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U.S. Sombo Newsletter
January 2, 2006
- From the Vice President:
Greetings friends, fellow grapplers, wrestlers, and martial artists,
Happy New Year! 2005 was busy year for the sport, and I think that we will have much to cheer about in 2006 as a result of the developments of this past year. The World Sombo Championships will be held in October in conjunction with the World Beach Wrestling Championships in Turkey. At this point, other events are still under development. Once a national and international schedule of events is available, I will include it in the newsletter.
In this issue, Shaun Scott, a veteran of many world cups, will recap the final FIAS World Cup of Sombo from Nice, France. The results were listed in last month's issue and reprinted in this month's issue. This month we will focus on the Americans at the world cup. If you have story ideas, or suggestions relating to
future issues of this
newsletter, please drop me a line at
teamusa@sombo.us. Lance Campbell Vice President, United States Sombo Association
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Final FIAS World Cup held Sunday Nov 27. The tournament was held in Nice, France, for the sixth consecutive time. The participants competed in sporthall Serge Leyrit following the Deglane Challenge International Olympic Wrestling Tournament, which was held there Friday-Sat Nov 25-26.
Iran won the team title, with a strong French team second. Team USA tied for third the Canadian team-- which had two individual champions. Italy was a new entry, with one champion. Bulgaria, a perennial entry, failed to bring a team.
Justin Higgins of Tampa, FL, represented Team USA at 120kg and won the gold medal. In the finals match against a Frenchman, Justin gained a quick submission with a knee bar. This was Higgins' first World Cup competition, but he had previously took second in the 2004 FIAS World Championships in Orlando, FL.
Khassan Baiev at 84kg took second behind a tough Canadian fighter. Taking third in the weight class was Iran, over whom Baiev won a hard fought 1 point victory margin. Baiev, who now lives in Massachusetts, was a World Cup Champion for Chechneya in 2001. Hassan also had won the 2004 FIAS World Championships in Orlando, as well as a previous third place world finish in 2002.
Shaun Scott at 96kg took third behind a tough international freestyle gold medalist from Canada and an Iranian. This was Shaun's 9th consecutive world cup medal. He was given a special honor by the French organizers as the God-Father of the tournament since he has been the only competitor to compete in the tournament every year in Nice. Scott is a 6 time world medalist.
Organizers also presented USSA Vice President Lance Campbell with a special award in recognition of his efforts to field an American team for the world cup in 2003, 2004, & 2005. Campbell won the silver medal at the world cup in 2000 at 90 kg, and a silver in 2001 at 100 kg. In 2002, no official team was sent to the world cup, but Scott and David Bonner (USSA Secretary) both made the trip and represented the U.S. in the world cup. Since 2003, Campbell has served as the organizer and administrator of Team USA, and Scott has been the team leader.
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News & Events:
RMAX Wins Two Golds On December 3, 2005 Coach Sonnon and Coach Wilson won two Gold Medals in the San Shou Championship, which was held in Mobile, Alabama! Coach Sonnon knocked out the 28 years old Professional San Shou fighter. Coach Wilson won on points in the third round (his opponent was 50 lbs
heavier than him).
Congratulations!!! The last World Cup of Sombo Wrestling to be held in Nice, France, under the direction of FIAS finished with exceptional sombo skills and exciting matches, as well as some strong results from new participating countries (especially Iran, Canada and Italy). Of course, in 2006 FILA will take over direction of all sombo competitions held under the FIAS banner, with Josh Henson as President, and other cooperating sombo organizations to bring a new unity to the sport.
A Strong Iranian team came out on top in the final results of the team competition at the 2005 World Cup of Sombo Wrestling held at sporthall Serge Leyrit in Nice, France, on Sunday Nov 27. Both Iran and France I (represented by the all star Nice Wrestling Club) had six medals. But Iran had two gold medals to one for France I, to capture the World Cup title.
Team Results 2. France I (Nice) 1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze 3. (Tie) Canada 2 gold 3. (Tie) USA 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze 5. Italy 1 gold 6 .France II (Paris) 1 silver 7. Belgium 8. (Tie) Romania 8. (Tie) Tunisia
Bulgaria, a perennial power, and Cameroon, a frequent participant, both committed to participate but were no shows at the tournament. The former Soviet Union influence was evident through a number of Russians and Chechneyans who had changed countries (to USA, France, Belgium) and the Canadian gold medalist at 96kg Zilberman, whose father and coach Victor was a Russian national freestyle champion and a world freestyle medalist and very well versed in sombo.
Individual Results 60kg 1. Angelo Arlandi (Italy) 2. Medhi Babaijafaty (Iran) 3. Douraev (France 1-LCNice)
66kg 1. Ali Navaiev (Iran) 2. Gilles Schneider (France II-Paris) 3. Ali Souaze (France I-LCNice) 4. Arsen Saidov (Belgium)
75kg 1. Mosen Alami (Iran) 2. Gazbouraev (France I-LCNice) 3. Thomas Laruffa (France I-LCNice) 4. Fabrice Anfosso (France-UNSA) 5. Fanel Carp (Romania)
84kg 1. John Rioux (Canada) 2. Hassan Baiev (USA) 3. Hamid Yari (Iran) 4. Abdul Mouslim (France I-LCNice)
96kg 1. David Zilberman (Canada) 2. Mohamed Sadegsadeh (Iran) 3. Shaun Scott (USA) 4. Fred LeCalvez (France I-LCNice) 5. Mohamed Gaieb (Tunisia)
120kg 1. Justin Higgins (USA) 2. J Pierre Scarfone (France I-LCNice) 3. Reza Farzizadeh (Iran)
+120kg
1. Guillam Domenichini
six years - Shaun Scott (USA)
- Shaun Scott (USA)--6 medals
(Gold 2002; Silver 1999, 2000, 2003; Bronze 2001, 2005) 1. Thomas Laruffa (Picardie) 2. Fabrice Alfonso (Fra-UNSA)
Special Student Cup Invitation
for Participation and Friendship in 2006 presented to Karam Ghoprati
(Iran) - Sebastian Giaume, President of Deglane Tournament - Daniel Robin, one of the FILA Co-ordinators for Sombo - Calixte Delmas, French National Wrestling Vice-President - Remy Gaetcher, Azur Judo Club President (Nice)
- Andrie Zoette, former
winner of the Best French Wrestler Award FILA, the international governing body that sanctions the two Olympic wrestling styles, freestyle and Greco Roman announced that they will resume control over sombo in 2006! FILA made the announcement on their website last month. As many of you are aware, there have been three different sambo organizations quarreling over the role of governing international sombo. As a result of this, FILA reached an agreement with one of the organizations to resume control over the sport. FILA will organize a World Championship of Sombo in Antalya, Turkey in October. The tournament will be held in conjunction with the World Beach Wrestling Championships.
Support The USSA & Get World Class Nutrition! Chuck Seefeldt, an independent distributor for Advocare Nutritional Supplements, has entered into an agreement with the USSA. He will donate 50% of all purchases made from www.advocare.com/9501100. Be certain to send your order number and the amount of the total sale to proadvo@aol.com for proper credit to the USSA.
So-Cal Submission Championships to Kick-off ISWA 2005/2006 Season It is official. President Jason Townsend has announced the ISWA’s first tournament of the 2005/2006 season will be the So-Cal Submission Wrestling championships. “We are currently in negotiations for the event location. “The tournament will be held in the Orange County area sometime between mid December to early February”, stated President Jason Townsend. We will keep the public informed as to the upcoming competition calendar and look forward to an exciting season of no-gi submission wrestling this year.
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Upcoming Events in 2006 - FILA World Sombo Championships October 27-29 in Antalya, Turkey.
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Grapplers Quest Events Schedule
For more information please
visit http://www.grapplers.com/zone/calendar.cfm
For more information please
visit http://www.nagafighter.com teamusa@sambo.us or visit http://sombo.net/events.htm
- From U.S. Sombo with a littler editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)
Subject to change
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