While
the benefits of the BC Summer and BC Winter Games include a strong
economic impact, volunteer
skill enhancement, and community development, sport is central to all
Games. Sport is the reason we come together to stage BC Games year
after year, throughout the province.
The
BC Summer and BC Winter Games bring the best young athletes together, before
they move on to higher levels of competition. It is the hope that all
BC athletes who progress to national and international competitions, do so
with an BC Games experience in their past.
The
Northern BC Winter Games, BC Seniors Games, and BC Disability Games
provide opportunities for sport development and achievement to their
respective constituents. Collectively
the BC Family of Games create the opportunity for athletes at various
levels to experience a multi-sport Games.
The
BC Summer and BC Winter Games are competitive
opportunities
for sports and have been identified by the BC Games Society in conjunction
with other agencies in the sport system, to be in the upper end of the
Training to Train stage or in the Training to Compete of the Canadian
Sport for Life (CSL) framework. For more information on the CSL,
refer to the website: www.ltad.ca.
For many sports, the next competition for athletes, coaches, and/or
officials is the Western Canada Summer Games or Canada Games as a member
of Team BC. The Team BC programs is managed by the Ministry of
Tourism, Sport and the Arts, Sport and Recreation Branch. For more
information on Team BC, click
here.
