Langley's Tracey McRobbie says her father Ronald Huckerby talked her into competing in the B.C. 55+ games.

"My dad said, 'well, you were a good swimmer when you were a little girl, why don't you join me at the 55+ BC games?'" McRobbie, a Walnut Grove resident, recalled.

"He's done track and field events since it first started. He's had over 120 medals."

As a result of her parent's suggestion, McRobbie has been competing at the games since 2018.

This year, McRobbie, 63, and her 96-year-old dad, a Maple Ridge resident who competes in track and field, both did well at the 2025 games hosted in Nanaimo Sept. 9-13.

McRobbie won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals and recorded five personal best times.

It was, she said, less than the seven medals she won the previous year, but her fa

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