Equestrian dressage kicked off on Friday at the Abbotsford Exhibition Centre for the Abbotsford 2016 BC Summer Games.

Softball has taken centre stage at the opening day of the BC Summer Games in Abbotsford.

Vancouver-Coastal's Skyla MacDonald won the BC Summer Games girls 400 metres individual medley swim heat 1 with a time of 5:40.60 at the Centennial Pool on Friday morning.

The Fraser River (Zone 4) synchronized swimmers didn’t have a lot of time to learn the routine they performed for the BC Summer Games Friday.

The host squad started the boys soccer portion of the BC Summer Games on the right foot, edging out the Kootenays in the opening match.

Dolly Gabri set a new BC Summer Games record in women’s shot-put Friday morning, then broke it on her next throw, easily winning the gold medal.

Back to back throws of 13.44 and 13.93 metres should have had the Surrey native grinning from ear to ear.