Quebec athletes shine at the U23 and Non-Olympic World Team Trials
In a rare instance, Quebec hosted the trials for the U23 and Non-Olympic weights at Place Bell in Laval Quebec on May 27-28th. National level events don’t often come this way so it was refreshing to see some of Canada’s best athletes converge on Laval…
Change as an imminent thing; is it good or bad? Part 1
We always assume that things will stay the same throughout our lives. Human beings are creatures of habit and when our routine is disrupted, we tend to get discombobulated. Wrestlers are also creatures of habit. We spend hours and hours repeating technique and drills. We…
The 2023 Pan-American Championships
Quebec was well represented at this year’s continental championships as the 2023 edition of the Pan-American Championships were held Buenos Aires in Argentina from May 3rd to the 6th. Freestyle wrestling was represented by members of the Montreal Wrestling Club NTC as Jason Luneau (61…
The Festival des Patriotes 2023
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…
Volunteers Needed
Join our team of volunteers! It takes a big team to run a national championship. Come join our team and help us organize the 2023 Canadian Wrestling Championships and World Team (Non-Olympic weight categories). We are looking for volunteers to help us: Event setup Event…
The 2023 Concordia Awards Ceremony
Concordia University held their annual awards ceremony for the first time since 2019 at the Oscar Peterson Hall located at Loyola Campus. The ceremony honoured all of the teams that competed for Concordia at the Varsity level which included both individual honours as well as…
Results from the 2023 U15-U17 and U19 Nationals and the Urban Games
The U15-U17-U19 National Championships The weekend of wrestling in Vancouver British Columbia concluded and Quebec athletes competed across multiple divisions with some great results. CLIC, Kanienkehaka Tehontatie:nas Mohawk Wrestling Club, Montreal Wrestling Club NTC, les Patriotes de St-Cesaire and Tritton Perfomance Wrestling Club were the…
The 2023 Canadian Team Trials and National Championships
The Canadian Trials and the National Championships for their respective teams took place on March 9th to the 12th in Waterloo Ontario. Various Cadets, Juniors, Seniors and Greco-Roman wrestlers went to compete and qualify their place for their upcoming continental and World Championships. The Cadet…
The future of wrestling in Quebec
Thursday March 9th, 2023 With the GMAA/RSEQ Championships wrapped up an the Provincials done as well, I felt that this would be a great time to sort of take note at the status of wrestling in the province and it means for the future. Now,…
U-Sport and the 2023 Provincial Championships
The weekend of February 25th was an action packed one as Quebec wrestlers competed both at home and abroad. Athletes from Concordia University went out west towards the University of Alberta while Quebec athletes converged on St-Cesaire for the Provincial Championships. For both events, Quebec…