In the 2016 season of summer-sport Regional Qualifiers, SOBC athletes throughout the province gave their all in competing to qualify for the 2017 Special Olympics BC Summer Games. Those Provincial Games were the qualifier for members of Team BC 2018 for the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games and 2018 SOC Bowling Championships, which are the national qualifying events for the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
For SOBC athletes, it all started right here with the Regional Qualifiers. A significant number of Locals around the province hosted these exciting competitions, and 2016 saw many firsts. The first Basketball Regional Qualifiers to be held on the Island and in the North were hosted by SOBC – Campbell River and SOBC – Prince George, respectively, and Kelowna and Fort St. John hosted their first-ever rhythmic gymnastics qualifiers. Big thanks to all the volunteers and supporters who made these important opportunities possible, and congrats to all competitors!
Recap July 2016
Recap June 2016
Recap April 2016
Recap February 2016
Sport | Date | Location | Regions Participating |
5-Pin Bowling | April 9-10, 2016 | Trail | 1 |
5-Pin Bowling | May 7, 2016 | Kamloops | 2 |
5-Pin Bowling | February 21, 2016 | Mission | 3 |
5-Pin Bowling | April 9, 2016 | Richmond | 4 |
5-Pin Bowling | February 28, 2016 | North Vancouver | 5 |
5-Pin Bowling | March 12, 2016 | Port Alberni | 6 |
5-Pin Bowling | March 13, 2016 | Smithers | 7 |
5-Pin Bowling | April 16, 2016 | Dawson Creek | 8 |
10-Pin Bowling | March 13, 2016 | Kelowna | 2 |
10-Pin Bowling | March 12, 2016 | Surrey | 3 |
10-Pin Bowling | April 9, 2016 | Richmond | 4 |
10-Pin Bowling | January 30, 2016 | North Vancouver | 5 |
10-Pin Bowling | April 9, 2016 | Nanaimo | 6 |
10-Pin Bowling | January 30, 2016 | Prince George | 8 |
Athletics | June 11-12, 2016 | Langley | 2,3,4,5,7,8 |
Athletics | June 18, 2016 | Nanaimo | 6 |
Basketball | March 19-20, 2016 | North Shore | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Basketball | February 13, 2016 | Campbell River | 6 |
Basketball | May 1, 2016 | Prince George | 7, 8 |
Bocce | May 28, 2016 | Nelson | 1 |
Bocce | June 11-12, 2016 | Oliver | 2 |
Bocce | May 28-29, 2016 | Langley | 3 |
Bocce | June 18, 2016 | Vancouver | 4, 5 |
Bocce | July 10, 2016 | Oceanside | 6 |
Golf | May 14, 2016 | Creston | 1 |
Golf | June 18, 2016 | Kamloops | 2 |
Golf | July 2, 2016 | Surrey | 3 |
Golf | July 10, 2016 | Sunshine Coast | 4, 5 |
Golf | June 12, 2016 | Victoria | 6 |
Golf | June 25-26, 2016 | Quesnel | 8 |
Powerlifting | March 20, 2016 (Winter Open) | Richmond | All |
Rhythmic Gym. | May 14, 2016 | Kelowna | 1, 2 |
Rhythmic Gym. | April 30, 2016 | Abbotsford | 3 |
Rhythmic Gym. | April 24, 2016 | Burnaby | 4, 5 |
Rhythmic Gym. | April 24, 2016 | Victoria | 6 |
Rhythmic Gym. | May 28, 2016 | Prince George | 7, 8 |
Soccer | June 25-26, 2016 | Abbotsford | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Soccer | June 25, 2016 | Cowichan Valley | 6 |
Soccer | June 4-5, 2016 | Quesnel | 8 |
Softball | June 4-5, 2016 | Coquitlam | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Softball | May 28-29, 2016 | Campbell River | 6 |
Swimming | June 12, 2016 | Cranbrook | 1 |
Swimming | April 9, 2016 | Kelowna | 2 |
Swimming | March 13, 2016 | Coquitlam | 3 |
Swimming | March 26, 2016 | Burnaby | 4 |
Swimming | February 21, 2016 | Vancouver | 5 |
Swimming | April 16-17, 2016 | Comox | 6 |
Swimming | May 15, 2016 | Smithers | 7 |
Swimming | April 9, 2016 | Fort St. John | 8 |