WHAT TO EXPECT AT A ROUND ROBIN (FOLKSTYLE SEASON)
What can I expect?
The first tournaments are round robins. You will arrive between 7am-8:00am (depending on the designated weigh-in time.) Although your child's entry is already paid for, you will need to bring cash for an entry fee. The entry fees for all spectators is $5 adult/18 and under free that is the standard at all PCJWL tournaments. Have your child put their singlet on at home, with warm clothes over it.
When you arrive, have you child go to the bathroom and then proceed to weigh ins. At weigh ins, you will complete a form (age, years wrestling, etc) and have your child keep that with them. The wrestlers will get down to their singlet and socks (keep your straps up). They will go through skin and nail checks. If you child has long nails, they will need to be trimmed before they can proceed. Typically once you child passes skin and nails, they will get marked with an x on their hand. Next your child will weigh in. Their weight is sometimes marked on their arm. The coach records their weight.
Now you have time to eat breakfast. You can eat there or come back. Make sure you talk to your coaching staff or listen to announcements for when Wrestling will start, need to make sure to be back before then.
Wrestling tends to start between 9-10am. Your child will be put in a group of 4 wrestlers with similar experience and in the same age bracket. Throughout the day, your child will wrestle each person in their group. Tournaments usually end between 2-4PM. There will most likely be food there, but it is always a good idea to pack a cooler.
The first tournaments are round robins. You will arrive between 7am-8:00am (depending on the designated weigh-in time.) Although your child's entry is already paid for, you will need to bring cash for an entry fee. The entry fees for all spectators is $5 adult/18 and under free that is the standard at all PCJWL tournaments. Have your child put their singlet on at home, with warm clothes over it.
When you arrive, have you child go to the bathroom and then proceed to weigh ins. At weigh ins, you will complete a form (age, years wrestling, etc) and have your child keep that with them. The wrestlers will get down to their singlet and socks (keep your straps up). They will go through skin and nail checks. If you child has long nails, they will need to be trimmed before they can proceed. Typically once you child passes skin and nails, they will get marked with an x on their hand. Next your child will weigh in. Their weight is sometimes marked on their arm. The coach records their weight.
Now you have time to eat breakfast. You can eat there or come back. Make sure you talk to your coaching staff or listen to announcements for when Wrestling will start, need to make sure to be back before then.
Wrestling tends to start between 9-10am. Your child will be put in a group of 4 wrestlers with similar experience and in the same age bracket. Throughout the day, your child will wrestle each person in their group. Tournaments usually end between 2-4PM. There will most likely be food there, but it is always a good idea to pack a cooler.
