“Participation in sport and physical
activity is valued and embraced as a way of life
in British Columbia, sustained by a
province-wide balanced commitment to healthy,
active lifestyles and the ethical pursuit of
excellence.”
- B.C.’s vision for sport and physical activity
Kamloops is hosting the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games, August 5 to 14.
This multi-sport event, which occurs every four years, brings together approximately 2,300
athletes competing in 19 sports, along with coaches, managers and officials from
British
Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and
the Yukon Territory. Team BC will send 345 athletes aged 12 to 22 and 72 coaches
to the 2011 Games. BC has won the Western Canada Summer Games Cup every year
since the Games’ inception in 1975. To follow Team BC’s progress visit
www.teambc.org.
Sport event hosting brings great legacies such as economic and tourism
development, trained volunteers and new or refurbished facilities and equipment.
The host province is also leaving a literacy legacy behind with Team BC’s Bright
Red Bookshelf project in Kamloops – a collection of children’s books. This
literacy project got a great headstart with B.C. authors - Julie Burtinshaw (www.burtinshaw.wordpress.com),
Ann Chandler (www.annchandler.com),
Danika Dinsmore (www.danikadinsmore.com),
Angela Dorsey (www.angeladorsey.com),
Nancy Hundal (www.nancyhundal.com),
Heather Kellerhals-Stewart (www.kellerhalsstewart.ca),
and Nikki Tate (www.nikkitate.com)
- donating the first lot of books.
This program provides additional funding to help athletes train and compete in clinics and events (including school provincial championships) across the province. In 2010-11, $600,000 is being distributed to athletes and school teams, with a portion of this already allocated. [Read more...]
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