BC Ultimate would like to thank all the student athletes who applied for our annual Bursary program. Each year BC Ultimate awards $750 Bursaries to Grade 12 students involved in ultimate who are continuing their educations at post-secondary institutions.

This year we got a record setting 25 applications. Considering the interest, the BCU board voted for this year to award 6 rather than our normal 4 Bursaries for a total contribution of $4,500.

The 2023 BCU Bursary award recipients are:

• Susan Crosby-Schmunk: Ucluelet Secondary, Tofino
• Samantha Donato: New Westminster Secondary, New Westminster
• Aaliyah Fernandes: Queen Elizabeth Secondary, Surrey
• Adam Lemaire: Pleasant Valley Secondary, Armstrong
• Isabella Lin: Moscrop Secondary, Burnaby
• Bryelle Wong: Burnaby North Secondary, Burnaby

Today Ultimate Canada announced final bids for Canadian Nationals 2023, which will be hosted in Surrey’s Newton Athletic Park, Aug 13-20.

In the Senior Division, BC will receive 4 Mixed Division, 3 Women’s Division and 2 Open Division bids.

For Juniors, BC is getting 7 Junior Open and 6 Junior Women’s bids to Nationals. Along with the bid announcement Ultimate Canada has set the total field for CUC Juniors at 20 Women’s and 24 Open teams, making 2023 the largest CUC Juniors on record. BCU is happy to lead the country in bids to CUC Juniors with almost 30% of the attending teams.

BCUC Juniors and Senior Open will take place July 8/9 at Newton Athletic Park

BCUC Senior Mixed and Senior Women’s will take place July 15/16 at Burnaby Lake Park

 

 

Today the BC Games Society announced the sport package for the 2024 BC Summer Games, which will be held in Maple Ridge from July 18-21, 2024.

For the first time, ultimate has been included in this Multi-Sport Event. The ultimate program will consist of 8 teams, one each from the 8 BC Games Zones. The teams will be mixed, with 6 man-matching and 6 women-matching athletes per team. The age range for athletes will be 13-15 years old. You can view the complete BC Summer Games Sport list HERE.

You can view the full BC Games announcement HERE.

The inclusion of ultimate in the BC Summer Games follows years of growth of the sport at the High School and Junior levels across the province of British Columbia. In 2023 over 100 High Schools registered teams with BC School Sports, and the number of teams and communities with Junior Club programs continues to grow each year. BC Ultimate, the Provincial Sports Organization responsible for ultimate in BC, is proud of the growth of the sport and the inclusion of ultimate at the 2024 BC Summer Games.