Local Sports

For snow lovers, the blockbuster season isn’t summer but the fall, when film companies release all their footage from last season.

More than 150 teams from around the province came to Whistler for the B.C. Provincial Grass Volleyball Championships at Myrtle Philip last weekend, competing as pairs in various categories.

Volunteer community coaches are needed to help Whistler Secondary’s high school volleyball teams. The students range in age from 12 to 17. Practices and games will require a commitment of two or three days a week.

The UBC Thunderbirds varsity hockey team returns to Meadow Park arena on Sept. 21 to take on the University of Calgary Dinosaurs in an exhibition match-up to benefit the Whistler Minor Hockey Association.

On Sept. 7, local parents and children will have to make one of the most important decisions – what extracurricular activities to sign up for this year.

At the halfway point in the summer Molson SnowJam tour, a number of Whistler athletes are well on their way to earning titles and the big cash prizes.

Game report by Richard Middleton The Amsterdam Pub came into Monday’s Whistler Summer Soccer League game with a chance to consolidate their spot at the top of the standings.

Havens, Palm to race in world championships Since the first 15 men swam, cycled and ran around the Hawaiian island of Oahu back in 1978 to settle a bet over who was the best athlete, the Ironman has been celebrated as one of the most physically and m

Mountain bikers win relay at world championships Team Canada set the pace for the UCI Mountain Bike World Champions at Kaprun, Austria, on Wednesday, by successfully defending its title in the team cross-country event.

Doctors compiling statistics on biking injuries in Squamish and Whistler The growth of mountain biking in the Sea to Sky corridor has been nothing short of incredible.