2023 BC 2023 BC Winter Games News

Vernon, BC
Host Club:  Sovereign Lake Nordic Club

Photos:  2022 WN Cross Country Skiing | Flickr

2003 BC Winter Games News - Day 3

Relay Results

1st:  Zone 2 (Thompson/Okanagan) – Kiara Pighin (Telemark NC), Madeleine Wilkie (Larch Hills NS), Mika Aaserud (Telemark NC), Axel Hostyn (Sovereign Lake NC)
2nd:  Zone (Cariboo/Northeast) – Aidan Cotter (Caledonia NSC), Chloe Witso (Caledonia NSC), Tanner McConkey (Caledonia NSC), Nadia Wallin (Williams Lake CCSC)
3rd:  Zone 1 (Kootenays) – Aleah Smith (Nelson NSC), Koby Clark (Kimberley NC), Ella Svenson (Black Jack CCSC), Eli Fergus (Kimberley NC)

Results - Day 3: https://zone4.ca/race/2023-03-26/6a2053be/results

2023 BC Winter Games News - Day 2

Day 2 Highlight:  ALL of the 7 zones attending (Zones 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8) have earned at least one medal in an individual event at the Games.

Category Winners:
2007 Girls:    Madeleine Wilkie (Larch Hills Nordic Society - Zone 2)
2007 Boys:    Lucas Gitt (Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club - Zone 5)
2008 Girls:    Maya Royal (Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club - Zone 2)
2008 Boys:    Jesse Wimbush (Bulkley Valley Cross Country Ski Club - Zone 7)

Para-Nordic Sit-ski:    Kaden Baum (Larch Hills Nordic Society – Zone 2)

Results - Day 2:  https://zone4.ca/event/2023/obbYRo/

2023 BC Winter Games News - Day 1

Day 1 Highlight:  all 7 of the 7 zones attending (Zones 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8) earned at least one top 4 placing

Category Winners:
2007 Girls:    Kiara Pighin (Telemark Nordic Club - Zone 2)
2007 Boys:    Lucas Gitt (Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club - Zone 5)
2008 Girls:    Aleah Smith (Nelson Nordic Ski Club - Zone 1)
2008 Boys:    Andreas Inkster (Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club - Zone 5)

Para-Nordic Sit-ski:    Kaden Baum (Larch Hills Nordic Society – Zone 2)

Results - Day 1: https://zone4.ca/race/2023-03-24/95a07b4c/results

Communities Represented:

Bonnington, Burnaby, Campbell River, Coldstream, Comox, Courtenay, Cumberland, Fernie, Houston, Invermere, Kelowna, Kimberley, Merville, Naramata, Nelson, North Vancouver, Penticton, Prince George, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Smithers, Telkwa, Terrace, Vanderhoof, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, Williams Lake.

Coaches

Seven of eight regions of the province are represented by cross country skiing at the 2023 BC Winter Games. A special thank you to the following coaches and clubs for helping to make this Games experience for young skiers possible:

Marika Galik   (Strathcona Nordic Ski Club, Courtenay)
Gavin McPhail   (Strathcona Nordic Ski Club, Comox)
Shera Clement   (Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club, Vancouver)
Megan Sheffer   (Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club)
Greg Inkster   (Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club, North Vancouver)
Graeme Wilson   (Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club, Burnaby)
Natalie Nowicki   (Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club, Rossland)
Dan Clark   (Kimberley Nordic Club, Kimberley)
Beverly Rooke   (Williams Lake Cross Country Ski Club, Williams Lake)
Trevor McConkey   (Caledonia Nordic Ski Club, Prince George)
Josh Wimbush   (Bulkley Valley Cross Country Ski Club, Smithers)
Helene Fleury   (Bulkley Valley Cross Country Ski Club, Smithers)
Ann-Marie Gill   (Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club, Revelstoke)
Damian Pighin   (Telemark Nordic Club, Vernon)
Kris Markson   (Sovereign Lake Nordic Club, Vernon)
Donna Flatman   (Larch Hills Nordic Society, Salmon Arm)