Local Sports

In the twilight of the third annual GranFondo Banff, the president of RBC GranFondo wants his ride to become a fixture in the Banff community for the next 50 years, and says it will help define Banff in the eyes of the cycling world.

Pro Xterra triathlete Mattieu Signoretty and two-time Olympic cross-country skier Brittany Webster proved their mettle as the fastest off-road athletes in the land by winning the 2014 Xterra Canmore Triathlon on Sunday (Aug.

The rising popularity of women’s rugby in Canada hasn’t been lost on Banff as the mountain town may have produced one of Alberta’s rising stars in the sport.

Local cycling phenoms Liah Harvie and Sarah Poidevin have been chosen to represent Canada overseas and race for a chance to compete at the Road World Cycling Championships in Ponferrada, Spain.

In a season full of great promise and painful losses, it’s now time for the Banff Bears men’s rugby squad to buck up and prove they belong in the Calgary Rugby Union playoffs.

Armed with a new coach, new offence and new defence, the Bow Valley Wolverines have already begun work on what they hope will be a championship season. Former CFLer Gord Elser will now head the club after working as an assistant coach last season.

Shane Collins scored the lone goal on a perfectly placed cross in the first half while Andre Frank pitched the shutout in goal as Sushi House defeated the Pump and Tap 1-0 in Bow Valley Soccer Action on Sunday (Aug. 17).

Risky moves and head-banging tunes will be the pulse of the Canadian Rockies this weekend. Bowlapalooza, a grassroots skateboard competition and live music crossbreed, rolls in to Canmore Skatepark this Saturday (Aug.

The Banff Hockey Academy’s first women’s head coach, Kendall Newell, has accepted a new job with the University of Maine women’s hockey program.

Every time the Red Deer Titans Rugby Club comes to Banff, the town should consider sounding an alarm.