Feature News for August 2010 Williams Lake Mini-Camp   August 16-20 Dungeon Grappling Tournament - August 21 SFU Golf Tournament - August 27 Provincial Coaches Clinic - October 22-24  Vancouver College Performance Training camp Make Ethical Decisions On-Line Evaluation - required by all coaches for certification

UBC Men's & Women's Wrestling Club Hosts 3rd Annual Alumni Dinner   The University of British Columbia's (UBC), Men's and Women's Wrestling Club would like to invite you to our 3rd annual, 2010 UBC Wrestling Alumni Dinner on Tuesday, August 17. It will be held in Vancouver at the UBC Point Grey Campus at the Cecil Green Park House. This very special dinner is our annual celebration of the rich history of the sport on campus. It has been 50 years since the establishment of the original wrestling team. This year it will be hosted by special guest former UBC champion wrestler, CIAU gold medalist, Dr. Martin Gleave. (UBC '84) Please RSVP by email @ ubcwrestling@gmail.com before August 14. Tickets are $75. Also if you know of any other UBC Wrestling Alumni or Friends of UBC Wrestling that may be interested in attending please pass on this invitation. We look forward to seeing you there.

Young wrestlers in Newton tackle sport on a mat good enough for the pros Sport gains momentum, thanks to recreation centre’s new wing BY MARISA BABIC, SURREY NOWJULY 6, 2010 Justin Birk, left, and Jovan Dhaliwal practise some grappling moves on the mat at the newly expanded Newton Recreation Centre. The wrestling community is pumped up about the facility’s new mat room, for obvious reasons. Photograph by: Sharon Doucette, The Now  SURREY – Not every kid gets to wrestle on an Olympic-quality mat. But that’s exactly what a group of young lads were doing on a recent afternoon at the newly expanded Newton Recreation Centre. Led by coach Nazir Lal, about 20 boys in a novice wrestling class stood in a semi-circle around their leader as he carefully explained the finer points of wrestling techniques in the spacious new mat room at the sports facility. The new wing of the sports complex was opened earlier this year. The mat room, which also hosts martial arts and tumbling programs, was built as part of the larger expansion to meet the growing popularity of wrestling. Now that the facility is open, those wrestling circles say the sport will get an even higher profile. “With the new facility and two mats, we’ve got lots of room to grow,” says Randeep Sodhi, a coach with the Hargobind Wrestling Club in Surrey.  Sodhi estimates the club has close to 100 wrestlers, from novice to elite. The Hargobind Wrestling Club, started by Satnam Johal, used to offer classes at its private facility, a cramped space in Newton’s warehouse district. Prompted by the rising popularity of wrestling, which is especially popular in the South Asian community, the City of Surrey invited the club to work with staff and design a new mat room. The result? A mat room good enough for the pros. “These are Olympic mats that they use in the Olympics,” Sodhi says.

The club now offers all its classes at the Newton rec centre. Lal, an Olympian and one of the three coaches with the Hargobind Wrestling Club, started off the novice class with a grueling 20-minute warm-up that made it clear that wrestling isn’t for wimps. The warm-up, aimed at making muscles loose and limber to prevent injury, started with head rolls, monkey walk, running on knees, squat jumps and few other steps suggestive of a military drill. After a brief water break to hydrate, there was more of the same, plus leg kicks and jumping jacks. Once conditioned, the boys then partnered up and took turns trying wrestling moves under the supervision of coach Lal. Justin Birk, 11, signed up for wrestling classes after watching his older cousin at the sport and now takes the sessions three times a week. Inspired by a gold-medal win in a local tourney, Justin says he plans to continue with the sport.  “I’m never going to stop,” the Northridge elementary school student says adamantly.  “I want to be in the Olympics.” Jovan Dhaliwal, his wrestling partner for the class, says other kids should give wrestling a try.   “It’s fun.” Sodhi cites several factors for the growing popularity of wrestling, a key one being that it’s a sport for shapes and ages. “We have kids as young as six,” he notes.  Unlike basketball, where the players must be tall, or soccer where speed is important, wrestling is more egalitarian — short or tall, thin or chunky, everyone can compete.  “Wrestling is a sport that accommodates all athletic abilities and all body types,” he says. Olympian Daniel Iglai, Surrey’s own gold medalist, has also done wonders for raising the profile of the sport since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Igali, who was once a roomie with the Hardgobind Wrestling Club coaches, still drops by the club’s classes whenever his busy schedule permits. “With Daniel being part of Surrey and being Canada’s first Olympic gold medalist (in the sport) it’s definitely a bonus for wrestling in Surrey,” Sodhi observes. Girls are also getting more interested in wrestling.   The club plans to launch a girls’ class in September and is currently searching for a female coach. “It will be a fitness-slash-wrestling based program so people came come in and learn some wrestling and get a good workout at the same time.” mbabic@thenownewspaper.com

Congratulations  Fraser Valley Team - BC Summer Games Champions. TEAM RESULTS FOR 2010 SUMMER GAMES (click here for individual results) 1ST ZONE 3 Fraser Valley- 134 2ND ZONE 6 Vancouver Island - 125 3RD ZONE 5 Vancouver/Squamish - 79 4TH ZONE 7 North Wets - 56 5TH ZONE 8 Caribou - North East- 56 6TH ZONE 4 Fraser River / Delta - 29 7TH ZONE 2 Thompson Okanagan - 28 *ZONE ONE WAS NOT REPRESENTED

The Canadian Cadet Men’s Team Pan American Cadet Championship  Manaus, Brazil                In total the team brought home 7 medals        (3 Gold, 1 Silver, & 3 Bronze)        Team Results:  1. Canada,  2. USA,   3. Ecuador       Special thanks to the great work of our Team Leader Eoin White       and our Team Doctor Cole Bea.  If you would like more detailed feedback contact the coaching staff. Ray Takahashi tak@uwo.ca     James Messenger jmessenger@sd70.bc.ca

The Canadians edged out USA to take home the team title. Ecuador finished in third place. 42- Sam Jagas - Matmen - Gold Medal · Win versus Noah Teaney (USA) 2-5, 1-0, 2-0 · Win versus Elisio Parimango (Peru) 2-0, 1-0 46- Brian Cowan - London Western – Bronze Medal · Loss versus Robinson Rios (Peru) 0-2, 0-4 · Loss versus Julio Zuleta (Ecuador) 3-2, 1-1, 0-1 · Win versus Luis Pinto (Brazil) Pin 50- Jesse Reid - Cattown · Loss versus Alfredo Malqui (Peru) Pin · Loss versus Renaldo Spencer (USA) Pin · Loss versus Jose Solis (Ecuador) Pin · Win versus Haleff Paes (Brazil) Pin 54- Jason Buckle - Mauraders – Gold Medal · Win versus Alexis Olvera (Mexico) 6-0, 7-1 · Win versus Mauricio Sanchez (Ecuador) Pin 58- Matt Jagas - Matmen – Bronze Medal · Loss versus Tyler Goodwin (USA) 0-6, 4-5 · Win versus Dave Giron (Ecuador) Pin 63- Brent Irvine - Smithers · Loss versus Brandon Dias (Mexico) 1-5, 0-6 · Loss versus Connor Kiltz (USA) 0-6, 0-6 69- Reid Watkins - Okotoks – Gold Medal · Win versus Christian Rivas (Ecuador) 5-0, 6-0 · Win versus Carlos Cespede (Peru) 4-0, ? · Win versus Brad Dolezal (USA) 8-1, 5-2 · Win versus Richard Moura (Brazil) 6-0, 6-0 76- Jasmit Phulka - Miri Piri – Silver Medal · Loss versus Travis Malco (USA) Pin · Win versus Pedro Rocha (Brazil) 2-1, 6-0 · Win versus Antonio Ortico (Mexico) 5-3, 1-2, 2-1 85- Amar Dhesi - Khalsa – Bronze Medal · Win verus Renaldo Mikahakene (Brazil) 1-0, 7-0 · Loss versus Kevin Meija (Honduras) 0-2, 0-6 · Loss versus John Bolic (USA) 0-6, 0-6 100- Saheel Khan – Khalsa – Bronze · Loss versus Victor Honoaria (Brazil) 0-2, 0-1 · Loss versus Donnie Horner (USA) 0-6, 0-6

Chanmit Phulka - Gold Medallist at 96kg 2010 Junior Pan Am Championships - Nicaragua 1st match Chanmit beat Dominac Republic 2nd match was the semi final where he won against nicaragua 6-0 3-0and pin. 3rd and final match Chanmit wrestled a usa champion and won int 3rd round 3-1 Chanmit Phulka was the only wrestler who made the Canada junior national alternative team from BC and only Canadian gold medallist. Chanmit trains at the Miri Piri Wrestling Club  - Abbotsford, with coach Sucha Mann. Chanmit is a 2 time provincial champ and national champ.

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For Coaches & Teachers of Wrestling  coachteacher.com   This site provides good information on the basics of Olympic Freestyle and Folk Style wrestling, for coaches in an educational or club based system. We want to encourage educators, coaches and administrators to develop ways to make wrestling practices fun and productive. You can now register for free to this online database. This site has a number of wrestling instructional videos for coaches of all levels. Easy to use search tools, that will help you save time in getting to the video you want. Videos show takedowns, escapes, tilts and turns as well as games and drills.

Sport Nutrition Tip of the Month Sport Nutrition for Parents   Being active in recreational and competitive sports helps children and teens develop lifelong healthy habits. Good nutrition not only supports physical activity, but it also enhances health and sport performances. This month’s Sport Nutrition Tip of the Month “Sport Nutrition for Parents” shares some successful ideas developed by parents of young athletes. To read this article and access our sport nutrition resource site for other nutrition tip sheets in the areas of vitamins and minerals, long distance travel, fluids, gaining weight, losing weight, and dietary supplements, please visit our site at: http://www.coach.ca/eng/nutrition/index.cfm

2009 Canada Summer Games Wrestling Team   Click for Pictures.... Coaches:  Sucha Mann, Mark McRae, Shelley Morten, Lyndsay Belisle and Manager, Danny Einhorn and Steve Rose. MensTeam  42kg - Amrit Sund - WJ Mouat - SILVER 46kg - Gunvir Khosa - Burnaby South - 4th 50kg - Sukhan Chahal - Queen Elizabeth - SILVER 54kg - Isaac Bernard - Guildford Park  - 4th 58kg - OC Safar - Guildford Park  - BRONZE 63kg - Mandeep Sandhu - Abby Traditional - BRONZE 69kg - Michael Cappus - Alberni  - BRONZE 76kg - Fido Sahota - Burnaby Central  - GOLD 85kg - Arjun Gill - North Surrey  - SILVER 100kg - Parm Dhesi - Burnaby Central  - SILVER 115kg - Sunny Dhinsa - WJ Mouat - GOLD 130kg - Navneet Dulat - Abby Traditional - GOLD   Womens Team 40kg - Hiroko Araki - Carson Graham  - GOLD 43kg - Yadira Corbet - Notre Dame - 5th 46kg - Michiko Araki - Carson Graham - BRONZE 49kg - Emma Watt - Carson Graham  - 8th 52kg - Emily Weekes - Carson Graham - BRONZE 56kg - Gina Carpenter - Guildford Park - 5th 60kg - Sarah Morten - Burnaby South - BRONZE 65kg - Ashley Topnik - WJ Mouat  - 5th 70kg - Justina Distasio - Port Moody  - SILVER 80kg - Jenna McLatchy - Chilliwack - BRONZE 80+kg - Cassandra Wild - Argyle - 5th