- First Games in 1978 in Penticton
- 2014 will be the 29th BC Summer Games
- 2014 will be the 27th BC Winter Games
- Over 150,000 volunteers since 1978
- Over 104,000 athletes since 1978
- 56 Games in 38 communities
- 19 sports in the BC Summer Games
- 18 sports in the BC Winter Games
Participants will compete across 18 different sports
2,220 participants from across BC will attend the Games (1,534 athletes, 363 coaches, and 214 officials)
Competition will be held in 18 sports
Age range: The youngest possible athletes will be 9 years old in Figure Skating, and the oldest
possible able bodied athletes will be 17 years old in Hockey – Female and Netball.
Athletes with a disability will range in age from 13 to 40 and will compete in Basketball –
Wheelchair, Basketball – Special Olympics, Skiing – Alpine (Para), and Skiing – Cross Country (Para).
Mission 2014 BC Winter Games
• February 20 – 23, 2014 • 27th BC Winter Games
Major Games Events
• Opening Ceremony – Thursday, February 20
• Competitions – Friday, February 21 – noon Sunday, February 23 • Closing Ceremony – Sunday, February 23
The Volunteers
President Brian Antonson and fourteen Directors work with approximately 125 volunteer Chairs, each of whom have a committee of volunteers responsible for different operational areas of the Games
Approximately 2,500 volunteers will be involved
Funding
• Base funding of $525,000 is provided by the Province of BC through the BC Games Society
• The City of Mission is providing $45,000 cash and $50,000 in-kind services to the Games
• School District #75 are providing classrooms as dorms for housing Games participants and facilities for sports and other events
• Corporate Partners provide cash and in-kind services
• Friends of the Games – local business and industry – contribute cash and in-kind services/goods
Corporate Partners
• Jazz Air
• Global BC
• Black Press and the Mission City Record