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‘Once in a lifetime’ Athletes have played a lot of big games, but the B.C. Games are something totally different.

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Jeff Lott, B.C. Summer Games Nanaimo president, left, and Bruce Hunter, Games vice-president, welcome all friends of the Games.

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It’s almost time!

Years of planning and organization are coming to end.

Now we transition to ‘Games time!’ The Nanaimo 2014 B.C. Summer Games take place July 17-20, 2014 at 22 venues throughout the community.

It has truly been a pleasure for us to lead this initiative.

However we did not do it alone. There are hundreds of planning volunteers, including 14 directors, and more than 125 chairs getting Nanaimo Games-ready.

More than 2,500 volunteers will support nearly 3,200 athletes, coaches and officials who will compete at the B.C. Summer Games.

Our food services volunteers will serve 975 pounds of pasta and 10,000 juice boxes. Security will be working 24 hours per day to keep our venues safe and secure. The A-Team (aka the accommodations team) will be welcoming the athletes, giving them a home away from home in school dorms.

To our all our Friends of the Games supporters, sponsors and community partners, large and small, thank you!

These Games would not be possible without your support. Nanaimo has really come together to showcase our community and generate a sport legacy for generations to come.

The B.C. Summer Games are a long tradition in our province, one we are proud to continue in Nanaimo. This type of competition can be a springboard to elite levels of competition.

Future national champions, Olympians and Paralympians will be competing at our Games. Come and cheer on the athletes – all competition venues are open to the public and free of charge.

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B.C. Summer Games get ready, get set…

Multi-sport event will be held in Nanaimo from July 17-20

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The Vancouver Island-Central Coast team will try to repeat as winners of the B.C. Summer Games overall medal standings.

ometimes Nanaimo hosts some big games and sometimes the city puts on a major tournament. But events like the B.C. Summer Games, don’t come around very often.

From July 17-20, the Harbour City will be sports central as 19 different competitions will be held in the area.

School gyms, sports fields, and even Nanaimo River, Newcastle Channel, Westwood Lake and Long Lake will serve as Games venues. There will be some traditional team sports like baseball, basketball and soccer, some individual sports such as track and field and triathlon, extreme sports like wakeboarding, and many others.

“It’ll be an interesting experience for a lot of people to be involved in a large, multi-sport Games like that,” said Bruce Hunter, vice-president of the Nanaimo Games. “It’s almost

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“I thought about it a lot, actually, because I really wanted to make this team,” said Jayden Marsh, baseball player. “I thought it would be quite fun to play in the B.C. Summer Games.”

His teammate Dylan Kirby said it meant a lot to be chosen for the Games.

“I’ve had friends that have partipated in it and said it was a lot of fun,” Kirby said. “It’s going to be cool. “You’re going to meet people from different sports and different parts of B.C.” Alex Hurren, lacrosse player, felt like he had to give it a shot, and he’s excited he made it.

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The youths participating in the B.C. Summer Games are bantam- and midget-aged athletes. By this stage of their sports careers, they’ve played in a lot of different tournaments and competed at a lot of major meets. But probably not ones with a torch, a podium, and opening and closing ceremonies.

“It’s really the first time that they compete in a multi-sport event, so it’s a totally different environment and atmosphere for them,” said Stephen Epp, volleyball coach. “When they get to the opening ceremonies, they’ll realize that it’s not just another tournament – it’s a unique opportunity.”

The 2,500 athletes who will gather in Nanaimo represent the best in the province at their chosen sport. Over the years, the youths have tried out for a lot of teams and made a lot of teams. There was a little more on the line this

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Ceremonies brighten Games Song and dance will bookend the week’s sports

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Medallists raise hands in celebration of victory and sportsmanship during the 2012 B.C. Summer Games.

Podium could be part of a lifelong path for athletes More than 3,200 participants have registered for the 2014 B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo.

Nearly 2,500 athletes are from every corner of the province and have trained to earn a place to represent their zone at the Games. Competing in 19 different sports, the athletes range in age from 11 to 18 in ablebodied sports. Athletes with a disability will compete in athletics, equestrian, and swimming. These athletes will be supported by more than 500 coaches and 200 officials who have earned their certification in order to

provide the best knowledge and expertise to the athletes and the competition.

“The future of sport in B.C. is coming to Nanaimo and we are looking forward to seeing these young athletes compete to the best of their ability,” said Kelly Mann, president and CEO of the B.C. Games Society.

The B.C. Games has been the starting point for many athletes who have succeeded at the very highest levels of sport, including olympic medallists Brent Hayden and Carol Huynh and Major League Baseball player Brett Lawrie.

Nanaimo’s B.C. Summer Games organizers are making sure that the opening and closing ceremonies will be memorable.

There will be song and dance and words of wisdom surrounding the lighting and extinguishing of the torch this month.

The opening ceremonies will be held July 17 at Rotary Bowl stadium.

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by Nanaimo Track and Field Club members in a torch run leading up to the lighting of the torch, and the Olympic gold-medallist triathlete will also give a keynote speech.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. with the RCMP and the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) leading the athletes, coaches, officials, special guests and dignitaries into the stadium.

Mikaila Tombe will perform the Games theme song Get in the Games along with dancers from Vibrant Dance Studios and Tempo Dance Academy, and throughout the evening there will also be performances by the

Jayden Holman Band, the Abbotsford Skipping Sensations and the Le-la-la Dancers.

The closing ceremonies, also held at Rotary Bowl, begin at 1:30 p.m. on July 20. That event will also begin with an athletes’ parade, this time led by B.C. Lt.Gov. Judith Guichon along with RCMP and Pacific Gael pipers and drummers.

Tombe will perform the Games song again and there will also be a performance by Ian Perry.

David Calder, Olympic silver medallist in rowing, will deliver the keynote address. Following the extinguishing of the flame, the Distributors will take the stage to play the finale.

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B.C. Summer Games, Nanaimo, July 17-20 Athletics Rotary Bowl stadium - Friday (July 18) 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday (July 19), 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.

Baseball Serauxmen Stadium - Friday, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 8-11:15 a.m.

Serauxmen Sports Fields - Friday, 8 a.m.-7:15 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30-10:45 a.m.

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Nanaimo River (Cedar Bridge) - Friday, 7:45-11:30 a.m.

Equestrian Beban Park Equestrian Centre - Friday, 7-11:30 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30-11:30 a.m.; Sunday, 7-10:45 a.m.

Field lacrosse Merle Logan Field - Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7-11 a.m.

Golf

Nanaimo District Secondary - Friday, 7:15 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30-11:15 a.m.

Vancouver Island University - Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 7:45-11:45 a.m.

Nanaimo Golf Club - Friday, 8:55 a.m.-5:05 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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Woodlands Secondary School - Friday, 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 8:15-11:25 a.m.

Nanaimo Ice Centre - Friday, 11:45 a.m.-6:35 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-5:40 p.m.; Sunday, 8-11:10 a.m.

Beach volleyball Bowen Park - Friday, 8:15 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 7:15 a.m.8:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:15-10:50 a.m.

Lacrosse Frank Crane Arena - Friday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 a.m.-noon.

Oceanside Place, Parksville - Saturday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

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Long Lake - Friday, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m.4:30 p.m.

Beban Pool - Friday, 9 a.m.-4:05 p.m.; Saturday, noon3:05 p.m.; Sunday, 9-10:15 a.m.

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Quamichan Lake, Duncan - Friday, 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 7:45-10:45 a.m.

Sailing

Triathlon

Nanaimo Yacht Club - Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Westwood Lake Park - Friday, 8-11 a.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30-10 a.m.

Volleyball

Soccer Beban Park Gyro Youth Sports Fields - Friday, 8:15 a.m.6 p.m.; Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 7:15-11 a.m.

Dover Bay Secondary School - Friday, 8:15 a.m.-6:20 p.m.; Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-5:40 p.m.; Sunday, 7:45-10:45 a.m.

Oliver Woods Community Centre - Friday, 8:15 a.m.-6:20 p.m.; Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m.

Softball

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McGirr Sports Fields - Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m.-6:45 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30-11 a.m.

North Cedar Intermediate School - Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30-11:15 a.m.

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Swimming Nanaimo Aquatic Centre - Friday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8-11:15 a.m.

Rotary Bowl stadium - Thursday, preshow, 6:30 p.m.; opening ceremony, 7-8:30 p.m.; finale, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, preshow, 1 p.m.; closing ceremony, 1:30-2:30 p.m.; finale, 2:30 p.m.

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Island zone team full of fan favourites Eighty-seven youths from Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Lantzville, Cedar and Gabriola Island get to compete in their backyard Nanaimo athletes will be tested against tough competition, but the locals have one distinct advantage: home field.

Eighty-seven teens from Nanaimo, Lantzville, Nanoose Bay, Cedar and Gabriola Island have qualified to be part of the Vancouver Island zone team at the B.C. Summer Games.

The idea of home-field advantage was inspiration for many athletes to try out in 2014.

“It’s pretty exciting, especially because it’s in Nanaimo, playing in your hometown for Team Island,” said Adam Fulton, field lacrosse player.

“It’s pretty big when you’re playing lacrosse, getting the crowd behind you.”

Sometimes sports seasons come and go without fanfare, but Nanaimo’s athletes will be the talk of the town this month.

“A lot of people are coming, a lot of my friends are volunteers; everybody I know is part of it,” Fulton said. “It’s going to be a good time.”

If the youths are excited just to make the team, well then, to win a medal in their hometown Games would be sweet.

“The gold medal would be awesome to get here. It would be a great accomplishment for us,” said Jayden Marsh, baseball player.

They’ve achieved one goal already, so they might as well go for gold.

“Winning it here in Nanaimo? It would be cool,” said Dylan Kirby, baseball player.

Local B.C. Summer Games participants include:

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Jordan Paterson, left, Jayden Marsh and Dylan Kirby are members of the Island’s B.C. Summer Games baseball team.

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Matthew Bishop, left, and Adam Fulton will suit up for the Vancouver Island-Central Coast’s field lacrosse team at the B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo this month.

Samantha Dimter is part of the track and field team.

Shirin Anjarwalla is a medal hopeful in golf.

Athletics - Josiah Ano, Dominic Boar, Hassy FashinaBombata, Thomas Grabher, Madison Heisterman, Jessica Katzberg, Joshua Mitchell, Taylor Sayah, Hope Stewart, Ron Greenhorn, Simon Phipps, Samantha Dimter, Simon Morris, Morgan Burke.

Baseball - Dylan Kirby, Josh Laukkanen, Cameron MacNeil, Jayden Marsh, Jordan Paterson, Aden Richardson, Alex Stevens, Spencer Walton.

Basketball - Owen Bray, Ian Grabher, Ethan Hart,

Alexandra Roberts.

Synchronized swimming Emily Duff, Hannah Proud, Jenna Krawchuk, Camrynn Myronuk, Maya Scott-Bradley, Paige Wilson.

Volleyball - Isaac Bevis, Douglas Cawthorne, Joey Chi, Owen Frey, Nivedan Kaushal, Alexandra Behie, Zoe Dendes, Hayley Goodwin, Elise Keeping-Bledsoe, Madison McDonald, Madeline McIntyre, Samantha Woodland.

Wrestling - Amtoj Dhaliwal, Erik Hovey, Faye Tuck.

Caleb Kotai, Noah Pasloske, Stefane Prairie, Kurt Schnablegger, Nate Seaman, Ryder Jenks, Nathan Pasloske, Richard Zhang.

Beach volleyball - Brady Andjelkovic, Samuel Harder, Kelsey Hutt, Jeff Webb.

Canoe/kayak - Thomas Duff, Ianna Folkes, Graham Hein, Jacob Horwood, Clare Shuley.

Equestrian - Kate Thomas, Samantha Prior.

Field lacrosse - Matthew Bishop, Adam Fulton.

Golf - Shirin Anjarwalla, Kevin

Bishop, John MacDonald.

Inline hockey - Jackson Redman.

Lacrosse - Alex Hurren, Matthew O’Dwyer, Aidan O’Dwyer, Tyler Polywkan, Bryce Taylor.

Rowing - Marshall EwenHoldom.

Rugby - David Wicks.

Sailing - Daniel Benjamin, Heath Dean, Jonathan Kelly, Tiernan Kingzett, Maxime Therrien.

Soccer - Jazmine Wilkinson, Jack Bland.

Swimming - Reid Della-Rosa,

Quickfacts VANCouVer ISlAND’S zone team has finished atop the medal table at three of the last four B.C. Summer Games.

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Games anthem will inspire Nanaimo’s Mikaila Tombe will perform event’s theme song at ceremonies

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anaimo songstress Mikaila Tombe is no stranger to performing in front of large crowds, but this summer she will find herself singing in front of her biggest audience yet.

Tombe, 17, has been selected to perform the official 2014 B.C. Summer Games theme song, Get in the Games, at the opening and closing ceremonies for the event, which will take place from July 17-20 in Nanaimo.

“It is going to be really exciting,” Tombe said. “We have a whole bunch of choreography and it is going to be the whole shebang. It’s exciting. I’ve never done anything like that.”

Tombe, a student at Dover Bay Secondary School, also performed at the official torch lighting ceremony, which took place in April.

The ceremony featured a number of B.C. Summer Games alumni as well as dignitaries.

“That whole day was really interesting because I had never gotten to see that

whole ceremony before,” Tombe said. “It was great. I was really happy. They all welcomed me with open arms and it was really awesome.”

The song Get In The Games was composed by J. Douglas Dodd and Nico Rhodes. The composers selected Tombe from a handful of Nanaimoarea singers.

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It is a big stage and a huge audience.

“They told me that they had a couple artists in mind and that I happened to be one of them,” Tombe said. “Immediately I thought that would be really cool because it is a big stage and a huge audience.”

Although Tombe has been singing ever since she was a little girl, she began to take a serious approach to her talents when she reached her teens.

“I started gigging around town when I was about 13,” Tombe said.

Since then, Tombe has performed the national anthem at a number of Nanaimo Clippers hockey games and sang alongside blues artist David Essig.

When Tombe was 15-yearsold she won the Re/Max Island Star Search competition, an event that featured more than 100 singers over the course of two months.

Tombe said that it was during the competition when she realized that she truly loved to perform.

“I made it to the finals [and] just the way I felt during my performance, everything came and leading to that moment, went exactly as I hoped it would and it felt amazing,” Tombe said.

She just finished recording her first CD. “I am really excited,” she said. “We’re going to be playing around town lots and getting that out.”

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More to Nanaimo than just sports fields There’s no end to things to do in Nanaimo, but if you’ve only got a few minutes between B.C. Summer Games events, these activities should be the Top 5 on anyone’s to-do list.

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Follow the Nanaimo Bar Trail, sampling the many versions and variations of the triple layered, custard and chocolate square.

Art hop - Meet local artisans, tour the tastes, visit the finest farmer’s fields along the Cedar & Yellow Point Artisan Trail or on Gabriola Island.

Dine dockside - Visit Canada’s only floating pub and restaurant, the Dinghy Dock, or stop by one of the many dockside eateries with fresh food and water views.

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Tackle a treetop ropes course and ride the ziplines over the river canyon at WildPlay Element Parks.

Take a hike - See churning currents, spot sea lions, cross a suspension bridge, see stunning view points or explore an old sandstone quarry. Pick up a parks and trails brochure and start exploring.

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Mikaila Tombe of Nanaimo will perform the B.C. Summer Games’ official theme song at the event’s opening and closing ceremonies.

Golden glory impossible without coaches, officials Local coaches and officials participating in the B.C. Summer Games include: Coaches - Bernie Katzberg, athletics, Paul Little, athletics, David Morris, athletics, Jordan Blundell, baseball, Rick Hart, basketball, Mark Simpson, basketball, Cheryl Kieth, equestrian; Glynis O’Shea, equestrian, Matt Cella, golf, Helene Delisle, golf, Kevin Lindo, soccer, Brenda Scott, synchronized swimming, Emily Trenchard, synchronized swimming, Jordan Church, beach volleyball, Kelsey Johnson, beach volleyball, Stephen Epp, volleyball, Jonathan Rose, rowing, Paige Milner, volleyball, Drew Venables, volleyball, Keri Philip, volleyball.

Officials - Greg Bush, athletics, Sue DeSchiffart, athletics, Sherry

Heisterman, athletics, Mark Higgins, athletics, Tracy Higgins, athletics; Danusch Patrick, canoe-kayak, Debbie Forbes, equestrian, Sabine Molfenter, equestrian, Barb Parker, equestrian, Anna North, golf, Jacoby Krassman, lacrosse, Sean Lehman, lacrosse, Al Magnan, field lacrosse, Deb Stocks, field lacrosse, Jim Turley, field lacrosse, Craig Rutherford, rowing, Jacob Burnley, soccer, Alexander Hannigan, soccer, Dallas Neibel, soccer, Rick Kitsul, softball, Kelly Landers, softball, Glenda Ferg, synchronized swimming, Michael Provencher, synchronized swimming, Andrew Scott, synchronized swimming, Cheryl Warsh, synchronized swimming, Tanner Champion, towed water sports, Fairn Champion, towed water sports, Chris Rathy, towed water sports.

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