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Coventry “King of the Hill” Take-Down Tournament Date – Saturday, December 20, 2003 1st Place: Jacob Eliades and Mason Powers 2nd Place: Tyler Cunningham 3rd Place: Jeremy Eliades DNP: Matt Cote, Colin Cunningham and Kevin Moss Tournament Format: This is a Takedown Tournament, with two divisions Beginner and Advanced. Here's how it works – 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 three years we’ve been running this tournament we have only had six overtimes and all ended with a takedown. At the end of the tournament 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 three 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 Start: Depart Hartford, Connecticut on Ramp (North-East) 0.1 0:01 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

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Anyone interested in going? Should be a fun day! When- Sunday, December 21, 2003 Noon – 4 PM Where- Wesleyan Univ. Middletown (Freeman Athl. Ctr) Cost- FREE Who- Any parent & child, mother & daughters are welcome too! Clinician- Tony Davis NCAA Champion (N. Iowa) 2x NCAA All-American, 2x NJCAA Champion (Iowa Central), Training for 2004 Olympic Bid, Coach, Univ. of Nebraska Kids Club

I am not attending this due to the tournament on Saturday. If anyone wants to go please let me know by Thursday 2/12/04. The Waterford Wrestling Tournament Sunday, February 15th. LOCATION Waterford High School, 15 Rope Ferry Road, Waterford, CT 06385 ENTRIES All entries must be received by Friday, 11, 2004. ENTRY FEE $12.00 per wrestler, non-refundable. Category Year of Birth Color 8 AM Mighty Mites 1998-1999 Pink, Bantam 1996-1997 Yellow, Midgets 1994-1995 Blue 12 Noon Novice 1992-1993 Green, Middle School 1989-1991 & 7th / 8th grade White Directions: 7. CT-9 SOUTH - go 22.9 mi 8. Take the I-95 NORTH/US-1 NORTH exit towards NEW LONDON/PROVIDENCE - go 12.2 mi 9. Take the CROSS ROAD exit, exit #81 - go 0.1 mi 10. Turn on PARKWAY S - go 0.1 mi 11. Turn on CROSS RD - go 0.9 mi 12. Continue on SPITHEAD RD - go 0.4 mi 13. Turn on MULLEN HILL RD - go 0.9 mi 14. Continue on NORTH RD - go 0.6 mi 15. Turn on ROPE FERRY RD - go 0.6 mi

e here at USA Wrestling CT have many exciting events coming up as the 2003-2004 wrestling season is just starting to get underway! Sunday November 30, 2003 we are hosting a FREE clinic put on by none other than RULON GARDNER. Some of his most recent accomplishments include: - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist - 2001 World Champion - ESPY Award Winner All wrestlers, coaches, and parents are welcome to attend. This is a great way to get a jump-start to the season and an advantage over the competition. Before the clinic there will also be a Takedown Tournament that is open to all USA Wrestling members born 1988 to 1998. Entries will be limited to the first 220 wrestlers, so sign up now! This all will take place at Waterford High School in Waterford, CT. - The Takedown Tournament will be from 7AM –1PM - The Clinic will be from 2PM – 5PM.