One more step to add.
Once you have registered for the state please forward the electronic receipt to the appropriate team mom with the weight class and age group you registered your son for.
I need this information because we cannot see who has and has not registered for the state tournament.
Thanks
Kim Smith – Bantam
Vicki Yielding – Intermediate
Susie Mullins – Novice
Schoolboy – Amy Hamilton
From: David Myers [mailto:David_Myers@HendersonMyers.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 10:03 AM
To: VWC email
Subject: State Tournament wrestling update
Parents please read carefully. I have several items to cover.
1) State tournament-registration
2) Seeding meeting and your help
State tournament-registration
The state wrestling tournament is February 19 and 20th at Hoover High School.
We need everyone registering for the state tournament. This is the only tournament that has team point and awards a team state championship by age division and overall. The more wrester we have the more points we can score. I need everyone to register and wrestle at the state tournament.
The state tournament is different than any other tournament. The state tournament requires you to preregister using the Track wrestling website by Wednesday, February 10th. You must register and pay for the state tournament on line. The cost is $15 per wrestler. You must have your track wrestling number and USA Wrestling number in order to register. Please go ahead and register today there will be no extension on the deadline.
Rules for state and registration:
1) For Bantam, Intermediate and Novice you must have wrestled in the specific weight class at least once to qualify for that weigh class.
2) Once you register you cannot change weight classes. You must wrestle in the weight class you register to wrestle. There will be no exceptions.
3) Bantam, Intermediate and Novice will receive a 1 lb growth allowance for the state tournament. So if your son wrestled at 55 he will receive 1 lb and will be allowed to weigh 56.
4) Middle school will receive 2 lbs and there is not pre-qualification rule for MS weight classes.
Use the below link and then select Pre-register now option on the track wrestling website.
http://www.twnode4.com/opentournaments/MainFrame.jsp?sport=wrestling&TIM=1265555501976&pageName=&ie=false&frameSize=583
Seeding meeting and your help
The state tournament is the only tournament were we seed wrestlers. Seeding means we rank wrestlers 1-4 based upon a set criteria. Sometimes we will seed up to 8 spots in a large weight class. The seeding allows us to separate the best wrestlers in each bracket.
We will have the coaches seeding meeting this coming Sunday and will need the below information by Thursday so we can make sure your son is seeded correctly.
This is very important. If your son has placed in any tournament I will need your help with the following:
1) I need your sons wrestling record by age division and by weight class and overall record.
2) I need a summary of each place your son has taken at each tournament by weigh class if he has wrestled in more than 1 weigh class.
3) I need a listing of key head to head opponents and overall record of key opponents. The more the detail you provide the better.
4) If he has wrestled outside of Alabama I need overall record, tournament and placement summary.
All of the above information is stored in track wrestling. Track wrestling can be a little cumbersome to understand so be patient and start gather this information now. I have assigned a coach to each age group and you will need to bring them this information and give them this information in an organized and neat manner so we can use this information in our coaches meeting.
This is information is due this Thursday at practice. Please start on this now and have it complete by Thursday. We will not have time to handle any late information.
Bantam – Christian Staylor
Intermediate – Chris Smith
Novice – Phillip McCallum
Schoolboy- Dean Paugh
If you have any questions please contact the assigned coach or myself.
David
