Local Sports

A 580-nautical mile sailing race around Vancouver Island has attracted two Squamish residents set on proving their merits in the northwest seas.

The U14 Squamish boys soccer rep teamhas capped off the 2006/07 season with an outstanding victory.

When it comes to outstanding mountain bikers it seems that Squamish is a haven, as proven at Saturday's (May 26) provincial high school championship mountain bike race held at Sechelt's Halfmoon Bay.

Pooches of the Sea to Sky corridor can unite in an all breed sanction match on Saturday (June 9). Organized by the Whippet Club of B.C., a sanction match is a competition where purebred dogs compete, but not for championship points.

After only three years of racing, local longboarder Nathan Lang seized a decisive victory at one of the largest longboarding races in the world, Pender Harbour's Danger Bay 6, beating his rival from last year's race, Tom Esteran.

Though the heavens rained down during almost the entire long weekend, the annual three-day Squamish Coed, Regional Division E Slo-Pitch Tournament carried on in fine form, with participants playing in various states of waterlogged giddiness.

Whether you're four foot six or six foot four, there may be a spot for you on a local football division - and benefits extend well beyond just playing the game.

Construction on the Callaghan Valley Nordic Centre has started up again for the season, but getting the site prepared is only part of the work underway to get the Olympic facility ready.

It took countless volunteer hours, staunch community support, painstaking excavation to preserve the surrounding environment and tons of gravel to make it work, but the Squamish Windsport Park is officially open and ready for use.

Some may consider 13 an unlucky number but it hasn't cursed the baker's dozen that make up the Squamish United U17 soccer team.