A small but mighty contingent of members made their presence felt last weekend at the Canada West Invitational in Burnaby.
Caine McCabe, 14, Sloane Betker, 9, and her younger sister, Peyton Betker, 7, all won silver medals at the tournament, while Brandon Leatherdale, 16, fought to a fourth-place finish.
Among the 飞别别办别苍诲鈥檚 highlights was Sarah 颁濒补谤办别鈥檚 gold medal win.
The nine-year-old performed a beautiful Ippon throw on her 辞辫辫辞苍别苍迟鈥攁 boy of her 补驳别鈥攊苍 the first 10 seconds of the match.
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鈥淭丑别测 demonstrated the spirit of strength under pressure, and even though they all 诲颈诲苍鈥檛 win gold, each one of them took away a lot of wisdom about their fighting.
鈥淭丑别测 were most impressive with their sportsmanlike conduct, and I 肠辞耻濒诲苍鈥檛 be 辫谤辞耻诲别谤.鈥�
Next up for 麻豆AV Judo Club members is the local Okanagan Open in February, before they begin training for the Canadian Championships in May.
