Penticton
(pop. 43,300)
Penticton is an exciting sporting community. Home of Ironman Canada, the Okanagan Hockey School, Apex Mountain Resort and the 1955 World Champion Penticton Vees hockey team, we celebrate our athletes and our sporting history.
Penticton has a superb hosting reputation. With over 1000 hotel and motel rooms to accommodate your sports team, and over 100 restaurants to feed those hungry athletes, we can keep your team comfortable, fuelled and ready for action.
Indoors or out, we’ve got your sport covered! Two new additions to the Penticton sport scene are the Adidas Sportsplex and the South Okanagan Events Centre which accommodates both NHL and Olympic sized hockey rinks and an NHL sized practice rink. We have high quality soccer, baseball, rugby and softball fields as well as two spectacular lakes to play beach volleyball, swim, windsurf, water ski or sail, and a ski hill that offers downhill, free-style, cross-country and snowshoeing.
While your family member or companion is playing or competing, explore some of Penticton’s other exciting activities. A winery tour is a must, with close to forty just minutes away. Spend an afternoon visiting the fascinating S.S. Sicamous sternwheeler, the Penticton Museum and Penticton Art Gallery for a little history and culture. Get active and play a round of golf, cycle the Kettle Valley Rail Trail, scale Skaha Bluffs or get wet with a wide array of water activities. Or visit the crossroads of Main and Front Streets where turn of the century storefronts house an eclectic mix of restaurants, boutiques, day spas, galleries, bookstores and cafés. This busy hub is also where the Saturday morning farmers’ market is held. After a hard day of play the city has intimate and offbeat music venues that cater to talented newcomers and big name acts. The South Okanagan Event Centre is the newest entertainment venue and features exciting acts throughout the year.
Sport Hosting Portfolio
Home to Ironman Canada Triathlon for the past 26 years
New Balance Peach City ½ Marathon and 10 k run 11th annual
Ultraman Canada 8 times held in Penticton
FIS Freestyle World Cup Final 2006
FIS Freestyle World Cup Tour 2007
NORAM Men's and Women's Super G and Downhill Races
Genesis Interior Loppet Cross Country Ski Series 18th annual
B.C. Midget Nordic Ski Championships 2006
Men’s Provincial Curling Championships 2008
Canadian National Lawn Bowling Championships 2008
B.C. Amateur Hockey Association annual convention 2008
Women’s Provincial Curling Championships 2010
B.C. Provincial Midget AAA Baseball July 2008
Ogopogo Free skate Championships
Peach City Classic Soccer Tournament August 2009
B.C. Disability Games July 2011
Airports
Penticton Regional Airport (YYF)
Facilites
Community contact
Kelly Reid
Tourism Development Services at Penticton & Wine Country Tourism
250-490-2464
Send e-mail to facility contact
More Information
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Penticton, BC
Apex Mountain Resort remains one of the hidden gems of Canadian skiing and is a full service destination resort located a short 30 minute drive from Penticton, BC.
Columbia Elementary School features a 50' x 80' Sports Court, as well as a ball diamond, soccer field and a full size gymnasium suitable for basketball, volleyball and badminton.
Parkway Elementary School features a 50' x 80' fenced Sports Court, as well as a full size gymnasium, ball diamond and soccer fields.
The South Okanagan Events Centre is a 5,100 seat multi-use sport and entertainment facility which features a retractable seating system which allows for either an NHL-size or International size ice rink, or a regulation basketball court.
Nickel Plate Nordic Centre, located just 45 minutes from downtown Penticton, has 65km of groomed trails for both classic cross country and skate skiing. The facility also has 20km marked backcountry trails and 20km of snowshoe trails.