Tullibody wrestlers secure haul of medals at international event
Published 24 Nov 2011 08:00
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TULLIBODY Wrestling Club team members are joined by supporters and team officials as they show off their trophies and awards from the Aspull International Tournament.
TULLIBODY wrestlers picked up 13 medals - including seven golds - at the 34th Aspull International Tournament in Wigan.
Tullibody Wrestling Club's members were among 200 wrestlers from 26 teams taking part in a gruelling day of competition.
In the Female 55kg category, Chelsea Murphy - who moved down a weight group - a took gold, defeating Romanian Julia Russo and the current British champion Bobby Cardwell.
In the Juniors category, Mark Sheehan took gold at 60kg, Stuart Black took silver at 96kg and Ewan Maddox took gold at 120kg.
Corey Keatings won gold in the 50kg juniors, moving up an age group from cadets in which he also won gold.
This put Tullibody Wrestling Club in first place in the junior team competition with a total of 39 points.
In the Schoolboys category Brian Harper and Kyle Davies competed at 53kg, with Brian winning the gold without losing a point and Kyle finishing in third. Brian then went on to win gold in the 54kg cadet category and ended the day being presented with the award for the best schoolboy wrestler of the day.
In the Pre-schoolboys category Robbie Davies won bronze at 32kg.
In the Minis, Ben McQuire took silver at 24kg, Robbie Duddy won bronze at 44kg and Christopher Gibson was unlucky to finish just outside the medals in fourth place.
Euan Gibson won silver in the mini minis category at 23kg. With Ewan Maddox finishing in fourth place in the 120kg seniors, this took Tullibody into fourth in the overall team competition with 135 points, the highest total ever scored by the club.
Springburn wrestler Martin King also travelled with the club and finished second in the senior 66kg group.
The club would like to thank NO MESSIN! Network Rail and Sportsmatch for the support over the year.
This article appeared in Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser 23 Nov 11
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