Coltyn Liu wins Athlete Excellence Award

Team BC has recognized volleyball athlete, Coltyn Liu of Vancouver with the Athlete Excellence Award.  This new award honours two outstanding Team BC athletes at every Canada Games with a $2,500 bursary. 

Enjoy the Canada Games experience – advice from week one Team BC athletes

As members of Team BC settle into the Athletes’ Village over the weekend and get ready to head to their venues on Monday, athletes from the first week of completion offer their advice.

Team BC is second in the medal count after week one

After the first week of competition, Team BC is sitting in second place in the medal standings with 26 gold medals, 26 silver medals, and nine bronze medals for a total of 61.  T

Rising BC track star remains grounded

Jerome Blake handles media questions about being compared to Olympian Andre De Grasse with ease. “I don’t mind if I remind them of someone who is really good at the sport,” said the 21-year-old from Kelowna after winning gold in the men’s 200-metre sprint.

A good luck charm for Team BC’s women’s 4x400m relay team

Some old  temporary tattoos may have helped Team BC’s 4x400m women’s relay reach the top of the podium at the University of Manitoba Stadium Friday evening.

25 medals for Team BC on final day of week one action

During the final day of week one action, Team BC earned 25 medals including 13 gold, eight silver, and four bronze.

A Friday night flurry of medals for Team BC in athletics

Team BC athletes turned in top performances during the late afternoon and evening sessions as the 2017 Canada Games athletics competition wrapped up in Winnipeg.

Gold for men’s beach volleyball

The beach volleyball team of Isaac Bevis (Nanaimo) and Jeff Webb (Nanaimo) had a golden evening at the Canada Summer Games with a win over Nova Scotia.

Team BC mines more medals in athletics

BC's track athletes earned more medals Friday afternoon in the second-to-last session of the 2017 Canada Games athletics competition.

Upsets aplenty in singles table tennis Thursday

Team BC girls wow in singles table tennis.  The team looks forward to both girls’ and boys’ doubles finals.

Team BC is fast on the trails at Otway

Team BC races hard for silver in the women’s standing 5km cross country race and bronze in the women’s para Nordic sit-ski 5km.  Relay races still to come.

Team BC finishes second in curling pool play

In curling today, Team BC capitalized on the final play against Team Saskatchewan to finish second in their pool.  Quarterfinals are tomorrow at noon.

Garceau and Toth medal in squash individual competitions

Team BC’s Michele Garceau wins gold and Matthew Toth the bronze in the squash individual competitions.  Team play continues.

Team BC judo brings home two silvers and a bronze in first day of competition

Team BC has a successful first day as Leo Goldberg, Lavanna Laass and Ario Nisimura bring home some hardware in judo.  The team will try for more medals this evening.

Surrey’s Garceau wins gold, Toth takes the bronze in squash finals

Team BC posted two significant upsets in squash at the 2015 Canada Winter Games on Wednesday as Michele Garceau won gold in the women’s individual and Burnaby’s Matthew Toth won bronze on the men’s side.  

The medals are the first ever for B.C. in an individual squash event at the Canada Winter Games.

Two bronze medals from badminton add to overall Team BC count

Team BC brings home two bronze in badminton from James Ho in the singles and Joshua Liu and Duncan Yao in a tight doubles final.

Team BC captures bronze in the mixed team trampoline competition

Despite mixed feelings after the male singles event, Team BC pulls together to win bronze in the mixed team trampoline competition.

A split day results in a 4-1 record for Team BC in curling

Team BC has a tiring day with a win against Team PEI and a close game resulting in a loss against Team Ontario.  Despite the loss, they have secured themselves a spot in the quarterfinals.

14 medals in one day for Team BC

It was a medal haul for Team BC on Wednesday at the 2015 Canada Winter Games with Team BC bringing home 14 medals.  Impressive results today have Team BC with 63 medals overall, placing the team third in the medal standings behind Quebec and Ontario.

Giving up not an option for B.C.’s Laass

Even as things were going black for Lavanna Laass, her last thought was that she would never give up. 

The 18-year-old Team BC Judo athlete from Prince George was choked out in the gold medal match at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, something she had never experienced before. 

“I came into this match going for gold,” she said. “I really, really wanted it, not just for myself but for everyone who was there with me and for Prince George.”

Table tennis competition heating up at Duchess Park

Midway through table tennis action, Team BC brings home some hardware in the team events.

Double bronze in badminton for B.C.

B.C.’s badminton team earned two bronze medals on Wednesday in the finals at the Canada Winter Games. 

The team of Duncan Yao (19, Richmond) and Joshua Liu (18, Vancouver) battled their way to the podium in the bronze medal match of the men’s doubles, beating team Manitoba in three sets. 

Surrey’s James Ho, 17, also won bronze in the men’s individual match. 

Prince George figure skater earns bronze and contributes to four medal day at the rink

In the figure skating competition at the Canada Winter Games today, Team BC wowed the local crowd and won four medals.

Team BC synchronized swimming makes a splash in prelims

Team BC synchronized swimming has several top 10 finishes going into the final rounds of competition.

Hockey Game 3 – Team BC vs Team Ontario

Team BC lose a tough match to Team Ontario.  The team is looking to their next matchup against Team Quebec.

TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We respectfully acknowledge the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen)-speaking Peoples on whose traditional territory the BC Games Society office stands, and the Songhees, Xwsepsum, and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day. We recognize that our work in this province spans the territories of more than 200 First Nations, as well as Métis and Inuit communities.

 
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