Local Sports

Annual race raised $900 for Pemberton SAR team Sixty-five riders came out for the annual Tour de Soo bike race on Aug. 19, enjoying perfect riding conditions and a newly designed 45 kilometre course from Whistler to Pemberton.

Register for sports and support a sporting charity To make it easier for parents and kids to register for sports, Kidsport Whistler is once again hosting Strut Your Stuff, on Sept. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Whistler secondary school.

In his years racing mountain bikes, Whistler’s Will Routley has proved himself to be one of the best in the region, the province and the country in his age group.

"It’s for charity." Those words were of some consolation to the many players who putted into sand traps, water traps and the rough on Aug.

University hockey to debut in mid September The Burnaby Bulldogs B.C. Junior ‘A’ hockey team will be returning to Whistler on Sept. 3 to take on the Langley Hornets in an exhibition game at Meadow Park arena.

Some of the best young golfers in Canada and the U.S., aged 13 to 18, were in Whistler this week to compete in the American Junior Golf Association’s FutureLinks tournament. Players represented 10 states and four provinces.

Whistler marathon racer wins women’s race Ultra-trail racing made its debut in Squamish on Aug. 11 with the first running of STORMY – a foot race around the 67 kilometre Test of Metal mountain bike course.

On Sunday, Aug. 12, crews working on BC Hydro's Transmission Line Rehabilitation project helped to extinguish a fire in the woods around M Creek, two kilometres north of Lions Bay. At 4 p.m.

While Canadians roast in record high temperature, members of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team are on the slopes in the southern hemisphere training for the 2001-2002 season and 2002 Winter Olympics.

After a brief hiatus, junior golfers from the area were back at in on Aug. 13 for the fifth stop on the Sea to Sky Junior Tour at Pemberton Valley. Bryon Thom of Squamish, 17, posted the lowest score of the day, a two-under par 70.