Your Chef de Mission will be your primary District Team contact in the lead-up to and during the Games. If you have any questions or concerns about the Games, transportation, food, accommodations, discipline, etc., please reach out to them. They will be your primary liaison throughout the Games.
Each District Team will have additional mission staff that will be assigned to various sports. These volunteer mission staff will be available to support coaches, managers, and athletes during the Games. Learn more about the mission staff on the Coach & Manager 101 page.
You can find more information about each District here.
If you have sport-specific questions, please reach out to your Provincial Sport Organization (PSO). Your PSO contact will be listed in your sport's technical package. The Provincial Sport Organizations are responsible for everything related to the sport competition at the Games, including setting the age classification and qualifying standards, determining the competition format and schedules, and more.
Every participant must register in the online GEMS.pro system prior to the June 30 deadline.
To the left are the GEMS.pro registration links for various participant categories. Please ensure that you and all team members are registering using the correct participant category's link.
Follow this link for a list of Registration FAQs and a step by step guide on how to register in GEMS.pro.
This 📁 Google Drive folder contains various key resources and files for your reference before and during the Games, including:
Sport technical packages
Participant eligibility policies
District contact information
Master schedule of sport competition
Team arrival and departure times
Participant shuttle schedules
Participant Codes of Conduct
Coach and Manager roles & responsibilities
Saskatchewan Games policies
Technical packages are documents that provide the rules and regulations for each sport. Before the Games, please ensure that you have reviewed and are familiar with your sport's 📁 technical package and understand your sport's Games-specific rules and competition format.
June 30, 2024: Final deadline for online registration and submission of Final Rosters
July 9, 2024: Optional - Virtual Coach/Manager Open House (click here for details) - 6:00 PM
July 16, 2024: Optional - virtual Safe Sport information session offered by Olympian Allison Forsyth of Generation Safe (click here for details) - 12:00 PM
July 21, 2024: First half participants travel to Lloydminster. The Opening Ceremonies mark the beginning of the Games!
July 22-24, 2024: Sport competition: Archery, Canoe/Kayak, Golf, Soccer (M), Softball, Special Olympics - Bocce, Swimming, Tennis, and Volleyball
July 24, 2024: Turnaround day! First half participants depart Lloydminster and second half participants travel to Lloydminster
July 25-27, 2024: Sport competition: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Soccer (F), and Triathlon
July 27, 2024: The Closing Ceremonies mark the end of the Games. Second half participants depart Lloydminster immediately following the Closing Ceremony
All important locations and venues are pinned on this map. These locations include sport venues, the Athletes' Village, food services, and Opening and Closing Ceremonies venues. Click the map to view full-size or in your Google Maps app.