Penticton will be hosting the B.C. Winter Games in less than a month. Credit: B.C. Winter Games

Penticton one month away from hosting B.C. Winter Games

PENTICTON – Penticton is one month away from playing host to more than 1,700 athletes, coaches and officials for the B.C. Winter Games.

More than 1,225 athletes have registered for the games, coming from every corner of the province, along with 333 coaches and 180 officials.

This will be the fourth time the city has hosted the games. This year 1,800 volunteers will ensure the games run as smoothly as they have in the past.

The B.C. Winter Games have been the starting point for many of the province’s athletes who have progressed further in their sport. More than 50 per cent of Team B.C. athletes at the 2015 Canada Winter Games were B.C. Games alumni, and 18 per cent were part of Team Canada at the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

For details on B.C. Games participants, check out the participant list.

For more information about the B.C. Winter Games, visit the B.C. Games website.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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