Get ready Prince George.
For four days this week, starting Thursday our city will be playing host to the province’s biggest summer sports spectacle of the year - the 2022 BC Summer Games.
Close to 2,800 athletes and hundreds of coaches and officials are gathering in the city to compete in 18 sports and everybody is invited to watch them in action and cheer their pursuit of a spot on the medal podium in three days of competition from Friday to Sunday. Best of all, for spectators, all events are free of charge.
This is the first time since 1990 Prince George has been picked to host the Summer Games and many of the city’s indoor gymnasiums and outdoor fields will be showcased, including Masich Place Stadium, where the largest contingent of athletes (288) will be involved in track and field events, and Rotary Soccer Field at Exhibition Park, the venue for 288 soccer players.
Some of the events start during the day on Thursday - soccer, equestrian at Prince George Agriplex, and artistic swimming at P.G. Aquatic Centre. That will be followed by the opening ceremony at CN Centre Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. The other sports get underway on Friday.
Prince George is blessed with nearby lakes which will be used for outdoor water sports such as rowing, canoeing/kayaking and triathlon at Nadsilnich Lake (formerly known as West Lake), towed water sports (Ness Lake) and sailing (Tabor Lake). All other events will be held within the city limits.
Athletes will represent eight zones including: Zone 1 – Kootenays; Zone 2 – Thompson-Okanagan; Zone 3 – Fraser Valley; Zone 4 - Fraser River; Zone 5 - Vancouver Coastal; Zone 6 – Vancouver Island–Central Coast; Zone 7 – North West and the host Zone 8 - Cariboo-North East.
Results and more information will be available of the BC Games website..Daily time schedules for each sport are available here.
Here’s where and when to go to watch each of the 18 sports, with the age range and number of athletes involved:
3-on-3 boys basketball
80 athletes (under 13) Shas Ti Kelly Road Secondary School Friday-Sunday
3-on-3 girls basketball
80 athletes (U13) Shas Ti Kelly Road Secondary School Friday-Sunday
Artistic swimming
56 athletes (11-17) P.G. Aquatic Centre Thursday-Saturday
Athletics
288 athletes (14-15) Masich Place Stadium Friday-Saturday
Baseball
128 athletes (15U) Carrie Jane Gray Park Friday-Sunday
Basketball (boys)
80 athletes (U14) Duchess Park Secondary School Friday-Sunday
Basketball (girls)
80 athletes (U14) Duchess Park Secondary School Friday-Sunday
Beach volleyball
32 athletes (18U) Carrie Jane Gray Par Friday-Sunday
Box lacrosse
152 athletes (15-16) Kin 2 and Kin 3 Friday-Sunday
Canoe/Kayak
104 athletes (13-16; 19U) West Lake Provincial Park Friday-Saturday
Equestrian
48 athletes (12-18) Prince George Agriplex Thursday-Sunday
Equestrian – Para
10 athletes (12-30) Prince George Agriplex Thursday-Sunday
Field lacrosse
152 athletes (14-15) Glen Thompson Fields Friday-Sunday
Golf
48 athletes (12-16) P.G. Golf and Curling Club Friday-Saturday
Rowing
88 athletes (U17) Camp Hughes at Nadsilnich Lake Friday-Saturday
Rugby (girls)
96 athletes (U17) Rotary Soccer Fields Friday-Sunday
Sailing
72 athletes (U15; U19) Tabor Lake Friday-Saturday
Soccer (boys)
144 athletes (U15) Rotary Soccer Fields Thursday-Sunday
Soccer (girls)
144 athletes (U15) Rotary Soccer Fields Thursday-Sunday
Softball (boys)
120 athletes (U16) Freeman Park Friday-Sunday
Softball (girls)
120 athletes (U16) Freeman Park Friday-Sunday
Swimming
160 athletes (U15) P.G. Aquatic Centre Friday-Sunday
Swimming – Para
Eight athletes (13-30) P.G. Aquatic Centre Friday-Sunday
Swimming – Special Olympics
24 athletes (12-40) P.G. Aquatic Centre Friday-Sunday
Towed water sports
64 athletes (10-17) Ness Lake Friday-Sunday
Triathlon
52 athletes (15-17) West Lake Provincial Park Friday-Sunday
Volleyball (boys)
112 athletes (15U) College of New Caledonia Friday-Sunday
Volleyball (girls)
112 athletes (15U) College of New Caledonia Friday-Sunday
Wrestling
136 athletes (14-17) College Heights Secondary School Friday-Saturday
