Sports Package
| Sports | Ages | Athletes | Coaches | Officials | Proposed Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | Cubs (12-14); Cadets (15-16); Jr. (17-18); Sr. (19+) | 96 | 16 | 4 | Pentecostal Tabernacle Gym |
| Badminton | Jr. (Under 16 & Under 19), Adult Open (19+) | 96 | 16 | 4 | Civic Centre |
| Basketball | Jr. (Grade 10) | 192 | 32 | 8 | Civic Centre - CHSS |
| Curling | Juv. (16 & under); Jr. (under 21); Sr. (50+), SO (13+) | 160 | 32 | 6 | Curling Club |
| Futsal | 12- 14 | 160 | 32 | 8 | Conrad Elementary & Lax Kxeen Elementary |
| Hockey–Pee Wee | 11-12 | 152 | 32 | 8 | Civic Centre |
| Hockey–Women | Sr. (17+) | 152 | 32 | 8 | Civic Centre |
| Karate | 8 - 9 (host community only); 10 - 11; 12 - 13; 14 - 15; 16 - 17; 18+ | 160 | 16 | 12 | Pineridge Elementary |
| Shooting | “No age restriction. Black badge course required” | 64 | 16 | 0 | Rod and Gun Club |
| Swimming | 13 and under; 14 and over; Special O (12+); SWAD (12+) | 192 | 16 | 8 | Aquatic Centre |
| Volleyball | 16 and under | 192 | 32 | 8 | PRSS |
| Wrestling | 12-18 | 160 | 16 | 8 | Lester Center of the Arts |
The Games
Archery
Archery is an Olympic sport, where people use bows to fire arrows at targets.
It’s thousands of years old, and through the years has been enjoyed by kings, queens and even pharoahs in Egypt.
There are two types of archery, target and field.
In target archery you aim your arrows at a target a certain distance away. After a set number of arrows the target is moved to a different distance, but the archer stays in one spot.
In field archery you fire a certain number of arrows at a target. The archer then changes position to aim at a target in a different position. The targets could be up a hill, down a hill or even on the other side of some water.
Badminton
Badminton was invented long ago; its origins date back at least two thousand
years to the game of battledore and shuttlecock played in ancient Greece, India and China. Badminton took its name from Badminton House in Gloucestershire, the home of the Duke of Beaufort, where the sport was played in the last century. Badminton was first played in Canada, in Ottawa, in 1900.
Badminton is the world‘s fastest racket sport. The flight of the shuttlecock, a missile of cork and goose feather that players volley across the net, has been recorded at speeds of 332 kilometres per hour. Speed, agility and lightning-fast reflexes are essential to the game. Add stamina too - players have been known to cover more than six kilometres in a single match.
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Basketball
Invented by Canadian James Naismith, basketball sees teams of five moving the ball down court through dribbling and passing in order to shoot the ball into the basket. Baskets inside the arc count for two points, baskets outside the arc count for three and free throws that follow a foul count for one.
Curling
While it is true that the sport of curling dates back to the 15th century, the modern version (Scottish style) originated in the early 17th century. Two teams play against each other on one “sheet” of ice. There are four players on a curling team and each player delivers two stones (the four positions are Skip, Vice, Second and Lead), with the players on each side alternating shots, for a total of sixteen rocks. At the conclusion of an “end” (curling games are 8 ends) the score is determined. A team receives one point for each stone closer to the “button” (centre) than the opposition (only one team can score in any one end). The team that scores goes first in the next end.
Futsal
Futsal is an indoor version of soccer. Futsal is played between two teams of five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. In addition, each team may have a number of substitutes. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the field is delimited by lines, and does not have nets or boards that players can use to redirect the ball. Futsal is played with a smaller ball which is slightly heavier and has less bounce than a soccer ball. Many of outdoor soccer‘s biggest stars got their start playing futsal.
Hockey (Pee wee and women‘s)
Hockey is an exciting game demanding high levels of skill and speed. It was played as long ago as the 1600s, but the first recorded match in its modern form took place in Montreal in 1875. Ice hockey is played on a rectangular ice rink by two teams of six players - a goalie, a center, two defense and two forwards. The object is to drive a puck into the opponents‘ goal with a hockey stick, thus scoring one point. Players use heavy protective equipment, and there is unlimited substitution. A player detected by the referee in roughing, tripping, high sticking or other violations must spend two minutes (a minor penalty) or more (major penalties) off the ice in the penalty box and his/her team must continue to play shorthanded.
A game consists of three 20-minute periods; overtime periods in case of ties are used in certain professional games.
Karate
The first public demonstration of karate in Japan was in 1917 by Gichin Funakoshi, at the Butoku-den in Kyoto (Hassell 1984). This, and subsequent demonstrations, greatly impressed many Japanese, including the Crown-Prince Hirohito, who was very enthusiastic about the Okinawan art. In 1922, Dr. Jano Kano, founder of the Japanese art of Judo, invited Funakoshi to demonstrate at the famous Kodokan Dojo and to remain in Japan to teach karate. This sponsorship was instrumental in establishing a base for karate in Japan. As an Okinawan "peasant art," karate would have been scorned by the Japanese without the backing of so formidable a martial arts master (Maliszewski, 1992).
Today there are four main styles of karate-do in Japan: Goju-ryu, Shito-ryu, Shotokan, and Wado-ryu.
Shooting
Shooting originated as a means of survival, as it was practiced in order to hunt game for
food. Shooting evolved into a sport during the 19th century when the industrial revolution
made hunting for food less necessary for many people. The
sport was first popular in English-speaking countries, notably England and the United
States, as well as Ireland and South Africa.
Swimming
Human beings have been swimming for millennia. Organized swimming began in the 1800s and 1900s with the creation of swimming associations and clubs that competed against each other. There are various swimming events - freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly and the medley. Each swimming event requires speed, endurance and proper technique.
Volleyball
Originally known as ’mintonette‘ this sport was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan. Morgan wanted to create a game that was a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis and handball- thus, the evolution of volleyball. It was first played in the Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in 1964.
In 1900, volleyball crossed the border to Canada‘s YMCAs and regular inter-city competitions were staged in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.
Rules of the Game
There are six players on the court with substitutions allowed
Only three touches of the ball per side are allowed.
A player may not hit the ball twice in succession (A block is not considered a hit).
A player must not block or attack a serve.
Players are penalized for:
- Stepping on or over the line on a serve.
- Failure to serve the ball over the net successfully.
- Hitting the ball illegally (Carrying, Palming, Throwing, etc.).
- Touches of the net with any part of the body while the ball is in play.
Wrestling
Wrestling‘s origins are deeply entrenched through history as perhaps the most ancient sport to be continuously competed in. The discipline can be traced back approximately 5000 years to hieroglyphs of wrestlers from the Sumero-Akkadian civilization, and some say even further still about 15,000 years to cave drawings found in France.
A widely contested sport in ancient Greece, wrestling served a particular purpose in the training of soldiers in the art of hand to hand combat. The sport itself pre-dates the ancient Olympic Games making its first appearance in the Games in 708 BC, nearly seventy years before their official recorded history began in 778 BC.
Today wrestling has evolved into different styles all around the world, featuring some of the world‘s most physically and mentally conditioned athletes. Throughout history, many countries have developed their own indigenous forms of wrestling such as folk style in the U.S., sombo in Russia and Eastern Europe, and buhk in Mongolia. All respective styles of wrestling are true tests of athleticism, strength, courage, and mental conditioning. Some of the most successful wrestlers in the world are not necessarily the ones who have undeniable talent, but those who have unbreakable mentalities.
Wrestling is a sport in which one contestant competes with another using various techniques and holds. The objective is to force the shoulders of the opponent down against a mat, this is called a fall. If a wrestler scores a fall then they win the match, if a wrestler cannot score a fall within the time limit a winner is determined based on a point scoring system.
