Representatives of Tryst Lions, V Wrestling - Etko Academy, Scottish Wrestling Centre and Edinburgh Wrestling Club along with unattached athletes had great success competing at the 2018 British Senior Championships held at Manchester Y Club Wrestling (home to the Manchester YMCA Wildcats wrestling club) on Saturday 27 October, heading home with a haul of 8 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

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Christelle Lemofack (53k), Amy Keyes (62k), both Tryst Lions and Angele Tomo (72k) Scottish Wrestling Centre, all won gold medals in the Female competitions.

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In the Male Freestyle competition, there were wins for Viorel Etko (61k), Ianic Sacultan (79k) both V Wrestling - Etko Academy and Nicolae Cojocaru (74k - Unattached). Ross Connelly (61k), Pedram Nikabadi (79k) both Scottish Wrestling Centre and Finlay Marshall (74k) Tryst Lions, won silver medals and Joe Hendry (97k - Unattached) won bronze.

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In the Male Greco Roman competition Joe Hendry (97k - Unattached) was in action again and took first place. There was also a first place for Scott Duff (60k) Edinburgh Wrestling Club and second place for Hedayat Zare (77k) Tryst Lions.

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Cary Depel, Chair of the Scottish Wrestling Association, was delighted with the results and said 'when we consider it population weighted then we have really outperformed'.