Maple Ridge welcomes participants to 2024 BC Summer Games
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Nelson and area will be well represented at the upcoming 2024 BC Summer Games, beginning Thursday in Maple Ridge.
More than 3120 athletes, coaches and officials are set to participate at the Maple Ridge 2024 BC Summer Games, July 17-21, 2024.
The participants hail from across the province, representing 177 communities and all 87 constituencies. The 2430 athletes will compete in 22 different sports and are supported by 482 coaches and 213 officials, who have earned both sport-specific and Safe Sport certification to ensure a competitive and safe environment for athletes.
“We are excited that participants from every corner of the province will have a chance to come together and experience the BC Summer Games,” said Alison Noble, BC Games Society President and CEO in a BC Games media release.
“Volunteers have been hard at work with planning for more than a year as Maple Ridge gets set to put on a unique celebration of sport during their 150th anniversary.”
The Maple Ridge Games are the 33rd iteration of the Summer Games. The event is taking place on traditional territory of the Katzie (q̓ic̓əy̓) First Nation and Kwantlen (qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓) First Nation.
Volunteers from the host community have been preparing for the last 18 months to welcome participants and put on a celebration of community and sport.
More than 1,100 local volunteers have already signed up to support attendees at Games time.
The BC Winter and BC Summer Games have been the starting point for many athletes who have gone on to higher levels of sport. Many Olympians and Paralympians have attended the Games, including Julia Grosso (soccer), Brent Hayden (swimming), Bo Hedges (wheelchair basketball), Maidon Mailey (rowing), and Maple Ridge’s own Karina LeBlanc (soccer).
For more information about the BC Summer Games please visit bcsummergames.ca. For a full list of sports in the 2024 BC Summer Games, visit our website.
Quick Facts:
- This year’s Games in Maple Ridge mark the 33rd BC Summer Games and the third time that the community has hosted the Games (Ridge Meadows 1998 BC Summer Games and Maple Ridge 1983 BC Summer Games).
- To date, 42 communities have hosted BC Winter and/or BC Summer Games.
- Competitors represent eight geographic zones: Kootenays (Zone 1), Thompson-Okanagan (Zone 2), Fraser Valley (Zone 3), Fraser River (Zone 4), Vancouver-Coastal (Zone 5), Vancouver Island-Central Coast (Zone 6), North West (Zone 7) and Cariboo-North East (Zone 8).
- 2024 BC Summer Games participants will compete in 3×3 basketball, artistic swimming, athletics, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, box lacrosse, canoe/kayak, equestrian, field lacrosse golf, rowing, rugby, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming, towed water sports, triathlon, ultimate, volleyball, and wrestling. Athletes with disabilities compete in athletics-Special Olympics, canoe/kayak-Paddle All, equestrian-para, swimming-para, and swimming-Special Olympics events.
- More than 380,000 participants and volunteers have taken part in BC Winter and BC Summer Games over the past 46 years.
