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Golf tournament supports athletes and 2010 bid

Canada’s Olympic athletes and the bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are the focus of the second annual Canadian Olympic Golf Tournament in Whistler this weekend.

Get ready for pain

19 th Cheakamus Challenge drawing the big names and young riders The annual Celebration of Pain mountain bike weekend is just two weeks away, and the number of entries in the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic Mountain Bike Race – billed as "
Whistler riders selected for world championships

Whistler riders selected for world championships

Local racers holding fund-raiser Sept. 7 The Canadian Cycling Association has released the final list of 49 cross country, downhill and dual slalom competitors heading to Vail, Colorado to take part in the Mountain Bike World Championships from Sept.

Wheel Up this weekend

If you haven’t already marked it on your calendars, the ninth annual Westside Wheel Up is this Saturday (Sept. 8). Registration starts at 11 a.m. and the race starts at 1 p.m.

Local swim team excels at provincials

Members of the Squamish Pirates swim team, which includes Whistler swimmers, posted more than a few personal bests on their way to the provincial championships in Vancouver last weekend, and they managed to do even better when they got there.

Soccer standings

As of Aug. 31, here are the standings for the Whistler Soccer League.

Samurai shindig to raise money for trails

The Samurai of Singletrack race has been sold out for a month, with 100 riders attempting to tackle 19 different Whistler bike trails on a single day, Sept. 15.

Whistler masters make podium

Two fixtures on Whistler’s bike scene took part in the Union Cycliste Internationale Masters mountain bike World Championships in Bromont, Quebec, last weekend, racing competitors from as far away as Australia and Russia.
Downhill Series wraps up

Downhill Series wraps up

The three-race Whistler Downhill Series wrapped up on Aug. 4 with some breakneck descents from Olympic Station – breakneck being a figure of speech. "It was a great series," said race organizer Paul Fournier.

Pemberton skier wins gold Down Under

Pierre-Yves Leblanc of Pemberton returned home from Down Under this weekend with significantly more than his dirty laundry and spent rolls of film – a gold medal for winning the overall title at the World Heli Challenge in New Zealand.