On his first full day off in quite some time Sunday, Wee Yee watched the NFL, went grocery shopping and got a haircut. He also wants to get in some golf before the season ends.
He hasn91裸聊视频檛 had much time to do any of those things over the past week, month or year, serving as president of what turned out to be a highly successful 55+ BC Games, which wrapped up in Greater Vernon/Armstrong/Spallumcheen Saturday.
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Close to 3,600 participants took part in 28 sporting events at facilities throughout the North Okanagan. They were also treated to opening and closing ceremonies, a Thursday afternoon Taste of the Okanagan social on 30th Avenue in Vernon, featuring local vendors, and a Friday night dance.
Yee said among the participants having a blast were the bocce players at the newly created courts in Polson Park. The courts will remain in the park, part of the legacy left behind from the Games.
Also benefitting from the Games were the likes of table tennis (new, top-of-the-line table, $4,000, to the Halina Table Tennis Group), new 3D targets for the Armstrong Fish and Game Club, which hosted the archery competition, and the Vernon AAA Track and Field Club, which will receive more than $10,000 worth of equipment.
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Speaking of helping out, the Games had a lot of help from North Okanagan residents. More than 1,200 people signed up to volunteer for the Games, with a volunteers appreciation night being held at the Vernon Rec Centre Saturday.
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Estimates of anywhere between $3 and $7 million, as an economic spin-off for the region from the Games, were bandied about before the competition. Yee expects the final numbers to be known when a board meeting is held Oct. 10, and a final report is to be submitted to the BC Games.
Yee also gave praise to his Games91裸聊视频� organizing committee.
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The first BC Seniors Games were held in Vernon 30 years in 1988. The 2018 Games will be held in Cranbrook/Kimberley before returning to the Okanagan in Kelowna in 2019.
