November 19, 2003 – Get involved, show your support and bring a team of athletes to the BC Summer Games! Being held from July 15 through to the 18th, the BC Summer Games will be held in Abbotsford and will feature a road race and cross-country mountain bike racing. Kids aged 15 and 16 (as of December 31, 2004) are eligible to compete.
Information about the BC Summer can be had by visiting www.bcgames.org
Cycling BC is currently looking for Coaches to lead a team of six cyclists to the Games from every corner of the province. Each coach must have a minimum of an NCCP Level 1 certification.
Zones which do not have a Zone Coach include:
Zone 1 – Kootenays Regional Districts of Central Kootenay, East Kootenay, Kootenay Boundary and Electoral Area A of Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, and including major centres: Castlegar, Cranbrook, Creston, Fernie, Golden, Grand Forks, Kimberley, Nelson, Radium, Rossland, Trail.
Zone 2 – Thompson-Okanagan Regional Districts of Central Okanagan, Columbia-Shuswap (excluding Electoral Area A), North Okanagan, Okanagan-Similkameen, Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Areas A & B of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, and including major centres: Armstrong, Ashcroft, Enderby, Kamloops, Kelowna, Lillooet, Merritt, Peachland, Penticton, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Summerland, Vernon, Westbank.
Zone 3 – Fraser Valley Regional Districts of Central Fraser Valley, Dewdney Alouette, Fraser-Cheam, and including major centres Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Hope, Langley, Maple Ridge, Mission, Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Surrey, White Rock.
Zone 4 – Fraser River-Delta The City of Burnaby, the District of Delta, the City of New Westminster, the City of Richmond.
Zone 7 – North West The Regional Districts of Bulkley-Nechako, Kitimat-Stikine Region, and including major centres Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Houston, Kitimat, Masset, Port Clements, Prince Rupert, Smithers, Stewart, Terrace, Vanderhoof.
For more information, please contact Allan Prazsky at road@cycling.bc.ca or (604) 737-3137.