Local Sports

It’s a massive undertaking – an international youth tournament spread out over more than three weeks, featuring teams from as far away as California and Quebec.

Despite a little rain and cold, almost 200 mountain bikers took part in the Whistler Physio-Portabello Loonie race on June 12, a grunt around Lost Lake trails, including Upper Panorama and No Horses, that finished up with a harrowing descent down a w

The Whistler Firefighters local number 3949 held a six-team hockey tournament and fundraiser over the weekend, raising $1,100 for the B.C. Burn Fund.

Eagles capture fifth consecutive junior title For a landlocked town on a small lake, Pemberton’s continuing success in dragon boat racing is amazing.

West third in B.C. Road Championships A group of local mountain bikers took to the roadways around Mission last Saturday, June 14, to compete in the B.C. Road Championships.

The official word is that the 21 st annual Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race is back on, as scheduled for Sept. 20.

The annual Brandywine O’Challenge orienteering races last weekend were a success, with events on Saturday and Sunday drawing more than 50 competitors – not bad considering the event had to compete with a popular competition on the North Sho

Whistler cyclists on podium in B.C. Cup races With temperatures around Mission hovering in the mid-30s and higher last weekend, the seventh annual Bear Mountain Challenge mountain bike races truly put riders to the test.

With an average age of less than 23 for the men, and less than 22 for the women, the Canadian Alpine Ski Team (CAST) is poised to become a serious contender on the World Cup circuit.

Organizers hope to make Squamish a national centre for sport A dependable offshore wind, sunshine, and the waves and currents created where the Squamish River empties into Howe Sound have established Squamish as one of the leading windsurfing locales