Results from the Matteo Pellicone Tournament 2018 (Cadets and Juniors)

The 23rd Annual Matteo Pellicone Tournament took place on Friday May 25th in Sassari City, Sardenia. The tournament has been a staple on the Quebec tournament schedule and featured a UWW Cadet division for the first time. The tournament featured many nations from Europe, Asia and South America and has always featured a good level of competition to warrant the trip to Sardenia. The Montreal YMHA sent athletes to compete in the Cadet and Junior divisions and the results were as follows. Wrestling in the 65 kgs Cadet Division, Nolan O’Rourke of the Island Wrestling Academy wrestling for the Montreal YMHA would win his Gold medal match versus Andrei Tanase (ROM) by a score of 4-4 while Brayden Todd of the London Amateur Wrestling, also wrestling for the Montreal YMHA would wrestle a tough tournament but would ultimately finish off with a Bronze Medal at the 57 kgs Junior division.

A world class venue

Nolan O'Rourke

Also wrestling in the Junior division, Nataël Lebrun-Cantin would beat Jose Javier Andujar Ojeda of Spain by a score of 9-0 to win Bronze at 65 kgs while at 70 kgs, Samuel Garland would beat his teammate Samuel Rainville by Technical Fall (12-0) in the final to win the Gold medal. At 92 kgs, Julien Choquette would take home a Bronze medal after two tough matches while Aly Barghout would win all his matches en-route to the Gold medal final where he would lose in the final to Paris Karepi of Albania by a score of 8-1.

Nataël Lebrun-Cantin with the win over Spain

Aly Barghout vs. Israël

Brayden Todd battles for position

In the Junior Women’s division, Kaya Dube-Snow would beat Maria Casado (ESP) by Technical Fall (10-0) to win Bronze at 53 kgs. In the 57 kgs division, Erin Rainville would wrestle a tough tournament to also take home a Bronze medal. Finally, to round out the results, Alexia Sherland would finish off her round robin and win Bronze at 68 kgs.

Jlulien Choquette

Kaya Dubé-Snow sprawls against her opponent from Spain

Finally, with the performance of the rest of the Canadian athletes, Canada would finish off the tournament as the best combined team for the tournament. Congratulations to our Quebec athletes at the Matteo Pellicone Tournament!