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My experience at the U-Sports Wrestling Nationals
Tuesday February 27th 2018 The U-Sports Wrestling Nationals took place this past weekend and for the first time in my career, I got to experience it as a coach. Throughout my wrestling career I competed at five U-Sports National (Formerly known as the CIS) championships, the...
The intangibles to being a wrestler
Sunday February 11th 2018 The question that I get asked a lot is what makes a wrestler? For that matter, what makes any athlete the way they are? Athletes are a funny bunch as they are collectively obsessed with competition and self-improvement. The best athletes...
Two Concordia athletes claim Academic All-Canadian Honours
Francis Carter and Genevieve Lamarche of Concordia University were named as Academic All-Canadians for the 2016-17 school year. The status of Academic All-Canadian is given to university varsity athletes who have competed on a varsity team, achieved significant athletic results at the university level and have...
Cross-training for wrestling
Wednesday January 31st 2018 Wrestling as we all know is one of the most physically demanding sports out there. It requires the strength of a weightlifter, the agility and finesse of a soccer player, the endurance of a marathon runner and the flexibility of a gymnast....
Starting the new year on the right foot
Wednesday January 10th 2018 Now that schools have started up their practices while some club teams were training over the Christmas Break, it’s time to get the seasons started for the high schools, universities and club teams. The eventual lethargy and weight accumulated throughout the break is always...
A Year in Review for 2017
Saturday December 30th 2017 What a year! 2017 was a memorable one for wrestling in the province of Quebec. So many results from so many tournaments, athletes qualifying for major tournaments and a historical finish at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg. The month of...
The 2018 Canadian National Championships (Junior-Senior)
For the first time since 1991, the Canadian National Championships will make a return to Montreal. Quebec has not been host to the the Canadian Nationals since the 1991 Espoirs Nationals (Now known as the Junior Nationals) hosted by the Riverdale Wrestling Club. The competition...
Training during the Christmas Break
Thursday December 14th 2017 With the Christmas Break coming up, many schools will basically call it quits for those two weeks. Most Quebec public high schools have a two-week break and some of the private schools will have three weeks. Some of the Universities have already...
Another High school season begins
Thursday November 23rd 2017 As the first couple of tournaments began this year, I eagerly awaited the beginning of the high school season’s tournaments to start up. Don’t get me wrong, coaching and watching our club an univeristy athletes compete is always fun but there’s something special...
