Winter Folkstyle Tournament Guidelines
2006 - 2007
o Middle school division made-up of 7th & 8th graders born in years 1992-1994.
o Tournament sanction forms must be submitted at least 4-weeks prior to event.
o All tournaments are pre-registration only. Absolutely no walk-ins.
o Only sanctioned USA clubs may pre-register wrestlers. Out-of-state wrestlers / clubs must contact the tournament director.
o Tournament registration fees are $15/individual with a $25 family cap. The regional registration fee is $15/ individual and the State Championship is $20/individual.
o Madison weights will be used for all tournaments with the following exception-
o Novice and Middle School division state qualifier and state championship will follow the USA Wrestling weight classes for their age group.
o 5-man round robin bracketing will be implemented in order to improve tournament efficiency and allow every wrestler to get four (4) matches, which should also be more competitive.
o Only Novice and Middle School wrestlers will need to “qualify” for the state championship the weekend of February 25, 2007 , three or four Sites to be determined and assignment of Clubs to each site will be determined by Mid January 2007.
USAWCT is combining the Schoolboys and Cadets into a single category labeled “Middle School” division. This will reduce the confusion about the two age groups competing together or separately. This is applicable to only those wrestlers who are both born in 1992 and are in the eighth (8th) grade. The Middle School division will therefore include only those wrestlers who are presently in the 7th and 8th grade and have a birth year in 1992, 1993 or 1994.
All coaches will be required to have both a current USA Wrestling coaches card and be at least Copper certified to be able to participate in this years State Championship Tournament. There will be several coaches’ certification classes available throughout the year. To get more information about these clinics you may visit the website (www.usawct.org), calling the Coaching Director, Steve Makein or e-mail him at SMakein@aces.k12.ct.us. Coach’s Certification is NOT mandatory during the regular season tournaments however; a current USA Wrestling coach’s card is required and must be displayed on the coaches upper body when coaching alongside the mat.
Wrestlers are permitted to only register and wrestle in one (1) bracket regardless of staying within their own age group or not.
Tournament Sanction forms should be submitted at least four (4) weeks prior to the tournament date, please indicate the number of mat surfaces you plan to run. You’ll need at least one (1) more official than the number of wrestling surfaces that you will be using. Forms may be obtained from the State Chairperson, Mark Cammisa phone number day 203 359-8800, evenings 203 790-9209 or by e-mail mcammisa@impressionspaper.com. Tournament sanction fees are $150 for normal tournaments and $75 for small invitational tournaments of less than 100 participants, $75 for more than 100 wrestlers and $50 for Novice tournaments. Anyone submitting a sanction form with less than 30 days will be assessed a $50 late fee penalty.
Regular Season- December 2006 thru February 11, 2007 exclusive of the qualifiers on February 18, 2007, however, tournament dates may recommence after February 25, 2007.
Registrations:
P All tournaments require pre-registration. Absolutely NO Walk-ins will be permitted.
· Only Directors, or their appointee, of sanctioned clubs will be allowed to pre-register wrestlers. Wrestlers who are not club affiliated or are from out-of-state are requested to contact the Tournament Director directly by the Thursday immediately before the event. Out of state clubs can be set up by the State Chairman, so that they can register on line, however, they must follow the tournament guidelines as does the Connecticut clubs.
· All out of state clubs must sign an agreement with USAWCT, in which they agree to provide proof of their wrestlers current membership ( hold a current valid USA Card), this proof can be copies e-mailed or faxed to the Membership Director. In addition, the out of state clubs agree to pay for all wrestlers that they pre-register on line that do not show up for check in. If the club is able to notify the Tournament Club in advance that the person will not attend the tournament and the Tournament Club is able to remove the person from their pre-registered list, then there will be no charge to the out of State Club. Finally, the out of state clubs that are able to register on line will also comply with the standard weigh in requirements that the Tournament Club has required for Connecticut clubs.
· Only the data base on our web site will be used to register for tournaments, this will ensure that all wrestlers are proper USA wrestling members and allow for a uniformed format to process entries.
· Each wrestlers weight must adequately represent the weight that they will be come tournament morning. Every wrestler will be required to check-in the morning of the tournament to check-in at the appropriate time and get their finger nails and skin checked. The Tournament club must have the proper personnel on staff to handle these checks and put a stamp onto the wrestler indicating that that athlete has been checked and has no contagious skin conditions. Any athlete with a suspect skin condition, must be cleared by the trainer at the tournament prior to the athlete, being admitted into the tournament. This new requirement must be followed by all Tournament Directors.
· Tournament registration fees are $15 for each individual with a family-cap of $25. All club directors are to collect their wrestlers registration fees and pay the tournament director the morning of the tournament. Payment should not be made with more than one (1) check. There are NO refunds for no-shows.
· All wrestlers are required to have a current USA Wrestling membership.
· Wrestlers in need of a card should contact their club director or Sarah Jadach at (203) 735-7175 or sjadach23@aol.com . Arrangements must be made by each Wednesday prior to a Sunday Tournament to allow proper issuance of cards, NO EXCEPTIONS.
· Pre-registration for the Sunday Tournaments will close no earlier than 6:00 pm on the Friday prior to the Sunday Tournament. The only exception to this is if the Club Director has elected to close the tournament due to high registration.
Weight Classes:
P A Madison weight class system will be followed. All wrestlers will be grouped relative to both their age and weight. There are no published and strict weight classes to follow during the regular season. The maximum weight distribution will be no more than 5 lbs for weight classes up to 120 lbs and no more than 10 lbs for weight classes over 120 lbs.
P There will be random weight checks at normal tournaments with a 3 pound allowance given to each wrestler. Random checks will be determined at check-in, by the tournament Director.
Any wrestler that violates the three (3)pound allowance will be disqualified and removed from that tournament, if the tournament director believes that this was a typo error, the wrestler can be re-bracketed. In addition, any wrestler disqualified as a result of violating the three (3) pound allowance will be reported to the State Chairman and that wrestler is to be identified (Flagged) on the web site and must be weighed in at every subsequent tournament to verify their weight.
P Weight challenges during a tournament are performed at the tournament director’s discretion. When a wrestler’s weight is challenged by another wrestler (Coach or Parent), then the challenging wrestler will also be weighed in.
P The tournament director must notify Kids Director, Dave Kanute within 2 days of event in which there was a weight issue or challenge in which a wrestler violated the three (3) pound allowance. Failure of the Tournament to follow this rule will result in forfeiture of their right to run a Folk Style Tournament in the 2007-2008 Season.
P When weighing-in, each wrestler must weigh-in wearing a competition singlet.
Age Categories, Start Times & Period Length:
|
Category |
Year of Birth |
Check-in Time |
Start Time |
Period Length |
Paperwork Color |
|
Mighty Mites |
2001-2002 |
7:45 – 8:30 |
9 AM |
1-1-1 |
Pink |
|
Bantam |
1999-2000 |
7:45 – 8:30 |
9 AM |
1-1-1 |
Yellow |
|
Midgets |
1997-1998 |
7:45 – 8:30 |
9 AM |
1-1.5-1.5 |
Blue |
|
Novice |
1995-1996 |
11:45 – 12:30 |
1 PM |
1-1.5-1.5 |
Green |
|
Middle School |
1992-1994 & in the 7th or 8th grade |
11:45 – 12:30 |
1 PM |
1.5-1.5-1.5 |
White |
TECH FALLS will occur when a 12 point margin is achieved, this rule applies to all age groups
Tournament Results:
P It is the responsibility of each tournament director to forward the results to the Director by Wednesday morning immediately following the tournament. The top three (3) wrestlers in each bracket must be identified with the following information-
§ Wrestlers name by placement with-
· Age category
· Weight class
· Club or town
Officials:
P Only certified officials may be used at USAWCT tournaments.
P Tournament directors are required to contact Mark Cammisa, State chairman 30 days prior to your event date (preferably by e-mail)and request from him the number of Officials that you will require. E-mail mcammisa@impressionspaper.com phone number 203 359-8800 work, Home 203 790-9209. Brian Reardon the officials Director will make the assignments for the officials.
P You’ll need at least one (1) more official than the number of wrestling surfaces that you will be using.
P You will provide free of cost to all officials and the supervisor official lunch, have water available at the tables at all times and provide a dinner meal if the tournament runs beyond 5:00 pm. You will also pay the Supervisor Official $75.00 for their days service, if that person also officiates, you will pay them for the time that they were on the mat officiating at the standard rates, which is $15.00 per hour for 2006-2007.
Site:
P 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.
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.
P Sound system- adequate sound systems must be available in each area where wrestling matches are present
P 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 or 6-man (Maryland Crab) round-robin format.
P All wrestlers will be grouped by both age category and weight into 5 or 6-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, if 6 man brackets then there are no byes in any of the rounds.
§ 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-
§ 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 difference was 12 or more points; or 6 points for a fall, forfeit or injury default.
§ 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.
Qualifiers- Date February 18, 2007
Only wrestlers from the Novice and Middle School age categories will need to Qualify for the State Championship. There will be no exceptions to this policy
There will be a mandatory questionnaire sent to Clubs Director around Mid January 2007 requesting that each report the number of Novice and Middle School wrestlers from their club that will attend the qualifiers for the Kids State Championships. The Club Directors on the BOD will gather this information and remit it to the State Chairman by January 16th. The tournament committee will then determine which Clubs will be at which Qualifying location. This determination by the tournament committee will be presented and approved or amended by the Board of Directors before January 20, 2007.
P There will be four (4) qualifying sites. Wrestlers will be eligible to only participate in one (1) qualifier.
P Wrestlers must compete in the qualifying location which their club or team is in.
P Each club will assigned a Qualifying location and all of the wrestlers will be required to qualify at that qualifier regardless of where the wrestler lives Wrestlers that are not affiliated with a club will be assigned a location
P Weight classes will be adhered to. See the weight classes found later in this document.
P Weigh-ins will be conducted for the qualifiers. Check-in times and start times may be modified for these four (4) tournaments only. Scratch weights with no allowance.
P Only the top four (4) wrestlers in each weight class in each qualifier location will proceed on to the State Championship.
P The top four (4) wrestlers of each weight class will be required to register and pay the State Championship registration fee before they leave the qualifying tournament. Anyone who does not pre-register and pay at this time will forfeit their spot, to the next wrestler in order of placement.
State Championship- February 25, 2007 @ Hill House High School Field-house, 480 Sherman Parkway, New Haven, CT 06511 operated by USAWCT
P Open to Connecticut wrestlers (residents). Mighty Mites, Bantams and Midgets can pre-register on line and Novice & Middle School must qualify to be entered into the Kids State Championships.
P All registrations will be $20. No family discount.
P 8-man brackets will be used for all age-groups except for Novice and M.S. Novice and M.S. category weight classes are set and bracketed based on the qualifier results. Midgets will be bracketed using Madison weights.
P Weight Classes-
o Novice- 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 112, 120, 130, 140+ with a 25 lb max weight class of 165.
o Middle School- 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 137,145, 152, 165, 175, 185, 205, 225, 250. Any wrestler over 130 lbs who does not have another athlete in his/her weight, may move up one weight class if the heaviest athlete in the next weight class does not exceed 30 lbs of the athlete moving up.
P Pre-registration only. NO walk-ins.
P All Novice and Middle School wrestlers are required to have wrestled their clubs regional qualifier and have been the top four (4) in their bracket.
P Everyone’s weight will be checked during the check-in period. Anyone more than +3 lbs from their registered weight will be move up in to the next bracket for the Kids State Championship for Mighty Mite, Bantam and Midget divisions only. This does not apply to Novice and Middle School division wrestlers. They must make the weight class that they qualified for in order to wrestle at scratch weight.
P Pre-registration for the state championships is required similar to all previous tournaments. Exception to this Pre-registration rule will be for the Novice and Middle School categories that are required to register and pay their fees at the end of their qualifying tournament the weekend before.
P Each club that enters wrestlers that participate in the State Championship tournament will be required to provide help to run the tournament or be required to pay a fee in lieu of providing help. The State Championships is large tournament; therefore help will be needed on February 25, 2007.
Tournament directors who choose not to follow the adopted guidelines will not be permitted to operate a sanctioned tournament the following year.
Club Name:________________
Date:__________
We __________________ club agree to follow the above rules to the best of our ability and agree to try to timely ( 4 weeks prior to our event) pay our Sanction Application fee, review and complete the Facility Risk Management form and make arrangements with the State Chairman to schedule the proper number of officials needed at our tournament 4 weeks ahead of schedule.
By:___________________
Title:________________