The Indian Head Judo Club was one of seven Newfoundland and Labrador clubs to attend Eighth Annual Blake Lumsden Memorial Judo Tournament in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia last weekend. Four of the five competitors they sent returned home with medals. From left: Chris LaVallee (instructor), Andrew White, Destiny Smith, Eric Gabriel. Missing from photo: Stacey Corbin, Mark Corbin. Lonnie Young photo
Good weekend for area judo clubs
By Lonnie Young
The GeorgianThe two judo clubs from this area attended the Eighth Annual Blake Lumsden Memorial Judo Tournament in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia last weekend and both returned with excellent results. This annual meet featured seven clubs from Newfoundland and Labrador, including the Indian Head Judo Club from Stephenville and the Eagle Point Judo Club from Stephenville Crossing, and saw 216 athletes competing for medals in 58 categories. Indian Head’s Andrew White earned a silver medal in Canada Winter Games (CWG) -60 Kilogram (Kg) Male category while teammates Mark Corbin and Destiny Smith won bronze medals in the Juvenile -42 Kg Male and -44 Kg Female categories respectively. Stacey Corbin rounded out the medal winnings for Indian Head with a bronze medal in the CWG -63 Kg Female category. Eagle Point picked up three gold medals at the meet; Princie Corbin in the Juvenile -63 Kg Female category, Josh Cormier for CWG -66 Kg Male and Ashley Alexander for Peewee +51 Kg Female. Nicholas Corbin earned a silver medal in the Peewee -35 Kg Male category while club-mates Preston King and Kayla Alexander won silver medals in the Cadet -40 Kg Male and -55 Kg Female categories respectively. Jay Blanchard took the silver medal in CWG -73 Kg Male and Marcus Lucas earned bronze in CWG -66 Kg Male. Bethany Russell completed Eagle Point’s impressive medal total with a bronze in the Cadet +55 Kg Female category.
Many of the athletes at the meet took advantage of an instructional camp which was conducted by Amy Cotton, one of Canada’s National Judo team members. According to Chris LaVallee, Indian Head instructor, it was a very informative and useful exercise for many of the local athletes. “She taught some vigorous training techniques as well as several advanced fighting techniques and I know that all of my students enjoyed the camp very much.” Cotton is getting prepared to go to Buenos, Aries, Argentina to compete for Canada at the Pan-American Championships at the end of April. Fonte: http://www.thegeorgian.ca/
Many of the athletes at the meet took advantage of an instructional camp which was conducted by Amy Cotton, one of Canada’s National Judo team members. According to Chris LaVallee, Indian Head instructor, it was a very informative and useful exercise for many of the local athletes. “She taught some vigorous training techniques as well as several advanced fighting techniques and I know that all of my students enjoyed the camp very much.” Cotton is getting prepared to go to Buenos, Aries, Argentina to compete for Canada at the Pan-American Championships at the end of April. Fonte: http://www.thegeorgian.ca/
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