Feature News TOP LINKS  The Month of JUNE 1.  Athletes identified to take part in Provincial developmental programs leading up to the Canada Games in August, 2009.  Click to view athletes & programs a)   2009 Canada Games Team Selection b)  First stage 2009 Canada Summer Games Ladder tournament results:  Dec. 29. 2008 c)  Current rankings for the Canada Games Ladder, using the following events 1.  WOF 2.  Xmas Trials 3.  Age Class 4.  Provincials 5.  Nationals Note: Cadets earn half points when competing at Cadet Age Events. Points have also been tabulated as per the pro rated amount when less than 6 wrestlers in the weight.  2.  "Make Ethical Decisions"   As part of the new coaching certification program, all coaches IN CANADA are required to complete this on-line excercise, as a component of coaching certification.  3.  BC Wrestling Officials Association - Join Our Team!!   Click here for more details.

Canada Games Trials - Summerland June 29th The 2009 Canada Games Trials will be held in Summerland, BC on June 29th. Athletes are asked to register for the trials by June 1st. Click Here for June 1 Trials Registration for the TRIALS. The Team BC Registration System is now available. A Team BC Instruction Manual can be found at the bottom of the registration page and is also attached here. Please print this off and follow along with it as you register. It will ensure that you don’t miss any steps in the process. The first page lists all the information you need to have with you before you start to register, so gather that first. Then proceed to http://teambc.org/registration/login/?&z={07E604&z={61EA59 and follow through each section. You MUST fill out each section, even when the questions seem to repeat. Please make sure you complete all sections of the registration system. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your coach, mission staff or Tami Tate, Team BC Operations Manager at tamit@teambc.org or 250.595.8381. Email is the best way to contact me.  Athletes MUST register on the Team BC Website prior to competing on the trials.    Click Here for Instructions Canada Games Ladder Procedure The final 2009 Canada Games Trials will be based on a ladder system. The ladder will occur as follows: Persons seeded 4th or lower on the ladder, or un-seeded athletes will wrestle in an initial mini-tournament (round robin if 5 or less, bracketed if more than 5). The winner of the mini- tournament wrestles the #3 seed on the ladder. The winner of the match wrestles the #2 seed. The winner then wrestles the #1 seed in a best-of-three series, with the winner of 2 matches declared the 2009 Canada Games Trials Winner. Canada Games Trials Winners are expected to adhere to the Canada Games training plan. Canada Games coaches reserve the right to make final team selections. If coaches consider that the Trials Champion is not maintaining his or her training and preparation for the Games, the Trials Champion may be removed from the team and an alternate put in his or her place.  Updated ladder rankings are listed above. For more information, please contact Canada Games Coaching Staff: If you have any questions, please contact us.  Mark McRae mark_mac@shaw.ca Shelley Morten shelleymorten@shaw.ca Danny Einhorn danny.einhorn@sd41.bc.ca Lyndsay Belisle lyndsaybelisle@shaw.ca Steve Rose srose@sd43.bc.ca

Congratulations!! BC members of the Fila-Cadet wrestling team who recently returned from the Victory Cup in Izmir, Turkey.  Pictured in front of the great amphitheatre in Euphuses, Turkey are Hiroko Araki coach -James Messenger Sunny Dhinsa  (Bronze - 100 Kg) Alison Sokalski (Bronze - 60 Kg) .

Online applications are now available! The Coaching Association of Canada is pleased to announce that the General Motors Making Dreams Possible Club Coaching Grant applications are now back online! Dedicated to supporting athletes at all levels through coaching excellence, General Motors’ Making Dreams Possible Program provides one hundred $2,000 club coaching grants and ten $10,000 high performance coach grants to community sport clubs and high performance coaches nationwide on an annual basis. This fall, another 50+ $2,000 grants will be awarded to community sport clubs across the country for coach training and development. The application deadline is September 21, 2009. Apply now and make dreams possible in your community!

Carol Huynh Inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum The British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame announced the selection of eight individuals and two teams for Induction as part of its 2009 class. As part of the 41st induction class, five athletes will be honoured, Lori Bowden (triathlon), Carol Huynh (wrestling), Chris Loseth (horse racing), Paul Parnell (lacrosse), and Larry Walker (baseball). In the builder category, Sohen Gill (lacrosse) and Les McDonald (triathlon) have been selected. Selected in the pioneer category is the Vancouver Dueck Powerglides Wheelchair Basketball Team, and in the media category Archie McDonald. The 2008 Canadian Olympic Men’s Rowing Team has been selected in the team category (rowing). Formal induction into the BC Sports Hall of Fame took place on May 13th, 2009 at the 41st Annual Banquet of Champions at the newly opened Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion. With the induction of these eight individuals and two teams, the total Honoured Members of the BC Sports Hall of Fame will stand at 309 individuals and 54 teams. Carol Huynh – Wrestling 2008 Olympic gold medalist in 48kg women’s freestyle wrestling, Canada’s first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. 2007 Pan American Games gold medallist. Born in Hazelton.

Team BC Success at Juvenile & Cadets in Fredericton (Apr 3-5) BC Wrestling would like to congratulate the following athletes for their achievement. CADETS 42 kg    SILVER      Sund, Amrit - WJM 54 kg    BRONZE   Sandhu, Lovedeep - Miri Piri 58 kg    BRONZE   Gill, Manny - Guru Gobind Singh 63 kg    GOLD        Millar, Roy - Penticton 63 kg    6th place   Kurpiela, Karl - Khalsa WC 69 kg    BRONZE   Phulka, Jasmit - Miri Piri 76 kg    GOLD        Taylor, Isaiah - Alberni 100 kg  GOLD        Dhinsa, Sunny - WJM 115 kg  GOLD        Dhesi, Parm - Khalsa WC 115 kg  SILVER      Mann, Aron - Hargobind 115 kg  BRONZE    Khan, Saheel - Khalsa WC 60 kg    SILVER      Kind, Serena - YALE 70 kg    SILVER      Forbes, Daley - Alberni 90 kg    GOLD         Wild, Cassandra - Capilano JUVENILE 46 kg   6th Place    Chahal, Sukhan - Khalsa 58 kg   BRONZE    Sahota, Harvie - Khalsa WC 63 kg   BRONZE    Basra, Jag - Hargobind 63 kg   5th Place   Sandhu, Mandeep - Miri Piri 69 kg   BRONZE    Cappus, Mike - Alberni 76 kg   BRONZE    Sahota, Balwinder - Khalsa 85 kg   GOLD         Gill, Arjun - Hargobind 85 kg   BRONZE    Phulka, Chanmit - Miri Piri 100 kg  BRONZE   Kaiser, Josh - Khalsa 100 kg  5th Place  Sahota, Jessie - Hargobind 115 kg  GOLD        Black, Wes - Prince George 130 kg  GOLD        Dulat, Navneet - Guru Gobind Singh  130 kg  SILVER      Dhillon, Jesse - Khalsa 46 kg     SILVER     Araki, Michiko - Capilano 52 kg     BRONZE   Weekes, Emily - Capilano 60 kg     SILVER      Sokalski, Alison - Capilano 65 kg     5th Place   Toth, Savannah - Alberni 80 kg     BRONZE    McLatchy, Jenna - Mid Valley

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.