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Wednesday June 7th 2017 What a week! Having just returned from the international wrestling training camp in Sardinia Italy, I’m considerably more tanned and well rested from my trip. While it may have seemed like...
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Tuedsay May 23rd 2017 When starting up a program, there are many challenges that you will face. This goes for an academic, cultural or athletic program and whether it's at a community centre or at...
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Friday May 12th 2017 The summer months usually mark the off-season for high-school and university wrestlers. Competitions in the summer are few and far between as the focus shifts to international tournaments featuring usually featuring...
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Saturday April 22nd 2017 In the world of sports, I have seen many different category of athletes. Athletes have their own personal foibles and behave very differently from non-athletes. Wrestling sees many of these personality...
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Thursday March 23rd 2017 In the world of amateur sports, there are a lot challenges. For one, there is no professional contract that keeps you supported financially while you're competing. Often athletes struggle with making...
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Monday March 6th 2017 I normally don't like to get political in what I write. I feel that the blog is there for wrestling and to promote the sport of wrestling and politics shouldn't factor...
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April 14th, 2017 Now that the Nationals are over and I find myself planning my trip to Sardenia Italy to coach at the Roger Milone tournament, I realize that the sport of wrestling has afforded...
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Monday February 27th 2017 With the GMAA and CIS seasons coming to an end and the Canadian Junior-Senior Nationals just around the corner, I felt myself contemplating a few things. First, wrestling is a tough...
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Wednesday December 14th 2016 Having coached at the Bishop Ryan and Matmen tournaments this weekend, I was pleasantly surprised to see so many athletes competing at these tournaments. Bishop Ryan had three hundred athletes compete...
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The Vincent Massey Collegiate Crew KSS held their annual development camp this past weekend and the turnout was very strong. Athletes from various clubs across Quebec participated in the development camp which was run by...
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Friday October 14th 2016 As the inaugural wrestling season kicked off for the year 2016-17, I find myself looking at events from the past as well as the future. To recap, Quebec athletes had a...
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It begins.... The Olympics began on Sunday with Greco Roman Wrestling kicking off the events. Admittedly, I'm not a Greco expert and with no Quebec athletes representing us in Greco Roman, it's a little difficult...
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Monday May 16th 2016 The Eastern Canadian Championships came to a close yesterday and the word that comes to mind when describing it would have to be sucessful. I should point out that I've never...
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Wednesday April 20th 2016 As I reflect on this past weekend at the Cadet-Juvenile Nationals, I realize that all the hard work that these young athletes have done has come down to this. Going to...
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Tuesday March 22nd 2016 The Junior-Senior Nationals came to a conclusion this weekend and for the province of Quebec it could not have gone better as Quebec produced some strong results from various clubs. This...
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Thursday December 3rd, 2015 Quebec athletes left yesterday to compete at the Olympic Trials to determine who may represent Canada at upcoming Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro Brazil this summer. The following athletes will...
