6 Rapids Swimmers have qualified to represent Zone 4 at the 2010 BC Summer Games!    The Rapids swimmers who are all in our Provincial Age Group Program, will be competing in Langley July 23-25th. 

The Zone 4 team is based on 12 -14 year olds that reside in Richmond, The City of Burnaby and the District of Delta. 10 Boys and 10 Girls were selected from the Hyack Swim Club and Delta Sungods, Wayland, & Winskill Dolphins to make up the Zone 4 team. The swimmers were selected based on their performances between September & May ( West Coast Open).  Gongratulations & good luck to the our athletes: 

Patrick Kell, Emma Letts, Samantha Gosel,

Eva Ryder, Margot Mabanta & Melissa Quon. 

Here's some more info about the BC Games:

BC Summer and Winter Games

Purpose:

To provide an opportunity for the development of athletes, coaches, and officials in preparation for higher levels of competition in a multi-sport event which promotes interest and participation in sport and sporting activities, individual achievement, and community development.

The BC Summer and BC Winter Games are held every second year in even calendar years. The BC Winter Games are held in late February and the BC Summer Games in late July.

The BC Games Society establishes the general rules for all sports and participants in the Games.  Sport-specific rules are established by the respective Provincial Sport Organization in conjunction with BC Games Society staff, and within the criteria of the BC Games Society Core policy.  To review the Core Sport policy, click here.  The Core Sport policy and the tie to the Canadian Sport for Life framework means that the BC Games include the best athletes, coaches, and officials from across the province.  

The BC Summer and BC Winter Games are two of the largest multi-sport Games in BC and in Canada, bringing together young developing athletes from every region of the province.

Competition may be the backbone of the Games, but at its heart are camaraderie and friendship, the spirit of teamwork, and the setting of goals for individual excellence.

A team of volunteers in the Games host community ensure that everything runs smoothly - from the Torchlighting Ceremony approximately 100 days before the Games, to medal presentations ceremonies, to the sport competitions and the Closing Ceremony.

Everyone goes home a winner with a personal legacy that only participation in the BC Games can provide.

Taken from http://www.bcgames.org/dotnetnuke/Games/BCSummerandBCWinterGames/tabid/99/Default.aspx