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Ontario High Performance (OHP) Camp – Ajax ON – April 2nd

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The OHP National Championships Training Camp is this coming weekend in Ajax, ON.

For full details on this and other OHP events, keep your eyes peeled on the OAWA Ontario High Performance page.

This clinic features 2016 Olympian, Michelle Fazarri, and 2016 Senior National Champion Jevon Balfour.

Contact Coach Burke and/or ohpwrestling@gmail.com by Tuesday the 29th if you’re planning to attend.

Schedule for April 2nd:

9:30am – 10am – Registration
10am-Noon – Mat Session #1 (tournament warm-up)
Noon -12:45pm – Lunch Break (lunch provided)
12:45pm – 1:45pm – Off-Mat Session – Tournament nutrition
1:45pm -2:45pm – Mat Session #2 (Official’s perspective of a match)
3:00pm -5:00pm – Mat Session #3 (technique and light scrimmage)
5:30 pm. – Wrap Up & Depart

Ontario High Performance (OHP) Mohawk Valley Camp and Tournament

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On March 10th-13th, the Ontario High Performance program is bringing a team of Ontario’s top performers to Brock University for a two-day camp, followed by competition in the Mohawk Valley wrestling tournament in Syracuse, NY.

Wrestlers must have a valid passport. Details are available in the attached documents:

Attachment #1: 2016 Mohawk Valley Registration Form

Attachment #2: 2016 Mohawk Valley Schedule

Coach Burke is gathering interest for travelling as a team. Contact Coach Burke for further details.

SWOSSAA Wrestling Results – Feb 2016

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Sarnia-Bluewater was well-represented at this year’s high school regional qualifying tournament.

Oustanding Female Wrestler and Lambton Female MVP went to St. Clair’s Tali Allen at 61kg.

Lambton Male MVP went to Nathan Moro of St. Patrick’s at 72kg.

St. Clair Secondary School won the Boys’ team title, and placed third in the Girls’ team title race, giving them third overall in Combined Boys/Girls’ team title.

Top two qualify to represent Lambton-Kent at OFSAA in Windsor on March 1st-2nd.

For full results see the attached documents:

Girls Results SWOSSA

Team Scoring Girls

Boys Results SWOSSA

Team Scoring Boys

Finals Bout Matchups

2016 Cadet/Juvenile Championships

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Congratulations to all the wrestlers that competed at the Cadet/Juvenile Provincial Championships on Feb 6-7 in Sudbury. Full results are available on the OAWA Website.

SBWC placed 6th overall for cadet boys, 4th overall for juvenile boys, and 5th overall for juvenile girls. Top three individual results include:

Adam VanderSlagt Bronze 42kg cadet boys
Sebastian Demers Silver 80kg cadet boys
Nathan McMillan Gold 46kg juvenile boys
Josh Barich Silver 50kg juvenile boys
Nathan Moro Silver 72kg juvenile boys
Hannah VanderSlagt Silver 49kg juvenile girls
Erin Cromwell Bronze 49kg juvenile girls
Taryn Robinson Bronze 75kg juvenile girls

Those competitors moving on to compete at the Cadet/Juvenile National Championships in Alberta this April must contact Coach Burke, and fill out a registration package no later than March 18th, 2016. For more details on the national championships registration package, see the OAWA Cadet & Juvenile Championships website.