Local Sports

The Whistler Women's Volleyball team is back and better than ever! The team has grown this year and managed to recruit some great, new players.

Three more new coaches join ski club this winter The Whistler Mountain Ski Club announced three new coaches for the coming season, including another alumnus of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team.

The frustration continued for Hermann Maier, one of the most dominating forces on the Alpine Word Cup circuit in decades.

Gymnastics B.C., in conjunction with Go Bid Charity Auctions and Sport B.C., is currently raising funds through an on-line auction.

Registration underway for Rabbits, other programs The Whistler Nordics Cross-Country Ski Club is now registering kids for their January-February Rabbits Program, for kids aged 4 to 12. The Rabbits ski every Sunday.

Some good natured trash talking in the Chateau Fairmont Whistler kitchens spun into something bigger, as the two chefs put their money, bodies and stomachs where there mouths were. On Dec.

Freeski festival becoming a five-day event With Whistler skiers dominating on the international freeski circuit, Whistler-Blackcomb has announced plans to build a five-day festival – the Big Mountain Experience – around the Canadian Freeski

The Whistler Secondary Storm senior boys soccer team brought home the Sportsmanship Award from the provincial ‘A’ championships in Ashcroft last weekend.

In October, members of both the FIS and K2 programs at the Whistler Mountain Ski Club went to Europe for two weeks of on-snow training. The K2s, along with coaches Rob Boyd and Pierre-Luc Dumoulin, went to Tignes, France, from Oct. 9 to Oct.

A handful of local runners took part in the annual B.C. Athletics Cross Country Championships in Coquitlam last weekend, posting some top results in their various age categories.