Meet the Special Olympics Team BC 2024 floor hockey teams
Our Special Olympics Team BC 2024 Training Squad is excited to have two tremendous floor hockey teams:
- SO Team BC Comox Valley Vipers with players from SOBC – Campbell River, Comox Valley, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Powell River, and Victoria
- SO Team BC Mission Blazers with players from SOBC – Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, Mission, and Surrey
For the Vipers, the 2024 National Games will be another chance for them to capture gold, after achieving silver medal finishes at the past two National Games. This has been a big goal for many members of the team.
The Mission Blazers are also eyeing big achievements and team success at the National Games, with everyone prepared to give it their all in Calgary.
“Our athletes are excited about the prospect of competing in Calgary. They are focused, determined, and proud to represent B.C. at the 2024 National Winter Games,” says Comox Valley Vipers Head Coach Randy James.
Team mottoes
Comox Valley Vipers
Strike hard and strike fast, get it done!
Mission Blazers
Give everything we have and good things will happen
Team member profiles
| Name | Team | Local | Hometown |
| Athletes | |||
| Aaron Taylor | Comox Valley Vipers | Victoria | Esquimalt |
| Andrew Swindlehurst | Comox Valley Vipers | Powell River | Powell River |
| Brad Hogan | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Courtenay |
| Chris Malboeuf | Comox Valley Vipers | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Dan Szczerbaniwicz | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Courtenay |
| Jake Hooper | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Lazo |
| Jason Mills | Comox Valley Vipers | Nanaimo | Nanaimo |
| Joe Grubwieser | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Courtenay |
| Keven Breland | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Courtenay |
| Matthew Cadwell | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Courtenay |
| Kirk Margetish | Comox Valley Vipers | Port Alberni | Port Alberni |
| Mattheiu Dyck | Comox Valley Vipers | Campbell River | Sayward |
| Richard Burke | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Royston |
| Tanya Norman | Comox Valley Vipers | Powell River | Powell River |
| Austin Johnston | Mission Blazers | Abbotsford | Abbotsford |
| Dan Catarig | Mission Blazers | Mission | Maple Ridge |
| Bryce Schaufelberger | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Doug Martin | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Justin King | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Liam Barry | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Matthew Burns | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Paul Potma | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Tony Carter | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Mitchell Howell | Mission Blazers | Mission | Dewdney |
| Joshua French | Mission Blazers | Abbotsford | Abbotsford |
| Russel Reist | Mission Blazers | Abbotsford | Abbotsford |
| Thien Lam | Mission Blazers | Surrey | Surrey |
| Thuc Nguyen | Mission Blazers | Surrey | Surrey |
| Coaches | |||
| Randy James | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Courtenay |
| Tarra Tipton | Comox Valley Vipers | Powell River | Powell River |
| Jun Terado | Comox Valley Vipers | Comox Valley | Courtenay |
| Brendan Turner | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Steve Barry | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |
| Ashmita King | Mission Blazers | Mission | Mission |