Local Sports

New team of athletes to replace Whistler Freeride Team The amount of on-snow talent in a 10 kilometre radius of Whistler Village is truly incredible, with Olympians, World Cup stars, freeride pioneers, and dozens of extreme ski and snowboard legends

At the crack of dawn on Oct. 4, a group of 95 Samurai of Singletrack riders will begin an odyssey on Whistler’s bike trails that is expected to take anywhere from six to 12 hours.

Two-race event open to the public The woods of Lost Lake park will provide the terrain for the 2003 Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club Championships and Whistler Invitational next Saturday, Oct. 4.

Stop drooling and start dribbling. The Youth Basketball League is back up and running this season, with games from Oct. 29 through to spring break. Last chance for registration is Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Whistler Secondary, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Watton returns for second year as president It was a good year for the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association, but a challenging one as well.

Whistler’s Kristina Rody finished a close fourth in the women’s Canadian National Road Race Championships 10K in Fredericton, New Brunswick on Sunday, Sept. 28.

UCI sanctioning, longer route in works for mountain bike race For the past 20 years, the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic has been a grass-roots mountain bike event, putting riders through a punishing fitness test while exploring the backroads and tr

Sydor top female in event’s 20 th anniversary The 20 th annual Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic put the gears to the riders, with average times 20 to 40 minutes slower for many riders than previous years.

Former WORCA president and mountain bike visionary Al Grey honoured at bridge dedication What: Al Presidenté Bridge dedication Where: Bridge over Wedge Creek, Comfortably Numb trail When: Sunday, Sept. 28, at 10:30 a.m.

Stop drooling and start dribbling. The Youth Basketball League is back up and running this season, with games from Oct. 29 through to spring break. Last chance for registration is Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Whistler Secondary, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.