Battle of the Belt 2016 - Open and Novice

Battle of the Belt 2016
February 6, 2016
Kansas Star Casino - Kansas Star Arena
Open and Novice Divisions
Entry Deadline - February 2, 2016
**Limited to first 1500 entries**
**NO DOUBLE DIPPING**
http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=1021094

Battle of the Belt Novice
* $20 per entry
* 1st and 2nd year wrestlers only
* 6u, 8u, and 10u Divisions
* Championship Belt for 1st; Medals for 2nd-4th
* Will wrestle for TRUE 2nd (during that division's session)

Battle of the Belt Open
* $30 per entry
* 6u, 8u, 10u, 12u, and 14u Divisions
* Championship Belt for 1st; Medals for 2nd-4th
* Team Trophy for each division
* Will wrestled for TRUE 2nd (during that division's session)
* Outstanding Wrestler Award in each division as voted on by team coaches

Weigh-Ins
* All conducted on Friday February 5, 2016; no Saturday weigh-ins
* Kansas Star Arena - 6:00 pm - TBD
* Satellite locations TBD (check for updates on the forum as the date gets closer)

Entry/Floor Passes/Coach's Passes
* $5 entry, age 12 and over
* Free entry to all wrestlers and children 11 and under
* $15 Floor Passes (includes the $5 entry)
* 1-9 Wrestlers = 1 Free Coach's Pass
* 10 Wrestlers = 2 Free Coach's Passes
* 15 Wrestlers = 3 Free Coach's Passes

Sessions
* First Sesssion - 8:00 AM (Novice = 6u; Open = 6u/8u/14u)
* Second Session - Approx 1:00 PM (Novice = 8u/10u; Open = 10u/12u)

Questions?
Call Ashleigh Hughbanks @ 316.992.6961 after 5:00 PM or email her @ bhughbanks@cox.net

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** Update On Admission **

Admission will be free to all wrestlers and children 11 & under. The passes provided in the coaches' packets will include admission paid as well. All other spectators/coaches will need to purchase the $5 admission at the gate. Once inside $10 floor passes can be purchased for those wishing to be on the floor/matside.

It is important that all teams pick up their coaches' packets Friday night during weigh-ins or before the start of the first session on Saturday, otherwise those coaches will have to pay admission to get into the arena. Unfortunately this will be enforced by the arena staff.

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Few Notes

1. There is NO DOUBLE DIPPING allowed. Wrestlers entered in more than one weight class will be placed in the lower of the two (by age and/or weight) and there will be no refund given on the second registration.

2. There is NO WEIGHT ALLOWANCE. Trackwrestling had originally listed that we were giving 0.9 lb, but this is incorrect. The tournament information was incorrectly copied over from a tournament that granted the 0.9 allowance. Wrestlers will weigh-in wearing a competition singlet and will make FLAT weight.

3. Skin checks will be conducted outside of the weigh-in area. Once a wrestler passes his/her skin check, only that wrestler will be allowed into the weigh-in location. No parents will be allowed past the skin check area.

4. Doors into the arena will open @ 7:00 AM on Saturday morning. Again, we strongly suggest that those coaches able to get their packets on Friday night do so.

Forgive me if I ask a bad question. Are you doing satellite weigh ins for this tournament?

Yes, there will be satellite weigh-in locations. We are finalizing the list and will post them on a new thread on here ASAP.

Satellite Weigh-In Locations have been posted

http://www.usawks.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=239169#Post239169

Will wrestlers be able to bring in a small cooler like they were able to last year?

Wrestlers will be permitted to being in water and sports drinks. I'm sure they can probably get away with more if they're sneaky about it.

Last day of registration.

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Matrix has been released on Track.

Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend!

Suites will be available for rent at $250 per session:

7:00 AM to 12:00 PM - $250.00

1:00 PM to 8:00 PM - $250.00

Must purchase $5.00 tickets at box office as well.

This is strictly through the casino. Our club is in no way associated with the rental of these suites. I'm guessing they'll be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Not sure if they'll be available to claim on Friday night or not.

Can you please post the outstanding wrestler awards? Just curious who won them. GREAT TOURNAMENT!!!!!! Thank you.

This tournament is looked forward to by so many kids
The chance of winning a belt means a ton to these kids.

But I just want to say how disappointed I am at the people running the head table

In all of these post you talk about No Double dipping and 1st and 2nd year only true novice.

But you allowed kids to double dip and you allowed kids who have wrestled for 4 years to wrestle novice.

And when it was brought to their attention the reply was oh it's too late now, you should of told us before the bracket started but hey we can give you your money back...

No...
Its YOUR job to make sure these types of things do not happen.
And Im sure theres the excuse of but with 1400+ kids a few mistakes are going to happen.
Ummm
With all of the money you are charging...
You can afford to pay someone to do that!

And just know this...
I am a believer of kids who have wrestled more than one to two years still being of Novice Caliber.
But we made those kids wrestle open because that was the very clear rules stated in your tournament guidelines.

Its tough that WE have to have to go explain to little Timmy AND little Johnny
I know you wrestled your azz off
But Sorry your not in the finals because some kids parent or COACH decided not to follow the rules and the adults running the thing are too busy to make it right!
Thats a hard conversation to have with an 8 year old.
Those kids should of been scratched
Their matches Forfeited

And THEIR coach should have to explain to them why it went down that way.


Lastly
To the Semper Fi coach...
The fact that you Knowingly and Openly admitted in front of everyone to signing a kid up that had wrestled for more then 2 years (even if it was with 3 different clubs), and then uses the excuse that you had special permission, just speaks to your level of integrity!

SIGNED
Lance Tracy

I hear you about the frustrations of kids entering novice that shouldn't be, but this happens every tournament out there, not just this one. It happened at Gun Smoke Nationals as well, but I truly do NOT feel this should be up to the tournament directors to police this. The coaches or clubs that enter the kids should have the integrity to put the kids in the right division. And your comments about scratching the kid out of the tournament when it was brought to their attention is not the answer either. Even though the wrestler shouldn't have been in that brackets he/she is still only 8yrs old and did not make that decision and shouldn't be punished for something an adult did.


Just my opinion

Lance Geyer

Disappoint 1 child or potentially screw over the other 15.

And its not fair to that 1 child agreed
But shouldnt that coach or club have to explain their actions to them instead of us to our parents and wrestlers?

And I understand smaller tournaments that say "novice". That leaves it open to discretion. But this doesnt say that...
1st and 2nd year kids only!!

And yes it is up to the tournament directors to enforce their rules and policies

I will take full responsibility for the 3 issues that were brought to our attention. I promise you that my intentions while running this tournament is not to cheat any kid. We did try and police the double dipping and we removed numerous kids from Novice prior to the tournament. I apologize to the kids and families that were effected by our oversight. I can also assure you that we had no "special arrangement" with the Semper Fi coach.

At this point, I can not go back and fix it. I can change our policies going forward. Next year our flyer will read:

NO Double Dipping!

Novice is first and second year wrestlers only!

We will eject any participant that is found to double dip or enter novice with more than 2 years of wrestling no matter when the discovery is made. No Refund will be given.

I appreciate all that attended the tournament and we will continue to try and improve going forward.

Zach Campbell
Tournament Director
316-734-6748
zcampbell@provisioned.net

Great job maize. I did like the video feeds. My wife was with our daughter in Lawrence for volleyball and was able to watch the boys wrestle so that was great. Only one minor issue. In the coaches meeting it was brought up about how you act and talk will be broadcast for all to see and hear. Well my wife said the table workers must of not been told that because on table 16 they might of said some inappropriate things. I don't worry about that. I at turn the sound down.
Thanks again and see you next year.

Thank You Zach!!

You are right it is the directors job to police their rules, but not police all 1400 participants and where they are entered. Helping run a tournament of our own with over 1000 wrestlers I assure you some kids get entered where they should not. Whether that be entered into a novice or in our tournament a C bracket. Unfortunately we do not know all 1000 + kids entered and usually don't know how many years most wrestlers have been competing. It sounds like Maize has a good plan in place to do their best to hold teams to the rules.

Overall I thought this tournament was a well run tournament. Lots tough compitition plenty of room to walk around, and officials from what I seen were pretty good. Good job Maize!!!!! Hays will be back next year for some shots at Belts.

Lance Geyer
Hays Wrestling Club

I second that. Great Tournament Zach! There was some amazing wrestling going on. As far the novice thing, the coach should have some integrity and not allow that. 3 issues for that size of tournament is pretty awesome. Congrats Maize that was an awesome tournament.

I know I have caught myself in Track with the double option for Open or Novice picked the wrong one and luckily caught it later.

Having 2 different entries for Open and Novice I think is the way to go. Then no one can say they "accidentally" clicked the wrong drop down.

I am not sure if that was part of this, just my feedback when running the two tournaments in tandem.

Does anyone have an update on the young man that was carted off the mat on a stretcher?

I checked on him yesterday and he was home and doing well. He has a sprained back.

Zach Campbell

Good to hear he's well!