Sports

During this year's Golden City Days, the Spirit of Red Social Club Society will be embarking on an ambitious project: raising $20 000 for a bronze statue of Olaus Jeldness, the father of skiing at Red and--by extension--in Western Canada.The statue would be placed at the main intersection on Rossland’s Columbia Avenue and would be based on an iconic photograph of Jeldness with his skis [see the photo that accompanies this article--ed.]. It would be cast larger than life size in keeping with his stature as the inspiration to so many skiers.

Rossland runners take note: a nearly three decade-old tradition will be returning to the Golden City Days schedule this year, one that will allow young and old to duel it out on the trails. Whether you’re up for a 1km sprint with the kids, a 5 kilometre jog or an all out 10k hustle, the Golden City Grind has got something for the growing trail running crowd in town.

Here is part two of Brenda Gill's advice for keeping healty. Remember: it's still summer, whatever the thermometer says!

Forty of the region's finest amateur men's golfers hit this links this past weekend at Redstone for the annual Men's Open Tournament. With the course in sparkling condition some hot shots heated up the autumn like weather.

John Dedels of Christina Lake finished up as the low gross champion with a two day score of 147. Chris Vlanich out of Trail also finished with a two day score of 147, taking the net gross champion title. 

 Like a lost puppy, returned home after years lost in the woods, last summer saw the Rossland Fat Tire Festival bring a long time tradition back to the Golden City. This year, that innocent cross country-loving puppy has returned again, this time as a dirt-gap-jumping, mega-suspension, polo playing, pump track-riding beast: the long-lost Rubberhead is back. 

 The new arena roof is pretty stellar.  You’ve probably seen it from the outside by now, all metal sheathed, sleek, smooth and buttoned up tight.  It’s gorgeous. The inside is great, too, and it was the ceiling I found myself studying last night (Tuesday, Aug. 17) as our local Rossland roller derby team, “Gnarlies’ Angels”, and visitors from Salmo “Babes of Brutality” went through their respective pre-clash stretching regimen. Yow.

Now that it’s finally summer with that intense sunshine again, many of us are taking advantage of the weather and are outside as much as possible. Whether it ‘s walking in the woods, mountain biking, golfing, fishing, swimming or tennis, it’s better to prevent common problems and be ready for incidents as they occur. Hopefully, this column will give you some useful tips! Also, for those nasty little incidents, the following should also help!

1. Preventatively

Have you been passed by a uniformed peloton of road cyclists in the last few days? If so than you’ve witnessed some of BC’s top young cyclists.

The Black Jack Ski Club is pleased to announce that Dave Wood has become the head coach of the club’s Skier Development Program. 

Seven months ago, Wood was coaching the Canadian National Team at the Vancouver Olympics, triumphantly capping a twelve year career as the National Ski Team head coach.  During that time, Wood developed North America’s most successful nordic team ever.