Three athletes from the Williams Lake Judo Club recently competed in provincial competition, bringing home some impressive and promising results.
Ten-year-old newcomer to the sport, Sean Marshall, plus Anthony DiMarco, 8, and Georgia DiMarco, 11, took to the Lower Mainland late November and early December for their respective tournaments.
For Marshall, who travelled to Steveston on Nov. 23 for the event, it was his first time competing in a tournament.
Williams Lake Judo Club Sensei Jeff DiMarco said it was a fantastic learning experience for his student.
“He had two tough fights but lost them both,” Jeff said. “It’s always a great learning experience your first time out.”
Jeff’s son, Anthony, and daughter, Georgia, travelled to Burnaby on Dec. 7 for the Burnaby Judo Tournament. And both, in their respective divisions, marched away with gold medals.
“They were both in tough divisions,” Jeff said. “It was good to see how evenly matched the competition was so it made them work a little harder. It probably could have gone either way.”
Both Anthony and Georgia went through three opponents en route to their medals.
The Williams Lake Judo Club runs classes until the end of April. Jeff said currently the kids classes are doing well, however, he invites anyone high school-age and up, to come try out a class. For more information contact Jeff at 250-296-0062 or visit the WLJC’s facebook page by searching ‘Williams Lake Judo Club.’
