NCWC News, 2014/2015
Canada East Youth Wrestling Festival, May 9th-10th
Ottawa sent four wrestlers to Canada East this year, and also coached alumna Marielle Digweed, who was the only wrestler from her Windsor team to compete. The young wrestlers had a fantastic time at the tournament in Niagara Falls, taking advantage of the coupons for laser tag and other games in the area, learned a lot, and bonded with each other and with the sport of wrestling.
Kid results
Matthew Vecchio: 1-1, silver
Isa Khan: 0-2, bronze
Yusef Khan and Connor Yetman were the only ones in their category; Yusef beat Connor in a 3-match battle for the gold medal. The gameplan for both wrestlers is to grow by next season, so they can start having other wrestlers their size.
Bantam results
Marielle Digweed: 1-2, fifth
Ontario Youth Wrestling Festival, April 25th
The NCWC sent five wrestlers to the Youth Wrestling Festival in Milton, where they also coached alumna Marielle Digweed, who now wrestles with Windsor.
Matthew Vecchio: 1-0, gold
Isa Khan: 1-1, silver
Yusef Khan: 0-2, bronze (one of those losses coming to his brother Isa)
Mitchell Robinson: 2-2, bronze
Canaan Trimm: 0-3
Marielle Digweed: 0-2
On the same day, Devan Larkin wrestled with Team Ontario at the Journeyman Duals in New York. He went 1-2, with his win coming in a weight class up.
Jr. Badgers Youth Tournament, April 4th
The NCWC had the Digweed girls (Rhiannon now with Guelph, Marielle now with Windsor) join them again for a tournament in Beamsville the weekend before Cadet/Juvenile Nationals. Cadet/Juveniles, first years Juniors, and Youth wrestlers were all able to compete.
Isa Khan: 2-1, silver
Yusef Khan: 0-2, bronze
Terrence Stewart: 4-0, gold
Moiz Lakhani: 2-2, fourth
Rhiannon Digweed: 4-0, gold
Marielle Digweed: 2-0, gold
Junior/Senior National Championships, March 21st-22nd
The NCWC had three current wrestlers compete at the Junior/Senior Championships in St. Catherine's, in addition to alumni from across the country.
Senior Freestyle results:
Erica Wiebe (Calgary Dinos Wrestling Club): 3-1, silver
Ilya Abelev (Black Bear Wrestling Club): 5-1, bronze
Alex Brown (Black Bear Wrestling Club): 4-1, bronze
Joe Greer (National Capital Wrestling Club): 1-2
Junior Freestyle results:
Augusta Eve (Team Impact): 3-0, gold
Rhiannon Digweed (Guelph Wrestling Club): 0-2
Emma Crouch (Guelph Wrestling Club): 0-2
Senior Greco-Roman results:
Alex Brown (Black Bear Wrestling Club): 2-1, silver
Joe Greer (National Capital Wrestling Club): 0-3, fourth
Junior Greco-Roman results:
Mahmoud Kenawi (National Capital Wrestling Club): 2-2, bronze
Mohawk Valley International Wrestling Festival, March 14th-15th
The NCWC sent a few wrestlers to Canastota, New York, and gained valuable experience with the National Championships approaching. Alumnae Rhiannon and Marielle Digweed (Rhiannon now wrestling with the University of Guelph, Marielle now wrestling with the Windsor Wrestling Club) came down for the tournament as well, and wrestled with the NCWC.
Rhiannon Digweed: 3-1, silver (with the loss coming to a multi-time American National Champion and a World medalist)
Marielle Digweed: 2-2, bronze
Devan Larkin (competing an age group up in the High School Open division against Juveniles, despite being a Cadet): 3-2, fifth
Maly Muk: 0-1, withdrew due to injury
Joe Greer: 0-2
OFSAA Champoinships, March 3rd-4th
Though it is not a club event, the NCWC was proud to see so many of its wrestlers have successful performances while competing for their high school teams at OFSAA.
Andrea Pretty: 5-1, bronze
Mel Eve: 5-2, fourth
Klara Patel: 3-3, sixth
Adelaide Eve: 2-3, sixth
Evan Takach: 3-2
Devan Larkin: 2-2
Reza Fakhraei: 1-2
Evan Walker: 1-2
Ibrahim Ayoub: 1-2
Dan Allen: 0-2
A few days earlier, club alumnus Ilya Abelev won a CIS gold medal in Edmonton at the 76 kilogram weight class while competing for the University of New Brunswick. This was his fourth CIS title, as he's won it previously at 65, 68, and 72 kilograms. Four CIS gold medals in four times competing and four different weight class is an extremely impressive accomplishment with very little (if any) precedent, the NCWC is very proud to watch Ilya continue to achieve great things as a senior wrestler.
Quebec Provincial Championships, February 21st
On February 21st, Nathan Hoyte and Moiz Lakhani both won gold medals at Quebec Provincials; Nathan in the Cadet division and Moiz in the Bantam division. Both NCWC wrestlers won all their matches by technical superiority. As a resident of Quebec, Nathan qualified for the national championships with this victory. Moiz is a resident of Ontario, but was able to gain valuable experience going into the youth season. Congratulations to both wrestlers!
NCSSAA City Finals, February 18th
While the NCSSAA finals are a high school-sanctioned event, many NCWC wrestlers competed with great success. All who won silver or gold qualified for the OFSAA Championships in Windsor.
Adelaide Eve: gold, 41 kgs
Evan Walker: silver, 47.5 kgs
Mel Eve: gold, 51 kgs
Reza Fakhraei: gold, 57.5 kgs
Evan Takach: gold, 61 kgs
Dan Allen: silver, 61 kgs
Devan Larkin: gold, 61 kgs
Andrea Pretty: gold, 64 kgs
Klara Patel: silver, 67.5 kgs
Maly Muk: bronze, 67.5 kgs
Ibrahim Ayoub: gold, 83 kgs
Renfrew Rumble, February 14th
In a testament to the club's growing youth program, the NCWC sent a strong team of novices, kids, bantams, and cadets to Renfrew's annual tournament for younger wrestlers.
Yusuf Khan: 4-0, gold
Isa Khan: 2-0, gold
Connor Yetman: 2-0, gold
Makhena Guerin: 3-0, gold
Canaan Trimm: 3-1, silver
Moiz Lakhani: 2-1, silver
Evan Walker: 2-1, silver
Jack Gaetz: 0-3, silver (one very tough opponent in his category, wrestled him three times)
Nathaniel Holder: 2-1, silver
Mitchell Robinson: 1-2, bronze
On the same day, NCWC alumni across the country competed at CIS qualifiers in Ontario (Tom Marshall with Queen's, and Rhiannon Digweed with Guelph), Western Canada (Ben Christopher with Winnipeg), and Atlantic Canada (Ilya Abelev with New Brunswick). Ben won bronze and Ilya won gold, qualifying them both for the for the Canadian Interuniversity Championships in Edmonton.
Junior and Cadet/Juvenile Provincial Championships
On January 31st, Evan Takach competed in the 60-kilogram weight class at the Ontario Junior Provincial Championships in Hamilton. He went 3-3 in a tough category, wrestling six matches in three hours and the last three matches in one hour, with exactly twenty-minute breaks in between. He finished in sixth place.
NCWC alumni Tom Marshall (Queen's) and Rhiannon Digweed (Guelph) also competed at Juniors, with Rhiannon finishing second in the 51-kilogram category.
The Cadet/Juvenile Provincial Championships were the next weekend, held on February 7th-8th. The NCWC sent fourteen wrestlers, and finished with three medals and three more on the podium. Congratulations to everyone who competed.
Cadet/Juvenile Provincials results
Devan Larkin: 4-0, gold
Klara Patel: 1-1, silver
Adelaide Eve: 1-1, silver
Noah Robert: 2-2, fourth
Evan Takach: 3-2, fifth
Mel Eve: 3-2, fifth
Evan Walker: 2-2
Reza Fakhraei: 2-2
Dan Allen: 1-2
Maly Muk: 0-2
Brad Wisenfeld: 0-2
Taylor Fry: 0-2
Cemal Gunenc: 0-2
National Capital Wrestling Festival, January 17th
On January 17th, the NCWC hosted its 11th annual wrestling tournament, for high school wrestlers and well as Novices, Kids and Bantams. Thanks to St. Patrick's High School for hosting our tournament, as they have for many years in the past, and always making it a success.
Novice/Kid/Bantam results
Connor Yetman: gold
Matthew Vecchio: gold
Austin Viau: gold
Makhena Guerin: silver
Yusuf Khan: silver
Moiz Lakhani: silver
Mitchell Robinson: bronze
High school results
Adelaide Eve: gold
Melbourne Eve: gold
Terence Stewart: gold
Evan Takach: gold
Devan Larkin: gold
Reza Fakhraei: silver
Noah Robert: silver
Dan Allen: silver
Evan Walker: bronze
Klara Patel: bronze
Taylor Fry: bronze
Jeff Williamson: bronze
Brad Wisenfeld: fourth
Also on January 17th, Joe Greer competed for the NCWC at the Guelph Open, where he faced very tough competition and finished with a record of 1-2. NCWC alumni Ilya Abelev and Alex Brown also competed for the University of New Brunswick, with Ilya taking gold and Alex taking fourth.
Eastern Ontario Championships, December 20th
Evan Takach: 4-0, gold
Klara Patel: 2-0, gold
Maya Masudde: 2-1, silver
Khalid Mahmoud: 1-1, silver
Dan Allen: 3-1, silver
Andrea Pretty: 2-1, silver
Reza Fakhraei: 2-2, bronze
Noah Robert: 1-2, fourth
Wenell Joseph: 1-2
Abdullah Ghader: 1-2
Evan Walker: 0-2
Jacob McQuillan: 0-2
Matmen Classic, December 13th
Evan Takach: 3-0, gold
Adelaide Eve: 2-0, gold
Mel Eve: 2-1, silver
Klara Patel: 3-1, bronze
Andrea Pretty: 1-2
Mahmoud Emawy: 0-2
Khalid Mahmood: 0-2
Maly Muk: 0-1
Reza Fakhraei: 0-2
Nathan Hoyte: 0-3
Special mention to alumnus Wassim Ghadban, who went 2-0 for gold while competing for Impact but rocking an NCWC singlet, and threw in a suplex.
Bill MacLeod Memorial Tournament, December 6th
Evan Takach: 4-0, gold
Khalid Mahmood: 4-0, gold
Evan Walker: 2-1, gold
Brad Wisenfeld: 2-1, silver
Andrea: 2-1, bronze
Dan Allen: 2-2, bronze
Maly Muk: 2-2, bronze
Evan Walker: 3-0, gold
Khalid Mahmood: 1-0, gold
Andrea Pretty: 2-1, silver
Klara Patel: 1-2, bronze
Reza Fakhraei: 2-3, 4th
Isa Khan: 0-0 (nobody his size, but had several good exhibitions against heavier opponents)
Yusuf Khan: 0-1, silver (also had several good exhibition matches)
Sudbury Early Bird Tournament, November 8th
The NCWC had a great performance at their opening high school tournament, winning several medals, as well as multiple exhibition matches. The full results, including exhibition matches, are:
Evan Takach: 3-0, gold
Andrea Pretty: 3-0, gold
Reza Fakhraei: 2-0, gold
Evan Walker: 2-3, gold (lost exhibition matches to wrestlers in heavier and more experienced categories)
Noah Robert: 3-1, silver
Dan Allen: 1-2, bronze
On the same day, alumnus Ben Christopher competed at the Wesmen Open in Winnipeg, where he wrestled for the home team. He teched a heavier wrestler to go 1-0 at the dual meet, and then went 2-1 to capture the gold medal in a round-robin category at the tournament. It was a great day for NCWC wrestlers, past and present.
Concordia Inviational, October 26th
The NCWC started its 2014/2015 season by sending a few of its older wrestlers to Concordia University's annual tournament. They all gained valuable experience, and look forward to beginning the high school season soon.
Evan Takach: 2-2, 5th
Reza Fakhraei: 0-2
Joe Greer: 0-2