Team BC is ready to take on the best athletes in the country at the 2017 Canada Summer Games which opened today in Winnipeg. 199 athletes and 40 coaches, managers and technical support staff arrived yesterday for the first week of competition in 11 sports.
Team BC has given Piper Battersby its first Athlete Excellence Award. The new award honours two outstanding Team BC athletes at every Canada Games with a $2,500 bursary.
It was a very early morning for some Team BC athletes as they headed east to Winnipeg for the 2017 Canada Summer Games. But waking up at sunrise on the West Coast didn’t dampen the spirits of Victoria-based athletes who had to fly to Vancouver for their flight to Winnipeg.
Soccer athlete, Emma Regan, named Flag Bearer
354 athletes, 52 coaches, 27 managers and 22 mission staff are ready to represent British Columbia and compete against the best athletes in the country at the 2017 Canada Summer Games.