Local Sports

Max Vert Enduro, Junk Bike Wars highlight bike park closing weekend The Whistler Mountain Bike Park will wrap another season at the end of the day Oct. 13, after five months in operation. It’s been a good year.

Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) presented its 2002 Awards of Excellence at Milestones in Whistler on Sept. 21. The prestigious President’s Award was given to Ozzie Sawicki, the head coach of the Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Team.

In memory of Tony Tyler and his contributions to Whistler Minor Hockey, the Tapley’s Pub old-timers hockey club is holding a golf tournament and fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 11.

The Whistler Slo-pitch League wrapped up for the season Saturday, Sept. 21, with the presentation of awards for the top teams in regular season and the playoffs in the five local competitive divisions.

Whistler Mountain Bike Festival is a lot of everything There’s an unwritten rule that can be universally applied to almost anything in Whistler, and can be summed up in just two words – go big.

Kassel wins first Fall Classic With the driest course conditions in many years, the racers looked unusually clean coming through the finish line at the 20 th anniversary of the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race Saturday, Sept. 21.

For the first time, Basketball B.C. and NBA star Steve Nash are sponsoring a Sea to Sky Youth Community Basketball League in the corridor, running from Nov. 2 to April 3.

Podium 2010 is intended to make Canada a world power in skiing To understand that things are changing at Alpine Canada Alpin you only have to read to the second paragraph of Chairman Renaud Beauchesne’s report on the 2002 season.

Saturday night is Hockey Night in Whistler this week, with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds taking on the University of Calgary Dinos at Meadow Park arena.

Neilson, Ricker knock off top seeds in Chilean World Cup It’s a long way from Whistler to Valle Nevado, Chile, but well worth the trip for Canadian snowboarder Drew Neilson.