Local Sports

Two of Whistler’s strongest young swimmers are heading to the regional championships in Vancouver this weekend, after posting some excellent results in June and July.

The Rocket Rally Racing Team easily outdistanced the other factory production cars and finished sixth overall against souped up open class vehicles at the Maine Forest Summer Rally last weekend.

Despite the fact it had to compete with the World Triathlon Championships in Edmonton last weekend, the fourth annual Squamish Triathlon on July 22 shattered all previous attendance records.

While skiing is a distant memory for most Whistlerites, jammed into the back of the closet with the boots and triple-ply Gore-Tex clothing, three local skiers have made the trip to New Zealand to compete in a 16-hour endurance downhill for charity.

You may drive like Tiger and chip like Faldo, but until you can sink putts from the fringe you’re never going to earn that PGA tour card. As the saying goes, "drive for show, putt for dough.

A field of 40 mountain bikers turned out to the Whistler downhill competition on July 24, the first of what is now a three-race series.

Conditions sideline racers at fourth XC race The fourth Canada Cup cross country race of the season, on July 22 in Canmore, Alberta, was an over-the-bars affair, with competitors sinking into bogs, sliding into one another around the corner, and slip

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.