Nick Seal of Mission's Heritage Park Secondary wins his match in the 50kg weight class at the Western Canada Age Class Wrestling Tournament in Kamloops Jan 11-12. Seal was named the outstanding wrestler in the Cadet division.
Photograph by: submitted photo , TIMES
Abbotsford and Mission area wrestlers competed in the Western Canada Age Class Tournament in Kamloops recently with W.J. Mouat winning the Cadet Boy's division for the second year in a row in team competition.
Mission's Nick Seal from Heritage Park Secondary won the Cadet Boy's Most Outstanding Wrestler Award.
Local area wrestlers captured 11 age class champion titles at the two-day tournament.
Juvenile (17-18 years)
David Sharma 54 Kg MEI
Matthew Dignan 58 Kg Yale
Justin Gill 69 Kg Hansen
Devin Purewal 76 Kg Yale
Rajin Gill 100 Kg MEI
Cadet (15 - 16 years)
Navdeep Toor 42 Kg Reimer
Nick Seal 50 Kg HPSS
Navdeep Gill 54 Kg AWC
Harman Basran 58 Kg Hansen
Nishan Randhawa 85 Kg WJM
Harjeet Mangat 100 Kg WJM
At the War on the Floor (WOTF) Elite tournament held at the Langley Events Centre recently, Abbotsford claimed five golds.
Amrit Benning (63 kg) of W.J. Mouat was selected as the outstanding wrestler of the elite tournament.
The WOTF Elite tournament champions were selected for TeamBC to compete in the Stu Hart National Dual held in Calgary. TeamBC won the 2013 Dual Meet Championship Title.
Abbotsford WOTF champ competing at the Stu Hart Duals:
Matthew Dignan 54 Kg Yale
Amrit Benning 63 Kg WJM
Devin Purewal 76 Kg Yale
Joban Phulka 85 Kg Hansen
Rajin Gill 100 Kg MEI
Both the Western Canada Age Class Championship and the War on the Floor Elite Tournaments are BC Wrestling selection tournaments to identify athletes for the 2013 Canada Summer Games slated for Sherbroke, Que. Aug 12 - 9, 2013.
