Okanagan Sun

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Okanagan Sun

City	Kelowna, British Columbia
League	Canadian Junior Football League
Division	B.C. Football Conference
Founded	1980
Colours	Brown, Burnt Orange, and White
Home field	Apple Bowl

The Okanagan Sun are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Sun play in the eight-team B.C. Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl. The Sun were founded in 1980, began play in 1981, and are one of the most successful teams in junior football history. They have had 25 consecutive winning seasons (1982 through 2006), were the BCFC champions 14 times, and won the Canadian Bowl twice as CJFL champions in 1988 and 2000.

On April 1, 2008, the team announced they will be moving to the new 4000 seat Westside Stadium in nearby Westside, British Columbia for the 2009 season.^[1]