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The 11-race Triathlon B.C. and New Balance series wrapped up on Aug. 18, but did not release final standings until last week. To qualify for the rankings, athletes had to appear in at least three of the races on the schedule.

Ten-year-old cheered on by family In less than three seasons, Justin Patjas has acquired 27 different motocross racing trophies and a number of award plaques.

If it were easy, they wouldn’t call it an epic. It’s never been measured, but organizers are guessing that the Lumpy’s Epic Trail Run, which takes place Oct. 20, is about 12 kilometres in length.

Celebrating the end of another record-breaking year for the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, the mountains are hosting their second annual Harvest Huckfest weekend on Oct. 12 and 13.

The Squamish Titans Athletic Club are looking for individuals and schools to participate in the 26 th running of the Squamish Fall Classic 5/10 km Road Run on Sunday, Oct. 27.

The Whistler Women’s Volleyball League is currently up and bumping, playing pick-up games until regular league play starts on Oct. 21. The season runs on Monday nights from Sept. 30 to Dec.

Canadian snowboard enthusiasts will get their fill of World Cup action this season, with CBC committing to cover European events as well as the events in Whistler and Mont-Ste-Anne.

If all goes well, the FIS will add another snowboard event to the schedule for the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006.

Christmas came early for Alpine Canada Alpin this year, with General Motors Canada renewing its sponsorship of the Pontiac GMC Cup and Canadian Championships through to the next Winter Olympics at Turin, Italy in 2006.

Aside from some rain on Sunday and a few first-year bugs, the inaugural Whistler Mountain Bike Festival last weekend was a success according to event organizer Richard Juryn of Shore Events.