On Friday May 3rd, the annual Vanier College Athletic Banquet was held at the G1 Athletics Building. The banquet is used to showcase and recognize Vanier Teams in terms of athletic and academic accomplishments. Though not recognized as a college sport by the RSEQ, the team at Vanier is a part of the Alliance Sport-Études which is an endeavour to allow student-athletes at the High Performance level mix in their training with a modified school schedule after they have graduated from high school, in order to help them achieve their athletic dreams. Many graduates of the Sport-Études program have ..read more

Monday April 29th 2024 What makes a World Champion? What separates the good athletes from the great ones? How do World Champions become World Champions and what’s the process that they use to get there? That question isn’t easily answered. After all, if becoming a World Champion was so easy, it would be less special and we wouldn’t hold the accomplishment in such high-esteem. Furthermore, if we could so easily replicate the process to get there, then bottling it and marketing would become a lucrative business. In the end, becoming a World Champion is extremely difficult and as such, training a ..read more

The Festival des Patriotes was held on Saturday April 13th 2024 at École Secondaire PG Ostiguy. The annual tournament is a staple on the Quebec scene as it features a tournament primarily geared to younger athletes, with the highest age group being that of U17. Quebec Clubs were in attendance as Club de Lutte LaSalle, Kahnawake Survival School, Kanienkehaka Tehontatienas Mohawk Wrestling Club/HSB, L.E.S. Crazy Dogs, Patriotes de St-Césaire, Riverdale Wrestling Club, Tritton Performance Wrestling Club competed against clubs from Ontario which included National Capital Wrestling, Rentew Amateur ..read more

Canada’s most attended event as far as the numbers are concerned, is the U19-U17 National Championships. With the recent addition of U15 age category to the mix, this tournament is the largest one in all of Canada. This year’s event was held in Mississauga Ontario at the Paramount Fine Foods Plaza, from April 5th-7th. Quebec Clubs were once again in great attendance for the event as CLIC, Kahnawake Survival School, Kanieinkehaka Tehontatienas Mohawk / HBS, Loyola High School, the LES Crazy Dogs, the Montreal Wrestling Club NTC, les Patriotes de St-Cesaire, the Riverdale Wrestling Club, the Tri ..read more

Name of Club Riverdale Wrestling Club Website https://www.facebook.com/RiverdaleWrestlingClub/ Email riverdalewrestlingmontreal@gmail.com Telephone Number (514) 683-2438 Coaching Staff Josef Azam Practice Schedule Email us for inquiries as the schedule may vary from year to year. Adresse Riverdale High School 5060 Des Sources Nord Pierrefonds, QC ..read more

Friday, March 29th 2024 Recently I just had our Team Lunch for my high school team. This has been a tradition since I began teaching and coaching at the high school level and it’s a good way of wrapping up the season and saying goodbye to our Grade 11s, who won’t be back for the next year. In addition, it gives the newcomers another good memory from the season, which will hopefully encourage them to return. The Team Lunch is something I do every year Normally I give a speech at this time, reflecting on how the season went as well as maybe singling out certain individuals who accomplished ..read more

Three national level tournaments were held in Ottawa at the TD Place from March 13th-16th. The Cadet Team Trials, Junior National Championships, the Senior National Championships and the Greco-Roman Nationals at Juniors and Seniors saw CLIC, Kanieinkehaka Tehontatienas Mohawk / HSB, LES Crazy Dogs, Montreal Wrestling Club NTC/Loyola, The Montreal Wrestling Club NTC, les Patriotes de St-Cesaire, the Riverdale Wrestling Club and the Tritton Performance Wrestling Club would send athletes to the competition. Logan Abell prepares to engage U17 Cadet Team Trials The first tournament would be the Ca ..read more

Wednesday March 6th 2024 A couple of weeks ago, two major tournaments were held in Quebec; the GMAA/RSEQ Wrestling Finals and the Provincial Championships. Normally, for both those tournaments, I end up leaving between 5:30 and 6:00 when all the wrestling is done and the Medal presentations have finished. This makes for a long, but manageable day. This year however was different. Having booked our bus for 6:00 pm to leave from the GMAA Championships, we ended up leaving finally at 7:30 after all our athletes were done, bypassing completely the final team standings and medal presentations. When ..read more

The U-Sport National Championships were hold on Saturday, March 2nd in Guelph Ontario. Athletes from Concordia University which included Ryder Church (65 kg), Liam Menard (68 kg), Yann Heymug (72 kg) and Zaur Arsagov (90 kg) would be accompanied by Maddie Charlton (50 kg), Sophia Bechard (59 kg), Jolie Brisco (62 kg), Alexia Sherland (72 kg) and Kiana Boschitsch (76 kg). The tournament is the premiere varsity event for wrestling in Canada as athletes from across the country try to secure that all elusive All Canadian Status which is awarded to the Gold and Silver medalists of each division. Th ..read more

Four Quebec athletes would have their first attempt to qualify their spot at the Pan-American Senior Qualifiers for the upcoming Olympic Games which were held in Acapulco, Mexico on February 28th to the March 1st. Stone Lewis (74 kg Freestyle), Alex Moore (86 kg Freestyle), Linda Morais (68 kg Women’s Wrestling) and John Yeats (77 kg Greco-Roman) were present at the event. The event is a challenging one as only the top two places will qualify for the Olympics. Should they miss their chance, our athletes would be able to try again at the World Olympic Qualifier in May in Istanbul Turkey. The to ..read more