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Chelmsford Youth Wrestling Tourney
ALL REGISTRATION DONE AT THE DOOR!!What: A Round-Robin Youth Wrestling Tournament with two flights
When: Sunday, January 8, 2017
Where: Chelmsford High School in Chelmsford, MA
Middle School Flight Grades 5-8:1. Weigh-ins from 6:30 – 7:30 AM
2. Wrestling begins @ 9 AM
Grade School Flight Grades K-4:
1. Weigh-ins from 12:00 PM –1:00 PM
2. Wrestling begins @ 2 PM
Participation Fee: $20 per wrestler (For speed and efficiency,teams are reminded that each wrestler should have their own registration fee)
Admission Fee: $5 for Adults and teens (children under 14 free)
Tourney Style: Round-robin brackets of approximately 4 wrestlers. Each wrestler will compete in three matches. Matches will consist of 3 one-minute periods (1-1-1). At the beginning of each flight all weight classes will be assigned to a specific mat that you remain at for all of your matches.
Grouping: Wrestlers are grouped by age, weight, and ability. Two divisions will be formed based on Tournament experience, athleticism, and toughness.Coaches: Please use integrity in assigning your wrestlers to the appropriate division. Coaches are encouraged to move athletic/tough wrestlers with little experience to the Select.
Skin and Nail Check: Will be done at registration. Please trim nails in advance as this slows done registration line. Any questionable skin issues will be referred to head official for final decision.
Novice Division – Little to no Experience (less then 3 tournaments)
Select Division - Experience of 3 or more tournaments.
Grades K-2 Novice
Grades K-2 Select
Grades 3-4 Novice
Grades 3-4 Select
Grades 5-6 Novice
Grades 5-6 Select
Grades 7-8 Novice
Grades7-8 Select
Awards: Medals for top four place finishers in each weight class, awards will be presented at the mat where you are assigned.
Snack Bar: Full Menu - Breakfast Sandwiches, Pizza, Snacks & Drinks throughout the day. (Please no Food or Drinks in Gym and Please store personal coolers in the snack bar area).
*Enjoy our renovated Wrestling Room/ Snack Bar (donated by CYW) with 50 inch Plasma TV to keep up on all the NFL action through out the day!Directions: Route 3 North or South to Exit 32 (Drum Hill) take Westford Road exit off rotary. Bear right (twice) onto Richardson Road. Continue to third entrance for the high school (on right) Follow the entrance road to the gym. (Directions are also on our website)
Referees: Certified referees and a Head Referee will handle any issues that may arise.Clinic: A Clinic will be held before each flight included with your registration fee, time permitting of course. Feedback on these clinics has been excellent. (Last year; Mike Marshall and Dave Shunaman from Doughboy).
Contact: Dana Dulong Email: dmdulong@comcast.net Website:www.chelmsfordyouthwrestling.com
Some other tourney notes & helpful hints……
Coaches one big thing that comes up every year....we do not do preregistration. This is point of sale only and it is to your benefit. You do not need to track any kids for money, pay for any of those that don’t show etc... If you do have to pay for a team in full then you need to get them all together and come to registration tables together. This can be a little chaotic but it just works. That is why we highly recommend that each wrestler has their own registration money.
We will post brackets in 3 locations, 2 for wrestlers and parents and one exclusively for coaches in the hall where you weighed in.Coaches List
CYW has developed a new “Coaches List” that will;
· List all your wrestlers entered and shorted by town
· Tell you what bracket number they are and what mat they are on.
· Make sure they all register for the same team name and verify information after you get your list.
· You will have to verify it, but rather then going to every bracket on wall to get a list of your kids and where they are, we will hand you a list by town that you can just tell your kids what mat they are going to wrestle on that day.
With the outlier process, a wrestler maybe combined into a different group due to odd numbers after the list has been generated. More then likely they will be assigned to the same or contiguous mat. This will lighten the mess at the wall brackets. We know, as coaches, this is one of the biggest pains in the neck and the list solves that problem.
Separating wrestlers from same team or familyThe bracketing is done by a computer and does not see anything but their weight (Madison). So if you have two kids on the same team that weigh the same and you want to split them up, you need to add say 2 pounds to one that will separate them as we go to the tenth of a pound. (If they are bigger you will need to increase that amount because the weights will be more spread out on the higher end).
Example; Twin Boys that weigh 80 pounds, make one 82 and they should be in different brackets.Bracket Flip Charts
We now have a method by which we can display the following information for spectators and parents. This allows parents to know when their child is wrestling or on deck so they will not be in fear of missing their match.· All Bracket numbers on that mat
· Bracket number now wrestling
· Bracket number on deck.
