Local Sports

A battle between the two undefeated Bow Valley Soccer League teams settled nothing on Sunday (July 29) at the Banff Rec Grounds. Canmore United (3-0) and Banff Sushi House (2-0) played to a 1-1 draw as they battled under a warm Sunday sun.

The usual rabble of iron-calved monsters on the 24 Hours of Adrenalin podium is a familiar sight.

Marc and Amy Gagnon are trying to do it all.

To win the 24 Hours of Adrenalin solo race requires talent, guts and determination. To win on a fixed gear bike is insanity. Patrick Humenny of Kimberly, B.C.

The road to recovery will pass through Canmore for two high profile Canadian athletes who have decided to relocate to the Bow Valley.

The final act of Drew Goldsack’s ski career has come to a close, yet the bright lights of Hollywood beckon.

Darren Anderson ruled the road while Robin Clegg slayed the time trial as the Rundle Mountain Cycling Club dominated its inaugural home stage race on Saturday and Sunday (July 14-15).

Canada’s next Catharine Pendrel or Geoff Kabush could emerge from local trails, according to national mountain bike team development coach Ian Hughes. “Young athletes in Canmore have everything they need to perform.

Canmore’s Jessica Eustace may have discovered a new innovation in multi-sport training: dogs. For more than a year, seven days a week, Eustace has hiked pooches up and down Bow Valley trail systems as the owner of a dog-walking business.

Matthew Jeffries was first across the finish line, but John Firth captured the monarch of the mountain title at the second annual Highwood Gran Fondo on Saturday (July 7).