West Vancouver hosts freestyle skiing event
West Vancouver hosted the 2006 Canadian Freestyle Skiing Series thanks to funding from Hosting BC.
Hosting BC provided BC communities with funding to host national and international sport events. The program aimed to build BC's reputation as a premier sport event destination and maximize sport hosting opportunities leading up to, and beyond, the 2010 Winter Games. The program was supported by the Province of British Columbia.
West Vancouver hosted the 2006 Canadian Freestyle Skiing Series thanks to funding from Hosting BC.
West Vancouver hosted the 2006 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open tennis championship, which received $20,000 from Hosting BC.
Whistler hosted the 2005 Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup, which received $35,000 from Hosting BC.
Whistler hosted the 2006 Pontiac GMC National Championships for alpine skiing, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Whistler hosted the 2005 Sierra Wireless Whistler Cup, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Whistler hosted the 2006 Birmingham National Wheelchair Tennis Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2006 Four Weapon International Fencing World Cup, which received $35,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2006 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association National Soccer Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2005 Canadian Gymnastics Championships for Artistic, Trampoline and Tumbling, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2005 World Cup Fencing Competition, which received $35,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the Bell GrandPrix-Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2006 Mobility Cup for Disabled Sailing, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC.
Vernon hosted the 2006 Biathlon North American Cup #3, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Vernon hosted the Canadian Series 2005 Freestyle Ski Competition, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Vernon hosted the 2005 Haywood NorAm Canada Cup, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2005 Commonwealth Games Trials and Senior National Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2006 Canada Cup Fédération International de Natation (FINA) Grand Prix diving competition, which received $35,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2006 Homesense Skate Canada International Figure Skating Competition, which received $25,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2005 National Small Bore Rifle Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2005 Victoria International Track Classic, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2006 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Women's Soccer Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Langley hosted the Pacific Rim International Para-Dressage Competition and Canadian National Championships, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC.
Penticton hosted the 2006 CIBC North American Super Grand Slalom, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Penticton hosted the 2006 Freestyle Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) World Cup Finals, which received $35,000 from Hosting BC.
Penticton hosted the 2005 CIBC Coupe NorAm Women's Super Giant Slalom, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Prince George hosted the 2005 Canadian Cross Country Ski Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Prince George hosted the 2006 Senior A Men's Canadian Fastpitch Championship, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC.
Prince George hosted the 2006 Canadian Junior Short Track Championship, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Richmond hosted the 2006 Pacific International Cup of Curling, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Salmon Arm hosted the 2005 National Women's Under 18 Hockey Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Squamish hosted the 2005 Royal Cup Women's National Amateur Championship, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Surrey hosted the 2006 Senior Men's and Women's National Club Soccer Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Surrey hosted the 2005 National Age Class Championship, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Chilliwack hosted the 2006 Continental Cup of Curling, which received $25,000 from Hosting BC.
Chilliwack hosted the 2006 National Junior Olympic Championships for Whitewater Slalom, which received $7,500 from Hosting BC.
Mount Washington hosted the 2006 Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing SKImprovement (SKIMP) Family Festival and Canadian National Disabled Alpine Ski Championships.
Mount Washington hosted the 2006 Canada Cup Mountain Bike Races, which received $13,630 from Hosting BC.
Dawson Creek hosted the 2006 Canada Post Age Class Long Track Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Esquimalt hosted the 2006 Fireball North American and World Championships, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC .
Kamloops hosted the 2005 Baseball Canada Senior Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kamloops hosted the 2005 National Road Cycling Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kamloops hosted the 2006 North American Age Class Short Track Championship, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kamloops hosted the 2005 Strauss Canada Cup of Curling, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2006 Pushor Mitchell Kelowna Apple Triathlon, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2005 Honda Tour of Champions-National Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2006 Honda ProAm Snowboard Tour, which received $20,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2005 Honda Tour of Champions NorAm, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2005 International Foundation for Disabled Sailing Multihull World Championships, which received $12,000 from HostingBC.
Abbotsford hosted the 2006 Canadian National Championships for BMX cycling, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Abbotsford hosted the 2005 BMX National Finals, which received $7,500 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2006 Canada Cup Wheelchair Rugby Tournament, which received $20,000 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2006 Clansmen International Wrestling Championships, which received $20,000 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2006 National Netball Championship, which received $6,850 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2005 Canadian National Table Tennis Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2005 Pacific Athletics World Cup, which received $35,000 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2006 Pacific World Cup, which received $20,000 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2005 Senior and Masters National Volleyball Championship, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2005 World Junior Open Table Tennis Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kimberley hosted the 2008 Para NorAm and DH SG Alpine Skiing, which was funded by Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2008 Pacific International Wrestling Duals, which received funding from Hosting BC.
Invermere hosted the 2008 Panorama NorAm Men's and Women's Alpine Skiing event, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Whistler hosted the 2008 Whistler Men's and Women's World Cup, which received $30,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2008 National Senior Goalball Championships, which received $7,500 from Hosting BC.
Kamloops hosted the 2008 Cross Country Race the Ranch Canada Cup Mountain Bike Race, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2008 National Track Cycling Championships, which received $5,000 from Hosting BC.
Langley hosted the 2008 University National Rowing Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kamloops hosted the 2008 Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing's Ski Improvement and Race Development Festival, which received funding from Hosting BC.
Enderby hosted the 2008 Marathon Canoe and Kayak National Championships, which received $5,000 from Hosting BC
Vancouver hosted the 2008 Short Track Speed Skating selection event, which received $7,500 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2008 Samsung ISU Short Track World Cup, which received $25,000 from Hosting BC.
Saanich hosted the 2008 Olympic Diving Trials, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Burnaby hosted the 2008 Canada Cup International Wheelchair Rugby Tournament, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Coquitlam hosted the 2007 Men's Field Lacrosse National Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Chilliwack hosted the 2007 Canadian National Whitewater Slalom Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Castlegar hosted the 2007 PING Canadian Colleges' Athletic Association/ACSC Golf Open Championships, which received funding from Hosting BC.
Whistler hosted the 2007 Birmingham Wheelchair Tennis National Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Vernon hosted the 2007 FIS NorAm Cross Country Skiing Competition, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Trail hosted the 2007 World Junior A Hockey Challenge, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Richmond hosted the 2008 Canadian Amateur Boxing Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Smithers hosted the 2007 FIS NorAm Canada Cup and Western Canadian Championships and Haywood Canada Cup, which received funding from Hosting BC.
Richmond hosted the 2007 Karate National Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2008 Pacific Coast Amateur Golf Tournament, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
West Vancouver hosted the 2008 Canada Post Freestyle Skiing Grand Prix at Cypress Mountain, which received $30,000 from Hosting BC.
Squamish hosted the 2008 Squamishlife Biathlon National Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2008 Bear Mountain Arena Curling Classic received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Victoria hosted the 2008 Canadian CAN-AM Open Swimming Championships for Swimmers with a Disability, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Vancouver hosted the 2008 World Guts and Ultimate Frisbee Championships, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
West Vancouver hosted the 2008 Comfort Inn Open Squash Tournament, which received $9,600 from Hosting BC.
West Vancouver hosted the 2008 Canadian Snowboard Nationals, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Coquitlam hosted the 2008 National Wheelchair Basketball Championships for Men and Women, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Vancouver hosted the 2008 Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet, which received $5,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2008 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Swimming Championships, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC.
Squamish hosted the 2008 Continental Cup and FIS Cup Ski Jump, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC.
Squamish hosted the 2008 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined National Championships and North American Junior Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Coquitlam hosted the 2008 International Lacrosse Federation Under 19 Men's World Lacrosse Championships, which received $35,000 from Hosting BC.
Victoria hosted the 2008 Olympic Qualifier for Women's Field Hockey, which received $35,000 from Hosting BC.
Vernon hosted the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, which received $50,000 from Hosting BC.
Squamish hosted the 2008 Ladies FIS Continental Cup Ski Jumping event, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Vernon hosted the 2008 FIS NorAm Cross Country Skiing Competition, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Richmond hosted the 2008 Canadian Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, which received $7,500 from Hosting BC.
Harrison Hot Springs hosted the 2008 Hobie 17, 18 and Tiger North American Sailing Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2007 Canadian Open Snowboard Tour, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Courtenay hosted the 2007 IPC Nordic Skiing and Biathlon Paralympic World Cup Finals, which received $40,000 from HostingBC.
Burnaby hosted the 2007 Pacific World Cup International Track Classic, which received $20,000 from HostingBC.
Victoria hosted the 2007 Spring National Swimming Championships, Pan Am Games and FISU Games Trials, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Victoria hosted the 2007 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Cross Country Championships received $7,500 from HostingBC.
Vernon hosted the 2007 Canada Post Junior National Freestyle Championships, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Penticton hosted the 2007 Canada Post Freestyle Grand Prix at Apex Mountain Resort received $40,000 from HostingBC.
North Vancouver hosted the 2007 Canadian Colleges' Athletic Association Women's Volleyball National Championship, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Nanaimo hosted the 2007 Canadian Colleges' Athletic Association Men's National Volleyball Championship received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Whistler hosted the 2007 Pontiac GMC Canadian Alpine Skiing Championships, which received $15,000 from HostingBC.
West Vancouver hosted the 2007 Canadian Open Snowboard NorAm, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
West Vancouver hosted the 2007 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open Tennis Championship, which received $20,000 from HostingBC.
Vancouver hosted the 2007 Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Rossland hosted the 2007 NorAm and Canadian U23 and Junior World Cross-Country Skiing Trials, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Richmond hosted the 2007 Golden Gloves Tournament, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Richmond hosted the Canadian Colleges' Athletic Association National Badminton Championships, which received $9,200 from HostingBC.
Prince George hosted the 2007 RBC Royal Bank Cup National Jr. A Hockey Championship, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Penticton hosted the 2007 Men's and Women's Coupe NorAm Super G Races, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Salmon Arm hosted the 2007 Esso Women's National Hockey Championships, which received $10,000 from HostingBC.
Vancouver hosted the 2007 Pan American Games/FISU Games Trials at Vancouver's Aquatic Centre, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2007 Vancouver BG Triathlon World Cup, which received $25,000 from Hosting BC.
Vancouver hosted the 2007 Canadian Interuniversity Sport Men's Soccer Championship, which received a $10,000 grant from HostingBC.
Vancouver hosted the 2007 Star Class North American Yacht Racing Championship received, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Surrey hosted the Hargobind/Clansmen International Wrestling tournament, which received $15,000 from Hosting BC.
Whiterock hosted the 2007 Junior and Senior Women's Fast Pitch National Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Richmond hosted the 2007 International Invitational Tournament of Table Tennis, which received $5,000 from Hosting BC.
Kimberley hosted the 2007 Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Championships, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2007 Pushor Mitchell Kelowna Apple Triathlon, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the 2007 World Sledge Hockey Challenge, which received $10,000 from Hosting BC.
Kelowna hosted the Canadian Yachting Association Women's National Keelboat Championship, which received $5,000 from Hosting BC.
Kamloops hosted the 2007 National Cyclocross Championships, which received $5,000 from Hosting BC.
Students in Surrey attended an Explorations summer camp at Tamanawis Secondary in 2005.
Showcasing our province's first-rate ski resorts and allowing high-level athletes to compete at home are two good reasons to draw international events to local mountains such as Big White Ski Resort.
Prince George drew international attention as a world-class destination for sport events when it held the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines World Baseball Challenge (WBC) at Citizen Field in July. The WBC features the world's top amateur baseball talent.
BC Games Society and Tourism BC, through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, will oversee the Hosting BC website (www.HostingBC.ca), a marketing website showcasing the readiness of B.C. communities to host sport events.
More than a thousand athletes from over 20 countries trained in British Columbia's world-class facilities for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, creating a lasting legacy of economic development, sport system development, and social community development.
More than 18 different communities across British Columbia have felt the Olympic spirit - and benefitted economically - by playing host to pre-Games training camps with help from Hosting BC, a partnership of 2010 Legacies Now and the Province of B.C.
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