The Particular Olympics BC (SOBC) Wintry weather Video games had been held just lately in Kamloops and taken in combination greater than 650 athletes and coaches from around the province. Competition participated in alpine snowboarding, pass nation snowboarding, snowshoeing, determine skating and flooring hockey. The video games equipped a chance for the athletes to display their decision, ability and fervour moment competing of their respective sports activities. Excluding the contest, the athletes additionally had the anticipation to participate in a large field of actions comparable to snow tubing, determine skating presentations and a extreme rite. The development was once made imaginable due to the beneficiant assistance of company sponsors and the hardened paintings of loads of volunteers.
The Campbell River Particular Olympians competed towards the province on the Particular Olympics BC Wintry weather Video games February 2–4 in Kamloops.
A contingent of 16 athletes and 5 coaches traveled to Kamloops and competed in flooring hockey, curling and snowshoeing for Patch 6 (Vancouver Island). Within the Campbell River contingent had been Paul Aubuchon and Hazen Meade, who competed in snowshoeing. Aubuchon’s first look in provincial video games was once in 1991, making this his thirty first life of competing in provincial, nationwide and global video games. Meade, at the alternative hand, has competed in each provincial and nationwide snowshoeing sport since 2002.
The Video games introduced athletes from 40 communities throughout BC and the Yukon to compete in 8 sports activities – five-pin bowling, alpine snowboarding, cross-country snowboarding, curling, floorball, determine skating, snowshoeing and pace skating. Those had been Particular Olympics BC’s first provincial video games in 4 years, nearest a pandemic-enforced hiatus.
Campbell River effects…
CURLING:
Campbell River Rocks (Curtis Rinhofer, Matt Basso, Mickie Hildebrandt, Andrew Caulfield, David Marsters) – Gold, Yellow Category.
Campbell River Curl Jam (Darrell Ludlow, Martina Vincent, Victoria Trerice, Izzy Citadel) – Silver, Pink Category.
Running shoes: Cheryl Clay, Terry Kratzman, John LaPointe.
FLOOR HOCKEY:
Mathieu Dyck performed with the Comox Valley Vipers, who received the Blue Category gold medal, and Ryanne Leiman received the Blue Category bronze medal with the Victoria Wolf Bundle.
SNOWSHOE HIKES
Isiah Dyck – silver in 100 m.; 4th within the div. M3 200 m.; Gold within the 4×100 relay.
Paul Aubuchon – Bronze in Div. M1 400 m.; bronze within the div. M1 800 m., Gold in 4×100 relay.
Exit Collins – Gold in Div. M2 400 m.; silver within the div. M1 800 m.; 4th within the div. M1 1600m.
Hazen Meade – Silver in Div. M3 400 meters; bronze div. M2 800 meters; bronze within the div. M1 1600 meters; Gold within the 4×100 relay.
Ashley Adie – Gold in Div. F1 800m; gold in div. F1 1600m; gold in div. F1 5K, Gold in 4×100 relay.
Running shoes: Burton Collins and David Ells.
Harvey and Maureen Hunter attended the video games as contributors of the provincial staff; Harvey because the Starter and Maureen because the Provincial Recreation Tech Consultant and Direction Director.
For BC and Yukon athletes, the 2023 SOBC Wintry weather Video games are qualifiers for the 2024 Particular Olympics Canada Wintry weather Video games to be held in Calgary.
On the video games extreme rite, it was once introduced that the then provincial video games would be the 2025 Particular Olympics BC Summer season Video games, hosted through the Town of Prince George.
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Campbell River Particular Olympics
Campbell River’s Ashley Adie (middle) celebrates one in all her two gold medals on the Particular Olympics BC Wintry weather Video games in Kamloops February 4. Picture through Particular Olympics BC
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