2009 M.S.W.A Tournament Information

 

 

2009 AAU Folkstyle / Freestyle

Tournament Information

 

The Information Below Will Remain The Same

For All Local Tournaments Beginning

December 7, 2008 Through APRIL 5, 2009

 

SANCTION

The tournaments listed are sanctioned by the Michigan District AAU of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States [AAU]

ENTRY FEE

$ 10.00 per event

AWARDS

Regular Division:  1st, 2nd and 3rd place medals.  Wall charts to 1st place.  Rookie Division:  There will be a Rookie Division for Tots, Bantam, Midget and Novice Divisions.  A Rookie is a 1st year wrestler.  They will wrestle a complete season in the "Rookie division".  Rookie wrestlers will receive medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.  Wall chart to 1st place.  There will also be a  Rookie State Championships.

AAU CARDS

AAU Membership cards maybe purchased "online"  at  www.aausports.org 

Every wrestler [ athlete] and coach must have a 2009 AAU membership card. You must provide proof of age when purchasing an athletes card. 

COST: Youth $12.00 / $14.00...Adult $22.00/ $27.00  Non-athlete $14.00/$16.00.

Higher priced card for youth, adult and  non athlete are Added Benefit [AB] cards.

Explanation when purchased.

WEIGH-IN

Tot, Bantam, Midget and Novice      7:00 am - 8:00 am   Wrestle at 9:30am 

 

Schoolboy and Cadet                       8:00 am - 9:30 am   Wrestle at 11:30 am

 

Elite and Open                                   9:30 am - 12:00 pm  Wrestle at 1:00 pm

 

 

DIVISION     

 AGES

WEIGHT CLASSES

TOT

6 & Under

blocked weights will be used

BANTAM 7 & 8 blocked weights will be used
MIDGET 9 & 10 blocked weights will be used
NOVICE 11 & 12 blocked weights will be used
SCHOOLBOY 13 &14 blocked weights will be used
CADET 15 & 16 blocked weights will be used
ELITE 17 & 18 blocked weights will be used
OPEN 19 & OVER blocked weights will be used

 

SPECIAL NOTES

YOUR BIRTHDATE ON THE DAY OF EACH TOURNAMENT WILL DETERMINE YOUR DIVISION.

IN ORDER TO GIVE OUR WRESTLERS MORE COMPETITION, WE WILL BE USING FULL ROUND ROBIN FOR LESS THAN 6 & fewer WRESTLERS IN A WEIGHT CLASS. 

BLOCK WEIGHTS WILL  BE USED.

THIS SEASON WE WILL ADOPT WEIGH-INS THE NIGHT BEFORE COMPETITION ( i.e. Saturday nights) AT SATELLITE LOCATIONS, TO BE DETERMINED BY THE MSWA EXECUTIVE BOARD. THOSE WEIGHING IN THE NIGHT BEFORE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PRE- REGISTER AND PAY AT THAT TIME.

You may only wrestle one [1] weight and age division

You must wear a singlet to weigh in

In the Tot, Bantam, Midget and Novice Divisions- You MUST wrestle in two [2] tournaments before the M.S.W.A. Folkstyle State Championships in the Folkstyle Season. In the Tot, Bantam, Midget and Novice you MUST wrestle in two [2] tournaments before the M.S.W.A. Freestyle State Championships in the Freestyle season.
The AAU Wrestling Committee will not tolerate any form of verbal or physical abuse directed toward any athlete, volunteer of AAU official participation in an AAU sanctioned event. This applies to coaches, parents, spectators and athletes. The tournament committee will report any suspected or reported abuse to the proper authorities.
A Service Fee will be assessed to replace lost or misplaced AAU Membership cards.

 

ADMISSION PRICES

The following fees are for all Local tournaments and do not include the State Championships

ADULT $2.00  
FAMILY $5.00

 Family includes up a maximum of 5 persons

CHILDREN Free

 5 and under

 

CONCESSIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY

 

M.S.W.A. EXECUTIVE BOARD
ELECTED      
Sport Director CHRIS ORLANDO 586-855-7194 corlando56@aol.com
Assistant Sport Director LEM SCHUTT 810-387-2715 lemlissa@greatlakes.net
Youth Director DAVE MCLEOD 586-855-0670 dmcleod1955@yahoo.com
Treasurer DAVE LICARI 586-949-1519 licari5@sbcglobal.net
Secretary WAYNE TOMALA 586-405-4712 wtomala@hotmail.com
Registrar MICHELLE YOUNG 586-716-1123 miaauregistrar@comcast.com  
Tournament Director WARREN WILSON 586-556-0334 rww91346@aol.com
APPOINTED      
Head  Official JUSTIN PETRONE 586-722-4967 tetroitjt@cmich.edu 
Head Weigh Master JIM MINOR 586-872-6620 mtmjwm@yahoo.com 
Head Paring Official PENNY ROBERTS 586-610-3049 larpenroberts@comcast.net