Local Sports

For the second consecutive year, Victoria’s Roland Green was named the 2002 Canadian athlete of the year at the 30 th annual Canadian Sport Award dinner in Toronto.

Speed events cancelled due to weather The Pontiac GMC Cup Canadian Alpine Championships wrapped up on March 27 after a frustrating 10 days of snow, rain, wind, rain and fog.

Canadian skiers get mixed results at World Cup finals The World Cup finals wrapped up in Lillehammer, Norway last Sunday, crowning world tour champions and setting the stage for next season.

The Whistler Whoosh women’s volleyball team gave about 120 per cent effort in the Tier II provincials last Saturday, March 15, with five players doing the work of six after an injury left them short after their first match.

Sprachen ze Deutsch? Habla usted espanol? If you speak a second language, you could be an invaluable help to organizers of the 11 th annual Sierra Wireless Air Canada Whistler Cup, which takes place from March 31 to April 4.

Whistler skier and University of Utah freshman Ben Thornhill was the difference in capturing the Utes’ first NCAA title in four seasons.

A group of Whistler free-heelers found themselves on the podium at the Canadian Telemark Championships at Kimberley Alpine Resort. The event attracted more than 47 giant slalom racers on Saturday, March 15, and 58 classic racers on Sunday.

After several weeks of sunshine and hard-packed conditions, the weather finally provided some timely fresh snow for the Whistler-Blackcomb Powder 8 competition. Whistler weather, however, is not without a sense of humour.

The second Sprite Park Rider Series snow cross was held in some difficult conditions on March 15, with choppy snow and periods of poor visibility challenging the athletes to stay on course.

The weather could have been nicer for the CIBC Wood Gundy K1 Provincials at Mount Washington this past weekend, but things couldn’t have gotten much better for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club.