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. 

37 BC Games and Team BC alumni set to make an impact in Rio

When the Olympic Games get underway in Rio there will be 37 Team Canada athletes who will remember that their journey began with the BC Games and Team BC.

B.C. boasts strong athlete contingent for Rio

There are 142 athletes, 45% of the national team, with a connection to B.C. on the Canadian Olympic team heading to Rio. This is the largest percentage of national team athletes with an affiliation to B.C. in recent history.

Countdown to the Games: One Year to Go

2017 Canada Summer Games Host Society launches official countdown to The Hottest Summer in Half A Century

Six Team BC alumni nominated to Canadian Rowing Team for Rio 2016

Six Team BC alumni have been named to the Canadian Rowing team to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Badminton’s Wendy Zhang named Closing Ceremony Flagbearer

Double gold medalist has a chance for bronze Saturday

Archery, squash and snowboard keep the medals rolling for Team BC

Team BC ties record for gold medals at a Canada Winter Games

Men’s Curling goes to gold medal game

Team BC has never won a gold medal at the Canada Games

Judo wins 12 medals for Team BC

Two silvers for Team BC in the team event

Archery ends on a positive note

Team BC improves on 2015 Canada Winter Games finish

Training day at Canyon for Alpine Ski

Alpine ski trains in frigid weather

Gold medal in singles squash

Lucia Bicknel’s medal ties Team BC’s winter games tally for gold medals

Team BC looses heartbreaker

Team BC will play for bronze medal

Silver and bronze medals in snowboard

Maggie Crompton wins silver medal while Jadyn Chomlak takes the bronze

Hockey wins quarter final.

Women’s hockey are into the final four

Team BC adds 15 more medals to tally

Para nordic sweeps the podium…again and again…and again

Epic day for Team BC as athletes win 19 medals

Day 13 was lucky for Team BC as flag is raised 19 times

Team BC keeps adding to medal tally on day 12

Para nordic, cross country, trampoline and judo add to Team BC’s medal count

Trampoline wins bronze medal for Team BC

Trampoline adds to Team BC’s medal tally

Cross country medal adds to Team BC’s medal count

Benita Peiffer adds to Team BC’s medal count

Two Silver Medals for Female Team BC Judo

Kimiko Kamstra and Klavdia Danilkov earned silver medals today at Judo. 

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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