wrestling schedule

Parents,

 

Attached is the wrestling schedule for tonight and tomorrow.  Also please review the staging process with your son one more time

 

Rebel Challenge Wrestling Tournament

A USA Team Alabama Youth Wrestling Tournament

For more information contact:  Christian Staylor 757/362-2005

 

Please note:

• Friday weigh is at Pizitz Middle School not VHHS due to high school basketball game.  Wrestling Saturday will be at VHHS.
• Bantam and School Boy divisions are combined and will wrestle at 8:30
• We will run this tournament with a staging area.  We will not assign a weight class to each wrestling mat; instead wrestlers will be called to a central staging area and given a mat assignment for each bout.  We expect that by using a staging area we can reduce the wrestling schedule by @ 2 hours.  Attached is a document discussing the staging process please review with your wrestlers.

                                               

Where:			Vestavia Hills High School 2235 Lime Rock Road  Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216
When:			January 30, 2009
Weigh ins:			Friday:   January 29, 2009 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pizitz Middle school 2020 Pizitz Drive  Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216
	Weight and Age Brackets with Approximate Start Times
	BANTAM AGE GROUP BORN 2002-2003 WEIGHTS: 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 90 SCHOOL BOY/MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE GROUP BORN 1996-1997 WEIGHTS: 70, 77, 84, 91, 98, 105, 112, 120, 128, 136, 144, 152, 160, 175, 190, 210, 235 ·         WEIGH IN: 6:00 – 7:00 AM ·         COACHES MEETING @ 8:00 AM ·         WRESTLING TO BEGIN AT 8:30 AM   INTERMEDIATE AGE GROUP BORN 2000 –2001 WEIGHTS: 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 87, 95, 103, 112, 112, 120, 140 ·         WEIGH IN: 9:30 – 10:30 AM ·         COACHES MEETING @ 11:30 AM ·         WRESTLING TO BEGIN AT 12:00 PM   NOVICE AGE GROUP BORN 1998 – 1999 WEIGHTS: 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 112, 120, 130, 140, 165 ·         WEIGH IN: 12:30 – 1:30 PM ·         COACHES MEETING @ 2:00 PM ·         WRESTLING TO BEGIN AT 2:30 PM
	Entry Fee	Entry Fee:  $10 per wrestler Each wrestler may compete up in another age group for an additional $10 (only one weigh in required)NO REFUNDS
	Registration	·         Registration at the door only ·         WRESTLERS MUST HAVE THEIR USA CARD AND TRACKWRESTLING NUMBER TO COMPETE
	Seeding not used. Wrestle back to second place Only coaches with visible USA membership card to be allowed on mats and in hospitality room.  Strictly enforced.

Staging process:

 

Coaches

 

This will be the gym setup for the Vestavia youth tournament. (See attached pdf) To try to be more efficient, we are planning on staging the wrestlers.  This will help by having less down time on each mat and allow us to run a faster tournament.

 

In order for this to work, we need all coaches to cover the staging process with their wrestlers and parents before the tournament starts. When a wrestler's weight‐class is called he should report to the staging area. He will then be assigned a mat (1-8) for his match. We will have VHHS varsity wrestlers escort the wrestlers to their mat.  Just to be clear a wrestler will not be on the same mat for every match.

 

Process:

 

1. The staging director will call an entire weigh class to the staging area and assign each match to a mat.
2. We will run all weight classes through the championship finals before we start any consolation matches. 
3. When we make announcements for wrestlers to report to the staging area, we will distinguish between championships and consolation brackets to clarify which wrestlers need to report to the staging area.  This way wrestler will know if they need to report to staging when their weight class is called.  In the event of a wrestle back this process will also allow the 2^nd place wrestler time to rest.  Please communicate to your wrestler the difference between consolation and championship brackets.  When a wrestler loses he does not need to report back to staging until we start calling consolation matches.
4. Round robin brackets will be assigned to a specific mat and the round robin will be run from the table.
5. The staging director will keep 3 matches at a mat at all times.  1) wrestling, 2) on deck and 3) in the hole
6. We will have table worker assigned to each table to keep the called wrestlers at the mat.

 

Please go over the staging process, where the staging area is, and where all the mats are with your wrestlers.  We hope this makes for a much faster day.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.