Minutemen Youth Wrestling

1. Only certified officials may be used. Tournament directors are required to contact Brian Reardon (Officials Director) at least 4 weeks prior to your tournament. Brian’s phone number at home is (860) 584-9523 and his cell is 203-521-6304 or by e-mail coachbreardon@comcast.net. You’ll need at least one (1) more official than the number of wrestling surfaces that you will be using. Site: 2. Mats- no less than one-half mats is to be used at any time for any age category. The minimum mat size is recommended to be the equivalent of two (2) full-mats broken-up into three (3) mat surfaces. NEW: All Novice and Middle school wrestlers that are in a weight class of 115 pounds or more will be required to wrestle on Full Mats, this is not left to the tournament director’s discretion. 3. Sound system- adequate sound systems must be available in each area where wrestling matches are present 4. Emergency personnel- it is the responsibility of each tournament director to have on hand one of the following type of personnel (certified trainer, nurse, doctor, paramedic, EMT, fireman with medical training) Bracketing: We will be using the 5-man (Maryland Crab) round-robin format. 5. All wrestlers will be grouped by both age category and weight into 5-man brackets. Each wrestler will wrestle one-another giving each wrestler a total of 4 matches (round-robin format). There are many advantages to doing this. § Everyone gets 4 matches. When using 8-man brackets with only 7 listed wrestlers the #1 seeded wrestler will only get two (2) matches. Wrestlers with lesser experience tend to only get two (2) matches too. The round robin format automatically gives these wrestlers a 100% increase in the number of matches. § Wrestlers of equal caliber can be grouped together providing for more competitive matches. This should give everyone 4 competitive matches versus a #1 seed in an 8-man bracket who usually gets only one (1) competitive match. § It is a very easy format to operate. This will allow the tournaments to be operated more smoothly and in a timely fashion. § This is also a very easy format to understand. Everyone, coaches, wrestlers and parents alike should quickly understand the progression through the tournament of each and every wrestler. With only five (5) rounds the match-ups will be identical week in and week out. o Round 1- #1 vs #2 and #3 vs #4 with a bye to #5 o Round 2- #1 vs #3 and #2 vs #5 with a bye to #4 o Round 3- #1 vs #4 and #3 vs #5 with a bye to #3 o Round 4- #1 vs #5 and #3 vs #4 with a bye to #2 o Round 5- #2 vs #3 and #4 vs #5 with a bye to #1 § Parents will quickly understand the format and know when their child is finished wrestling for the day. § This format also allows each tournament director to pre-bracket their tournament. In the event of a no-show the bracket then becomes a 4-manCriteria are being developed to identify place winners in the event of some wrestlers having the same win-loss record. · When only two (2) wrestlers have the identical win-loss record the tiebreaker will be the one who won their match. · When three (3) wrestlers have identical win-loss records the following criteria, in order, will apply- o Match points- 3 points for regular decision (minor), less than 8 pt delta in the final match score; 4 points for a major decision where the match score delta is between 8 and 11 points; 5 points for a technical fall where the match score delta was more than 11 points; or 6 points for a fall, forfeit or injury default. o Scoring total- the wrestler who had scored more points in their 3 matches regardless of the type of decision, fall, forfeit or injury default. o The tournament registration form will be modified to allow each coach to identify those wrestlers who would typically place in the top three (3) of an 8-man bracket. Wrestlers will then be grouped by not only age and weight but their skill level as well. o A minimum of 20 minutes must be allowed between wrestlers matches.