Saturday, Feb. 28 marks the final day of competition at the Trail-Rossland 2026 BC Winter Games.
While medals are being decided across venues throughout the region, inside Glenmerry Elementary School a different kind of intensity is unfolding, one built on flexibility, precision and performance.
Rhythmic gymnastics has taken over the school gym, where athletes move through carefully choreographed routines set to music, combining dance and gymnastics with apparatuses that include ribbon, hoop, and balls.
The competition schedule runs throughout the day, with rotations in Provincial Development, Provincial Stream, Western Stream and Novice divisions, followed by group performances and medal presentations in the afternoon.
Unlike some of the louder, faster-paced sports at the Games, rhythmic gymnastics demands quiet focus.
The gym falls silent as each athlete steps onto the floor, music begins, and routines unfold in a blend of balance, strength and artistry.
Schedule for Saturday, Feb. 28:
9:00 – Gym open
10:10 – 10:25 – Judges meeting at the gym
10:15 – 10:25 – Timed warm-up – Provincial Development Free
10:25 – 11:15 – Rotation 1 – Provincial Development Free
11:15 – 11:25 – Timed warm-up – Provincial Stream Choice
11:25 – 12:00 – Rotation 2 – Provincial Stream Choice
12:00 – 12:30 – Zone team and Officials photos and Lunch Break
12:30 – 12:40 – Timed warm-up – Western Stream Ball and Choice
12:40 – 13:30 – Rotation 3 – Western Stream Ball and Choice
13:30 – 13:40 – Timed warm-up – Novice Ball and Choice
13:40 – 14:30 – Rotation 4 – Novice Ball and Choice
14:30 – 15:00 – Groups warm-up
15:00 – 15:30 – Rotation 5 – Groups
15:40 – 16:20 – Medal Presentations
Rhythmic gymnastics is just one of 15 sports featured at the Trail-Rossland 2026 BC Winter Games.
More than 1,500 of British Columbia’s top young athletes, along with their coaches and officials, have gathered in the West Kootenay for the province’s premier multi-sport event.
Athletes are also competing in alpine skiing, archery, artistic gymnastics, badminton, biathlon, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, judo, karate, ringette, speed skating, Special Olympics speed skating and wheelchair basketball.
Competitors represent eight geographic zones: Kootenays (Zone 1), Thompson-Okanagan (Zone 2), Fraser Valley (Zone 3), Fraser River (Zone 4), Vancouver-Coastal (Zone 5), Vancouver Island-Central Coast (Zone 6), North West (Zone 7) and Cariboo-North East (Zone 8).
More than 1,450 local volunteers, along with hundreds of coaches and officials, are supporting the event.
The BC Winter Games and BC Summer Games were established in 1978 to bring young people from across the province together in a celebration of sport and friendship.
Since then, more than 375,000 participants and volunteers have taken part in the Games, with more than 40 communities hosting either the Winter or Summer editions.
The 2026 event marks the 33rd BC Winter Games and the fourth time the Games have been held in the Trail-Rossland area.
The region previously hosted the 1982 and 2006 BC Winter Games and the 1996 BC Summer Games.
A combined 24 BC Games and Team BC alumni competed for Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy — a reminder that for many athletes, events like the BC Winter Games are just the beginning.