Local Sports

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.

Problems with timing prevented the organizers of the 160-plus kilometre Whistler Sea2Summit Adventure Race, held on Sept. 7 and 8, from posting results in time for the last issue of Pique.

The Whistler Racquet and Golf Resort is hosting a locals open house on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 3 to 6 p.m. Participants get free court time and can play in a miniature round robin tournament.

Race longer, harder than last year Feeling that fewer people should have finished the first Samurai of Singletrack last year, organizers Tony Horn and Ru Mehta made this year’s ride longer and more technical, throwing in a few brutal climbs for

For the second year in a row, Canadian mountain bike star and defending world champion Roland Green will be racing in the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race.

Canada’s Mark Fawcett was actually considering retirement from World Cup snowboard racing when teammate Jasey-Jay Anderson was forced to withdraw from a World Cup parallel giant slalom last weekend with a concussion.

The Pemberton Spirit Ladies won bronze medals in the women's platinum division at the Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival Sept. 13-15.

The Cheakamus Challenge has always been for riders The 20th anniversary edition of the Cheakamus Challenge takes place Sept. 21.

Air Force goes four for four at World Cup opener It was a golden beginning for the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team at Mt. Buller in Australia Sept. 7 and 8, with four gold medals in two days of aerials competition.