Local Sports

Make a birdie, and at the same time you can help make a wish come true. The Pemberton Valley Golf and Country Club is looking for sponsors and golfers to take part in a benefit tournament for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Bikercross event to feature world’s best Last year more than 2,000 spectators turned out to the first annual Joyride Bikercross at the base of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park.

Three Whistler skiers in top seven at World Free Skiing Championships At mile 45 on Thompson Pass, Alaska, 20 of the worlds finest freeskiers sit silently. Through binoculars their eyes are eagerly fixed on 7,000-foot Mount Billy Mitchell.

The Whistler Gymnastics Club raised $1,440 in a two-week bottle drive that will go towards the purchase of a new table vault.

The last time Tanner Hall was in Whistler, he was 15 years old and competing in the International Free Skiers Association Superfly Slopestyle competition. That was in January of 2000.

Members to get more for their money The Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association is ramping up for another busy year of trail advocacy, trail maintenance, races, riding clinics and other special events.

The snow is gone, and as soon as the playing field hardens up a little the boys and girls of spring, summer and fall will be back into the swing of things.

A total of 42,143 runners took part in the 10 kilometre 2002 Vancouver Sun Run, including a number of runners from the Sea to Sky Corridor.

Title goes to 18-year-old from Manitoba Evidently the Prairies are not as flat as we’ve been led to believe.

Big air, superpipe events planned this weekend Although it’s only in its third year with the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival, the World Skiing Invitational, sponsored by Garnier Fructis, has grown in size and stature to become one of the