14 Medals are coming home !!!
Team Third Law’s kids and teens competition team hit the mats on Sunday, May 22 at the NAGA Boca Raton, coming home from the competition with 14 medals: 5 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze!
Another great day for Third Law at NAGA in Boca Raton: Kids and Teens bring 14 medals home to Naples!
It was a great day for the kids and teens and their parents, with the majority of the competitors doing their very first competition. After driving across Alligator Alley to Boca Raton on Saturday and getting a good night’s sleep, the kids and teens headed to the tournament venue Sunday morning with their parents and coaches for their rules meeting.
Master Roberto and the Team Third Law / Team Lloyd Irvin competitors listen to the NAGA rules meeting
Then it was time for a talk with their coach before the first students’ divisions were called!
Master Roberto gives the competitors a pep talk before the first matches start
Here’s a round-up of how the competition went:
In the kids divisions, dedicated brother and sister team Carson VanCamp and Olivia VanCamp both brought home medals. Carson won gold in his beginner gi division, and Olivia won bronze in her novice gi division.
Olivia went one and one for the day, with a very close match against the champion in her division. Very impressive!
Carsen and Olivia VanCamp brought home gold and bronze from their first BJJ competition!
Hard-working juniors class student Jacob Hurd won silver in his gi division. Check out the photo below of him taking his first opponent’s back.
Jacob Hurd takes his first opponents back at his first BJJ competition.
Little Ninjas competitor Anthony Feliciano fought both gi and no-gi, taking silver in both divisions at novice.
Little Ninjas competitor Anthony Feliciano brings home silver in novice no-gi and silver in novice gi. Congrats!
Another juniors student who has been working really hard, Vito Parker Klein, took home novice kids bronze.
Vito Parker Klein shows off his medal from his first competition at NAGA in Boca Raton
Tony Delashmet also competed, and although he medal the coaches said that he fought very hard and made them very proud.
Next up were the teenagers, with veteran competitor Scottie Tucker joined by first time competitors Natalia Nunez and Tony Orbegoso.
Scottie Tucker tore it up in his teens divisions, winning gold in intermediate no-gi, bronze in expert no-gi and gold in intermediate gi and silver in the expert gi.
Scottie shows off the spoils from his four divisions: 2 Golds, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
First time teen competitor, Tony Orbegoso, brought home three medals, taking novice no-gi gold, novice gi gold and beginner gi silver.
Tony Orbegoso's hand is raised after victory in one of his gi matches during his first competition at NAGA in Boca Raton
Natalia Nunez, another first-time teen competitor, took home silver in her novice gi division.
Juniors and Teens class veteran and first-time competitor Natalia Nunez shows off her silver medal with Coach Joseph Formica and Master Roberto Torralbas
Congrats to all the students who competed! The coaches and instructors are very proud of your accomplishments.
Kids
Carson VanCamp: Beginner Gi -Gold
Jacob Hurd: Beginner Gi -Silver
Anthony Feliciano: Novice No-Gi Silver, Novice Gi Silver
Olivia VanCamp: Novice Gi Bronze ( Olvia went 1 and 1 for the day but she had a very closed match against the champion! Very impressive)
Vito Parker Klein: Novice Kids Bronze.
Tony Delashmet: Little Tony didnt medal but he fought very hard and made us all very proud.
Teens
Scottie Tucker: Intermediate No-Gi Gold, Exper No-Gi bronze, Intermediate Gi Gold, Expert Gi Silver ( 2 Golds, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Tony Obregoso: Novice No-Gi Gold, Novice Gi Gold, Beginner Gi Silver ( 2 Golds, 1 Silver)
Natalia Nuñez: Novice Gi Silver
