The Portage Judo Club wrapped up their season with the Portage Open Judo Meet this past weekend.  Portage Judo Club Head Coach Brian Case.

"Judging by early registration we had approximately 120 people here in about 85 divisions," says Case. "It's a good turnout, we were hoping for somewhere between 100 to 150, last year we were just over 110 so we're up from that.  You never know when you have a tournament this time of year.  It's the last one of the year, how many people are going to come.  We've had a lot of support from the Portage people and a lot of people come to watch, that's exactly why we do it here."

Case says the tournament wouldn't be possible without the help of volunteers.

Two fighters in the Senior Division. (Photo by Lucas Plett)

"We've got a big club," adds Case. "but it's nice to see that you have that much support from the parents.  We were set up last night, the whole thing, in under an hour, that's amazing.  There was just a swarm of people here and that's really nice to see."

Case notes all of the people who helped with the tournament volunteered their time, from the coaches to the referees to the scorekeepers.  The results of the tournament are as follows.

U12 –30 kg

  1. Jonathan Kroeker – Brandon

  2. William Wang – Nakamura

  3. Masaya Vlassoff – Dryden

U 12 –36 kg

  1. Avery Harrison – Portage

  2. Nicol Mesougnik – U of M

  3. Lachlan Patten – Selkirk

  4. Damien Merick – Portage

U12 –33 kg

  1. Alex Popov – Wolseley

  2. Xavier Reynante – Nakamura

  3. Serena Hill – Steinbach

U12 –50Kg

  1. Aiden Sofronio – Inner City

  2. Riley Jorgensen – Southwest

  3. Ryder Maryniuk – Portage

U12 – 42Kg

  1. Ronen Atenzon – West Kildonan

  2. Cole Newing – Brandon

  3. Gage Brown – J+M

U12 -45kg

  1. Kingston Ballantyne – Pfeffer Judo Club

  2. Ethan Cousins – Portage

  3. Cooper Brown – J+M

U12 -50kg

  1. Matthew Gillespie - Pfeffer Judo Club

  2. Cai James – Balmoral

  3. Wyatt Mitchell – Balmoral

  4. Joshua Rempel – Portage

U12 -55kg Male

  1. Amaya Machaod – Nakamura

  2. Belle McLean – Portage

  3. Xanthe White – Portage

U12 +55kg Male

  1. Daniel Ekosky – Selkirk

  2. Callum Johnson – St. Boniface

  3. Oliver Bures – Portage

U12 +55 Male

  1. Anthony Costain-Starr – Portage

  2. Jason Houle – Portage

  3. Carter Masse – Selkirk

U12 -39kg Male

  1. Gabriel Levac – St. Boniface

  2. Tanner Dron – Southwest

  3. Linkon Fenton – Portage

U12 -39kg Male

  1. Aiden Hartroy – St. Boniface

  2. Cole Kachur – Balmoral

  3. Zachary Caners – Portage

U14 -36kg / -40kg combined (Female)

  1. Marita Kroeker – Brandon

  2. Kiandra Christ Bennell – Nakamura

U14 -57 / +57kg Combined (Female)

  1. Emily Czosnek – Nakamura

  2. Hannah Grobb – Selkirk

  3. Havannah Ballantyne – Pfeffer Judo Club


U21 -55 / -73kg combined (Male)

  1. Kadin Christ Bonnell – Nakamura

  2. Kerwin Klywak – J+M

  3. Dylaen Thiessen – Portage

U21 -63kg Female

  1. Sasha Zigic – Makamura

  2. Schaelyce Kopp – Selkirk

  3. Melody Kroeker – Brandon

U18 -55kg Male

  1. Dylan Tully – Nakamura

  2. Kadin Christ Bonnell – Nakamura

  3. Kerwin Klywak – J+M

U16 -50kg Male

  1. Kelden Christ Bonnell – Nakamura

  2. James Kreutzer – Southwest

U16 -63kg Female

  1. Nina Zigic – Nakamura

  2. Sage Pommer – West Kildonan

  3. Aliyah Readman – Dryden

U16 +63kg Female

  1. Rebecca Villa – Nakamura

  2. Emma Bell – Dryden

U16 +60kg Male

  1. Dylan Tully – Nakamura

  2. Josh Marion – Dryden

U14 -42kg / -46kg combined (Male)

  1. Cooper Groves – Dryden

  2. Aries Tolentino – Nakamura

  3. Parker Henderson – Portage

U14 -38kg Male

  1. Erik Olson – Portage

  2. Curtis Ratzlaff – Brandon

U14 -60 / -66kg combined (Male)

  1. Israel Hamraev – Hamraev Judo Club

  2. Devlin Craik – Portage

  3. Nicolas Villa – Nakamura

U14 -48 / -52kg combined (Female)

  1. Tatidna Popova – Wolseley

  2. Olivia Krynski – Portage

Senior Male Novice -90 / -100 / +100kg combined

  1. David Sims – Nakamura

  2. Michael Lampshire – Dryden

  3. Robert Czosnek – Nakamura

Senior Male Novice -81 / -73kg Combined

  1. Peter Huynh – Nakamura

  2. Wade Campbell – Portage

  3. Travis Ratzlaff – Brandon

Newaza -55 -66kg Lightweight

  1. Riley Southby – Keisatsu

  2. Kadin Christ Bonnell – Nakamura

  3. Kerwin Klywak – J+M

Newaza Ladies Open

  1. Sasha Zigic – Nakamura

  2. Melody Kroeker – Brandon

  3. Emma Bell – Dryden

Newaza Heavyweight Male

  1. Franklin Martin – Selkirk

  2. Travis Ratzlaff- Brandon

  3. Michael Lampshire – Dryden

Newaza Middle-Weight Male

  1. Gordon Templeton – Keisatsu

  2. Aaron Haak – Selkirk

  3. Chad Nykolashxn - Brandon