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Another pair of wins against the Hornets

United Rugby
By Josh Martin, Sports Editor

n the past, it has been always tough to

make the early travel to the island, but

the men’s united squad was able to turn
Nanaimo into their home turf, being the
only first division squad in the league to win
in their opponent’s hometown. After being
down against a huge forward pack and with
the wind in their face, United struck early on
April 2 after the start of the second half as
they got the ball out wide quickly and finished
with a try from Pinetree alum Mike Horntvedt
with a Hammerschmidt conversion.

United continued to apply pressure with
an unforgiving defence, led by Joe Patko from
Terry Fox and Eiman Torabi of GlenEagle.
Finally having the wind behind them, standoff

and Port Moody’s Curtis Giffin ended up with
it and scored the go ahead try. Winger Joe
Bukalase added insurance with a blind side
try, sealing the deal with a 19-11 come from

behind win.

Nick Hammerschmidt put up a ‘Garry Owen’

The second division answered the early
penalty kick made by Nanaimo with four
unanswered tries by Port Moody’s Jesse
Davies and Fijian Mesa Gonevou, who had
two apiece. Although Nanaimo made a valiant
effort to make the game interesting, United
made a strategic substitution that proved to
be the answer as prop forward Reid Clark
made an early impact with a try from a broken
lineout play and a 40 meter scamper. Scrum
Half Peni Koroi from Fiji also scored with
Centennial’s Tim Phillips making four of six
conversions and the final score being 38-24.

 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Judo in West Edmonton Mall

PoCo family competes en masse at Alberto judo
competition

  

By Jenn Markham

little while ago, the
Edmonton International Judo
ampionship took place
at West Edmonton Mall. For those
who are familiar with the mall, the
tournament took place in the ice rink,
which is situation in a central area
of the mall. For fighters like Drew
Roots, it was more than a little nerve
wracking to have so many spectators.
“We’re used to fighting in dark, dingy
gyms in the middle of nowhere.”

It would have been especially
embarrassing for the fighters who
suffered concussions, or who were
knocked unconscious, of which it was
commented there seemed to be more
than usual at that tournament.

The weigh-in was on Friday,
April 1, and the tournament took
place on the Saturday and Sunday.
There were divisions broken up
by age and weight with medals for
first, second and third, and an open

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category with a cash prize for the
winner. There were four squares
for fighters, with matches going
continuously for most of the day.

Unfortunately for Roots, after
winning his first match and losing his
second, he came back with a win, but
was knocked out with a loss in his
third, leaving him without placing.
His siblings, also members of the Port
Coquitlam Judo Club, fared better
though. For the girls, Kristi Roots
won a silver medal in the senior
women’s division, and a bronze in
the junior girl’s division. Matt and
Kurt Roots both won gold in their
divisions, and Chad Roots placed
with a silver medal in his.

After a long day of Judo, the
family headed to the pool as attendees
got discounted passes for it, the
rollercoaster and other attractions at
the mall. Mother of the bunch, Beth
Roots said, “I’m proud of how my
family did, I know they all fought
their hardest.”

 

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