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My return to coaching
June 6th 2022 It’s been a while now since we’ve been allowed to return to coaching. For the longest time, our sport had been shut down as we waited to hear the news about when we would be allowed to come back. Size restrictions, building...
Results from the 2022 Canadian Wrestling Trials
The 2022 Canadian Wrestling Trials were held in Edmonton Alberta at the University of Alberta from May 26th-28th. The trials were used to determine the national team members for the Seniors, Juniors and Cadet teams in Freestyle, Women’s Wrestling and Greco-Roman. Quebec clubs were well...
Wrestling Clinics for schools
On Friday, May 20th, Olympic Silver Medalist and World Champion Gia Sissaouri brought his medals for students to see at Royalvale School. This marked the end of two weeks of wrestling clinics, designated to promote the sport of wrestling in the province of Quebec. Students...
My final journey through the ACD
May 16th, 2022 It’s been a while since the blog was published. In truth, it’s hard to write something about wrestling when like many people, I was isolated from the community. One coach that I spoke to during the lockdown joked that it was the...
Results from the 2022 Team Quebec Canada Games Trials
The trials for Team Quebec were held on Saturday at École Secondaire PG. Ostiguy. Athletes from all the wrestling clubs in Quebec came to try and qualify for this prestigious event, which was delayed by a year due to the pandemic. The Canada Games will...
Royalvale welcomes wrestling for the first time
Royalvale School, located in NDG, Montreal welcomed wrestling into its Physical Education Classes for the first time ever in their history. Thanks to the efforts of Vice Principal Mr. Spetsieris and Phys-Ed Teacher Mr. Amran, Royalvale opened their doors to coaches Gia Sissaouri and Gabriel...
Results from the 2022 Pan Am Championships
Four athletes took part in the Pan Am Championships being held in Acapulco Mexico. Samuel Barmish, Jeremy Poirier and Laurence Beauregard of the Montreal Wrestling Club competed in the annual event while John Yeats of the Tristar Wrestling Club would compete with some fantastic results...
The Festival des Patriotes 2022
On Saturday April 30th, the Patrtiotes de St-Cesaire hosted the Festival des Patriotes at École Secondaire PG Ostiguy. This tournament focused on the younger age groups for boys and girls and was open to not only wrestlers from Quebec, but to any eastern based clubs....
An exhibition meet at Royal West Academy
On Wednesday April 27th an exhibition Dual Meet between Royal West Academy and Howard S. Billings high school was held at Royal West Academy in Montreal West. While dual meets used to occur on a regular basis in the GMAA/RSEQ, this was unique for several...
