Local Sports

24 hour mountain bike race underway this weekend Organizers have extended the discount they are offering to WORCA members who wish to participate in the 24 Hours of Adrenalin mountain bike challenge in Whistler this weekend.

The Whistler Youth Soccer Club is gearing up for another great soccer season. The club has a strong inter-club competition with Pemberton and is now looking to expand game play with Squamish.

The Women's Hockey League draft is Tuesday, Sept. 16th at Meadow Park Sports Centre from 8:15 to 9:30 p.m. The cost is $10/participant for ice time and to pre-register they must contact Cathy Macean at 604-932-4412 or cmaclean59@hotmail.

The 10 th anniversary of the Westside Wheelup will have special guest this year: race founder Les Clare. The Wheelup goes Sept. 6 this year along the traditional route.

The start time for this year’s Cheakamus Challenge mountain bike race has been changed from 11 a.m. to 10 a.m. The change in start times was requested by the Ministry of Transportation.

Four of nine Whistler athletes made it to the podium at the Big White Kelowna Apple Triathlon last weekend. For several the Olympic-distance triathlon – 1.

Time is ticking away to the start of the 24 Hours of Adrenalin race in Whistler on the weekend of Aug. 30-31.

World Championship team announced The Canadian Cycling Association announced the 2003 Team Canada for the Mountain Bike World Championships, taking place from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7 in Lugano Switzerland.

The fifth stop of Whistler’s Fat Wednesday downhill series was relatively tame, with riders taking on B-Line and the Ho Chin Min trail. Chris Blount was the top junior in the race with a time of six minutes, 18 seconds.

With the final event of the season cancelled last weekend due to the wildfires in the Interior, the Canadian Cycling Association released its final standings for the 2003 season.