Local Sports

There are occasions where the game of rugby melds the rhythms of violence and sportsmanship into harmonious expressions of pure athletic prowess. The ball flows effortlessly downfield as the team moves as one perfect unit.

Lack of funding and participants is being blamed for the cancellation of what was scheduled to be the biggest mountain bike event of the year for Canmore.

Indoor climbers will have a new home come September. The Canmore Indoor Climbing Society will set up a bouldering gym on Bow Meadow’s Crescent to accommodate athletes before the opening of Elevation Place in December.

Groomed cross-country ski trails in Yoho National Park that were scheduled for closure have survived budget cuts thanks to a new agreement between the park and a handful of community members.

Jon Firth had one goal this summer: win the hardest mountain bike race in North America.

Fourteen litres of water, three large Toblerone bars and 15 homemade deer sausages. That’s what 59-year-old Andres Ambuehl of Canmore used to power himself to the finish line at the Canadian Death Race on Saturday (Aug. 4) in Grande Cache.

Danelle Kabush defended her Xterra Canmore Enduro Triathlon crown with ease and Cal Zaryski fended off all challengers, Saturday (Aug. 4) and Sunday (Aug. 5) at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

Mountain bikers with a social conscious will gather at the Canmore Nordic Centre Aug. 18 in support of the second annual Africa Bike Race. The race will raise money to send Kona mountain bikes to Kiprengwe Primary school in Kenya.

As happens often in sport, the Banff Bears Rugby Club broke open a game after being pressed hard by their opposition, Saturday (July 28) at the Banff Rec Grounds.

Canmore-based photographer Brian Van Tighem is set to return to the desert in Nevada this month in hopes of returning with some shots that recently earned him a gold medal at a prestigious European photography competition.