Local Sports

B.C. Masters Championship this weekend Getting older and going downhill are not the same thing, unless of course you take the phrase literally and sign up to ski in the B.C. Masters Championship this weekend. The event is sanctioned by B.C.

Close to 140 cross-country racers turned out to the 26 th annual Fairmont Chateau Whistler Cup cross-country ski loppet on Feb. 9, including more than 50 Jackrabbits aged 13 and younger.

A group of 20 Whistler runners took part in the Pacific Road Runners Half Marathon in Vancouver on Feb. 9, and almost all of them finished the race in under two hours.

Whistler tumblers net two all-around gold medals The Whistler Gymnastics Club came out flying in its first meet of the year, a floor and bars contest in Vancouver on Feb. 9.

Victoria’s Roland Green, the reigning world cross-country mountain bike champion, took one for his team by spending 10 gruelling days in the saddle of his road bike in the Malaysia Tour de Langkawi 2003.

The Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom is an epic in the world of snowboarding with an all-star cast.

The Whistler-Blackcomb Women’s Demo team will travel to Vail, Colorado in April to defend their world championships from April 5 to 12.

It’s Atomic time again. One of the valley’s longest running cross series returns on Feb. 20 with events for snowboarders and skiers – that’s a Thursday, so you may have to book time off work.

The Whistler Adaptive Ski Program (WASP) is has been successfully raising money to provide disabled or otherwise challenged individuals with an opportunity to alpine or cross-country ski.

Freestyler team earns one in moguls, three in aerials The Canadian Freestyle Ski Team did not field a world champion in any of the three disciplines at the 2003 Freestyle FIS World Championships in Park City, but the team can hold its head high with