Over 40 Judo BC athletes competed in 2 separate tournaments this weekend. U15 and U18 Team BC dominated the Saskatchewan Open in Regina on January 19th bringing home a total of 19 medals including 11 Gold and 4 Sliver. Athletes from Abbotsford, Burnaby, Port Coquitlam and Steveston Judo Clubs traveled to Seattle to participate in the 2013 Continental Judo Crown. Here are the BC results from the Continental Crown:
Juvenile Men -48
Silver – Leo Goldberg Abbotsford
Juvenile Women -57
Gold – Amara Jarvinen Burnaby
Junior Women -63
Loss – Amara Jarvinen Burnaby
Jr. Men -66
Silver – Kieran Yodogowa Abbotsford
Bronze – Cole Yodogawa Abbotsford
Jr. Women -70
Gold – Meghan Jamieson Steveston
Sr. Men -60
Gold – Blake Tsuyuki Burnaby
Sr. Men -66
Gold – Matt Roots Port Coquitlam
4th – Kieran Yodogawa Abbotsford
Withdraw – Cole Yodogawa Abbotsford
Sr. Men -81
Gold – Drew Roots Port Coquitlam
Sr. Men -90
Gold – Brandon Jobb Abbotsford
Sr. Women -57
Injured – Gabby D’Souza She had 7 fights and was injured in the 7th
Sr. Women -63
Silver – Lisa Nakajima
Sr. Women -70
Gold – Kristi Roots
Silver – Meghan Jamieson
Team Fight
Canada vs USA – Canada wins 2 – 1
Gabby D’Souza -57 – Draw
Lisa Nakajima -63 – Draw
Kristi Roots – 70 – Ippon
Cole YodoGawa -60 – Draw
Matt Roots – 73 – Draw
Drew Roots – 81 – Yuko
Brandon Jobb -100 – Loss