December 18/07 6:36 am - 2013 Canada Games Sports Selected

Posted by Editor on 12/18/07
 

2013 Canada Games Sports Selected
Thanks to Lister Farrar

The Canada Games Council (CGC) is pleased to announce the final sports selected for the 2013 Canada Summer Games, to be hosted in Quebec.

The Canada Games Council's Sport Committee followed a clear and objective sport selection process in which it analysed all sports wishing to be included in the 2013 Canada Summer Games.

The Canada Games are important to the development of Canadian sport, and thus have evolved to the size where more sports vie for inclusion than any specific Games could possibly include. The overall guidance for the sport selection process comes from the Canadian Sport Policy, which states that the Canada Games are to assist in "increasing the quality and numbers of the next generation of national team athletes participating in international competition". In addition, the Canada Games Council is committed to equitable competitive opportunities for both males and females, and offering opportunities to athletes with a disability.

Eight sports were pre-selected to the Games based on meeting the sport selection process' enhanced criteria. An extra assessment was conducted by the Sport Committee on the remaining eligible National Sport Organizations (NSO) which applied for inclusion.

The extra assessment included Provincial and Territorial ranking, Sport Canada ranking, a coaching assessment, international major games inclusion and NSO membership. New sports to the 2013 summer program include fencing and a new event in yachting for athletes with a disability. The Canada Games Council's Sport Committee also agreed to maintain the number of sports on the program for athletes with a physical and intellectual disability and to continue with the Female Apprentice Coach Program first introduced for the 2005 Summer Games in Regina, SK.

The sports in the 2013 Canada Summer Games program are:

Athletics (male and female, including athletes with a physical and intellectual disability)

Baseball (male)

Basketball (male and female)

Canoeing (male and female, flat water racing, includes canoe & kayak)

Cycling (male and female, mountain bike)

Diving (male and female)

Fencing (male and female)

Golf (male and female)

Rowing (male and female)

Soccer (male and female)

Softball (female)

Swimming (male and female, including athletes with a physical and intellectual disability)

Tennis (male and female)

Triathlon (male and female)

Volleyball (male and female, indoor and beach)

Wrestling (male and female)

Yachting (male and female, including athletes with a physical disability)

The Sport Committee also named two sports for the 2013 bid committee selection: Cycling - Road (male and female), and Taekwondo (male and female). The bid committee that wins the right to host the 2013 Canada Summer Games will indicate to the Council its choice from the short-list of Road Cycling or Taekwondo.

The Canada Games Council will launch the 2013 bid process to select the host community in January 2008 in Montreal, Quebec.