Minutemen Youth Wrestling

Date - Sunday, December 12, 2004 Site -- Coventry High School, Ripley Hill Road, Coventry, CT Tournament Director -- Mike Whitham Pre-registrations are mandatory! Two Divisions: Beginner & Advanced! Everyone must have a current USA Wrestling card. To get a USA card for pre-registration, register on line prior to December 8, 2004, any questions please contact Sarah Jadach (203) 735-7175. Cards will NOT be sold at the door. For logistical reasons, we will be limiting the number of registrations this year. Pre-registrations need to be submitted no later than 8 PM Wednesday December 8, 2004, to Coach Moss. For information call: Mike Whitham at 860-742-3217 (home) or 860-403-1407 (work) Peter Alosky at 860-742-5139 (home) or 860-742-8383(work) No-shows will be required to pay the fee. Fee's- different from all other tournaments * $15/wrestler pre-registration only * $25 family cap Registration / Weigh-in times * Pre-register by 7 PM on Friday 12/10/04 * Confirmation weigh-ins: o Advanced Wrestlers -- 8:00 - 8:45 AM. o Beginner Wrestlers - 12:30 - 1:15 PM. Wrestling: * Advanced Wrestlers: 9:00AM - 1:00PM o Advanced "King of the Hill" and awards to follow immediately afterwards. * Beginner Wrestlers: 1:15 PM - 4:PM . o Beginner "King of the Hill" awards to follow immediately afterwards. Tournament Format: This is a Takedown Tournament, with two divisions Beginner and Advanced. Here's how it works - Four to Five wrestlers per bracket -- Brackets are set up by age/weight/division. Winners are determined by best of five takedowns. (First to win three takedowns wins the bout.) Stalling and penalty points apply as well. After three minutes if there is no winner we go into a one-minute overtime period. If after one minute there is still no winner, then the ref decides on aggression, with warnings for stalling and number of serious attempts at a takedown counting heavily in the decision. Note-in the four years we've been running this tournament, this format has worked well, and overtime decisions are few and very far between. At the end of each division session we line up all the wrestlers and we play "King of the Hill". Just like practice, we go by size upwards. One takedown wins it and the winner stays in until he is beat. Awards are given for the "Longest Reign" (Most wins before losing) and the "Last One Standing." We did this the last four years and the kids LOVE it! IMPORTANT==> Also, since the main goal of the tournament is to promote wrestling in the area, we have a NOVICE class Signifying "beginner" not the age category). All wrestlers with less then two years experience(they wrestled last year for the first time) compete in their own brackets. (And their own King of the Hill). Any wrestler who has won a medal in a non-novice tournament cannot be considered a novice. This division is strictly for beginner wrestlers. Directions to Coventry High School: 1) Directions to Coventry High School from Hartford, CT 1: Merge onto I-84 [US-6] (East) 5.3 miles 2: At I-84 Exit 59, turn off onto Ramp 0.7 miles 3: Merge onto I-384 (East) 7.8 miles 4: Continue (North-East) on US-6 [US-44] 0.3 miles 5: Continue (East) on US-44 [Bolton Rd] 6.9 miles 6: Turn RIGHT (South) onto Lewis Hill Rd 0.9 miles 7: Turn RIGHT at stop sign onto Ripley Hill Rd 0.1 miles End: Arrive 78 Ripley Hill Rd, Coventry, CT, 06238 < 0.1 < 1min Total Route 22.2 mi