Local Sports

After a disappointing outing at the World Cup on Grouse, Whistler’s elite mountain bikers were back on top of the podium at the third Canada Cup race of the season last week in Fernie, B.C.

The nine teams that showed up to the play in the annual Whistler Alpenglow ultimate tournament got the full Whistler experience last weekend, playing in sun, wind, rain and sprinklers, which someone forgot to turn off.

If you’re taking part in the fourth Squamish Triathlon on July 22, good luck.

The Whistler Off Road Cycling Association (WORCA) is holding a Youth Dirt Camp on July 25, free to all WORCA junior members.

If a light dusting of snow can throw the city of Vancouver into chaos, you can only imagine what effect 120 tonnes of snow at False Creek is going to have.

The SkateSpace skateboard, inline skating and BMX competition is returning to Whistler for a second year, as part of a three city tour.

Whistler’s triathlon community got a workout in Penticton last weekend, with athletes taking part in the Penticton Peach Classic Triathlon on July 15 and one Pemberton athlete taking part in the Boston Pizza Junior Triathlon on July 14.

One of the big selling points behind hosting an Olympics is the sporting legacies that the Games leave behind. There are the physical legacies, such as arenas, sports centres and affordable housing for athletes.

Although the first event out of four on the Whistler Downhill Series was cancelled due to the availability of patrollers, the remaining three events will take place as scheduled on July 24, Aug. 14 and Aug. 28.

The fifth annual Whistler Resort Volleyball Challenge on July 3 and 4 was mostly a locals affair, with a few teams travelling up from the Lower Mainland to take a shot at the prizes.