Granby Camp in July

Granby Camp Flyer JUST released by Granby School.

Granby Summer 2012 flyer

All WYW Sponsored Summer Camp Registrations – Here

Wilton’s Gutches Barber Black TD Attack Camp – JUNE

The registration page for Wilton’s June Camp is open!!
Sign up NOW – limited space available.

Gutches Barber Black TD Attack Camp - Click Here to Sign Up
(https://cui.active.com/camps-reg/login?a=283018301)

June 26, 27, 28 (9a – 5:30p) at the South Gym at Cider Mill
Camp cost is: $255 (for current USA Wrestlers)
The focus of this camp will be neutral position. The coaches are going to re-emphasize the points of stance, level changes, set-ups, etc and then go into offensive and defensive takedown techniques.

Clinicians will be:

Les Gutches: 2x NCAA champ at Oregon State and World Champ freestyle 1997 (plus a bunch of other honors too numerous to mention).

Sam Barber: assistant coach at the Air Force Academy, former head coach of DIII national champions Augsburg College, and coach of several US national teams.

Tony Black: All American at Wisconsin, manager of developmental programs (ie youth wrestling) at USA Wrestling, and one of the key architects of the USA Wrestling core curriculum.  Many of you will remember Tony from the clinic he did at Norwalk at the start of the season for our league.

WYW Summer Camps – SAVE THE DATES

Two Wilton Wrestling Camps to attend this summer – Space will be limited

* – June 26, 27, 28 (9a – 5:30p) at the South Gym at Cider Mill
Full details, including instructors, price and registration information will follow shortly. Save the date.

* – Granby Camp – July 17, 18, 19 (9a – 5:30p) at the South Gym at Cider Mill – FOLLOW THIS LINK

WYW Supporters

Wilton Youth Wrestling wishes to thank the Wilton area businesses listed below for donating items and services for our 2011-2012 seasonal banquet and wrestler raffle.  Please show our appreciation to these businesses by frequenting them AND thanking them for their participation in our program!  Growing our sponsors and supporters always starts with thanking them and telling them how much their involvement means to our team.  Please – make it worth their while to be involved with us.

• Infinite Harmonics – Rob provided AWESOME D.J. services to us.  Please utilize his services for all your upcoming events!!
• The Wilton Sports Shop – Ken provided several great gift cards to us!
• The Toy Chest – Provided us with a great Ugly Doll!
• Cactus Rose – Provided us with a gift card!
• Orem’s Diner – Provided us with a gift card!
• Diamond Deli – Provided several gift cards!
• Scoops – Provided us with gift cards!
• Bowtie Theaters – Provided us with movie passes!
• Swirl – Provided us with gift cards!
• Wilton Deli – Provided us with gift cards!
• Wilton Pizza – Provided us with gift cards!
• Subway Sandwich – Provided us with gift cards!

WYW 2012 Banquet Info

Wilton Youth Wrestling will hold its 2012 season end banquet at Trackside (15 Station Drive, Wilton) on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 from 6pm-9pm.  Parents and Wrestlers are invited to attend (no non-wrestling siblings).  Please join us in celebrating the success of our 2nd season, use this opportunity to chat with our coaches, learn more about our season performance, win some free stuff, and get to know all of our WYW friends and families.  Also learn of the exciting directions WYW hopes to go in our next season and beyond.

THE FUN FILLED EVENING SHALL INCLUDE:
Food and Beverages for all (Beer and wine for parents)
T-shirts for all wrestlers
D.J. dance party to follow

PLEASE RSVP ASAP (kforland@gmail.com)
$10 per attendee to be collected at the door.
(Also seeking volunteers to assist with event
- contact Kris - kforland@gmail.com)

SW CT State Qualifier February 19, 2012 @ Foran HS Milford, CT @ 7:30 AM

Parents,

Our season is now entering the final stretch.

On February 19, 2012, the state qualifier will be held at Foran HS in Milford. Unlike other tournaments we have competed in, this tournament requires weigh-ins, and wrestlers will wrestle in traditional brackets, though each wrestler is guaranteed 2 bouts. The top 4 placewinners in each weight will go the state tournament the FOLLOWING WEEKEND (FEB. 26) IN NEW HAVEN. ALL WYW WRESTLERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE.

THE ATTACHED FLYER CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION FOR THE TOURNAMENT. Given the volume of emails, please kindly review the attached and save it, as we are increasingly unable to respond to last minute information requests.

We will weigh the boys this week to get some idea of weight classes. We also know that some families will be around to wrestle but may be away in the intervening week. Remember that the boys who qualify must make the same weight the following weekend to compete. THEREFORE, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE OUR WRESTLERS TO WRESTLE AT A WEIGHT THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE EXCESSIVE EXERCISE OR FOOD / LIQUID DEPRIVATION TO MAKE. WILTON YOUTH WRESTLING DISCOURAGES OUR WRESTLERS FROM ANY WEIGHT LOSS FOR THIS EVENT. IT IS UNHEALTHY AT THIS AGE AND MAY HAVE ADVERSE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES.
If your son intends to participate, please advise me no later than Wednesday February 15, 2012 @ 8 PM. PLEASE ONLY RESPOND IF YOUR SON WILL COMPETE. NO RESPONSE WILL INDICATE TO US THAT YOUR SON IS NOT WRESTLING.

If you have any questions about the tournament or weight classes, please contact any of the coaches.

INFO

WYW Coaches

Thursday Meet Cancelled

The GCDS meet is cancelled for Thursday, 1/26.

All wrestlers to attend normal practice at Wilton Y.

2012 Tiger Classic Results

As many of you know by now, Wilton Youth Wrestling won the 9th Annual Tiger Classic, held at Princeton University, 31-23.  The 2012 Tiger Classic was hosted by the Princeton PAWS – a wonderful team and very gracious hosts.   The day held over 80 matches between the two teams.  It was a day filled with many hard fought battles against a very good team.  The team members of WYW have a great deal to be proud of for this accomplishment – it was an excellent team effort.

Thanks to James Andersen, photos of the event can be found at our Facebook Gallery page.  Please feel free to download and/or tag any photos of the event.

A few reminders about our trip tomorrow to Princeton

1. No sleep overs tonight! Get to sleep early. Get up early. take a shower and eat a good breakfast.
2. Remember all your wrestling equipment – check and recheck.
3. Bring a lunch and snack for bus rides.
4. Bring a towel and soap for showers after our matches.
5. Get to Miller/Drisoll by 8:15am – bus will not be help up by late arrival.
6. Go to bathroom before getting leaving house – no bathroom on bus.
7. We are on our best behavior the entire day – please remind the boys.

Thanks,

The Coaches

Princeton trip correction

The date for Saturday’s match was incorrectly listed as January 17. The match is SATURDAY JANUARY 14. Apologies.

Secondly, we suggest that parents also pack something to eat, as we are unsure what concessions will be available at the gym. PAWS sometimes runs some sort of concession stand, but there is no guarantee.

Apologies for any confusion on the date.