Announcement
Dear Parents,
With the upcoming wrestling season beginning soon, Ridgewood Junior Wrestling (RJW) wanted to provide some preliminary information regarding important dates and scheduling:
First Practice Dates
1) 1st Grade 6-8 Practice - Thursday 19 November at RHS from 7:00-8:00 pm outside on the track (no wrestling shoes required, but please wear warm clothing and running shoes). The next Grade 6-8 practice will be Sunday 22 November at Renaissance Wrestling Academy (485 Boulevard, Elmwood Park, NJ) from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm. These practices are for all wrestlers in Grades 6-8 with 3 or more years of wrestling experience. Other wrestlers who regularly attended this practice last year should also come to this practice.
2) 1st Grade 2-6 Practice - Monday 23 November from 6:30-8:00 pm at Ridgewood High School (RHS). This practice is for all wrestlers in Grades 2-6 who have 0-2 years of wrestling experience. First year wrestlers in other grades should also attend this practice.
3) Parents Meeting - Monday 30 November from 7:45-8:15 pm at RHS. This meeting is required for parents of 1st & 2nd year wrestlers and we recommend all other parents also attend. The meeting will start towards the end of the Grade 2-6 practice scheduled for the same day from 6:30-8:00 pm. RJW coaches will supervise wrestlers during the meeting as needed.
All wrestlers should be dressed in athletic gear for practice (shorts, t-shirts, sweats, etc.). Headgears and wrestling shoes are required to participate. Proper hygiene is essential and RJW will detail best practices at the parents meetings and in future emails. RJW maintains a donation box of shoes and headgear for interested wrestlers on a first come, first serve basis though not all sizes may be available.
Regular Practice Schedule During 2015/16 Season
Grade 2-6 Practices - Monday 6:30 - 8:00 pm: These practices are for all wrestlers in Grades 2-6 who have 0-2 years of wrestling experience.
Grade 6-8 Practices - Tuesday 7:00 - 8:30 pm: This practice is for all wrestlers in Grades 6-8 with 3 or more years of wrestling experience. Any other wrestler who regularly attended this practice last year should also come to this practice.
Thursday Split Session Practice: Grade 2-6 from 6:30-7:45 pm & Grades 6-8 from 7:45-9:15 pm. The same wrestlers should attend each respective practice as described above.
Please contact RJW if you have any questions about which practice your child should attend. RJW will try to maintain this schedule on a regular basis as best possible but will inevitably need to move practice dates to other days of the week due to conflicts, weather and other scheduling issues. RJW will email scheduling and other information at the start of each week. The RJW website is also a good source of information as we will post updates, news, etc. Our preliminary schedule is posted to the 'combined calendar' in the schedule section of the website. A link to the combined calendar is below:
https://www.eteamz.com/rjwi/news/index.cfm?id=5295296&cat=602451
3rd Annual RJW Social & Fundraising Event on Friday 4 December - Save the Date
RJW will host its 3rd annual social and fundraising event earlier this year in the evening of Friday 4 December at the Knights of Columbus in Ridgewood. This will be a great opportunity for new and returning families to meet one another and RJW while learning more about the RJW program in a fun and relaxed setting. Please consider whether your family can combine with other RJW families to donate a gift basket (shirts, gift cards, wrestling equipment, wine, gift certificates or any other idea) to be raffled off at the event to help raise funds for a new, needed wrestling mat and other RJW initiatives. We will send out additional information in coming days but please do save the date.
RJW is excited for the upcoming season and looking forward to teaching Ridgewood children the great sport of wrestling. We will all have a lot of fun and work hard in a fun, safe & healthy environment. Please do not hesitate to contact us at Rjw@ridgewoodjwrestling.org if you have any questions.
Thanks!
-RJW