Khalsa Jor Mela – Gatka, Wrestling, Power-Lifting Tournament

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Published: November 22, 2006Posted in: archiveTags:
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Pictures from the Khalsa Jor Mela, which took place on November 11 and 12, are now online at www.jormela.com

Khalsa Jor Mela, organized by the Sikh Vision Foundation, took place over the Rememberence Day weekend and included competitions in wrestling, power-lifting, and shastar vidya (gatka). The gatka competition included the participation of the Khalsa School gatka akhara, Gurmat Center gatka akhara, Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Ji Gatka Akhara (Guru Nanak Academy), the 9th Batallion gatka akhara (UBC), Miri Piri gatka akhara (Oregon), Kalgidhar Gatka Dal (Washington & BC), Shan-E-Khalsa gatka akhara, Akali Phoola Singh gatka akhara (Calgary), and others. In the womens over 18 final, the second place champion was Hansmukh Kaur (Vancouver), and the first place champion was Amarpreet Kaur (Calgary). In the mens over 18 final, the second place champion was Sukhjinder Singh (Surrey), and the first place champion was Teghbir Singh (Abbotsford).
KHALSA JOR MELA
Event Info

Location: KHALSA SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, SURREY B.C.
Date: NOVEMBER 11-12 (Remembrance Day long weekend)

This is a great opportunity for everyone to come participate in a tournament displaying skill, concentration, and body control. Gatka has a long and rich history, dating back to the times of Guru Hargobind Sahib Jee. Gatka offers some unique benefits not offered by other conventional sports programs. For example, the centuries old traditions of martial arts training have resulted in time-proven teaching methods that, coupled with modern research and innovations, offer a learning environment that can be beneficial for all ages.

In this tournament, we will have participants coming from all over North America; Calgary, California and New Mexico to name a few. It would be a great honor to have your skills at the tournament competing in gatka, power-lifting, and/or wrestling.

Schedule
Youth Division
The preliminaries and finals for this division will be held on Saturday, November 11 2006 (see prize schedule and age category)

Junior Division
The preliminary and the semi finals will be held on Saturday, November 11 and the finals will be held on Sunday, November 12, 2006. (see prize schedule and age category)

Open Division
All bouts will be scheduled and completed on Sunday, November 12, 2006. (see prize schedule and age category)

PRIZES & AGE GROUPING
YOUTH DIVISION
AGE GROUP 8 – 10 1st PLACE $250 2ND PLACE $150
AGE GROUP 11 – 13 1st PLACE $300 2ND PLACE $200

JUNIOR DIVISION
AGE GROUP 14 – 15 1st PLACE $350 2ND PLACE $250
AGE GROUP 16 – 17 1st PLACE $500 2ND PLACE $350

OPEN DIVISION AGE GROUP 18 +
1st PLACE $1000 2ND PLACE $500

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For more information, please visit www.jormela.com

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