Top Links For The Month of July  1.  Top 5 exercises for Strength & Power Development of Young Wrestlers.                 Loaded Back squat  -  Bench Press   -    Inverted Pull Ups                 Pull Ups   -   Romanian Deadlift  -   Single Arm Dumb Bell Snatch                      BWT - FR Side Squat   2.  Daniel Igali-Guivi Sissaouri UBC Wrestling Camp - July 14-18 3.  Alberni Summer Camp - July 21-23 (Port Alberni)   4. BC Summer Games - July 24-27 (Kelowna)     Getting ready for the Games:  Athlete & Course Resource Centre

Relocation of the BC Wrestling office

Only days to Go to the 2008 BC Summer Games Later this month, as many as 3700 athletes, coaches, managers, and officials from across BC will parade in at the Opening Ceremony for the Kelowna 2008 Summer Games. Now is the time athletes in your community are starting their journey to compete at BC’s largest multi-sport event. The BC Summer Games showcase BC’s best young developing athletes. With an average age of 14 years old, these athletes represent the next generation of Canada’s elite athletes. The BC Summer Games provide a unique opportunity for athletes to experience provincial competition in a multi-sport Games setting taking the first step towards the national and international stage. Competition will take place over four days. A complete list of sports can be found at the BC Games website – www.bcgames.org.

HISTORY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS GAMES In the 1970s, a number of visionaries began to explore the idea of promoting Indigenous cultures and supporting Indigenous youth through sport. Leaders of various communities helped the concept evolve and eventually a plan for a large-scale, multi-sport North American Indigenous Games emerged. Vision was becoming reality. The first-ever NAIG were held in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1990, with approximately 3,000 participants. In less than two decades, the number of sport and cultural participants has tripled, to over 9,000. By encouraging Indigenous youth to participate in athletic competition, these Games have become a vehicle for promoting healthier lifestyles and strengthened relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of North America. Click here for THE JOURNEY - Cowichan 2008 North American Indigenous Games News. Click here for information/application for volunteering at the 2008 NAIG Games.