University of Alberta Golden Bears & Pandas Wrestling

Our first annual Bears, Beers & BBQ fundraiser was a huge success! 🐻🐼

Over $30,000 was raised to support the Bears & Pandas wrestling program all thanks to the support of our wrestling family 💛

Special thanks to Friends of the World Cup of Wrestling Society for matching donations.

Thank you to PK for being an amazing MC, Thomas for the wonderfully said Land Acknowledgement, all of our speakers—Katie, Taylor, Vianne and Aidan—and special guest, Wayne Lee for the hilarious show.

And to the board made the night happen, we cannot thank you enough for all of your time and effort. We truly could not have done this without you! 💚

To everyone who donated, sponsored, volunteered, bought a ticket… you are the reason this event was successful!

More highlights from the night to come 👀

Wondering what kinds of items will be at our silent auction and fundraising dinner on March 21?

Here are just SOME of the organizations who have donated to our event:

Anejo Restaurant
Clinch Fight Shop
Green and Gold Sport Camps
Joey - Bell Tower
Laser City
Leopold’s Tavern
Love Wrestling
Modo Yoga Sherwood Park
O’Byrne’s Irish Pub
Sobey’s Liquor - Southbrook
Spectrum Performance
The Rustic Pantry
The Self Centre
United Sport & Cycle
Venus Eye Boutique
WEM Water Park
Yes! Athletics

You don’t want to miss this - there’s something for everyone..

Ticket sales end March 15.

bearsbeersbbq.ca (LINK IN PROFILE)

Catch the Bears and Pandas on the mats today at the Guelph Open! Not only is this annual tournament a carding opportunity for our athletes, this year it’s also qualifiers for the FISU World Combat Championships. Make sure you’re cheering our wrestlers on as they fight for their spot on the international stage!

Friday, January 16th, don’t miss the Battle of Alberta! The best in the west square off in the UOFA Main Gym as the Alberta Bears and Pandas square off against the Calgary Dinos. Be sure to catch the intense action before the annual Golden Bear Open Saturday the 17th, and come support your Golden Bears and Pandas!🐻🐼

🐻🐼 Horns Open Results

Some of our Bears and Pandas travelled to Lethbridge, AB last weekend and brought home some hardware 💪

Congrats to all of our athletes for their hard work and effort over the weekend!! 💚💛

📸: Walter Howor ( )

Pronghorn Invitational is THIS weekend! With some of our Bears out competing in Great Falls, Montana its definitely an exciting day! Good luck to both our Bears and Pandas that will be out there wrestling, we are cheering you on! 🐻🐼

The results from this past weekend!🔥Next stop: Lethbridge Open with some bears hitting Montana. LET’S GO BEARS AND PANDAS‼️🐻🐼

🤼‍♀️ Tournament Day 🤼‍♂️

Our Bears and Pandas are in Saskatoon, SK for the Huskie Open! Best of luck to all of your athletes, go kick some butt 💪💚💛

📸: Bill Bain ( ) and Connor Hood ( )

Snippets of Missouri 💛🐼
Our Pandas flew down for the Missouri Valley Open this past weekend and had an amazing time full of learning, tough matches, and great memories.

We finished with 4 top-8 placers!
🥉 (Alumni) Aleah Nickel: 3rd place
💥 Vianne Rouleau: 5th place
🔥 Victoria Stefanov: 7th place
🚨 Maria Sawiak: 8th place

Huge thank you to our coaches Owen Dawkins and Justine Bouchard for being in our corners and giving us this opportunity! 💚🤼‍♀️