women
/in 2015 NewsFollowing a disappointing loss in their semifinal match-up British Columbia’s women’s basketball team bounced back to win bronze, 56-48 over Alberta, at the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games on Aug. 11.
Gymnasts tumble to silver on Monday
/in 2015 NewsThe second day of gymnastics competition at MacDonald Island Park featured the Women’s Team and All-Around events.
Rostam Turner takes gold in decathlon
/in 2015 NewsRostam Turner, a decathlon athlete from Kelowna B.C. Turner had seven personal bests during the Western Canada Summer Games in discus, pole vault, high jump, shot put, 110m hurdles, 100m and long jump and finished with a total of 7113 points and claiming the gold medal.
Team BC Results Recap Aug 10
/in 2015 NewsBC remains atop the medal standings after three days of competition with 52 gold, 35 silver, 31 bronze for a total of 118 medals.
Zhang and Ronayne paddle to bronze
/in 2015 NewsIt was another beautiful day along the Snye for the Canoe/ Kayak competition as Anna Zhang (Vancouver) and Hana Ronayne (Pemberton) paddled their way to a bronze medal in the C-2 5000m in their inaugural multi-sport games.
Canoe/ Kayak medalists – August 10
/in 2015 NewsCanoe/Kayak have another successful day on the water!
Beach Volleyball book tickets to final
/in 2015 NewsBoth the men’s and women’s beach volleyball team book their tickets to the gold medal final today.
Calvin Thalheimer – double gold medalist and great teammate
/in 2015 NewsCalvin Thalheimer is not only a great tennis player he is also a wicked pin trader, part time comedian and psychologist. However his best role has been that of a teammate.
Double Gold for Wrestling
/in 2015 NewsTeam BC won double gold in the team wrestling event at the Western Canada Summer Games.
Men’s basketball eliminate Alberta in semifinals to advance to gold-medal game
/in 2015 NewsTeam BC men’s basketball team defeated Alberta in today’s semifinal game, with a final score of 86-41. The team looked confident and well-polished, a good sign heading into tomorrow’s gold medal game at 11:00am.
Hammer throw women sweep podium as Athletics bring in 21 more medals
/in 2015 NewsTeam BC continued their athletics medal haul today, Aug. 10, at Timberlea Athletics Park, where Regan Yee raced the third best time in Canadian history in the 2000m steeplechase and BC swept the podium in the women’s hammer throw.
Birthday girl seals double gold for Judo in unexpected match up
/in 2015 NewsIt was an exciting final day of competition, Aug. 10, that saw both the men’s and women’s British Columbia Judo teams top the podium. Today was Isabelle Harris’ 14th birthday and it only seemed fitting that she would seal the women’s team’s gold medal 3-2 over Alberta.
Hoops women to play for bronze after heart-breaking loss to Manitoba
/in 2015 NewsThe British Columbia women’s basketball team will play for bronze after suffering a heart-breaking loss, 51-46, to Manitoba in the first semifinal of the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games.
Team BC Results Recap August 9
/in 2015 NewsTeam BC continues to lead the medal count with 78 total over two days of competition. Read on for a full recap by sport.
Tennis players heat up the court
/in 2015 NewsIt’s getting hotter at tennis in more ways than one. The temperature on the court reached over 30 C. The competition also took a step up as the two undefeated teams (BC and Alberta) matched up in the afternoon draw.