SALFORD SALUTES GOLD MEDAL WINNER MEGAN

We all love to hear of Salfordians doing well and we are pleased to hear the news about 16 year old, Megan Holmes from Broughton who won a Gold Medal yesterday in the Great Britain Wrestling Championships which were held at Leigh Leisure Centre.

Megan won the Under 17s Gold medal in a tightly fought contest, consisting of two by two minute rounds with a 30 second break between rounds against a competitor from Bolton who was five kilos heavier.

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"I have been wrestling for eight years and I take it seriously with training and competitive bouts, my tutors at the British Wrestling Academy in Broughton were I train are great with me, and I would like to thank, David Ong, Olga McLoughlin and Oleg Druzhynets for their patience and helping me achieve my goals"

It is fair to say that Megan seems to have a great career ahead as she has already won a haul of wrestling medals including:

Four times British Champion, Four times English Champion, Scottish and Derbyshire Open Wrestling Champion and a host of other trophies, an incredible amount for such a young girl.

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"My dream is to compete in the Olympics and bring further medals back to Salford and after that hopefully a career in training female wrestlers of the future"

We wish Megan all the all the best and for bringing Gold back to Salford we salute you!