Local Sports

Squamish will once again be under the national sports spotlight after an exciting announcement was made by the Canadian Ladies Golf Association (CLGA).

When nearly ten per cent of a school population is on a sports team, the numbers alone will ensure the team does well. That is precisely the case for the Don Ross Secondary School (DRSS) mountain bike team.

The hills of Valleycliffe will be alive with the sound of joyful screams Saturday (May 29) with the return of Beyond the Valleycliffe of the Dolls.

For the first three laps around the RallyCross course at the Interfor Mill Yard on Saturday (May 15), Joe Battrick was blowing away the competition.

For the past 20-plus years, Squamish residents have been sliding, swinging and pitching in the Squamish Slo-pitch League.

On Saturday (May 15), the Interfor Mill yard will be transformed into a makeshift racecourse for Squamish's first-ever Rallycross event.

Good coaching and a group of individuals willing to put in the effort usually makes for a good team. That's exactly what Squamish Pirates Swim Club head coach Kelly Kay has put together in the pool at Brennan Park.

Plans of competing against the province's most talented fastpitch teams for another year have been put on hold for members of the Greg Gardner fastpitch squad.

Five Squamish squash players recently competed in the Canadian National Squash Championships and three of them came home as national champions in their respective categories.

I just love stepping up to the first tee straight from the car at eight in the morning. No warm-up on the range, no putts on the practice green. Love it.