Ontario Junior Championships RESULTS, Jan 30, 2010

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London’s Christine Schmidt in action at the Ontario Junior Championships.  Schmidt took silver in the 72 kg class and helped London-Western win the overall team title

 

London-Western team members will compete at the Ontario Junior Championships (U20) in Sudbury, Jan 30, 2010.  The 28 member team will depart Friday Jan 29.  It includes 9 women and 19 men.  The women’s team are defending champions while the men placed 5th in overall team standings in 2009.

On Saturday January 16, 2010 the London-Western Wrestling Club attended the Sarnia Invitational Tournament. Nine members represented London-Western along with two visiting wrestlers from Australia who are training with the club. It was a good level tournament and members wrestled well and gained valuable tournament experience.

Individual results:

• 1^st Sarah Watkin  61 kg Novice Girls
• 1^st  Carissa Holland (AUS)  51 kg Open Girls
• 3^rd Tyler George  72 kg Novice Boys
• 3^rd Mahmoud Ayad  64 kg Open Boys
• 3^rd Jake Devlin  77 kg Open Boys
• 3^rd Jayden Lawrence (AUS) 57.5 kg Open Boys
• 3^rd Ramona Balfour   47.5 kg Open Girls
• 3^rd Lisa Sylvestro  67.5 kg Open Girls
• 4^th Will Rounthwaite   72 kg Open Boys

Steven Takahashi won the Gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Championships, Jan 6, 7 in Singapore.   The 17 year-old Catholic Central HS student  won 4 matches in the 54 kg weight class. 

London-Western coach, Dave Spinney was named the head coach and also travelled with the National FILA Cadet age team (16-17 years).  

Takahashi defeated,

1. W – Harrison Foley (AUS) 6-0, 6-0
2. W – Elandre Beukes (RSA) 4-0, 6-0
3. W – Elandre Beukes (RSA) 6-0, 3-0 (Crossover)
4. W – Alex Borman (RSA) 6-2, 6-0

The team was comprised of:

Men:
Steven Takahashi – London, ON
Balwinder Sahota – Vancouver, BC
Jasmit Phulka – Vancouver, BC
Jason Buckle – Hamilton, ON
Riley Otto – Halifax, NS

Women:
Darby Huckle – Sarnia, ON
Hiroko Araki – Vancouver, BC
Alison Sokalski – Vancouver, BC
Jade Papke – Toronto, ON

Two Aussies will return to London after the Commonwealth Youth Championships, Jan 6, 7 in Singapore.  Australian wrestlers, Carissa Holland and Jayden Lawrence will return to Canada to train with the London-Western Wrestling Club until the end of January. They will be billeted with team members during their stay in London.

The international visit has mutual benefit for both, host club, London-Western and the two Australian wrestlers, as it provides cultural experience and exchange of different training.

Last season in March 2009, London-Western hosted four Japanese wrestlers aged 14-16 years.