6/14/2007 4:30:00 PM
Teague Moore's NWCA Cultural Exchange Blog final update June 8 Two days ago, we drove from Istanbul to Varna in Bulgaria and the trip was loooong. It was supposed to be a six hour trip, but the time at the Turkish border, plus a slow bus, made it a nice 11 and a half hour ride. We arrived in Varna on Wednesady and checked into our hotel. Accomodations were nice and our rooms are nice and we now have some A/C, which is making it a little easier to rest. Our Istanbul hotel did not have A/C which made the rooms a little uncomfortable. We also had a mosque just across the street, whcih would have a call to prayer ta 5:30 a.m. Now we're relaxing in our rooms and enjoying the resort area of Varna. On our first day, we were able to get a training session at the Varna Sport Complex, which has a number of young athletes. It houses wrestling, gymnastics and karate training facilities. We used the workout to get our blood moving and feel better from the long bus travel. Our second day, we had a dual meet with the Sport Complex Athletes. Here's the U.S. Athlete, the Bulgarian and the score and winner. gavin vs. togorov 7-1. fall togorov mosley vs. metrov 0-6. 0-6 metrov villers vs. bogdanov 2-0. 3-0. villers perry vs. staneslov fall perry batsukh vs. alexsor 3-6. 2-8. alexsor deadrick vs. russev 0-3. 1-2. russev blanc vs. georgev 1-0. 2-0. blanc cobbs vs. topchi 0-3. fall. topchi tsirtsis vs. metrov 1-0. 2-1. tsirtsis kocher vs. togorov 1-4. 1-0. 3-1 kocher blanc vs. BUL fall blanc cobbs vs. BUL 2-0. 6-0. cobbs blanc vs. BUL 6-0. 8-0. blanc tsirtsis vs. BUL 1-0. 7-0. tsirtsis shellenberger vs. BUL 0-6. 7-8. BUL mosley vs. BUL fall. BUL mosley vs. BUL 8-0. fall BUL cobbs vs. BUL 1-0. 2-2. 4-4. BUL kocher vs. BUL 3-2. 4-2. kocher wright vs. tetev fall. tetev morningstar vs. jakov 1-0. 6-0. morningstar brenner vs. bogdanov 1-0. 2-1. brenner Fields vs. georgev 1-1. 4-0. fields (greco) shellenberger vs. tomistov 0-4. 3-4. tomistov batsukh vs. tomistov 1-2. 2-1. 6-0. batsukh miragliuolo vs. dostev 6-0. 7-0. miragliuolo rissler vs. alexsov 1-2. 0-7. alexsov harrison vs. sterev 5-0. 3-3. 0-1. sterev hartt vs. russev 3-6. fall. russev There were more matches, but this was the only record we were able to keep. Hope this fills the void for those of you wanting results. Day three in Varna gave us time to workout as a group. We covered some areas of concentration from this trip, later followed by some freestyle matches. Here are some results from todays matches: blanc vs. cobbs 9-5. 2-1. blanc mosely vs. shellenburger 2-2. 0-6. 1-7. shellenburger tsirtsis vs. miragliuolo 7-0. 6-0. tsirtsis batsukh vs. kocher 0-6. 0-6. kocher morningstar vs. harrison 0-6. 0-6. morningstar harrison vs. brenner 0-6. 0-4. brenner perry vs. gavin 2-1. 4-5. not finished hartt vs. deadrick 6-0. 6-0. hartt fields vs. villers 3-1. 4-3. fields fields vs. BUL 1-3. 5-0. 5-0. fields (greco) gavin vs. togorov 5-8. fall gavin batsukh vs. BUL 3-0. 9-6. batsukh miragliuolo vs. BUL 1-7. fall. miragliuolo batsukh vs. BUL 4-3. 6-2. batsukh villers vs. BUL 7-0. 3-0. villers brenner vs. BUL 6-0. 5-2. brenner (greco) cobb vs. BUL 0-6. 5-4. fall. (greco) perry vs. wright 5-4. fall. perry Again there were a few matches but we did not get a record. Hope this helps those of you that are following our progress. As we wind down on our trip to Turkey and Bulgaria, our kids have had a wonderful cultural experience but are ready to return to the states!!!
Teague Moore
Bulgaria Cultural exchange Teague Moore