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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Saturday November 4th 2017 In one of my previous blogs, I spoke about giving thanks. Giving thanks is important but the next step is to act out on it. We can be thankful as much...
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Monday October 23rd, 2017 While my blogs tend to try and focus in the positive things that our sport is doing in the province of Quebec, sometimes there are things that aren't as positive that...
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Thursday October 5th 2017 As Thanksgiving approaches, it occurred to me that many of us don't give enough thanks for what we have. Too often, we take for granted what we have or are too...
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Friday September 15th 2017 On Wednesday September 13th, George Reinitz, sponsor and one of the founders for the Montreal YMHA Wrestling Club held a book signing for his memoir, "Wrestling with Life". I had the...
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Monday September 4th 2017 As a new school year is upon us, I thought I would take a look at sports and school and the struggle that our Quebec athletes face as they pursue the...
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Saturday August 19th 2017 It's been almost a week since we got back from the Canada Games. As always, I like to reflect upon what's happened and how it affects the state of wrestling in...
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Saturday July 29th 2017 The sport of wrestling has been around for thousands of years, dating back to the time of the original Olympiad. Paintings and murals of the ancient Olympics depicted the events as...
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Monday July 17th 2017 I recently got into a conversation with another coach about the subject of funding for athletes in amateur sports. This is always a touchy subject as funding at the lower levels...
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Monday June 26th 2017 As preparations for the upcoming Canada Games approaches this summer, I recently got into a conversation with a colleague from work. Discussions centred on the Canada Games and how her son...
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Saturday June 10th 2017 Having had more than week to reflect on my trip, and coming back to some truly depressing initial June weather here in Montreal, I can now give my full impressions on...
