Five Prince George athletes are in Calgary right now, ready to play in the 2024 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games that begin tomorrow (Wednesday).
Lance Pattinson, Sam Russell, Spencer Rourke, David Dunn, and Marinka Van Hage are all members of Team BC this year.
Russell and Rourke are members of the Curling team, consisting of athletes from Quesnel and Prince George.
Pattinson is a member of the five-pin bowling team, which consists of athletes from Dawson Creek, Quesnel and Prince George.
Dunn and Van Hage will compete in snowshoeing.
“These Prince George athletes have been training for the past three years,” said Special Olympics BC Prince George Public Relations Coordinator Wilma Van Hage in a news release.
“In 2022 they competed at a regional level and did well enough to represent Region 8 at Provincial games which were held last year in Kamloops. From there, they were selected to be members of Team BC in their respective sports.”
The event’s opening ceremony will be held at 5:30 pst this evening, you can watch them live here.
The Special Olympics competitions run on a four-year cycle, beginning with Regionals, Provincials, Nationals and Worlds.
The games run until March 2nd.
– With files from Darin Bain
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