A handful of Oak Bay youth are among the the 2,400 athletes sets to descend on the Cowichan Valley for the BC Summer Games next month
Jordan Price (athletics; Connor Melanson (baseball) Heath Taylor (basketball 3x3 boys); Lauren Rust basketball 3x3 girls); Elijah Carter-Sullivan, Sean Gatensby and Raine Orser (basketball 5x5 boys); Nina Corwin, Liam Hodgins and Ronen Somogyi (rowing); Max Chapman (sailing); Jake Robson (soccer); Griffin Arnatt and Arran Robertson (swimming) and Callum Robertson (para-swimming) and Aaron Finley (volleyball).
Leaders Patrick Dann (head coach for canoe/kayak) and Delani Hulme-Lawrence (assistant coach for sailing) are also set to attend.
Eighteen different sports will be on display, from baseball and golf to wrestling and sailing.
The BC Games, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, has been the starting point for many Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
Thirty-five alumni competed for Canada in the 2016 Summer Games in Rio, including Georgia Simmerling (cycling), Kirsten Sweetland (triathlon), Jamie Broder (beach volleyball), Evan Dunfee (race walk), and Byron Green (wheelchair rugby).
Sponsor Black Press Media will send a five-person team to cover the highlights. Check out oakbaynews.com website for full coverage during the Games (July 19 to 22) and look for local profiles ahead of the action.
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