B.C Wrestling Hosts Large Tournament At Olympic Oval!

B.C Wrestling took over the Richmond Olympic Oval this past weekend for the Western Age Class Championship Tournament.

The event hosted competitors as young as eleven, from clubs all over the lower mainland. The tournament also hosted Novice brackets for wrestlers of all ages. Wrestling tournaments in B.C usually don’t host brackets for competitors past the collegiate level, so this tournament allowing novice competitors of all ages was a nice addition.

At this tournaments peak hours, attendance was huge, and thousands of wrestlers turned up over the course of the two day event to compete.

Bradyn Reeves, a teenage wrestler out of Coast Wrestling, described the unique atmosphere for this tournament:

“Walking into the Richmond Oval was surreal, the excitement and energy of the tournament enveloped you the second you stepped foot into the venue. Everything felt very grand and prestigious, quite different from the local high school meets that many of the wrestlers were used to. The finals on the second day brought the energy up even further, with an official walk out of the finalists backed by music and a standing ovation from the crowd.”

B.C wrestling is often very overlooked in the local sports scene, so hearing that this tournament was able to attract quite the crowd, run a very professional event, and cater to all ages of wrestlers was great news for the local wrestling scene.

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