Local Sports

Whistler Gymnastics will once again be hosting a table at the annual Strut Your Stuff Community Registration Fair to take final registration from those who pre-registered in the spring.

The Whistler Women’s Hockey League is looking for a few good players to round out the league this year. Every year the league has a draft in which the new players are asked to go through drills and show off their skills.

It can get expensive playing in Whistler, especially for families. That’s the premise behind Kidsport Whistler. The organization channels funds to children 5- to 18-years-old in our community to help with sport registration or equipment costs.

Gruelling TransRockies Challenge a test of spirit as well as endurance In its second year, the TransRockies Challenge is widely considered to be one of the toughest mountain bike races in the world.

Calling all young soccer players, the season is drawing near. Registration night for the Whistler Youth Soccer Club is taking place on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The event will be held at the Myrtle Philip Community School gym from 6 to 8 p.m.

Whistler’s Will Routley was just 42 seconds back of a top-10 finish in the B.C. Time Trials championships in Squamish on Aug. 19, finishing ahead of more than 50 other riders in a challenging field.

Suter, Palm qualify for World Championships Although wildfires continued to burn up and down the valley, conditions were near perfect for this year’s Ironman Canada in Penticton.

Whistler riders earn titles The B.C. Cup season wrapped up last weekend with the Hemlock Challenge at Hemlock Valley Resort. In cross-country, Brandon Semenuk finished fourth in the Under 15 category, less than three minutes back of the leader.

After winning two gold medals and three bronze medals in the provincial track championships in July, Whistler’s Matt Chater wanted nothing more than to return to the National Track Cycling Championships in Bromont, Quebec.

A pair of local mountain bikers will be representing their hometown in this year’s World Solo 24 Hours of Adrenalin on Saturday and Sunday.