Local Sports

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).

The best local road riders will face off against the best Alberta has to offer as part of the first Rundle Mountain Cycling Club stage race in Canmore, this weekend (July 14-15).

Score quickly. Score often. Hold on. The formula is hardly foolproof, however, at the dawn of another Bow Valley Soccer League season, it’s usually enough.

Where else in this nation does a Canada Day Fun Run attract dozens of prospective Olympians bent on crushing a meandering 8 km course in less than 27 minutes? Only in Canmore, you say? Budding ski star Graeme Killick’s 26:31 8 km run was fast enough

With Canada Day out of the way, sports fans can once again focus on what’s truly important to the nation: hockey. The Canmore Eagles unveiled their 2012-2013 schedule, which will include 19 weekend home games.

Of the 500 hikers who ascended Ha Ling Peak Saturday morning, none was more determined than Richard Guy. Reaching the trailhead at 4:15 a.m.