Sports

Are you itching to hit some trails this weekend? Fernie Alpine Resort will be celebrating its summer season opening weekend this Saturday and Sunday.

The Ghostriders may be off the ice but Riders coaches and staff are hard at work changing the look of next year’s team.

Elementary school students from the Elk Valley and the South Country gathered at Isabella Dicken Elementary School last Thursday for the School District 5 track meet.

The warm weather was welcomed at this year’s annual Elkford triathlon. Hundreds of athletes participated, travelling from all over British Columbia and Alberta.

One of Canada’s premier mountain bike races is coming to Fernie next month.

The Chinook track and field club from Lethbridge hosted a “throwers only” competition over the May long weekend.

Black Press newspaper reporters and readers from across B.C. live-chat the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Black Press newspaper reporters and readers from across B.C. live-chat the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Five athletes represented Passtrak at the 2011 edition of the Calgary Spring Challenge Track and Field meet that took place on May 14 and 15.

On Saturday, May 14 the Fernie Judo Club brought their season to an end by attending the annual Invermere Judo Tournament. Eight senior members of the club competed with other judoka from the East and West Kootenays to bring home four medals.