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2010 South Island Wrestling Championships Results

By Wrestling New Zealand on August 27, 2010

The 2010 South Island Wrestling Championships were held in Timaru on the 14th and 15th of August.

FREESTYLE

Under 10 years

22kg

1^st: Connor Dee (TAI)
24kg

1^st: Ronan Bigelow (CC)
2^nd: Connor Dee (TAI)

26kg

1^st: Corey Campbell (TAI)

28kg

1^st: Corey Campbell (TAI)
2^nd: Ambrose Bigelow (CC)
3^rd: Kyran Ayson (CC)

30kg

1^st: Oliver Burgess (TAI)
2^nd: Keegan Fraser (CSO)

36kg

1^st: Jack Todd (CSO)

10 – 13 Years

29 – 32kg

1^st: Kane Tinkler (SC)
2^nd: Sam Taylor (TAI)
3^rd: Anika Fraser (CSO)

35kg

1^st: Hamish Workman (SC)
2^nd: Jack Wooffindin (SC)

38kg

1^st: Xavier Tauwhare (CC)

42kg

1^st: Liam Burgess (TAI)
2^nd: Xavier Tauwhare (CC)
3^rd: Callum Struthers (TAI)

47kg

1^st: Jesse Bowring (RANG)
2^nd: Hayden Bishop (CSO)
3^rd: Tamatea Kapene (RANG)
4^th: Jonathon Samuels (CSO)

53kg

1^st: Kawana Tokona (CSO)
2^nd: Cody Armstrong (SC)
3^rd: Travis Giles (SC)
4^th: Hunter Mielink (CSO)

59kg

1^st: Aloise Reuben (RANG)

14 – 16 Years (Male)

39 – 42kg

1^st: Tyler Abdyukov (SC)

50kg

1^st: Jake Marsh (TAI)

58kg

1^st: Sergei McDowell (CSO)
2^nd: Ethan Winn (SC)
3^rd: Riley Gould (CSO)

63kg

1^st: Jarrod Marsh (TAI)
2^nd: Hayden Smith (RANG)
3^rd: Ryan Van der Lem (CSO)
4^th: Bill Davis-Foster (SC)

69kg

1^st: Jarrod Moffat (SC)
2^nd: Leka McDonald (SC)

76kg

1^st: Andrew Atkinson (CC)
2^nd: Tyler Armstrong (SC)

14 – 16 Years (Female)

65kg

1^st: Hannah Todd (CSO)
2^nd: Macayla Moore (TAI)

65-70kg

1^st: Lucy Nicholson (CC)

JUNIOR (MALE)

46 – 50kg

1^st: Jake Marsh (TAI)

60kg

1^st: Gabor Asztalos (CC)
2^nd: Sergei McDowell (CSO)
3^rd: Ethan Winn (SC)

66kg

1^st: Ricky Welsford (TAI)
2^nd: Ben O’Brien (SC)

74kg

1^st: Jacob Smith (RANG)
2^nd: Jarrod Moffat (SC)
3^rd: Michael Robinson (CSO)

84kg

1^st: Regan Wyllie (SC)
2^nd: Flo Rades (CSO)

JUNIOR (FEMALE)

63kg

1^st: Hannah Todd (CSO)

67kg

1^st: Jessica Todd (CSO)
2^nd: Hannah Todd (CSO)

72kg

1^st: Lucy Nicholson (CC)

SENIOR (MALE)

66kg

1^st: Ricky Welsford (TAI)
2^nd: Ben O’Brien (SC)

74kg

1^st: Jacob Smith (RANG)

84kg

1^st: Regan Wyllie (SC)
2^nd: Jacob Smith (RANG)
3^rd: Flo Rades (CSO)

96kg

1^st: Sam Belkin (CC)
2^nd: Mark Hogarth (RANG)
3^rd: Patrick Taylor (CC)
4^th: Darren Rogers (CSO)

96-120kg

1^st: Jeremy Hall (CSO)

SENIOR (FEMALE)

67kg

1^st: Jessica Todd (CSO)

GRECO ROMAN

LIGHTWEIGHT OPEN

1^st: Ricky Welsford (TAI)

MIDDLEWEIGHT OPEN

1^st: Flo Rades (CSO)
2^nd: Jacob Smith (RANG)

HEAVYWEIGHT OPEN

1^st: Darren Rogers (CSO)
2^nd: Jeremy Hall (CSO)

GRAPPLING – NO Gi

JUNIOR (MALE)

Absolute

1^st: Ben Brown (GOD)

SENIOR (MALE)

80kg

1^st: Tony Devries (GOD)
2^nd: Simon Wooffindin (SC)
3^rd: Gary Dellow (SC)

90kg

1^st: Philip Lindsay (GOD)

110kg

1^st: Philip Lindsay (GOD)
2^nd: Jeremy Hall (CSO)

Absolute

1^st: Patrick Taylor (CC)
2^nd: Ben Brown (GOD)

GRAPPLING – Gi

JUNIOR (MALE)

Absolute

1^st: Ben Brown (GOD)

SENIOR (MALE)

80kg

1^st: Tony Devries (GOD)
2^nd: Simon Wooffindin (SC)
3^rd: Gary Dellow (SC)

90kg

1^st: Philip Lindsay (GOD)

Absolute

1^st: Philip Lindsay (GOD)
2^nd: Ben Brown (GOD)
3^rd: Patrick Taylor (CC)

Abbreviations

CC         -    Crichton Cobbers
CSO       -    Combat Sport Otago
GOD       -    Gracie Oceania Dunedin
SC         -    South Canterbury
TAI       -    Taieri
RANG     -    Rangiora

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South Island Combat Sports Camp July 30 to August 1

By Wrestling New Zealand on August 17, 2010

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Excellent would be an understated description of this training camp. The Combat Sport School Dunedin had planned this for many months and could not be more pleased with the support and outcome. Admittedly it was a cold winter’s night on Friday, July 30 when coaches and participants arrived at the camp sometime after dark. Unfortunately the road sign Wesleydale Camp had been lost to the wind and at the 12th hour was replaced with a new sign pointing into the camp entranceway reading Camp Todd complete with the Todd Group logo. This caused some minor confusion with guests arriving and looking for a Wesleydale camp sign.

Thanks to Todd Group unarmed combat members and Combat Sports Otago wrestlers and their families for assisting with the camp preparation the weekend before. The MMA cage was erected around the walls of the hall and the hall floor was covered in mats ready for a good weekends training. The fire was lit for the Friday evening arrivals and the chiller and kitchen pantry were well stocked with plenty of fuel to keep the participants going.

After getting settled in and having a good old catch up and some supper it was time to brave the cold and head from the hall for the former Army huts accommodation. Come morning and Paulette was hard at work cooking up a good breakfast for the slow to awaken young wrestlers and grapplers.

After breakfast it was freestyle wrestling under the control of Kevin McLaughlin Peter Berry Alan Rolton Steve Wylie and Dimitri Kortz. Employing a rotational coaching system every group of participants had exposure to each coaches techniques and this proved to be an effective and beneficial way of providing such training.

The next two hours were BJJ instructed by the highly skilled coach and competitor from Brazil Johnny Gui. Johnny delivered the class a very well presented and well-received look at some fine ground combat sports that impressed the participants and other coaches alike.

After lunch I provided an introduction to Cage boxing or as it is also known dirty boxing for MMA. Holding and hitting clinching with punch combinations and a general look at boxing skills not applicable to the Marquess of Queensberry were the rule of thumb.

Greco Roman wrestling delivered by Kevan McLaughlin from the Rangiora club renowned for his expertise and practise of Greco and with a record of producing some of our best Greco competitors along with Dimitri Kortz a coach with an extensive background in Greco from his home country Russia delivered what could only be described as a revealing look at the powerful and highly skilful code of Greco. The participants well aware of how strong this code of wrestling is were keen to learn the basic principles behind it. I heard participants talking of UFC fighters of Greco backgrounds and how impressed they were with such individuals and the code of Greco-Roman wrestling. Being introduced to the skills behind power techniques that enabled them to lift a training partner from the ground turn them around and stand them up surprised many a participant. This introduction to the ancient sport of Greco-Roman wrestling was a highlight for a lot of the attendees.

Submission grappling was next up instructed by Yoshi Takano and Dimitri Korzh and this training provided good grounding in techniques applicable to Fila international grappling competition in New Zealand in both the gi and non-gi submission grappling codes. The environment being totally beneficial to learning and individual improvement at all levels enabled the participants to not only learn the individual instructors specific techniques but also ask and have the questions answered in relation to a wide range of competitive grappling techniques.

The remainder of the afternoon comprised of continued training in freestyle wrestling as well as mixed martial arts and submission techniques.

After dinner there was an informal meeting in regards to officials and the competition rules aspects of Fila international grappling leading up to the South Island and national championships. In between training combat sports the participants had MMA DVDs playing constantly.

Sunday morning after breakfast continuation training in freestyle wrestling and Fila international grappling was conducted building on the previous day’s training.
Muay Thai instructed by Blake Tomlinson was next up offering not only an introduction to the basic skills but also correction in individual techniques and their delivery.

The Thai boxing was conducted outdoors in a far more pleasant climate than the cold conditions of Friday when the camp commenced. While the Thai boxing was being conducted outdoors the final wrestling training consisted of non-stop explosive wrestling indoors on the mat. This drill saw two wrestlers in action and approximately every 10 seconds one wrestler replaced when another would jump in on the action.
The pace was fast and furious and the very competitive wrestlers in attendance including many national champions enjoyed the challenge and opportunity to test themselves their skills and fellow participants. Then it was a barbecue lunch and time for everyone to depart.

I have received so many positive comments and so much positive feedback in regards to this camp and would like to include some such mention in conclusion. The coaches were of such a high level and delivered freely their favourite techniques. There was nothing but positives when it came to the coaches working together and the same was with all of the participants. To see coaches assisting one another and learning from one another especially in combat sports codes very different to their area of expertise proved how innovative willing and open minded the coaches were. I heard from some of the least experienced combat sports participants how nice national champions were to them in training and how willing they were to assist anyone regardless of their ability. The training was conducted with care and respect for training partner’s safety at all times.

There were unanimous thanks to Trish and Paulette for the wonderful meals and assistance given to all in attendance. There are so many individual positives we heard in relation to coaches and the individual techniques such as how good Peter Berry’s 2 point tilts are and Steve Wylie’s leg laces, how smooth and supple Johnny Gui and his BJJ is, how knowledgeable Dimitri is and how he provided clear technique reasoning and Kevan not only delivered top technique but gave individual assistance to everyone specific to them as individuals and their needs, Yoshi really gave his all in grappling and also brought some good humour to the camp, Alan assisted all wrestlers and coaches with correcting and assisting their wrestling techniques and was all over the mat,Blakes enthusiasm could be heard high in the hills above the camp and he was flexible and innovative in his use of equipment and facilities and of course his fine use of the English language was just what up and coming fighters needed.
I was told my dirty tricks were well really dirty and I’m not sure it that was a compliment or shock horror.

We received many positive comments in regards to the camp providing the opportunity for all ages and abilities of participants to partake or observe in any training with out question. The next camp will be a summer camp with some boot camp aspects for those that are into and up to it.

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Grand Prix of Spain

By Wrestling New Zealand on July 18, 2010

As part of their build-up for the Commonwealth Games in October, the six member NZ team took part in the Grand Prix of Spain event on 10 – 11 July in Madrid. Getting between 1 & 4 bouts was valuable preparation for what lies ahead.

Results:

Senior freestyle – Andrei Paulet (66kg) won his first round bout (4,0) (3,0) against Evgeni Chigrin (Israel), before meeting the eventual Gold medalist Martin Daum (Germany), losing (0,5) (0,3). Because of his loss to a finalist, he came back into the repechage where he lost to Zhirair Hovhannistan (Armenia) (0,7) (0,3). He finished in 11th place, 8 spots above his Aussie rival, Mehrdad Tarash. South African Heinrich Barnes took a bronze medal.

Steve Hill (84kg) met Istuan Vereb (Hungary) in the first round and was unable to advance any further (0,13) (0,4). Vereb eventually finished in 7th place, behind Australian Gene Kapaufs who was 5th=. Gerald Meyer took another bronze medal for South Africa.

After an opening round bye, Aaron Quinlan (96kg) drew a major Commonwealth rival in Anuj Kumar (India), losing a close match (0,5) (0,3). A South African and an Indian wrestler finished 5th= in this weight.

Nick Lane (120kg) had a busy day, with four bouts against Kazahkstan, Spain, India and Hungary. Despite not being able to come up with a victory, the mat time stands him in good stead for the Games.

Senior Greco-Roman – Sam Belkin (96kg) had one bout against Jose Castillo (Spain) and did well to score points in both rounds, but was unable to advance any further, losing (2,6) (1,3), with an unfortunate ref’s call near the end. Thanks to his points scored, he finished in 8th place, one place behind the Indian, and second of the 3 Commonwealth wrestlers entered.

Senior Female – Sian Law (51kg) had a first round bye before meeting Alexandra Englehardt (Germany), the eventual bronze medalist. The points finished up at (0,10) (0,5). Australian rival Kyla Bremner finished 5th=.

The freestyle men are now in a training camp with 42 other wrestlers & Sian is in a female camp with 56 female wrestlers.

After the camps, the freestylers go on to Sheffied, England, where they will compete in the Great Britain Cup on the 16 – 17th July.

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Young American shares his passion for the mat

By Wrestling New Zealand on July 16, 2010

The Americans who come to New Zealand always seem to be such knowledgeable and confident speakers.

No different to this Ahmad Elhajj (18) has came to this country this month for his summer break. Ahmed is a Civil Engineering student at the University of Virginia. Ahmad’s father is on the board of local civil engineering company, Framecad Solutions and was able to get him temporary employment.

But Ahmads true sporting passion is wrestling. He is a member of his University team. He says wrestling is very big in the states. Whereas there are estimated between twenty and thirty coaches in the entire country of New Zealand, there are twenty thousand coaches in the New York state alone.

Pictured here with NZ Champion and recent Auckland Champion Clinton Davies, Ahmad thrilled the local Club Physical team by teaching them a series of new moves that they had not seen before.

Ahmad says “I love teaching and I love the sport. If I could wrestle all day I would!”.

Ahmad will compete along with the Club Physical team at the Counties Manukau championship on July 27th.

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2010 North Island Championships

By Wrestling New Zealand on June 29, 2010

Results from the 2010 North Island Championships, held in Hawera on June 26th 2010.

10-13 boys.

29kg
1st Jett Sullivan – Tawa

32kg

1st Jeremy Thurston – Featherston
2nd Jett Sullivan – Tawa
3rd Jordan Thurston – Featherston

35kg

1st Tyler Corbet – Katikati
2nd James Dodd – Counties-Hunua
3rd Ronan Graham – Tawa
4th Jack Scrimshaw – Waikanae

38kg

1st Sean Mc Coll – Alton
2nd Kellym Chapman – Mt Maunganui
3rd Trey Togo – Club Physical
4th Cody Jones – Mt Maunganui

42kg

1st Triston Williams – Featherston
2nd Dion Rutten – Waikanae
3rd Sam Adlington – Counties-Hunua
4th Alex-Daniel Ferreirs – Silverbacks
5th Marc Cossey – Alton
6th Tadhg Mc Coll – Alton

47kg

1st Dylan Duffy – Featherston
2nd Vermon Taylor – Club Physical
3rd Sam Dunlop – Counties-Hunua

53kg

1st Marc Bosch – Mt Maunganui
2nd Chance Sullivan – Tawa
3rd Corey Matheson – Counties-Hunua
4th Sean Beamish – Silverbacks
5th Sunee Calder – Alton

59kg

1st Herewini Ammunson – Featherston

66kg

1st Thomas Vatuku – Featherston
2nd Herewini Ammunson – Featherston

10-13 Female

40kg

1st Georgia Keech – Alton

44kg

1st Eden Togo – Club Physical
2nd Georgia Keech – Alton

48kg

1st Merinda Bramley – Mt Maunganui

51kg

1st Hannah Mc Coll – Alton

14-16 Boys

39kg

1st Troy Leathard – Counties-Hunua
2nd Wade Lovatt – Featherston

42kg

1st Vance Bell – Waikanae

54kg

1st Michael Crilley – Waikanae
2nd Conner Mc Coll – Alton

58kg

1st Josh Andrew – Counties-Hunua
2nd Regan Sciascia – Waikanae
3rd Luke Weir – Club Physical

63kg

1st Jordan Mellars – Tawa
2nd Patrick Dowd – Counties-Hunua
3rd Brad Grevatt – Counties-Hunua
4th Loan Hermann – Silverbacks
5th Matthew Dowd – Counties-Hunua
6th Luke Taplin – Alton

76kg

1st Nori Olee – Dilworth
2nd Justin Briggs – Dilworth
3rd Joshua Downes – Dilworth
4th Zac Rowland – Counteis-Hunua

85kg

1st Joshua Silbery-Martin – Dilworth
2nd Sean Pyke – Counties-Hunua

100kg

1st Chris Kuyper – Dilworth

100kg+

1st Kitona Ashby-Leota – Dilworth
2nd Chris Kuyper – Dilworth

14-16 Female

52kg

1st Lucy Rutten – Waikanae

56kg

1st Koria Pouri-Lane – Hamilton Hawks
2nd Lucy Rutten – Waikanae

60kg

1st Yvonne Werder – Alton

Junior Female

67kg

1st Megan Candler – Mt Maunganui

Senior Female

55kg

1st Sian Law – Tawa

63kg

1st Shelly Hanbury – Silverbacks

67kg

1st Magan Candler – Mt Maunganui
2nd Shelly Hanbury – Silverbacks

72kg

1st Kim Fraser – Silverbacks

Junior Male

66kg

1st Glen Lambert – Katikati

74kg

1st Ahmad Elhajj – Dilworth
2nd Caylen Greenwood – Katikati
3rd Shane Andrew – Counties-Hunua
4th Dew Grevatt – Counties-Hubua
5th Michael Kuypers – Dilworth
6th Dillon Third – Dilworth
7th Glen Lambert – Katikati
8th William Smith – Tawa
9th Gavin Shipmkan – Silverbacks

84kg

1st Faisal Attayee – Dilworth

120kg

1st Patrick Schischka – Club Physical

Senior Male

74kg

1st Clinton Davies – Club Physical
2nd Soukananh Thingsingh – Dilworth
3rd Richard Beaumont – Dilworth
4th Dan Beazley – Counties-Hunua

84kg

1st Faisal Attayee – Dilworth
2nd Thomas Bailey – Counties-Hunua
3rd Thomas Werder – Alton
4th Charles Ferreria – Silverbacks
5th Sean Manning – Mt Manganui

96kg

1st Jatinder Sardhu – Dilworth
2nd Dan Hayman – Dilworth
3rd Willie Jacobson – Silverbacks
4th Craig Miller – Dilworth

129kg

1st Aaron Quinlan – Hamilton Hawks
2nd Nick Lane – Tawa
3rd Patrick Schischka – Club Physical.

Special Awards

Norm Southern Trophy
Tristan Williams – Featherston

Most Scientific 14-16 yrs
Josh Andrew – Counties-Hunua

Cobb & Co Scientific Junior Male
Ahmad Elhajj – Dilworth

Scientific Female
Megan Candler – Mt Maunganui

Scientific Senior
Aaron Quinlan – Hamilton Hawks

Toatl Bouts 143.
4 Officials
3 Pairmasters.

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New Zealand Wrestling Team for the Commonwealth Games

By Wrestling New Zealand on June 29, 2010

Women

Freestyle, under-51kg: Sian Law (Wellington)

Men

Freestyle under-120kg: Nick Lane (Wellington)

Under-96kg: Aaron Quinlan (Hamilton)

Under-84kg: Stephen Hill (Christchurch)

Under-66kg: Andrei Paulet (Auckland)

Greco-Roman

Under-96kg: Sam Belkin (Christchurch)

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2010 Otago Wrestling Championships Results

By Wrestling New Zealand on June 17, 2010

The 2010 Otago Wrestling Championships were held in Mosgiel on 13 June, 2010.

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FREESTYLE

Under 10 years

20kg

1^st: Blake Darling (TAI)

22kg

1^st: Ronan Bigelow (CC)

2^nd: Blake Darling (TAI)

26kg

1^st: Corey Campbell (TAI)

2^nd: Ambrose Bigelow (CC)

3^rd: Oscar Darling (TAI)

28kg

1^st: Keegan Fraser (CSO)

30kg

1^st: Arnica Fraser (CSO)

2^nd: Oliver Burgess (TAI)

3^rd: Keegan Fraser (CSO)

33kg

1^st: Jack Todd (CSO)

2^nd: Jacob King (CSO)

36kg

1^st: Bailey Wallace (CSO)

48kg

1^st: Watene Webb (CSO)

10 – 13 Years

29 – 32kg

1^st: Hamish Workman (SC)

2^nd: Kane Tinkler (SC)

3^rd: Sam Taylor (TAI)

4^th: Jack Wooffindin (SC)

42kg

1^st: Liam Burgess (TAI)

47kg

1^st: Hayden Bishop (CSO)

2^nd: Liam Burgess (TAI)

3^rd: April Sule (TAI)

53kg

1^st: Kawana Tokona (CSO)

2^nd: Aloise Reuben (RANG)

3^rd: Jesse Bowring (RANG)

59kg

1^st: George Snuggs (SC)

2^nd: Harrison McNally (TAI)

14 – 16 Years (Male)

39 – 42kg

1^st: Tyler Abdyukov (SC)

50kg

1^st: Jake Marsh (TAI)

2^nd: Cody Armstrong (SC)

54kg

1^st: Ethan Winn (SC)

58kg

1^st: Ethan Winn (SC)

2^nd: Gabor Asztalos (CC)

3^rd: Ryan Van der Lem (CSO)

4^th: Bill Davis Foster (SC)

5^th: Tyson Toa (SC)

63kg

1^st: Jarrod Moffat

2^nd: Jarrod Marsh (TAI)

69kg

1^st: Lee Van der Lem (CSO)

2^nd: Andrew Atkinson (CC)

3^rd: Leka McDonald (SC)

4^th: Chris Morrison (TAI)

14 – 16 Years (Female)

60kg

1^st: Hannah Todd (CSO)

65kg

1^st: Hannah Todd (CSO)

2^nd: Macayla Moore (TAI)

JUNIOR (MALE)

46 – 50kg

1^st: Jake Marsh (TAI)

55kg

1^st: Ethan Winn (SC)

2^nd: Jake Marsh (TAI)

66kg

1^st: Ben O’Brien (SC)

74kg

1^st: Regan Wyllie (SC)
2^nd: Ben O’Brien (SC)

SENIOR (MALE)

74kg

1^st: Scott MacGregor (SC)

2^nd: Regan Wyllie (SC)

3^rd: Ben O’Brien (SC)

4^th: Caleb Steven (CSO)

96kg

1^st: Darren Rogers (CSO)

GRAPPLING – NO Gi

JUNIOR (MALE)

70kg

1^st: Logan Smith (CSO)

SENIOR (MALE)

65kg

1^st: Chris McLennan (CSO)

70kg

1^st: Caleb Steven (CSO)

2^nd: Craig Wright (TAI)

3^rd: Logan Smith (CSO)

4^th: Chris McLennan (CSO)

75kg

1^st: Scott MacGregor (SC)

2^nd: Savan Sarian (CSO)

3^rd: Mitch McKay (FJ)

4^th: Gregory Watson (FJ)

80kg

1^st: Anton Ellis (FJ)

2^nd: Benoit Auvrey (GOD)

3^rd: Peter Minihinick (GOD)

4^th: David Leacock-Johnson (FJ)

5^th: Joshua Jenkins (FJ)

6^th: Ryan Henry (CSO)

7^th: Gary Dellow (SC)

90kg

1^st: Peter Clinch (GOD)

2^nd: Stuart Marks (GOD)

3^rd: Simon Wooffindin (SC)

4^th: Jarrod Halligan (GOD)

5^th: Jerard Constable (CSO)

6^th: Craig Shaw (GOD)

7^th: Bob Gilespie (GOD)

110kg

1^st: Philip Lindsay (GOD)

2^nd: James McCarthy (GOD)

3^rd: Daniel Wadsworth (CSO)

4^th: Oliver Bland (GOD)

SENIOR (FEMALE)

65kg

1^st: Joy Crowley (GOD)

GRAPPLING – Gi

JUNIOR (MALE)

70kg

1^st: Logan Smith (CSO)

SENIOR (MALE)

65kg

1^st: Chris McLennan (CSO)

70kg

1^st: Logan Smith (CSO)

2^nd: Chris McLennan (CSO)

75kg

1^st: Savan Sarian (CSO)

2^nd: Gregory Watson (FJ)

80kg

1^st: Benoit Auvrey (GOD)

2^nd: Gary Dellow (SC)

3^rd: Peter Minihinick (GOD)

4^th: Ryan Henry (CSO)

5^th: Anton Ellis (FJ)

6^th: Joshua Jenkins (FJ)

90kg

1^st: Peter Clinch (GOD)

2^nd: Stuart Marks (GOD)

3^rd: Bob Gilespie (GOD)

4^th: Craig Shaw (GOD)

5^th: Simon Wooffindin (SC)

6^th: Jarrod Halligan (GOD)

110kg

1^st: Philip Lindsay (GOD)

2^nd: Oliver Bland (GOD)

3^rd: James McCarthy (GOD)

4^th: Daniel Wadsworth

SENIOR (FEMALE)

65kg

1^st: Joy Crowley (GOD)

Abbreviations

CC - Crichton Cobbers

CSO - Combat Sport Otago

GOD - Gracie Oceania Dunedin

SC - South Canterbury

TAI - Taieri

RANG - Rangiora

FJ - Farm Jitsu

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2010 South Canterbury Wrestling Championships Results

By Wrestling New Zealand on June 17, 2010

The 2010 South Canterbury Wrestling Championships were held in Timaru on 23 May, 2010.

FREESTYLE

Under 10 years

20kg

1st: Shaydin Pennicott (SC)

22kg

1^st: Ronan Bigelow (CC)

2^nd: Shaydin Pennicott (SC)

3^rd: Connor Dee (TAI)

24kg

1^st: Shayla Tinkler (SC)

26kg

1^st: Corey Campbell (TAI)

2^nd: Ambrose Bigelow (CC)

3^rd: Caleb Odgen (RANG)

4^th: Shayla Tinkler (SC)

28kg

1^st: Kyran Ayson (CC)

30kg

1^st: Oliver Burgess (TAI)

2^nd: Razeya Monaghan (CC)

3^rd: Kyran Ayson (CC)

33kg

1^st: Jack Todd (CSO)

39kg

1^st: Jayden Odgen (RANG)

10 – 13 Years

29 – 32kg

1^st: Hamish Workman (SC)

2^nd: Jack Wooffindin (SC)

3^rd: Sam Taylor (TAI)

4^th: Oshay Pennicott (SC)

5^th: Kane Tinkler (SC)

42kg

1^st: Travis Giles (SC)

2^nd: Liam Burgess (TAI)

53kg

1^st: Kawana Tokona (CSO)

59kg

1^st: Aloise Reuben (RANG)

2^nd: George Snuggs (SC)

3^rd: Harrison McNally (TAI)

66kg

1^st: Jacob Pepper-Edwards (RANG)

14 – 16 Years (Male)

39 – 42kg

1^st: Tyler Abdyukov (SC)

50kg

1^st: Jake Marsh (TAI)

2^nd: Cody Armstrong (SC)

54kg

1^st: Ethan Winn (SC)

58kg

1^st: Ethan Winn (SC)

2^nd: Gabor Asztalos (CC)

3^rd: Ryan Van der Lem (CSO)

4^th: Bill Davis Foster (SC)

63kg

1^st: Jarrod Moffat

2^nd: Jarrod Marsh (TAI)

3^rd: Leka McDonald (SC)

69kg

1^st: Lee Van der Lem (CSO)

2^nd: Andrew Atkinson (CC)

3^rd: Chris Morrison (TAI)

4^th: Tyler Armstrong (SC)

76kg

1^st: Jesse Wilkins (TAI)

14 – 16 Years (Female)

65kg

1^st: Lucy Nicholson (CC)

2^nd: Macayla Moore (TAI)

JUNIOR (MALE)

46 – 50kg

1^st: Jake Marsh (TAI)

55kg

1^st: Ethan Winn (SC)

2^nd: Aaron Dee (TAI)

3^rd: Jake Marsh (TAI)

66kg

1^st: Ben O’Brien (SC)

2^nd: Jarrod Moffat (SC)

74kg

1^st: Regan Wyllie (SC)
2^nd: Alex Rangi (DIL)

3^rd: Elliot Thomas (CC)

4^th: Michael Robinson (CSO)

84kg

1^st: Kade Wilson (SC)

JUNIOR (FEMALE)

63kg

1st: Tayla Ford (DIL)

67kg

1^st: Tayla Ford (DIL)

2^nd: Lucy Nicholson (CC)

SENIOR (MALE)

50 – 55kg

1^st: Aaron Dee (TAI)

66kg

1^st: Ben O’Brien (SC)

74kg

1^st: Ben O’Brien (SC)

2^nd: Regan Wyllie (SC)

3^rd: Alex Rangi (DIL)

96kg

1^st: Pattrick Ford (DIL)

SENIOR (FEMALE)

63kg

1^st: Tayla Ford (DIL)

GRAPPLING – NO Gi

JUNIOR (FEMALE)

65kg

1^st: Lucy Nicholson (CC)

SENIOR (MALE)

80kg

1^st: Benoit Auvrey (GOD)

90kg

1^st: Peter Clinch (GOD)

2^nd: Benoit Auvrey (GOD)

3^rd: Simon Wooffindin (SC)

110kg

1^st: Philip Lindsay (GOD)

2^nd: James McCartney (GOD)

3^rd: Norm Jones (DIL)

GRAPPLING – Gi

SENIOR (MALE)

110kg

1^st: James McCartney (GOD)

2^nd: Philip Lindsay (GOD)

Abbreviations

CC - Crichton Cobbers

CSO - Combat Sport Otago

DIL - Dilworth

GOD - Gracie Oceania Dunedin

SC - South Canterbury

TAI - Taieri

RANG - Rangiora

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Stephen Hill

By Wrestling New Zealand on June 9, 2010

Stephen was born in Christchurch and wrestles for both the Rangiora wrestling club and Crighton Cobbers wrestling club. He played 1st 15 rugby as an 82kg front row prop forward while at St Bedes College. When training in New Zealand he lives in Kaiapoi and when in Russia Vladikavkaz North Osetia.

Steve began wrestling in 1999 at age 7 years under Kevan McLaughlan and is still coached by Kevan along with Rodney Jarman and Savily Bazirov. Stephen’s father Gordon wrestled himself as a youngster as well as his younger brother. Steve has been wrestling for 21 years now and is one New Zealand senior freestyle and GReco titles in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 as well as many provincial local and South Island titles. Internationally Steve has proved to be for minimal winning a British junior freestyle championship title in 2002 and in 2010 was 20th at the world championships.

Steve’s future wrestling plans include more training in Russia this year followed by representing New Zealand at the Commonwealth games and the London Olympics in 2012. When asked what wrestlers have influenced him the most he replied the entire Ossetian wrestling team from the kids through to the seniors.

Steve’s favourite techniques are leg shots always applied with the right set ups he adds. Steve considers the strongest competitors he has come up against to date in the Commonwealth are the Indians and in the world the Russians.

When Steve was asked out of any former wrestlers or wrestling greats you aspire to be like, he replied no I want to achieve success with my own style of wrestling.

Steve has been reasonably injury free throughout his wrestling career apart from a major tear in his left ACL received during training in Russia that led to having to fly back to New Zealand for an operation. Wrestling being a minority sport in New Zealand especially in the senior division and heavier weights makes finding training partners more difficult for Steve.

Stephen Hill (right) during his training in Russia

While the New Zealand he enjoys training with anyone especially those around his weight division and in Russia it’s a case them all being excellent training partners especially the world and Olympic champions.

Steve’s entire sports focus is on wrestling and he does not train in or compete in any other sports or combat sports and for cross training he commits to a lot of hill running with lesser weight training and high levels of wrestling training for conditioning and developing his skills.

Stephen Hill during wrestling competition at Crichton Cobbers

In relation to special diets and foods Steve has Rodney Jarman to thank for his metabolic typing diet that provided an amazing lifestyle change.

When asked who is your greatest fan and what are your greatest physical attributes Steve replied respectively my family and speed power and determination.

Steve enjoys the odd meat pie but not your normal meat pie; he’s a big fan of Ossetian pies. Personal likes and dislikes in music for Steve include as he puts it good music and a range of everything. He tells us he has at pet cat that is ginger and eats heaps, just like him. One of Steve’s favourite past times is travelling that goes hand-in-hand with wrestling for him. He would like to go to South America and the Antarctica to have visited all seven continents.

Steve drives a Mitsubishi Gallant that has run out of registration and its warrant of fitness because he is never here to drive it. Given the choice of calf he would like a 1979 Mitsubishi Gallant GTO.

Steve’s best friends both in New Zealand and Russia are either current or former wrestlers.

Kevan McLaughlan taught Steve well in relation to pre-match preparation and the importance of a full body warm-up and not just swinging your arms around, he performs this as he puts it great warm up every time before he goes on the mat.

Steve enjoys both city life and the great outdoors explaining they both have good and bad points and it’s nice to have a good mix.

When asked what hobbies do you have he said planning my next triple way and in relation to following other sports football especially Liverpool FC but also he enjoys watching all other sports.

Steve works for Christchurch Cool Stores and has for the past 10 years.

When asked what you consider your greatest strengths and weaknesses he replied my greatest strength would be my determination and weaknesses couldn’t say. Steve is six-foot and weighs 84kgs and describes himself as an early morning person.

Steve’s favourite wrestling website is www.fila-wrestling.com and his favourite brand of wrestling boot is Adidas. He enjoys watching wrestling on FILA web TV or YouTube.

Steve’s favourite television programs are Man vs Wild, flash forward and the colony and his favourite movies are snatch, the Godfather and find me guilty. His favourite movie stars include Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Vin diesel and Jason Statham.

His ultimate goal in wrestling is the Commonwealth and Olympic games.

Originally published on Fight Times.

Posted in Faces of NZ Wrestling

Ricky Welsford

By Wrestling New Zealand on June 9, 2010

Ricky Welsford began wrestling at age 7 at the Taieri wrestling club.

His first wrestling coach was Steve Wylie who trained and moulded Ricky from that early age developing that raw and enthusiastic talent into a formidable wrestler.

The first tournament Ricky can remember as a 20kg youngster was the Taieri championships where he begun his winning way.

I asked Ricky what he considers his greatest achievement to date in wrestling and he replied being placed fourth at the youth Commonwealth games 2008 Pune India.

He also considered the Australian national championships in 2008 an excellent tournament with top competitors.

After this interview Ricky is preparing along with the South Canterbury club to be part of a South Island development squad heading for the United States.

This trip will include training and competing in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the New Mexico games and also in Los Angeles. In New Zealand the strongest competition for Ricky comes from the South African twins Rhudi and Tonie Redelinghuys and South Canterbury’s Ben O’Brien.

Ricky has been reasonably injury free over his wrestling career except for a thumb dislocation and recent lower back and hip injury.

I asked Ricky what his goal is and he reluctantly revealed it would be competing at the Commonwealth games in 2010 and hopefully his dream come true in wrestling would be competing at the Olympic games.

Ricky has also played rugby softball and touch rugby but wrestling is his first love and all his efforts and time involve wrestling or wrestling related training now and so he has given all other sports away.

Ricky cross trains in weightlifting at the Olympic gym Mosgiel five days a week focusing on training one muscle group per day.

Since Ricky’s foundation coach Steve Wylie has left the Taieri wrestling club he has been trained by Justin Winter Aaron Miller and now again by Justin Winter.

Ricky’s younger brother Craig a former national wrestling champion has been a very successful wrestler in his own right but recently has decided to take a break from wrestling.

Blair Welsford is not involved in wrestling but is very proud of Ricky’s achievements.

Ricky’s mother Bronwyn is very actively involved with wrestling not only at the Taieri wrestling club but she is also a wrestling pair master nationally and internationally.

Ricky’s stepfather Wayne Smith is a respected member of the Taieri wrestling club as well as being a committee member for the New Zealand secondary schools wrestling Association and is a team manager for the Taieri wrestling club.

Ricky is short on training partners of his calibre at the Taieri club at present and finds his best training partners in Justin Winter and Madison Greeves.

Ricky has won virtually every title available to him in New Zealand with only a down unders games title eluding him.

He considers the toughest wrestler he has met in competition to date was the Nigerian Wilson Ebikeweimo who he faced at the youth commonwealth games in India.

Ricky’s favourite technique currently is the chicken wing but he has a full repertoire of match winning techniques.

Looking back as a youngster in his early wrestling days the wrestler Ricky most aspired to be like was Aaron Miller and he also considered Scott McGregor to be a good wrestler.

Ricky is his last year at Taieri College and hopes to join the NZ Army and possibly after that the New Zealand police force.

I asked Ricky a few questions about life outside wrestling and these were his honest answers.

Interests outside wrestling: anything involving physical training.

Girlfriend: not at present too busy training and wrestling.

Favourite food: Subway.

Favourite TV program: Home and away.

Any pets: a dog named Charlie and a cat named Sooty.

Greatest assistance with your wrestling: my mum.

Thanks Ricky for sharing some of your wrestling and personal life with us and good luck for your promising future in wrestling.

Originally published in Fight Times.

Posted in Faces of NZ Wrestling

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