Local Sports

Whistler’s firefighters are hosting the second annual Whistler Fire Rescue Cup this weekend, a hockey tournament and fundraiser for the B.C. Burn Fund.

Whistler’s Tyler Mosher is off to a promising start in his very first season training for the Canadian National Disabled Cross Country Ski Team.

$200 – The amount Whistler’s Mercedes Nicoll was paid for winning the women’s national halfpipe championships. Last year’s first prize was worth $1,500.

B.C. 13-14-year-olds among best in country; ready to take on world in Whistler Cup Team B.C.

Whistler Cup juvenile ski races this weekend A strong two-medal performance at the K2 nationals put Whistler’s Daniel Penn on Team Canada for the Sierra Wireless Whistler Cup juvenile ski races this weekend.

Nineteen members of the Whistler Taekwondo School, ages 7 to 13, attended the annual Vancouver Island TKD Invitational at the Saanich Commonwealth Place in Victoria on Saturday, March 27.

More than 60 competitors turned out to the Sprite Park Rider Series slopestyle on Sunday, taking full advantage of sunny skies and softer landings to go big.

The Pemberton Valley Trails Association and WORCA are inviting bikers, hikers, runners and other users to come out and help clean a winter’s worth of debris from local trails on Sunday, April 18.

The eight-race Kokanee Valley Race Series wrapped up last Thursday, March 25 with a dual giant slalom on the Upper Dave Murray run. Fresh snow and excellent conditions kept the numbers down, but the competition went on with a field of 40 racers.

Well it’s back to Whistler and time for a little spring skiing. Over the past few weeks I have been racing back east in the Nor Am finals and the Pontiac GMC Cup Canadian National Championships.