Greater Norristown Wrestling Club

Please mark you calendar, this has been a great event in the past and it is a nice opportunity for us to get together and celebrate another great year. Please mail in the attached Banquet invitation as soon as you can so we can finalize our headcount and order our awards.

Banquet_Invitation_2009  

Thanks

Terry

MAWA Update

The Titans had a stallar showing at the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Association East Regional Championship over the weekend. I proud to announce that GNWC had five (5)wrestlers qualify to advance to the Eastern National Championships next month in Salisbury Maryland. This is the most kids we have qualified since I have been with the club so congratulations to our Titans on a great accomplishment.

Ryan Brady - 2nd place 
Nicholas Poulos - 3rd place 
Mike Honeywell - 3rd place
Brian Fennell - 4th place
Patrick Fennell - 4th place

Titans News

I am happy and proud to announce that GNWC has once again made its mark at the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Championship. The Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Championship is one of the premier wrestling events in the United States and it brings together the best wrestlers in Pennsylvania to vie for the title of Pennsylvania State Champion. The level of competition is extremely high and it is a tremendous accomplishment to place in such a prestigious event.

This weekend Desmond traveled to Erie where he placed second in the PJW State Championship. Wanting to get the most out of his experience he had numerous overtime bouts proving the competitiveness of the event and his iron will. On behalf of the entire team I would like to congradualte Des on a job well done.

 11-12 Division, 145lb weight class  

Congatulations to all the wrestlers in Area XI, it was an amazing year with record level participation and a record haul of gold.

Area XI Summary
   762 Participants
   96 Advancing Wrestlers
   61 Medals earned
   12 Champions 
   1 Proud Area Chairman

GNWC's future Stars
Ryan Daley - First Place
Mason Beausoleil - Second Place
AJ Iunazzelli - Third Place
Mitchell McCann - Fourth Place
Andrew Lieberman - Fourth Place

Congratualtions on a great performance! This was the most difficult ICWL novice Championship I have seen because of the sheer numbers of kids competing. This year there were over 400 kids competing on six mats and our wrestlers had to really battle to make it to the podium. I am proud to say we took seven kids to the tournament and had five place winners which is a real testament to the great job Coach Jeff did with the Group 1 kids. Jeff had a great day and was very proud of each and every wrestler and he is looking forward to seeign them back next year.

Titans News

I am happy and proud to announce that our Titan boys have done us proud – Ryan Brady and Patrick Fennell battled through a very tough bracket with Ryan placing fifth and Patrick placing fourth.  

PJW 12 and Under 125 Lb Bracket 

PJW 10 and Under 95 lb Bracket 

The Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Championship is one of the premier wrestling events in the United States and it brings together the best wrestlers in Pennsylvania to vie for the title of Pennsylvania State Champion. The level of competition is extremely high and it is a tremendous accomplishment to place in such a prestigious event. Congratulations to Patrick and Ryan on such a great showing, we are very proud of both of you. 

I would also like to congratulate our friends and practice partners at Norristown PAL on a great showing at the state championship. In the post season when many of our kids move on to other activities we join forces with Norristown PAL to continue our training to prepare for the post season. We form an annual alliance to train, cheer and pray for our boys at the big post-season events. Congratulations to our friends at Norristown PAL on a great outing:        

Shane Springer – PJW State Champion       
Mike Springer – Fourth Place       
Rashon Lusane – Fourth Place 

Singlet Return
Please check back soon, we will be making arrangements for the singlet return in the next week.  

Awards Party

Also please stay tuned for information on this years awards party. Once again we hope to hold it at the Barrent Hill Fire Company in mid-May. I will post the date as soon as we know when it is available.

Season Wrap Up

Terry