BC Games Society
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Type | Crown Corporation |
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Industry | Multi-sport event management |
Founded | 1977 |
Headquarters | Victoria, British Columbia , Canada |
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[]
Year | BC Winter Games | BC Summer Games |
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Host city | Host city | |
1978 | Penticton | |
1979 | Kamloops | Richmond |
1980 | Kimberley | Kelowna |
1981 | Prince George | Comox Valley |
1982 | Trail | Vernon |
1983 | Revelstoke | Maple Ridge |
1984 | Fort St. John | Burnaby |
1985 | Osoyoos/Oliver | Nanaimo |
1986 | Terrace | Cranbrook |
1987 | Fernie | Delta |
1988 | Dawson Creek | Greater Victoria |
1989 | Nelson | Surrey |
1990 | Penticton | Prince George |
1991 | Duncan/North Cowichan | Coquitlam |
1992 | Greater Vernon | Port Alberni |
1993 | Kitimat | Chilliwack |
1994 | Smithers | Kelowna |
1995 | Comox Valley | Penticton |
1996 | North Vancouver | Trail/Castlegar |
1997 | Campbell River | Burnaby |
1998 | Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows | |
2000 | Quesnel | Victoria |
2002 | Williams Lake | Nanaimo |
2004 | Port Alberni | Abbotsford |
2006 | Greater Trail | Kamloops |
2008 | Kimberley/Cranbrook | Kelowna |
2010 | Terrace | Township of Langley |
2012 | Greater Vernon | Surrey |
2014 | Mission | Nanaimo |
2016 | Penticton | Abbotsford |
2018 | Kamloops | Cowichan Valley |
2020 | Fort St. John | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
2022 | Greater Vernon | Prince George |
2024 | TBC | Maple Ridge |
Sports[]
Summer sports[]
Winter sports[]
- Archery
- Badminton
- Basketball-Special Olympics
- Basketball-Wheelchair
- Biathlon
- Curling
- Diving
- Figure skating (including Special Olympics)
- Gymnastics
- Judo
- Karate
- Netball
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Ringette
- Skiing-Alpine
- Skiing-Cross Country (including Para)
- Skiing-Freestyle
- Snowboarding
- Speed skating
References[]
- ^ "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, 1st Session (1987 Legislative Session Hansard ed.), Victoria, British Columbia: Parliament of British Columbia, p. 2392, retrieved February 23, 2020
External links[]
Categories:
- 1977 establishments in British Columbia
- Companies based in Victoria, British Columbia
- Crown corporations of British Columbia
- Sports governing bodies in British Columbia
- Sports organizations established in 1977
- Multi-sport events in Canada
- British Columbia stubs