Gran Premio de Espana

Scotland’s Sarah Jones won a bronze medal at the Gran Premio de Espana on her return from injury. Sarah wrestled Yanira Morales (PUR) in the first round, winning 9 – 1, 3 – 1. Sarah then lost to the eventual Silver medallist, Germany’s Elena Balzer, in the semi-final (9 – 0, 3 – 0) before winning her bout against Audrey Prieto Bokhashvili (FRA) 0 – 0, 5 – 0 to finish third.

Craig McKenna drew the eventual Silver medallist, Spain’s Francisco Sanchez, in the first round, losing 11 – 1, 3 – 1. Craig then wrestled in the repechage, winning his first bout against Ricardo Fernandez (ESP) 7 – 5, 3 – 1, before losing to Germany’s Emanuel Krause in the next to finish 5th overall.

Donna Robertson finished 15th of 17 at 48kg, Kathryn Marsh finished 17th of 21 at 55kg and Tracy Connell finished 8th of 8 at 59kg.

The squad were coached by Viorel Etko, with Thomas Kirkpatrick accompanying as our referee.

Full Results

Full results can be downloaded from the Spanish Federation website at www.felucha.es – pdf copy of results here

Gran Premio de Espana

The Scotland squad for the Gran Premio de Espana, to be held in Madrid on 9th – 10th July 2011 is:-

FS
55kg – Craig McKenna

FW
48kg – Donna Robertson
55kg – Kathryn Marsh
59kg – Tracy Connell
67kg – Sarah Jones

Coach – Viorel Etko
Referee – Thomas Kirkpatrick

Scotland squad for City of Sassari tournament

The Scotland squad selected to compete at the 16th International City of Sassari tournament is:

FS
55kg – Craig McKenna
55kg – Ross McFarlane
66kg – Oleg Gladkov
74kg – Sean Keogh
84kg – Masoud Yosefi
96kg – Douglas Maxwell

FW
48kg – Donna Robertson
51kg – Jayne Clason
55kg – Kathryn Marsh
59kg – Tracy Connell

Coach – Volodymyr Gladkov
Team Manager – John Keogh
Referee – Thomas Kirkpatrick

The squad is preparing at a training camp in Rome ahead of the tournament, which will be held on Saturday, 28th May 2011.