The Flin Flon Judo Club sent 6 members to a provincial judo tournament in Watrous on Saturday, entering in 8 divisions. For many of these members, it was their first taste of competition on the provincial scene.

 

Starting things off was Elizao Ramos-Tallivera picking up a Gold medal in U10 Boys Ne-Waza division. This was Elizao's first tournament.

  

David Stilborn and Anibal Ramos-Tallivera both entered into the Sr. Men Ne-Waza divisions for their first taste of competition. David finished 4th in a stacked -81kg division, and Anibal finishing 7th in the heavyweight division.

 

Wesley Chlan continued with his growth as a fighter, going undefeated, winning Gold in the Sr. Men's -81kg Ne-Waza division. He followed that up with a silver in the -81kg Tachi-Waza division.

 

Acadia Northfield took a Bronze medal in the Sr. Women's +78kg Ne-Waza division, and was forced to withdraw due to injury in the Sr. Women's +78kg tachiwaza division due to injury. She placed 4th.

 

Jacob Hiebert continued his dominance in the sport, winning Gold with a clean sweep of the U14 -46kg division. This was Jacob's first tournament stepping into the U14 bracket, and he showed his dominance over the years in U12 division was no fluke. He out muscled and out skilled all of his opponents in a matter seconds. He will be someone to watch this season, and in the upcoming Saskatchewan Winter Games in February.

 

  The club now gets back to work preparing for those Winter Games fight offs, which will be held in Flin Flon on Jan 10th, and the Sask Open in Regina on Jan. 24th.