Local Sports

This weekend, some 500 cyclists will take part in the annual two-day, 150 kilometre Sea to Sky Trail Ride, pedalling from the Anderson Lake area to Whistler, and from Whistler to Squamish. At press time, there were still a few open spots.

Nicklaus North to host summer Future Links programs Humourist P.G. Wodehouse may have been on to something when he wrote "Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

Community spirit doesn’t get much stronger than this.

Three year wait for Joyride Productions pays off The Joyride Bikercross 2001 delivered everything promised – thrills, chills and spills.

P>In the fifth B.C. Cup downhill of the season, on July 1 at Silverstar Mountain, Whistler’s Jeff Beatty finished third in the Junior Expert category, less than two-tenths of a second back of the silver medal winner.

The annual Lower Mainland Assistants golf tour, featuring some of B.C.’s top professionals, teed off at the Whistler Golf Club on June 25. The sun was out, but the wind played spoiler and complicated club selection for most of the day.

Celebrate the 134 th anniversary of the largest country in the world by running a small portion of it. The fourth annual Pemberton "Spud Valley" Run takes place on July 1, kicking off local Canada Day celebrations.

Some boats were clocked at faster than 11 knots at the 16 th Alcan International Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver last weekend, and the Laoyam Eagles of Pemberton Secondary School were definitely one of those teams.

On behalf of the Whistler Gymnastics Club, I would like to thank the parents, athletes, coaches and volunteers that were involved in another successful season.

Local downhillers and freeriders looking to get the jump on all the World Cup racers expected for Joyride Bikercross 2001 can start training early – the course at the base of Whistler Mountain was completed ahead of schedule.