Local Sports

In the first two days of competition at the Canadian Orienteering Champions, Whistler’s Alex Kerr had already claimed gold and bronze medals.

Hoary Marmots downed in exhibition play Despite heavy rains that lasted from kick-off until the final whistle – and the fact that they were seriously outweighed by their more experienced opponents – the Whistler Hoary Marmots rugby team put

The Knee Knackering North Shore Trail Run takes off-road running to the next level in pain, with competitors running 48 kilometres from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove following the Baden Powell Trail.

The Pemberton/Whistler Karate Club is hosting its second annual Karate Summer Camp in Pemberton this Saturday and Sunday.

Age and experience aren’t everything in the game of golf, as the scores from the Callaway Sea to Sky Junior Tour at Big Sky Golf and Country Club can attest.

Three-time World Cup gold medallist Rob Boyd will be taking the road named after him to work next season, as he joins the Whistler Mountain Ski Club – on Rob Boyd Way – as the new K2 Head Coach.

Race course designed to be the toughest in Canada If you’ve lived in Whistler for a few years, you’ve probably made the trip from the base of Whistler Mountain to the Roundhouse Lodge a hundred times. Now try it without the gondola.

Whistler’s Brook Baker is two-for-two in downhill competitions after winning her category in the Whistler Air Downhill on July 5. The weekend before she finished first in the Junior Expert category at the Mad Trapper B.C.

French riders take top spots in Air Downhill Aside from a bear on course, the usual crashes and a few last minute course repairs, things went smoothly for the first Whistler Air Downhill on July 5.

Three Whistler Dance Academy teams and three solo performers took part in the Western Canadian Championships in Banff last week, earning four gold medals and two silver medals against dozens of other teams from as far away as Manitoba.