1.) The season will start on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023! Practice will be held in the Shelton High School Auxiliary Gym. Mats roll out at 5:45 PM. Warm ups start at 6PM sharp! Practices will be Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 6-7:30 PM. Littles 7 and under will go from 6-6:645. All three practices are not required but are welcome to all. The goal is for each wrestler to have two full practices a week.

2.) Registration fee is $80 per wrestler. We do have financial assistance options available, so if you need financial assistance please indicate that on the registration form and a board member will be in touch. **We don’t currently have a way to discount registration fees for consecutive wrestlers,** but we will not let finances be the reason a child did not wrestle, so again if you need financial assistance please indicate that on the registration form, and a board member will be in touch. *Please note: Before registering, all wrestlers must first have a current USA Wrestling membership. If you do not have a current USAW membership, you will need to purchase one through the USAW membership website. 

3.) Steps to purchasing a USA Wrestling membership :

1. www.USAWmembership.com and click create new account.

2. Claim your old profile by clicking claim profiles. (Accounts and profile are different, you can claim multiple profiles under your account i.e your athletes/spouse)

3. Your dashboard will populate with the profiles you selected

4. Click GO TO MEMBERSHIP

5. Here you can purchase or renew, click which one you are doing

6. Click purchase for your athlete

7. Select membership type (limited or full)

8. Save and continue to check out

9. You can add multiple athletes/coaches under your account. Select MEMBERSHIP at the top of the page and repeat the process. This will create one payment for multiple purchases.

4.) For athletes not wrestling in weekend tournaments, they only need a $20 limited folkstyle membership. If your athlete plans on participating in tournaments, they will need the $55 full athlete membership. Tournaments are different from our league duals.

5.) If you have any old gear that not longer fits your child, and are willing to donate them, please bring them to practice so that we can add them to bucket. This allows for others to be able to use them and conserve costs. PLEASE & THANK YOU!

6.) Facebook is a great tool for communication but we have a club email that we would like to use for communication with board members. That email is: INFO@SHELTONWRESTLING.COM

TOURNAMENT INFO:

Parents are responsible for pre-registering their wrestler(s) for tournaments through www.trackwrestling.com. Entering a tournament by pre-registration is usually less expensive than registering on-site, and some tournaments are pre-registration only. Some but not all tournaments are on our calendar. The usual cost is around $20 an athlete.

For tournaments your wrestler will need wrestling shoes and a singlet, either club issued or personal. HEADGEAR OPTIONAL.

2023-24 USAW TOURNAMENT AGE-DIVISIONS

6U- Younger than 8U

8U- Born in 2016 or 2017

10U- Born in 2014 or 2015

12U- Born in 2012 or 2013

14U- Born in 2010 or 2011

16U- Born in 2008-2009

USAW Junior- Born 9/1/2004 and after and enrolled in 9-12 grade