Local Sports

For the past six years Kidsport Whistler has been helping kids and families to participate in sports programs by assisting with the cost of equipment and registration.

Whistler’s Mike Janyk got one step closer to his dream of skiing on the Canadian Alpine Ski Team on Feb. 28 with a ninth place finish in the super-G at the World Junior Championships in Tarvisio, Italy.

The Olympics have ended, the World Junior Championships are finished but the season still goes on. We are now in the last few weeks of the 2001/02 racing season but there are still some big races left, such as the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships.

All Heil, the Little Pepper. Jennifer Heil of Spruce Grove, Alberta (known as ‘Little Pepper’ to her teammates) had the mogul run of her young career last Sunday at the freestyle World Cup in Inawashiro, Japan.

Heading into competitions, the Whistler Gymnastics Club is always apprehensive – without a full-time gym to train in, they never know how they are going to stack up against other clubs with superior facilities.

Canada has always been a heavyweight contender in the freestyle arena, and judging by the performance of national development team and provincial team skiers at the NorAm championships at Fortress Mountain, Alberta, last weekend, we always will be.

Judging by the number of red and gold suits out there for local ski races, it’s safe to say that Whistler and the Lower Mainland area is home to many Canadian Alpine Ski Team alumni.

In yet another surprise move, Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) announced on March. 5 that president Kerry Moynihan "has been relieved of his duties.

It’s been a while, but five Canadians managed to qualify for this year’s World Cup finals this week at Flachau, Austria. Last year only two Canadians, Melanie Turgeon and Allison Forsyth made an appearance at the finals.

It was a busy weekend for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. The junior and FIS teams went to the Hershey Cup races at Nakiska, Alberta, for a four-day slalom and giant slalom series.