The Festival des Patriotes was held on Saturday, April 29th in St-Cesaire Quebec. Hosted by the Patriotes Wrestling Club, this tournament often serves as a tune-up for the younger age groups for the Eastern Canadian Championships. This year, for the first time, a U17 division was inserted which saw more clubs send more wrestlers.

Beurling Academy, Kanieinkehaka Tehontatienas Mohawk WC, L.E.S. Crazy Dogs, Loyola High School, les Patriotes de St-Césaire, the Riverdale Wrestling Club, Royal West Academy and Tritton Performance Wrestling Club were the Quebec teams that were in attendance. They were joined by clubs from Ontario and New Brunswick, making it a great turnout out.

The results for the tournament were the following:

Tykes 
Boys Girls
22 kg  27 kg
25 kg
27 kg

 

Novice 
Boys Girls
28 kg  36 kg
30 kg 
37 kg
42 kg

Kids
Boys Girls
31 kg 
37 kg 
42 kg
47 kg
61 kg

Bantam 
Boys Girls
37 kg 43 kg
45 kg  50 kg
51 kg
55 kg
60 kg

U17 
Boys Girls
50 kg  51 kg
61 kg  61 kg
66 kg
73 kg
82 kg
HWT

In the end, the tournament was a lot of fun for the younger athletes and served as good practice for the Eastern Canadian Championships.