VANCOUVER – The Canadian Olympic Team representing the country at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games August 5th-21st features a large percentage of Canadian athletes who are either residing or training in British Columbia. Of the 313 athletes on Team Canada, a total of 141 have a connection to British Columbia, with 68 listing a hometown…
VICTORIA, BC – After wrapping up her first year at the Canadian Sport Institute’s Canadian Sport School in Victoria, para-alpine and cycling athlete Mel Pemble is working towards her goal of qualifying for the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. “It is so much better, [Sport School] gives me set time to do school work,” said Pemble…
VICTORIA, BC – With a flurry of spectacular results and record-breaking performances, the Cycling NextGen program at Canadian Sport Institute Pacific is hitting previously unchartered territory. At the 2016 Canadian Track Championships for in Milton, Ontario, April 1-3, Cycling NextGen riders hit a number of impressive marks: Victoria rider, Erin Attwell, 17, set the U19…
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific Has Open Call For Canada’s Next Generation Of Sporting Elite VICTORIA, BC – Canadian Sport Institute Pacific invites athletes to test their capacity for sport performance at PODIUM SEARCH on Saturday, April 9 at 11:30am at UVic’s new Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA). The age restrictions for these…
The collective aims to enrich lives and energize communities via sport VANCOUVER – Eleven BC multisport partners have joined forces to create the viaSport Regional Alliance partnership, committed to working together and highlighting the importance of sport as a tool for energizing communities and enhancing quality of life for British Columbians. Individually, each partner is…
She’s worked with some of Canada’s top athletes, and on Tuesday I was privileged to hear Dr. Sharleen Hoar talk about how a better mindset can unlock better performance Dr. Hoar spoke at the University of Lethbridge. She is a mental performance consultant with the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific and the National Coaching Institute Victoria.…
As the leaves continue to fall in Victoria, Canadian Sport School (CSS) athletes are back to work in the gym and the classroom as the innovative program enters its fifth year. The 2015/16 class is the largest yet, with 32 of Victoria’s best high performance student-athletes in grades 10-12 filling the roster. The CSS Victoria…
VICTORIA, BC – Greater Victoria athletes and coaches who competed in the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Games were celebrated today in a public event at Centennial Square in Victoria. Athletes and coaches signed autographs and mingled with kids at activity stations provided by event partners the City of Victoria, PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport…
VICTORIA, BC – After a record breaking week of competition at the TORONTO 2015 Parapan Am Games, British Columbia-linked athletes and guides captured 30 medals for Canada. Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, The Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, ViaSport, the PacificSport provincial network and the BC Games Society would like to congratulate the athletes,…
In just two days, Toronto will welcome 71 BC-linked athletes, guides and officials to the 2015 Parapan American Games. Kicking off this Friday, August 7, the 15-sport event will be the largest Parapan American Games yet. Forty-four athletes and guides that reside from and/or train in BC will make up 20 per cent of Team…