London Youth Wrestling Team Tournament
Sunday - December 11, 2011
Location: London High School, London, Ohio 43140
This is a team tournament but not all teams have full line-ups. For this reason, we will allow individuals or teams with less than 11 wrestlers to compete if a weight class is not full. Individuals interested in wrestling will need to e-mail Coach Branham at
[email protected]. After line-ups are received on Friday, Coach Branham will e-mail individuals to inform them if they will or will not get to compete at the tournament.
Weigh-ins: Teams – A coach needs to e-mail exact weights by Friday at 11am to Coach Branham
Individuals can weigh-in Saturday 6:30-7:30pm or Sunday 8:00-9:00am. Wrestling will begin at 10:00 am.
Tournament Format: Ten wrestlers in a weight class will compete in two pools of five with number one from each pool wrestling for first, and number two wrestler will wrestle for third. Eight men in weight class will wrestle in two pools of four. Each wrestler will be match up with an equal wrestler from the other pool such as number one from each pool, number two, number three, and number four from each pool will wrestle each other. A full weight class will guarantee four matches with both formats. We will use half 42 x 42 mats for 68 pounders and lower weights until the first and third place matches which will all wrestle on full mats.
Admission: Adults $2. Students $1 Children six and younger are free
Each team will receive six free admissions for coaches.
Awards: The top three wrestlers in each weight class will receive an award. We will also present a most outstanding wrestler award.
Team Awards: The team champion and runner-up will receive an award.
Age: 5-12 on day of the tournament (cannot be in 7th or 8th grade). Verification only needs provided if there is a challenge to question a wrestler’s age/grade.
Weight Classes: 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68, 73, 78, 83, 88, 93, 99, 106, 114, 123, 134, 146, 162, 185
Registration Cost: $12 per wrestler for a team (11 or more wrestlers) or $16 for individuals
Match Format: Two periods of 1 ½ minutes. Both periods will start in the neutral position. If a wrestler is in control when wrestlers go out of bounds, the wrestlers will start in a referee’s position. A technical fall will be awarded when a wrestlers reaches a ten point lead.
Line-ups need to be received by 11am on Friday, December 9, 2011. E-mail is
[email protected] Please include any extras that you want to wrestle in case of openings. Individuals will be notified Friday afternoon or evening if there is an opening in their weight class.
Current Teams are Mason, Marysville, Lancaster, London, Courthouse, Bellefontaine, Columbus, and Circleville.
We are looking for two more teams.