4th Annual Portage Youth Kickoff Classic 12/14

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Registration is now open on www.trackwrestling.com

New for 2014:

- Pre-registration only (brackets will be posted on Saturday night)
- Check in 7-8:15 (we will be doing weight checks) Wrestling starts at 8:30
- 5-man brackets
- Custom plaques for champions (they are sweet)
- Custom Warrior pins for falls

** Takedown tournament Saturday night for 3-8 grades **  $6 at the door, round robin format, weigh-ins 4:30-5:15, wrestle at 6:00

Always well attended with top notch competition.  Bracketing will be done by experience where possible.

** We had kids from 65 different towns last year **

Questions: email - portageyouthwrestling@gmail.com

[TomM]

Portage
Sunday, December 14, 2014
4th Annual Kickoff Classic
Pre-K - 8th Grade Folkstyle Tournament
Portage Youth Wrestling Club
New for 2014
  5 man round robin brackets
Customized pins for pins
3D plaques for 1st place
Medals for 2nd - 5th place
Team trophies for 1st - 3rd place
Entry fee: $16 per wrestler
Preregister only at www.trackwrestling.com
Brackets posted Saturday night on www.trackwrestling.com
Check in 7-8:15 a.m., wrestling starts at 8:30 a.m.
USA card required & will be available for $40 on day of tournament
Spectator Fee: $2.00 per adult/No charge for kids
Bracketing done by  www.trackwrestling.com
Concessions/Raffle available All day
For information please contact our tournament directors
Mitch Beckett (608)617-4092
Chris Arnold (608)566-9211
Club President Tony Navone (608)697-8655
If you have questions email us at
portageyouthwrestling@gmail.com
Portage Youth Wrestling Club
Portage High School • 311 Collins St.
Takedown Tournament Saturday Night • Weigh-ins 4:30-5:15 • Wrestling at 6:00 p.m.
flier: http://www.wiwrestling.com/2015/events/aflieroctnovdec/1415PortageDec14_2014.pdf

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Champions will also receive a T-shirt...

We have also had a few questions about our Takedown Tournament on Saturday night.  The takedown tourney is walk-ins only.  You must pre-register for our Sunday Tournament on trackwrestling.com . USA Cards are needed for both and will be available for purchase. 

[yount19]

We are extremely pleased to announce the 4th Annual Portage Kick Off Classic registration is  steadily moving toward the cap limit for wrestlers. For those who have attended in the past and those that would like to attend for the first time we expect registration to be closed no later than Friday afternoon/evening.  Brackets will be posted Saturday night after our takedown tournament.

For many of the year groupings (2000&2001, 2002&2003, 2004&2005,2006&2007, 2008-2010)  and weights  there is a good array of state placers & qualifiers all the way to beginners to provide your wrestlers with a complete 5 man bracket of comparable talent. 

Thankfully, there are no weather concerns this weekend, so do not hesitate to get in while spots are still available.

On behalf of the Portage Youth Wrestling Club Thank You for Considering our Tournament

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Registration is now closed... we are full... See you Sunday!!!

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On behalf of the Portage Youth Wrestling Program, the Tournament Directors Chris Arnold and Myself wanted to give a heartfelt thanks to all who attended the 4th Annual Portage Kick Off Classic Tournament this weekend.  We are very pleased to say through preregistration we had almost 400 kids from 90 different clubs and 3 states compete this year... that's crazy to have that many different clubs represented at one tourney.

Some highlights:

-Bracketing was completed Friday night and posted by Saturday evening,
-Wrestling began slightly before 9:00AM. (A pre-registration tournament is the best way to go.)
-74, 5 man brackets were all completed by the end of Friday night, 9 + hours were spent to get comparable talent in each bracket to provide a challenging yet fair bracket for all.  While we are aware of a few mistakes, we were really pleased with the resulting balanced quality in 95% of the brackets on Sunday.   
-Wrestling was completed at 1:30
-Kids seemed to love the high quality custom "Warrior Pins" for falls, Champions took home a nice 3-D plaque, Champion T-shirt and Bracket Board.
-A positive atmosphere was present promoting youth wrestling all day.  The kids, coaches, and parents displayed good sportsmanship all day, while we strived to maintain only 3 mat side guests per wrestler providing a high quality environment for the wrestler and his guests both mat side and in the stands.

Improvements for next year:

- Due to a few very fixable protocol issues, a "bottleneck" developed with awards.  We whole heartily apologize to those who had to wait. Measures have already been discussed to remedy this for next year.
- Longer than desired lines for weigh-ins, skin and nail checks will be remedied with more stations and a new layout for next year too.
-Received an abundance of calls on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday morning from people trying to get into the tournament after pre-registration closed on Friday evening. This is very unfortunate as we wish we could have registered everyone; nevertheless, bracketing began Friday evening and was complete by Saturday morning.

The Portage Youth Wrestling Program is committed to promoting youth wrestling in a positive light, while providing a high quality tournament for all those attending.  Thanks to those of you who filled out our survey and provided your valuable feedback to assist us in this endeavor. As such improvements will be made every year to refine our tournament. 
Good luck the rest of the season.

Portage Tournament Directors
Mitch Beckett and Chris Arnold