Want to compete in the Olympics? Have your chance to be seen in Surrey<\/p>\n
Published 10:30 pm Thursday, April 23, 2026<\/p>\n
Interested in becoming an Olympic athlete? Know someone who may?<\/p>\n
An Olympic talent search is coming to Cloverdale May 2 and interested athletes may be able to win a spot with a Canadian Olympic program.<\/p>\n
RBC Training Ground is holding a free event for Surrey athletes at the Agriplex on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe program gives area athletes from any sport (ages 14-25) the opportunity to be scouted by 15 winter and summer Olympic sports,\u201d notes a press release from RBC Training Ground.<\/p>\n
Interested athletes can register by visiting <\/a>rbctrainingground.ca<\/a>, but walk-ups are also welcome.<\/p>\n Potential Olympic athletes will get to compete in several qualifying events such as: a strength test, a running sprint, a vertical jump, and a shuttle run. Attendees will also get to meet current Olympians and representatives from national Olympic sporting organizations.<\/p>\n After the 21-city tour in 2026, including three stops in B.C., the top 100 athletes will be invited to a national final event where the top 30-35 athletes will be named an \u201cRBC Future Olympian.\u201d The winners will get money and resources to pursue a specific Olympic sport.<\/p>\n RBC Training Ground ambassadors and Olympic athletes Sarah Nurse and Harbir Sidhu will also be there to meet and chat with the athletes. Nurse is a three-time Olympic medalist in women\u2019s ice hockey. Sidhu is a midfielder with 46 caps on Canada\u2019s men\u2019s national field hockey team.<\/p>\n RBC Training Ground has also produced a homegrown success story. Last year Surrey\u2019s Adam Scott, a local soccer player, was identified at the 2025 event by scouts from Bobsleigh Skeleton Canada.<\/p>\n According to the release, \u201cJust a few months later he was named to the Canadian Skeleton Next Gen team.\u201d<\/p>\n Over the past 11 years\u2014the program began in 2016\u2014RBC Training Ground has put more than 20,000 athletes through their paces, with 28 becoming Olympians, garnering Canada 12 medals.<\/p>\n \u201cEleven graduates competed for Canada at the most recent Olympic Games in Milano Cortina.\u201d<\/p>\n RBC Training Ground is a nationwide sporting talent ID program that pairs winning athletes with funding and resources to pursue an Olympic sport.<\/p>\n The event will run from 10 a.m. \u2013 1 p.m May 2 in the Agriplex on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, 17763 62nd Avenue, Surrey.<\/p>\n