Celebrating Games Legacies

On July 19, at the Sportsplex in Cowichan, the 2018 BC Summer Games Society together with a crowd of 100+ celebrated the announcement of the Games legacies.   In addition to distributing $120,000 to six local organizations, they celebrated the many other legacies of the Games. 

“The Games engaged our community in a way I have never seen before," said Jen Woike, President of the Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games.  "People stepped up as volunteers, sponsors, and supporters.... [and] On July 19 as we presented legacy cheques to local organizations we were able to Show Our Colours one more time."

"These financial gifts to the community are the final installment of the many legacies that came from hosting the Games," says Mona Kaiser, Cowichan 2018 BC Summer Games Vice-President. "Not only did local businesses benefit from the influx of 3,500 participants and their parents and supporters, but in preparation for the Games we are able to use BC Games funding to upgrade many of local facilities."

The Legacy funds will provide support for upgrades to local sport facilites, financial aid to local youth in pursuit of art and sport endeavours, and kept with the Games theme of tying to the local First Nations culture.

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One Year to Go

On July 22, the BC Games flag was raised at city hall in Maple Ridge to mark one year to the 2020 BC Summer Games. 

Maple Ridge 2020 BC Summer Games President, Mike Keenan, and Vice President, Tom Bowen, together with His Worship Mayor Mike Morden, MLAs Lisa Beare (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows) and Bob D'Eith (Maple Ridge-Mission), School District 42 Trustee, Collette Trudeau, and BC Games Society President and CEO, Alison Noble, took their places on the balcony overlooking the plaza at City Hall and helped to launch the countdown to the Games.

"The community is ready for the unique opportunity to connect the unconnected," said Alison Noble, President and CEO of the BC Games Society.

Also see coverage by The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, our partner Black Press Media - click here for Black Press Media video.

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Special T Group Events to Supply Games Merchandise

The BC Games Society is pleased to name Special T Group Events (STGE) as the Merchandise Supplier. 

STGE is a British Columbia company that has operated since 1986.  They supply merchandise for many sports and events are Canada’s largest on-site event merchandiser of custom branded apparel garments and other souvenir products.  They have supplied merchandise for the 2014 BC Winter and BC Summer Games.

“Our mandate has always been to support local, amateur sport and I can't think of a more effective way than to be in this partnership with BC Games Society," said Derrick Pelley, STGE Canadian Sales Manager.

As the official merchandise supplier, STGE will work with host society volunteers to develop a merchandise line that will have volunteers and participants eager to purchase a Games souvenir or two.

Online stores will be in places several months prior to each Games.

Click here to go to the STGE website.

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Alumni Making Their Mark

BC Games and Team BC alumni are making their mark on the world stage at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.  Thirty-six BC Games and thirty-five Team BC alumni are competing in 18 sports this July 26 – August 11.

Fourteen of the alumni have completed in both the BC Games and Canada Games and two of them have already made history! 

Desirae Ridenour (Cowichan Bay) and Hannah Henry (Victoria) won a silver medal in the mixed team relay in triathlon.  Both of these island athletes were medalists for Team BC at the recent 2017 Canada Summer Games and quadruple medallists at the 2014 BC Summer Games.

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