Local Sports

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.

Grouse Mountain World Cup to host the strongest Canadian field ever There are two schools of thought on hometown advantage in sports. The first is that you have the advantage because you know the field/rink/course.

If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand, fingers, toes and tendons on a rock wall, Great Wall is offering rock climbing familiarization tours in the Cal-Chek area. There are still open spots for the June 29 group, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m.

With the Test of Metal mountain bike weekend over for another year, there is one endurance race that adrenaline junkies might want to circle on their calendars – 2001: A Bike Odyssey, featuring the 19 th annual Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic M

The Whistler-Blackcomb team outran and outcanvassed the competition at the 22 nd annual 24 Hour Relay for the Kids in Vancouver last weekend. They raised $29,260 for B.C.

Despite the fact that this is his first year ever on a road bike – and despite the fact that he has only entered one road competition – Whistler’s Tyler West has been selected to race for the B.C.