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Post-Summit Survey & Slides
BC Sailing 2020 Annual Summit BC Sailing held their 2020 Annual Summit (previously known as the annual planning conference) virtually this year. Click here to take our Post Summit Survey! We condensed our typical one day event into four separate online sessions for our members and stakeholders to attend in the evenings. This flexibility allowed for an […]
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BC Sailing Sport Specific Return to Sport Guidelines
BC Sailing Sport Specific Return to Sport Guidelines – 12/03/2020 Public Health Order On December 3rd, 2020; the Province made an announcement and update to the Province-wide restrictions applying to sports. Our updated, sport specific Return to Sport Guidelines reflect the restrictions set in place on December 3rd, 2020. BC Sailing is monitoring the changing […]
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COVID-19 Update December 3rd, 2020
Yesterday, December 3rd, 2020; the Province made an announcement and update to the Province-wide restrictions for sport. The Ministry of Health reminds us that the intention of the restrictions is to minimize the number of people we interact with and reduce travel in order to significantly reduce COVID-19 transmission. Travel and interactions are a key […]
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BC SAILING POSITION STATEMENT ON KEELBOAT RACING
BC SAILING POSITION STATEMENT ON KEELBOAT RACING On Thursday, November 19th, 2020; BC Provincial Health introduced new orders and recommendations with respect to the current Covid 19 pandemic. The orders and recommendations addressed sports in general but did not address sailing specifically. After careful consideration BC Sailing has concluded that, with respect specifically to keelboat […]
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Age Categories for the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games
Age Categories for the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games In light of the decision to postpone the Canada Summer Games in Niagara by a year, the Canada Games Council (CGC) has been working collaboratively with all affected National Sport Organizations (NSOs) to review each sport’s technical package and its athlete eligibility rules for 2022. The […]
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Return to Keelboating Best Practices – Phase 3
BC Sailing announces Best Practices for Return to Keelboating – Phase 3. BCSA COVID-19 Return to Keelboating – Phase 3. pdf
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Local Sport Relief Fund | viaSport
The Local Sport Relief Fund has been developed to provide one-time financial relief for non-profit, community level sport organizations, clubs and associations at risk of collapse or insolvency due to the impacts of COVID-19. The fund is supported by the Province of B.C. and administered through viaSport British Columbia. The goal of the funding is […]
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National Coaches Week 2020!
We are kicking off National Coaches Week! Each year, thousands of people across Canada take part in National Coaches Week to say #ThanksCoach for their time, effort and generosity. 5 Ways You Can Take Part 1. Explore the Participation Guide: The National Coaches Week Participation Guide contains everything you need to make National Coaches Week a success […]
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Announcement
Dear members, the board of directors and committees, Effective June 2020 Rick Nickelchok has left the role of Executive Director of BC Sailing. The Board of Directors wishes to thank Rick for his hard work and dedication on behalf of BC Sailing for the last two years. In particular the Board wishes to acknowledge Rick’s […]
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Return to Sport Guidelines for BC
Dear BC Sailing Members, Further to our letter of May 15th, we are pleased to advise that ViaSport today released to the public the Provincial Return to Sport Document which we are now allowed to release to you at this link Return to Sport Guidelines for B.C. These guidelines are a result of the contributions […]
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