WELCOME TO TEAM IMPACT WRESTLING

Team Impact’s Annual LobsterFest Fundraiser

This year our annual club fundraiser is on Saturday, June 2nd.

Dillon Williams’ 5 Point Double Leg Finish

Dillon Williams @ the Journeymen Freestyle Duals! He finishes this double with a big 5 pointer!

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Front Page Star Article re: Khetag Pliev (Our Olympian)

http://www.thestar.com/sports/london2012/wrestling/article/1165594–london-olympics-canadian-wrestling-champion-khetag-pliev-turns-life-around?bn=1

2012 Cadet/Juvenile National Championship Results

As you are all aware, the 2012 Cadet/Juvenile Championships took place in Fredericton, NB.  16 athletes made the trek to respresent Team Impact this weekend and I want to Congratulate them all on their hard work and efforts!!!! To the coaches that went…….a BIG THANK YOU for your Dedication, Commitment, Support and Knowledge!!!!

The 2012 Cadet/Juvenile Standings are noted below.

GOLD
Braxton Papadopoulos – Juvenile Women 60kg
Phillip Le – Cadet Boys 42kg
Dillon Williams – Juvenile Men 54kg

SILVER
Genie Gokhman – Juvenile Women 46kg
Brooke Jarrett – Cadet Girls 52kg
Jordan Raghunanda – Juvenile Men 46kg
Alec McNeil – Juvenile Men 63kg

BRONZE
Andres Chicas – Juvenile Men 46kg
Juwan Burgess -  Cadet Boys 69kg

4TH
Jessica Iltgen – Juvenile Women 65kg

5TH
Michelle Raininger – Juvenile Women 70kg
Ignatius Pitt – Juvenile Men 76kg

6TH
Chase Leatich-Henry – Cadet Boys 54kg
Alex Porasz – Juvenile Men 66kg

An extended Congratulations to the following on making the 2012 Fila Cadet Worlds Team.  They will be off to Baku, Azerbaijan this August.

Braxton Papadopoulos
Genie Gokhman
Dillon Williams
Ignatius Pitt
Phillip Le

And after 2 challenge matches, both Juwan Burgess and Alec McNeil maintained their 2nd place standings and qualified for the 2012 Fila Cadet Pan AM Team which takes place in Maracaibo, Venezuela this July.

An amazing job by ALL Wrestlers & Coaches that went!!!!!!

Congratulations to Khetag Pliev!!! He is London Games bound!

Congratulations to Team Impact’s Khetag Pliev who yesterday in Kissimmee, Florida, qualified the 96kg weight class for the 2012 London Olympics!

We’re all extremely proud of Khetag for his contribution and look forward to his performance this summer in London.

Of the other Canadian men, the following have thus far qualified for the 2012 Games:  David Tremblay (55kg), Haislan Garcia (66kg), Matt Gentry (74kg) and Arjan Bhullar (120kg).  Congratulations to them all!

2012 Junior & Senior National Results

Junior Nationals 2012

Congratulations to Braxton Papadopoulos 63kg for winning Gold @ Junior Nationals
over the weekend without having a point scored against her!

Junior Women

63kg Braxton Papadopoulos   Gold
72kg Michelle Raininger     6th

Junior Men

84kg Josh Kim               6th
96kg Chad Bain              Bronze
96kg Yiannis Narilidis      5th

Senior Women

63kg Braxton Papadopoulos   6th

Senior Men

84kg Tamerlan Tagziev       Bronze
120kg Ilya Manukhov         5th

Scrambling – A description from Coach Mike Quinsey

Scrambling in wrestling is when you are continuing to move and fight from an unorthodox position. There are some set moves or techniques, but it’s mostly just sound application of movement principals – maintain your balance, snag whatever you can to mess up your opponent’s technique and continue to move until you score.

First rule: Maintain your own Base and Balance!

TFO Groupe Média Television Interview Re: Wrestling in Ontario

2012 Cadet & Juvenile Ontario Championships

Andrea Troja 1:47pm Feb 6 Hi Everyone, I first wanted to congratulate everyone who participated in the 2012 Cadet/Juvenile Provincial Championships at Brock University this past weekend, it was a great effort by all. Your commitment and time in a practice paid off, some of you came away with a medal but all of you came away with experience, drive and determination. A Special Thank You to our Coaches for their hard work and dedication in making this a successful weekend and an extended Thank You to all the Parents for your support. Out of a team of 62, 34 placed in the top 6. Once again, Congratulations on everyone’s efforts!!! Gold Phillip Le, Cadet Men 42kg Juwan Burgess, Cadet Men 66kg Ben Flint, Cadet Men 69kg Dillon Williams, Juvenile Men 58kg Josh Kim, Juvenile Men 85kg Braxton Papadopoulos, Juvenile Women 60kg Silver Iva Mema, Cadet Women 56kg Katrin Spassov, Cadet Women 60kg Andres Chicas, Juvenile Men 46kg Alex Porasz, Juvenile Men 63kg Matt Hossack, Juvenile Men 69kg Jessica Iltgen, Juvenile Women 65kg Bronze Daphne O’Brien, Cadet Women 52kg Colin Tamane, Cadet Men 46kg Chase Leatich-Henry, Cadet Men 54kg Matthew Biolley, Cadet Men 100kg Jordan Ragnunandan, Juvenile Men 46kg Michelle Raininger, Juvenile Women 70kg 4th Place Michiela McNeil, Cadet Women 43kg Shauna Kuebeck, Cadet Women 60kg Ben Steiner, Cadet Men 46kg Randy Scott, Cadet Men 85kg Marcas Chan, Juvenile Men 58kg Ignatius Pitt, Juvenile Men 76kg Genie Gokhman, Juvenile Women 49kg Katelynn Sheilds, Juvenile Women 75kg 5th Place Jayd Davis, Cadet Women 49kg Xavier Blanco, Cadet Men 46kg Qwynn Ferriera, Cadet Men 69kg Vincent Sandir, Juvenile Men 50kg 6th Place Junior Altjoe, Juvenile Men 63kg Ron Uzlaner, Juvenile Men 69kg Sam Vasilounis, Juvenile Men 85kg Brenna Llewellyn, Juvenile Women 52kg Cassie Anderson, Juvenile Women 70kg In addition to the above individual results, as a team we also took the following titles, 1st Place, Cadet Men 3rd Place, Cadet Women 2nd Place, Cadet Overall 1st Place, Juvenile Men 1st Place, Juvenile Women 1st Place, Juvenile Overall After an exceptional weekend there will be no high school practice tonight at Ajax HS…..Kids practice will run as per usual and may be extended a little. – Andrea Troja Team Manager

2012 Junior Provincial Results

Braxton Papadopoulos 63kg Gold

Chad Bain 96kg Gold

Sam Narkaj 120kg Silver

Navrit Warich 55kg 5th

Alex Porasz 60kg 5th

Brenna Llwelyn 55kg 6th

Josh Kim 84kg  6th

Congratulations to our 2012 Junior Provincial Champions!