Thank you for joining the Wizards Wrestling Club for the 2023 - 2024 season

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions we have for new and returning parents. This will help any families that were unable to attend our recent parent meeting or to help refresh the memories of our veteran families. This email should be kept for the season to reference if you have any questions.

WEBSITE

Crystal Lake Wizards website: www.CLwizards.com  All the information you need to know about the club generally can be found on our website. The website is updated daily during the season and is a very good source of information for our club. 

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT

Step 1- REGISTRATION - Fill out the 2023-2024 Registration form which can be found on our website or by using this link; 2023-2024 Season Reg. Form

Step 2 - PAYMENT - The Registration fee for the 2022-2023 season can be paid by credit card or debit card, on our website or by using this link; 2023-2024 Season PAYMENT link

If your payment has been successfully processed you will receive an email reflecting the dollar amount you paid. Please note the system generates an email every time the form is started or completed regardless of payment, if it does not show you the amount and payment method the payment was not processed correctly. Any questions in regards to payments can be directed to Sabrina Jimenez Sabrina@CLwizards.com

USA Wrestling Cards

Please remember that every family is responsible for purchasing a USA Wrestling card online for $55 per wrestler at www.usawmembership.com, The USA card is required before practices begin at the beginning of November.  If you are new to the Wizards be sure to select CL Wizards as your club in the pull down menu for affiliated club when you purchase the card.  Tony Fontanetta is responsible for the USA cards for the club. If you have any questions, please email him at arfont37@sbcglobal.net

COACHING

Unlike most other clubs we welcome you to enjoy the experience with your wrestler.  In order to coach or even be in the practice room, you will need to have a USA coaches card. This card is needed for insurance reasons and helps to protect the club, the wrestler, and coach from any incidents. If you are interested in becoming a coach, please contact Tony Fontanetta at arfont37@sbcglobal.net  and he can add you to the coaches email list and get you the information you need to become a coach.

Please keep in mind; all coaches are encouraged to frequently help out at practice.  You do not have to be asked to participate.  The more help, the better.  It helps you learn what is being taught and to become familiar with the kids and their style.  We expect that you will not only coach your kid, but others as needed at tournaments and practice.  We do not like to see coaches sitting around at practices or tournaments, when they can be participating.

FACILITY

Our facility is located at 975 Nimco Lane, unit L.  Crystal Lake IL, 60050.

If you go East on Rakow road towards Route 31, Nimco is in between Pingree and Route 31. Turn left on Nimco and follow it down to the last driveway on the right, turn right, then left we are in the corner unit. 

See location on Google Maps.

PARKING

There are limited spots along the building and there are other spots to the West of our space. We ask that you only park in the spots West of the space so we are not in other business' spaces that are also renting in the building.  DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OF OUR GARAGE DOOR.

PRACTICE

We have four practice groups. We try to put kids where they will have the most success. Kids may be moved to a different group if we find they are not being challenged in the group they were assigned. More information to come closer to the season.

The practice room is closed to parents with kids in groups 2, 3 and 4. The city has restricted us to 50 people at a time in the facility so we need to make sure we stay in compliance.  We have limited space and it is less disruptive when there is less going on to distract the wrestlers.

Also, we suggest you have the wrestlers get in the habit of taking showers each night after practice, as well as washing their equipment once a week. Please also make sure their nails are kept short.  

What do wrestlers need at practice?

The kids can wear shorts and t-shirt to practice. No hoods or snaps/zippers allowed. They should also bring a water bottle. We have a water cooler onsite if they forget their drink. 


What equipment do I need?

The wrestlers will also need headgear and wrestling shoes for practice. These can be purchased at The World’s Oldest Sport, Amazon, Rudis online, or Dicks. We ask the kids DO NOT wear their outside shoes on the mats to prevent the mats from getting dirty. *There is also a bin of donated shoes & headgear at the club* 

TEAM TOURNAMENTS

We will attend one or two tournaments each weekend starting the first week of December. These tournaments are voluntary.  We encourage you to go, but it is not mandatory. These fill up fast so we suggest if you would like to attend, that you sign up early to get a spot at the one you want.  The tournament fees are not included in the registration fee. Each tournament will require a separate fee. The tournaments are typically $20-$45  per event. The tournaments will last from about 7am until about 2pm and some have switched to spilt session. The preliminary tournament schedule is posted on our website under “tournament list.” Registration is done online via our website or trackwrestling.  Instructions are noted with each tournament on our website. A message is sent out once the upcoming tournaments are open for registration.  We allow our coaches to register first to ensure proper coverage at each tournament.  Following, a message is sent to the entire club when it is open to all.


Jeremy Carbone & Steve Sweirk handle the tournament registration and Sabrina Jimenez will handle payments for the tournaments.

For problems on how to sign up for tournaments please contact:

Jeremy Carbone tournaments2@clwizards.com

Steve Swierk coachsteve@Clwizards.com

Tournament Payments - Sabrina Jimenez sabrina@CLwizards.com

Hotel Stay


Some tournaments are out of town and may require a hotel stay. These hotels will be located in the hotel area on our menu, once arrangements are secured. If you want a room you must book it on your own. Rooms go fast and they also have dates when the block ends so don't wait too long to reserve your room. Julie Swierk Julie@Clwizards.com will be handling the hotels for us this season. 

Hotels for tournaments - More information to come via email 

Stats

We do keep stats of all of our wrestlers that attend the team tournaments.  Before leaving a tournament, please let a coach know how your wrestler did for the day.  If you are interested in "win criteria" you can find an explanation on our website.  On our website, you may view all of our club's individual season stats by selecting "statistics" toward the bottom of the menu bar.  The password is: Wizards24!  Please do not pass that on to anyone outside of our club.

IKWF DIVISIONS and Weight Classes

SINGLETS

Crystal Lake Wizard singlets are REQUIRED to be worn to tournaments when you are representing the Crystal Lake Wizards, please do not wear singlets that are not affiliated to our club. It is ok to wear past designs or prior years singlets so long as they are WIZARD singlets. On as needed basis we will offer rentals of singlets more information to follow. Email Sabrina@CLwizards.com with any questions.

What do I wear to tournaments?

We ask that your wrestler wear our singlet when they are competing for our team, as well as, wear our team colors and gear. We are happy kids go to other training facilities during the off-season to train, but from November until March they are part of the CL Wizards. This also gets them into a good habit for high school because high school coaches will not let you wear other teams’ colors or singlets.

WIZARD WEAR

Wizard Wear and uniforms were done through Takedown Sports this season the dealine to order has passed. Please Contact Steve Swierk with any questions for Wizard Wear at CoachSteve@CLwizards.com 

SPONSORSHIPS / FUNDRAISING

We are a 501c3 organization and depend heavily on our fundraisers and sponsors to help pay the bills and keep the costs down for our wrestlers.  Many employers offer donations upon request from employees. We encourage you to keep the Wizards in mind for any of those opportunities. Donations and or sponsorship opportunities can be made at the Crystal Lake Website under sponsorship opportunities.   Every little bit helps.  If you know anyone who may want to donate, please contact Tony Fontanetta at arfont37@sbcglobal.net 

Tournament Photos


We are always looking for more families to help take photos at tournaments.  It ensures we get photos of Wizards at all tournaments. Pictures are a very important part of the season and are used for the slide show at the Annual Awards banquet. Additionally, if anyone would like to volunteer to help Sabrina pull together our end of the year video for the banquet, we would love some volunteers to help sort pictures pick songs etc...  Contact Sabrina@Clwizards.com if you would like help. Below are links to view and upload pictures, any help is appreciated. 

Download & View Pictures; https://wizardswrestling.smugmug.com/

Upload Pictures for 2023-2024; https://WizardsWrestling.smugmug.com/upload/2zstFX/UploadTournamentPictures

TEAM  Picture Night 

Will be hosted at the club on Monday 12/18/2023 between 6-8 pm

More Information to come...

BOARD MEMBERS & ASSISTANTS

Feel free to reach out to any of the CLW board members and assistants with your questions 

Crystal Lake Wizards Wrestling Club

975 Nimco Dr, Unit L
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Phone: 312-656-7335 or 815-482-4464

 We are looking forward to another fun and successful season together