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2026 Bid Guidelines

2026 Bid Guidelines

Bid Guidelines for the 2026 Games are now available. Please click the image below to open and save the current document:

CSTA Canadian Sport Event of the Year Award

CSTA Canadian Sport Event of the Year Award

We are very pleased to advise you that the 2018 Games in Saint John have been selected as a finalist for the CSTA Sport event of the Year Award for Canada and Barb Curry the co-chair of the Games has been nominated as a finalist in the Volunteer of the Year Award category.  CSTA (Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance) is the umbrella organization for the sport tourism industry and this will be the 13th year these awards have been presented.  The actual selection will be announced at their annual Sport Events Congress to be held in Ottawa on March 20th.

Please join me in congratulating both  the 2018 Canada 55+ Games Host Committee and their Co-chair Barb Curry.  The finalists in both categories are as follows:

CSTA Canadian Sport Event of the Year Award (Group B: budget less than $1 million) presented by Québec Destination affaires

  • 2018 Canada 55+ Games, (Saint John, N.B.)
  • 2018 WBSC Junior Men’s Softball World Championship, (Prince Albert, Sask.)
  • Curl 4 Canada 2018, (Leduc, Alberta)

CSTA Sport Event Volunteer of the Year Award presented by Edmonton Events

  • Barb Curry, Volunteer Co-Chair, 2018 Canada 55+ Games, (Saint John, N.B.)
  • Bernadette McIntyre; 2018 Tim Hortons Brier; 2018 CP Women’s Open; 2018 Mastercard Memorial Cup,  (Regina, Sask.)
  • Jen Stark, Head of Junior Volunteers, Head of Game Scores and Spirit Scores Reporting, WFDF 2018 World Masters Ultimate Club Championships, (Winnipeg, Man.)