07/28/2026
What a week, Kelowna. 🏅
With the final medals handed out and the fields, beaches, and gyms finally quiet, the Kelowna 2026 BC Summer Games have officially come to a close.
It was a week filled with determination, sportsmanship, new friendships, and moments of pride across every venue in Kelowna and the Okanagan. From packed stands to podium finishes, this community showed up in a big way for these young athletes.
We would like to thank Westbank First Nation and Okanagan Indian Band for the privilege to live, work, and play on the tm̓xʷúlaʔxʷ (land), that is the unceded and traditional territory of the syilx Okanagan peoples, the original stewards of these lands and to whom we give thanks to as our hosts.
Thank you to the athletes, coaches, families, volunteers, supporters, Friends of the Games, and this incredible city for making the 2026 BC Summer Games one to remember. From personal bests to podium moments to the quiet acts of kindness happening all over town, this week had it all.
To every volunteer who showed up early and stayed late, to every family who cheered until they were hoarse, to every athlete who left it all out there: we see you, and we're grateful.
To everyone who travelled from across the province to be part of this week, we hope you had a safe journey home.
The torch now passes to Penticton, BC, host of the 2028 BC Summer Games, which will celebrate 50 years of competition and return to the roots of the Games, as an original host community👏
More recaps, highlights, and thank yous are coming to our channels as we close out the week. Stay tuned.
City of Kelowna | Westbank First Nation | Okanagan Indian Band | BC Games
