BC Games Society
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| Company type | Crown Corporation |
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| Industry | Multi-sport event management |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | British Columbia |
Key people | Jamey Paterson (Chairman) Alison Noble (President and CEO) |
Number of employees | 10 (January 2017)[1] |
| Website | www |
The BC Games Society is a provincial crown corporation in British Columbia created in 1977. The organization is the governing body responsible for the BC Summer Games and BC Winter Games, and manages the Team BC program at the Canada Games. Ron Butlin served as the first manager-director of the society from 1977 to 1987.[2][3]
Host cities
[edit]Sports
[edit]Summer sports
[edit]- Athletics (including Special Olympics)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Canoe/Kayak (including Para)
- Equestrian (including Para)
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming (including Para and Special Olympics)
- Synchronised swimming
- Towed water sports
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Winter sports
[edit]Participating teams
[edit]Eight zones, each representing a different region of British Columbia, participate in each instalment of the games. The zones and the cities they include are listed as follows.[4]
- Kootenays (Zone 1) – Castlegar, Cranbrook, Fernie, Grand Forks, Kimberley, Nelson, Rossland, Trail
- Thompson-Okanagan (Zone 2) – Armstrong, Enderby, Kamloops, Kelowna, Merritt, Peachland, Penticton, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Vernon
- Fraser Valley (Zone 3) – Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Langley, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows
- Fraser River (Zone 4) – Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Surrey, White Rock
- Vancouver-Coastal (Zone 5) – North Vancouver, Richmond, Vancouver
- Vancouver Island-Central Coast (Zone 6) – Campbell River, Courtenay, Duncan, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Oak Bay, Port Alberni, Powell River, Victoria
- North West (Zone 7) – Prince Rupert, Terrace
- Cariboo-North East (Zone 8) – Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake
See also
[edit]- Canada Games
- BC Summer Games
- BC Winter Games
- Alberta Winter Games
- Saskatchewan Games
- Manitoba Games
- Games Ontario
- Quebec Games
- Western Canada Summer Games
References
[edit]- ^ "BC Games Society Staff". BC Games Society. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ Slade, Daryl (2014-06-26). "Calgary sporting pioneer dies in B.C. at age 89". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ Friday, July 10, 1987 — Morning Sitting, 34th Parliament, vol. 1st Session (1987 Legislative Session Hansard ed.), Victoria, British Columbia: Parliament of British Columbia, p. 2392, retrieved February 23, 2020
- ^ "BC Summer and BC Winter Games Zones". BC Games. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
External links
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