Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Thursday Dec 20

Many members of the club (mostly middle school) will be competing at Covenant School on Thursday Dec 20. The details were sent out over the Team Manager app. For those of you who are not heading over to Covenant on Thursday, we will still hold practice at Memorial Gym at 6:00. Sorry for the confusion.

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Rick Palmer
Scholastic Program Director
Cavalier Wrestling Club

Winter Break Schedule

CWC Parents,
Last week I sent out an email informing you that CWC will not have practice on Dec 24 and Dec 31. I took it for granted that the Memorial Gym would be open over the break. I was informed last night that is not the case. Mem. Gym will be closed from Dec. 19th through Jan 2. The management at Memorial Gym has been so kind as to allow us to have practice tomorrow evening 6-7 but they will not have any staff on duty after that until early Jan. 
To clarify things, no practice Dec 24, 27, 31, and Jan 2nd for the ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WRESTLERS. Pee-wees will not have practice Dec 26th. I hope this has not caused any inconvenience for family time planning.
On another note, starting tomorrow Emmet Street will be closed! The street will remain closed until early January. Please plan accordingly, the traffic may be a mess. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. Thanks again for your understanding. 

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Rick Palmer
Scholastic Program Director
Cavalier Wrestling Club

Wrestling Opportunities

CWC Parents,

 

We wanted to share a quick note regarding opportunities for your children to compete.  A parent volunteer (Andy McGinty) has worked hard to put coordinate these opportunities so many thanks to him.

 

To be clear, NONE OF THESE ARE REQUIRED, however competing is an important part of improving so we want to present these opportunities.  For those of you new to wrestling we have classified the competition schedule into three separate categories.

 

1.       Duals:  These are competition opportunities where our club will compete against other local clubs.  The CWC will have coaches at these and we will pair matches according to age/weight/ability to the best of our power.

a.       These opportunities are listed here CWC Winter 2018 Schedule.

b.      We will also ask you fill out this sheet with: whether or not they will attend, their weight, age, experience, level.

c.       The week before the match we will send out more details (arrival time, confirmation of age groups, instructions, etc.)

d.      The schedule is still not finalized, so there will likely be more opportunities added.

e.      Note, not all opportunities are for all ages/levels.

 

2.       Tournaments with CWC Coaches:

a.       There are open tournaments that we will announce (on the schedule sheet above and/or on GameChanger) that CWC will have 1 or more coaches at. 

b.      You will have to register/pay for these separately through the registration process listed on the tournament announcement.  We will provide the links for these when we announce them.

 

3.       Tournaments WITHOUT CWC Coaches:

a.       You are always free go to open tournaments to compete.

b.      Here is a list of VAWA Tournaments and here as well Trackwrestling Tournament Page (on this one just "search events" for Virginia.

c.       For the folks new to wrestling there are often "Rookie" tournaments for kids with <2 years of experience.

 

It has been a great year so far!!

 


--
Rick Palmer
Scholastic Program Director
Cavalier Wrestling Club

Friday, December 14, 2018

Important CWC Message

CWC Parents,

 

Thank you all for your patience as we have adjust to our new practice location in Mem Gym.  While things are different and there are challenges, please remember that the ability for kids to practice in the UVa Wrestling room is a very unique privilege that we can easily lose if we do not respect the rules and the facility staff.

 

1.       We need to enter via the front entrance.  It is OK to exit through the "back-door" proximate to the wrestling room.

2.       There is ABSOLUTELY NO HORSEPLAY in the hallways/common areas before practice.

3.       There is no problem arriving early for practice, but if you do so parents needs to be with their children and ensuring there is no horseplay.

4.       Parents that are dropping their kids off.  Please do not send your child into the building before 545pm.  We will ensure that there is a coach there by 545pm.  This is because we cannot have children in the facility unsupervised.

5.       If we ever need to wait for the UVa team to complete practice.  Please ensure that we in no way disturb them and that you keep the small hallway by the wrestling room entrance clear.

6.       It is imperative that we are respectful of the facility staff.  If we are not the entire club will suffer and the kids will lose out on what is a really cool opportunity to practice in a DI wrestling room.

 

Thank you again for your patience and please contact me if you have any questions.


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Rick Palmer
Scholastic Program Director
Cavalier Wrestling Club

Thursday, December 13, 2018

CWC Practice

Please mark your calendars, there will be no practice for elementary and middle school in Memorial Gym Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. For those practicing at Gracie Charlottesville, we will not have practice on Dec 26. 

--
Rick Palmer
Scholastic Program Director
Cavalier Wrestling Club
The competitive schedule is quickly approaching! If you would like to order CWC gear including singlets, you can order them through Rivanna Gear and Apparel . Here is the link


--
Rick Palmer
Scholastic Program Director
Cavalier Wrestling Club

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Reminder for PEE-WEE Wrestling

This is a reminder that the PEE-WEE wrestling at Gracie Charlottesville new start time has changed, Practice will be 5:30-6:30 Wednesdays. We are still on for tonight!

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Rick Palmer
Scholastic Program Director
Cavalier Wrestling Club