On Wednesday June 28th, the final spot for the 2017 Canada Games was contested at Centre Claude Robillard. At 65 kgs, Samuel Rainville of the Patriotes des St-Cesaire faced off against Ayoub Ben-Chariff and Cesar Toma from CLIC. After a tough series of matches, Samuel Rainville emerged victorious and will...
The Foundation for Athletic Excellence awarded $166 000 in bursaries to Quebec athletes entering university for the upcoming school year. Two graduates of Vanier College, Alex Moore and Laurence Beauregard were recipients for this year based on their strong performances both at national and international competitions. Alex received $8000 while...
The 2017 Junior Pan-Ams took place last weekend in Lima Peru. Three Quebec athletes competed in the Freestyle and Greco-Roman events and the resuts were quite strong. John Yeats from the Tristar Wrestling Academy wrestling at 74 kgs beat William Alberto Moreno Chuc of Guatemala by technical fall with with...
The FAEQ (The Fondation des Athlètes d'Excellence Québec) provides funding for young Quebec athletes. Many wrestlers accross the province receive grants from the FAEQ which helps provide money for their training and travels. On June 1st, the FAEQ announced that 6 international athletes will be the spokespeople for the foundations...
The past weekend saw two international tournaments take place in Sassari City in Sardinia Italy, the Sassari Grand Prix for Juniors on Friday the 26th and the Matteo Pellicone Memorial for Seniors the day after. The tournament features athletes from Austria, Italy, Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, South Korea, Romania, Georgia,...
Aly Barghout of Vanier College was this year's recipient for the Fondation de l'athlète d'excellence du Québec (FAEQ) bursary. The FAEQ along with its 11 other sponsors and Défi 808 Bonneville gave out $138 000 in bursaries to 39 student-athletes across the province of Québec. Aly's dominant performance at the...
The Canada East Wrestling Festival took place this past weekend in Moncton New Brunswick. The Canada East Wrestling Festival function's as a miniature national championships for eastern Canada which includes Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The age categories range from Kids, Novice...
Two Quebec wrestlers had fantastic results at the 2017 Pan American Championships held in Salvador Da Bahia, Brazil this weekend. Laurence Beauregard of Vanier College and the Montreal YMHA won a Bronze Medal in the Womens 60 kgs weight division while at 86 kgs, Jordan Steen defeated 2012 Olympic Silver...
