Local Sports

Although there were fewer entries for the second event of the Whistler Downhill Series, and a few of the notable pro bike riders were absent to compete in the national downhill races in Kamloops, the times were even faster than the first race.

From Aug. 20 to 23, the Whistler Golf Course will host North America’s most promising young golfers as a selected stop on the American Junior Golf Association’s Future Links tour.

Whistler riders near the top in their divisions Roland Green gave up his hold on the World Cup leaders’ jersey last weekend, opting to compete in the Tim Horton’s National Mountain Bike Championships at Sun Peaks instead of the sixth World

The annual Whistler-Blackcomb Tennis Tournament, sponsored by Intrawest, is set for Aug. 11 and 12 at the Whistler Valley Tennis Club in Creekside. The event will feature men’s doubles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles competition.

Strong winds were a factor on the fourth stop of the Sea to Sky Junior Tour, at Furry Creek on July 25, but competitors still managed to shoot the odd birdie and post some excellent scores.

The Laoyam Eagles of Pemberton got off to a rocky start at the Long Beach Dragon Boat festival last weekend, losing one of their strongest male paddlers to a viral infection he picked up at hockey camp.

Whistler riders came within seconds of taking the podium on the short and extremely technical course at the fourth Canada Cup downhill of the season, last weekend at Silver Star Mountain in Vernon.

If you have a grudge to settle with Whistler’s disc golf course, now’s the time to settle it – in a month’s time it will cease to be. Not that the municipality is leaving the local disc golf community hanging.

Whistler will be entering both men’s and women’s teams in the Molson Slo-Pitch national championships in Whistler this weekend, which started on Aug. 2 with a skills competition and will finish with the finals on Sunday.

Exchange builds skills, relationship among athletes Whistler Mountain Ski Club racers at the K1 (age 11 to 12) and K2 (13 to 14) level are playing host to nine of their Italian counterparts from July 25 to Aug. 7 as part of an athlete exchange.