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Three Bow Valley climbers helped lead Team Canada to its best ever finish at the Youth World Climbing Championships in Victoria, B.C., Aug. 16-19.

Dozens of new roller derby fans sat side by side with shouting veterans to cheer on Bow Valley’s own derby squad, the Lady Macs as they faced the Revelstoke Derailers for the first ever roller derby bout in Banff at Fenlands Arena, Saturday (Aug.

Knees were dropped on chests, punches were thrown into faces and blood was spilled on the fabled home turf.

Nineteen years ago, Patch Bennet was one of 100 Canadian whitewater paddlers camping beside the wild Kananakis River, bent on taming its features in a long fiberglass boat.

Draped in provincial colours, grittily facing near impossible odds, the Bow Valley’s Canada Summer Games participants returned home Sunday (Aug. 18) vowing to train harder than ever to reach their goals.

The Banff Springs soccer club is in grasping distance of their first Bow Valley Soccer League title ever after a 2-1 win over Canmore United on Sunday (Aug. 18) at the Banff Rec Grounds.

One of North America’s top cycling teams will suit up for the 2013 Banff GranFondo as part of a week-long training camp in preparation for the Tour of Alberta.

The Canmore Cohos swim club will send 23 swimmers to the provincial championships this weekend, thanks to a string of top results at a Region E swim meet at the University of Calgary on Saturday (Aug. 10).

Going into the final race weekend of the season, the Rundle Mountain Cycling Club is poised to take its second overall Alberta Bicycle Association title. The club’s performance at the Jason Lapierre Memorial race Saturday (Aug.

Putting their fat tires aside, Liah Harvie and Sara Poidevin finished 17th and 21st respectively in the Canada Games road cycling time trial on Monday (Aug. 12), setting them up for a challenging road race Wednesday in Sherbrooke, Que.