Wrestling Canada Lutte May Newsletter

Juniors looking to gain experience at Pan Am Championships

Wrestling Canada Lutte is sending a team of 18 to the 2019 Junior Pan American Championships taking place in Guatemala City from June 5 to 7.
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Canada Flourishes at Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial Tournament 

Canada’s Juniors and Seniors competed at the Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial, a UWW Ranking Series tournament, in Sassari, Italy at the end of May taking home 18 medals.

Both of Canada’s senior women’s gold medal wins came by fall with Linda Morais pinning Kumari Manju, of India, to claim the 59 kg title while 2016 Olympic gold medallist Erica Wiebe closed out the tournament for Canada by pinning 2012 Olympic gold medallist Natalia Vorobeva, of Russia, to win gold at 76 kg in what could be a marquee match-up heading into Tokyo. 

Canada’s senior women’s team also took home the overall team score trophy with a total score of 147 points, 27 more than 2nd place Russia. 
 

       
       
                                               
                                                Results

Hannah Taylor Wins WW 57 KG Wrestle Off 

Hannah Taylor, from the Brock Wrestling Club, defeated Alex Town in a 6-6 match, winning on criteria earlier this month in Toronto.

Taylor has earned the right to represent Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and 2019 Senior World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. 

2019 Canada Cup Registration Date Extended

Registration for the 2019 Canada Cup in Calgary, Alberta has been extended to Monday June 3rd at 5 PM ET.
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Registration for 2019 Non-Olympic Senior World Team Trials

Registration is open for 2019 Non-Olympic Weight Senior World Team Trials in Calgary, Alberta. The registration deadline is Friday June 21, 2019. 
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Call for Nominations – Board of Directors 2019

Wrestling Canada Lutte is seeking nominations for its volunteer Board of Directors. Nomination deadline is Monday June 3, 2019
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