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2011 LIBERTY BELL JUDO CLASSIC

Liberty Bell Judo won 21 Medals at the 24th Annual Liberty Bell Judo Classic taking First Place Junior Team and Third Place Senior Team, and overall Team Champions.

Conner Gideon (10-12 <33 kg) led the Junior delegation with a gold medal finish. Connor defeated former teammate Ruslan Izerkin (Yawara Force, PA) in the final in a hard fought match. Both players fought with exceptional spirit and determination. Alan Matusovsky shined in only his second tournament surprising everyone with a silver medal. His only loss cam from a Canadian player from the Tsunami club, Dan Panoit. He defeated Josh Starr (Charlottesville, VA) and Anton Tamkovitch (Yawara Force, PA) to earn his silver. Everett Kurtz, after losing his first match, came back to four in a row and secure a silver in the 5-6 <20 kg group. Kurtz defeated Maxim Ivanov (Tsunami, Canada) to take a silver. Maxim Vitiaz took a bronze medal in the boys 5-6 <23kg division. David Volchonok defeated John Smith (Camal Judo, NJ) to take a silver medal. Eammon Logue in the 7-9 <26 kg division, also took a silver medal. Jose Lao-Cooper fought hard to earn a bronze medal in the 10-12 <44 kg group. Ben and Jon Kenis took twin bronze medals in the 13-16 <73 and <81 groups, respectively. Ben also fought in the Youth Division <73 kg and took a bronze. Earning a silver in the 13-16 <66 kg division, Yoni Dulitski lost to eventual winner of the Father Dave Award, Patrick Cantin (Judosphere, Canada) but soundly defeated 4 other opponents including his closest rival, Brandon Worthen (Judo Tech, NJ).

In the Seniors and Masters competition, Liberty Bell Judo earned 9 medal. Two gold medals were earned in the masters by coach “Tony” Kenis won 40-40 heavyweight and Michael Tusay 30-39 70 kg group, Michael Coyle took second and Fred Kurtz took a bronze. The best performances came from Adam Moyerman. In an elite final with NYAC competitor, Anthony Vinetti, Adam lost a controversial decision by the referees. Both are fine athletes and it was a closely contended match with exciting judo and great sportsmanship. Adam finished second defeated Salama Salem (Tech Judo, NJ). All of these athletes are ranked in the top ten in the USA at 73 kg. Rob DeAngelis took third in the Sankyu and Below <81kg division. Siyon Smith took a silver in the Nikkyu and Above <100 kg division. Sean Eriksson, in his first Liberty Bell Judo tournament, took a bronze in the Nikkyu and Above >100 kg group. Josh Farra won his second gold at Liberty Bell in the novice 66 kg division. Josh who is visually impaired will represent the USA in Turkey this week at the Visually Impaired World Judo Championships.

The following awards were given out on Saturday and Sunday:

• Ed Huyler Memorial Award: Rick Brown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Scott Latimer Memorial Award: Chris Round Boston, Massachusetts
• Father Dave Memorial Award: Patrick Cantin, Canada
• Special Award: Bob Clark, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
• Special Award: Jack Kogan, President of USA Sambo