Local Sports

The deadline is approaching for WORCA teams to receive a $75 team discount for the 24 Hours of Adrenalin mountain bike race, to be held Aug. 30 to 31 in Whistler. The deal for WORCA members expires on Aug. 20.

A dozen Whistler locals are taking part in next weekend’s Ironman Canada You’ve probably seen them swimming around Lost Lake in their wetsuits, riding road bikes up and down the Sea to Sky corridor, running on the Valley Trail.

New course record set as race attracts largest field to date A group of 68 hard-core runners took part in the third annual STORMY (Squamish Test of Running Metal – Yeah!) ultra trail run last Saturday, taking on the Test of Metal mountain bike c

The Whistler Hoary Marmots are back in action this weekend against Seattle Rugby, with a kickoff at 4 p.m. Saturday at Whistler Secondary.

The Pemberton Valley Golf Club is looking for reliable volunteers for the second half of the golf season. If you like to golf, and have some time to spare volunteering at the course, contact Danny at the pro-shop, 604-894-6169.

Team Canada to be selected Monday The fifth and final mountain bike events of the Canada Cup series this weekend at Sun Peaks Resort has been cancelled, due to the forest fires in the area.

A strong core of World Cup riders joined the fifth cross-country event of the B.C. Cup series last Saturday, Aug. 2, in Squamish for the Gear Jammers race, taking the top positions in the Elite races.

While most people spent their long weekends lounging at the lakes, the Whistler Tyte co-ed slo-pitch team was challenging for national supremacy in the competitive Co-Ed B Division in eight games at Spruce Grove last weekend.

The third annual Samurai of Singletrack mountain bike challenge sold out in a day this year.

A trio of Whistler Seawolves swimmers came away from the Vancouver District Regional Championships in North Vancouver last weekend with an assortment of medals, ribbons and personal best times. Samatha Ellis, 12, a three-year veteran of the B.C.