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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 2 Apr 2015, p. 40

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Alex Tonkin MMHA's leagge (all Tonkin continues impressive gymnastics season with Gymnix silver Quebec is quickly becoming a mighty favourable desti- nation for Alex Tonkin. Just a few weeks after placing fifth in her Elite Canada debut in Trois-Riviéres, the 12-year-old Milton gymnast made her presence felt once again in the neighbouring Above, the Canadiens celebrate their 5'3 win over the Sharks in the novice final of this past weekend's Milton Minor Hockey Association house- league championships at Milton Sports Centre. lnset, Kyle Downey of the Canadiens scores on a wide open net in Sunday's championship game. province. In fact that’s something of an understatement, given the fact the she came within a razor's edge of winning it all at the prestigious Gymnix showcase, held recently in Montreal. JusthGream/Cmadim Champion (Fobwonrwinerehnkonyhotog) Kevin lwasa-Madge admits he still has a lot to learn about Greco Roâ€" man wrestling. To say the next few months offer ample motivation to do exactly that would be... well, a staggering un- derstatement. Still dejected after narrowly missing out on national freestyle bronze less than 24 hours earlier, the 25-year- old Milton grappler wasn’t feeling particularly positive heading into his first high-stakes Greco Roman competition in St. Catharines. He and his Guelph Wrestling Club coaches had only brought up the idea of seriously taking on Greco Roman a few months ago with hopes of a making a bid for the Pan Next stop â€" the Pan Am Games iwasa-Madge qualifies forT02015 with dynamite debut in Greco Roman wrestling By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Highlighted by a golden performance on the floor and= 8 a personal best effort on beam, Alexandria fell a scant :9 .033 points shy of all around National Novice gold ~15 conceding the title by the absolute narrowest of mar- a gins to Saskatchewan’s Emily Walker. N American Games. Before then, lwasa-Madge had only dabbled in what’s arguably the world's oldest sport â€" which forâ€" bids holds below the waist â€" and wasn't all that confident heading into the national championship openen "It was probably a little of both... nervousness and just not feeling too comfortable about competing in this new style. Honestly. I woke up the next day after losing free-IE) Kevin lwasa-Madge delivers a Ger- man suplex on Michael Asselstine during the Greco Roman wrestling nationals in St. Catharines.

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