Local Sports

While the final user numbers won’t be known until the end of the season, numbers for the Whistler Mountain Bike Park could be up as high as 50 per cent overall, and between 20 and 30 per cent on any given day.

Calling all road racers – Team Escape is hosting the 2002 B.C. Time Trial Championships in Squamish on Aug. 18. The 37 kilometre race runs from the Cheakamus River Bridge on the Squamish Valley Road to a turnaround spot 18.

In last week’s story on the Penticton Peach Classic Triathlon, we neglected to give Ivana Jeskova of Coast Mountain Photography a photo credit for the excellent picture of Pemberton’s Tracey Pope crossing the finish line.

Seminar covers physical, mental, nutritional aspects of training The journey from bottom ranks to the national team in any sport may be a long and difficult one, but at least there’s a map to follow.

The second annual Rotary Riverside Greens Putting Classic has been scheduled for Aug. 24, running from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Ultimate Outdoor Adventures, the organizers of the Brandywine O’Challenge orienteering competitions, are hosting a first for Canada next spring on the Sunshine Coast – the Canadian Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships.

The proceeds from the hundreds of hot dogs served during the 2002 Joyride Bikercross event on July 3 was presented to the local Zero Ceiling program which provides mountain experiences to street youth from Greater Vancouver.

Canada takes three medals in mountain biking With the strongest European competitors not participating, Canadian mountain bikers cruised their way to the podium at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, on July 29.

In last week’s story on the national downhill championships we misquoted Chis Colbeck as saying "We don’t have anybody racing on the World Cup circuit for some reason, but I’m looking forward to showing everybody what the Canadian

Canadian Alpine Ski Team officials have confirmed that the 2003 Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships will be held in Whistler for the second year in a row, from March 18 to 27.