Local Sports

With lineups every weekend that filled the corral and snaked off into mountain square, everybody suspected that the Whistler Mountain Bike Park was having a record year.

Alison Sydor, one of Canada’s preeminent mountain bikers, tucked another feather in her cap with a first in her division at the 24 Hours of Moab mountain bike race in Utah on Oct. 13 and 14.

The rain may have kept the numbers down and the roots slippery for the first disc golf tournament at the Spruce Grove Powerline Course on Oct.

Despite the fact that he only had two Xterra off road races to his credit – one in Whistler back in August of 2000, and the U.S.

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Over 230 young athletes from Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton took part in the annual Howe Sound Elementary Cross Country Running Finals on Oct. 11 in Lost Lake Park. Students in Grades 3 through 7 took part, representing their schools on the 1.

The Meadow Park Sports Centre arena is hosting the first of a series of NHL Skills Competitions on Saturday (Oct. 20), from 6 to 8 p.m. Kids over the age of eight are invited to take part in drills that will test shooting, passing and skating skills.

More than 40 K1, K2 and Juvenile racers took part in the Whistler Mountain Ski Club’s 10 th annual Bike-a-thon on Oct. 14, with racers raising pledges to help cover their racing costs and show their level of commitment.

A group of four orienteering enthusiasts from Whistler found their way to the national championships in Manitoba on Thanksgiving weekend, then found their way home with their share of the medals.

The MASEV Action-Sports Expo, scheduled for Oct. 27 and 28 at B.C. Place Stadium, has been postponed until spring of 2002. The organizers attributed the delay to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent military campaign in Afghanistan.