Local Sports

It’s mere minutes before hitting the stage at Worcester State University and Fiona Groves is a ball of nerves.

Alberta Alpine unveiled its 2013/2014 team on Oct. 29 and, for the first time in years, there are no Bow Valley natives on the team. Canmore’s Logan Thackray and Matt Monod both retired at the end of last season to chase other careers.

One is the loneliest number, but Canada’s world cup cross-country ski team hopes it’s also the luckiest.

Cross-country skiers are renowned for incredible endurance and organizers of the third annual Canmore Ski Fest are challenging local athletes again to test their mettle against the clock.

Three para-snowboard athletes are betting the path to Paralympic glory leads through Banff. Canada’s para-snowboard team recently finished a 20-day training block in Banff as it prepares for the 2014 season.

In a historic IBU Cup season debut, Nathan Smith won silver while three other Canadians landed in the top 10 as national team biathletes had their best result ever on Saturday (Nov. 23).

Canadian biathlon prospect Emma Lunder enters each race with one goal in mind: to beat her boyfriend. After watching her beau Nathan Smith claim silver on the IBU Cup tour Saturday (Nov.

Figure skating star Jane Gray led the Canmore Skating Club effort with a gold medal performance at the 2014 Provincial Sectionals Championship in Edmonton on Nov. 10, as four local skaters managed to earn a place on the podium.

Canada’s alpine panda has traded in his swashbuckling ways for the security of a desk job.

Faced with mounting athletic bills, biathlete Carsen Campbell saw the light – literally. The 18-year old member of Biathlon Canada’s development team has launched his own business putting up Christmas lights in order to fund his Olympic dream.