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For my US friends - win your way to Vancouver 2010

Hey Lori, Grommit, and anyone else in the US,

Wanna win a trip to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games?  Are you on Twitter?  Do you know who Apolo Anton Ohno or Lindsey Jacobellis are?  No?  Then you better hurry up and find out.

Follow Apolo or Lindsey on Twitter and you could win:

• A 4 day, 3 night trip for two to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games from February 18th to 21st 2010
• Return economy class flights and airport transfers on arrival and departure days
• Staying at the Vancouver Marriott Downtown Pinnacle Hotel
• Ground transportation in officially accredited motor coaches/vehicles
• Breakfast and lunch or dinner will be provided at the hotel, or a Vancouver restaurant or at the CoSport Hospitality Center.
• Access to CoSport Hospitality Desk at the hotel
• Commemorative gift for both guests
• Tickets*** to Ice Hockey (Men's Preliminary),  Figure Skating (Ice Dance Compulsory), Curling (Men's Qualification), and Short Track Speed Skating (Men's/Women's Qualification/Final).

*** Preliminary schedule, subject to change.  All the official rules and small print can be read here.

BC Lottery - Win, Win, Win

For $10.00 you have 10 chances to win VIP packages to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games or cash prizes.

From the BCLC website:

Celebrate the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games with the new Instant game, "Vancouver 2010 Lottery." You could win incredible prizes like once-in-a-lifetime Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games VIP Packages. Imagine flying into Vancouver and getting shuttled to and from the game sites, VIP accommodations, fine dining experiences and enjoying the 2010 Winter Games in style!

Or, you could win one of twenty (20) top cash prizes of $100,000

Available in B.C. Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I, and Newfoundland and Labrador

Best of Us Challenge. Can you beat an Olympian?

The International Olympic Committee has launched a contest, the Best of Us Challenge.

Olympians from across the globe have created video challenges and they invite you to take them on. Don't worry you don't have to take up tennis, gymnastics, skiing, swimming etc.  In fact in some challenges you won't even need to get up off your couch. You will have to post a video for all the world to see, so make sure you brush your hair and put on a clean t-shirt.

• Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadel picked up and held 24 tennis balls in 30 seconds.  Can you beat him?
• US skier Lindsey Vonn said hello in 9 different languages in 30 seconds. How many can you say?
• UK Track and Field athlete Kelly Holmes challenges to twirl an umbrella for 30 seconds without dropping it.
• Australian beach volleyball player Natalie Cook wants you to juggle 3 balls while balanced on your knees on a ball.
• and lots more

I'd go for the say hello in as many different languages as possible in 30 seconds. There are some 3000 + languages around the world, it should be easy. Let's see off the top of my head I can think of Hola (Spanish), Yiasis (Greek), Konichiwa (Japanese), Pryvit (Ukranian), Salut (French), Ciao (Italian), Hei (Norwegian), Hej (Danish), Kia Ora (New Zealand Maori), ia orana (Tahitian), Bula (Fijian), Gruss Gott (Austrian), Guten Tag (German), Ni Hao (Mandarin), Namaste (Hindi), aloha (Hawaiian), Shalom (Hebrew) and Salaam (Persian) and I get to count G'Day (Australian).  And no picking on my spelling or my pronunciation.  Well it took me longer than 30 seconds to remember them all, but surely I could remember more than 9 under pressure.

Which one would you do?

See the challenges and your competition to beat the Olympians here or here.

And if you beat the Olympians you could win IOC merchandise or a trip to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games or the Singapore 2010 Olympic Youth Games.

Win your Vancouver 2010 Olympic Tickets

Did you miss out on tickets in the lottery? 

Well here is your chance.  Various sponsors, suppliers or partners are running contests where you can win tickets or packages to the Games. Of course most if not all of these are only open to residents of Canada, so read the rules for each carefully.  

Chew to Win - win 1 of 3 all expense paid trips for 2 to the Games. Including roundtrip transportation, 3 nights accommodation, event tickets, ground transportation, $200.00 cash card, Olympic gear package for 2.  They also have weekly prizes of Panasonic Blu-ray disc players, $250.00 VISA gift cards issued by RBC and Winter Games T-shirts.

www.travelsmart2010.ca - Travel Smart will be giving away tickets to the Games. Simply enter your email and you could win great prizes every month.  The contest is coming soon, keep an eye on their website.

2010 Legacies Now - This fall, celebrate the spirit of the Games with 2010 Legacies Now.  Use their school resources on or before October 30, 2009, and your school will be qualified to enter to win tickets to Olympic and Paralymic events!

BC Hydro - join Team Power Smart now for your change to win tickets to the 2010 Winter Games.

Hey Canada, What are YOU made of?  From Hudson's Bay Co.  Upload a story, photo or video.  The best entry will win a trip for two to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games to watch the men's gold medal ice hockey game, including flights, cash, 2010 Canadian Olympic Team Apparel and more!

Globe and Mail - Journalism Dream Contest.  Can you write? Are you a budding photographer. Here's the opportunity you've been waiting for. Enter the Journalism Dream for your chance to cover, capture and witness the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. One writer and one photographer will have the opportunity to cover the Games as part of the Globe and Mail's editorial team.  Not a photographer or a writer?  You can still win.  One lucky voter will be picked at random to receive an Acer Aspire 8935 laptop and a Panasonic DMC-L10 Lumix digital SLR camera. Vote daily - each vote gets you another ballot for the prize.

Wonderbread - enter your details for a chance to win a pair of tickets to attend an event at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.  They also have offers for free pins and plush.

Molson Canadian -  enter your PIN from specially marked packs of Molson Canadian, and Molson will donate $5 to Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes.  Your PIN also gives you the change to win the Ultimate 2010 Winter Games experience in Vancouver.  

Want your face on the side of the Molson Canadian Brewery in Vancouver.  Take part in the Molson Canadian 2010 Mural Project. 

Cold-FX on Facebook Application - Add the Cold-FX Facebook application to your Facebook page and be instantly entered for a chance to win a set of two VIP trips to the Games.

Cold-FX at Shoppers Drug Mart - win a trip for two to the Games, enter to win November 10 to 30.

Cold-FX Ticket contest - win a trip for two to the Games, enter to win September 1 to November 29.

Coca Cola - has a couple of contests at icoke. You can win a VIP Coca Cola Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Party or a trip for 2 to see the men' and women's gold medal ice hockey.