Come join us on Saturday, November 26 for the Inaugural Wichita Sports Forum Thanksgiving Classic. This tournament will take place at the beautiful new Wichita Sports Forum at K96 and Greenwich. It’s a wonderful new facility that will be a great host to a wrestling tournament. We are hoping this is the first of MANY wrestling tournaments in the near future at WSF.

Weigh-Ins will take place on Friday, November 25 at the Sports Forum. Satellite weigh-ins will be offered if there is a need. You will be able to register on track wrestling starting this weekend.

Beautiful, custom made medals will be given to 1st-4th in each age group. We will also be giving out awards to an “Outstanding Wrestler” in each age group as well as “Team Trophies” that will be awarded in each division to the team with the most points after the Championship Round.

We plan on wrestling every match on a full sized mat (if possible). This will mostly depend on # of wrestlers we have, but we will make ever attempt to have every match on a full sized mat.

We will also be offering a Novice Tournament as part of the Thanksgiving Classic. We will also have awards for the Novice Division as well.

One of the perks at having tournaments at the Wichita Sports Forum is the 20,000 square foot trampoline park in the building. You can let your kids brothers and sisters jump and stay busy while you are watching wrestling!! It’s a win/win for everyone.

The flyer to our tournament is located on the tentative calendar schedule.

Registration is now open for the Inaugural Wichita Sports Forum Thanksgiving Classic. Initial interest in the tournament has been great. We are very excited about packing the place and putting on a 1st class event.

Registration is open on trackwrestling under WSF Thanksgiving Classic.

See you all at the Sports Forum.

If you are coming to town for the tournament and need a place to stay, contact one of the following hotels in Park City and mention "Wichita Sports Forum" for a special rate. Thanks.

The link to the 6 Park City hotels are below.

http://www.parkcityks.com/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx?lngBusinessCategoryID=22

What will the spectator seating be like?

Great question. We will have sets of bleachers on the floor surrounding the mats. This will be for the people that want to be down on top of the action. There is a center mezzanine in the middle of the facility that will overlook the mats. There are many bleachers up there as well and this will be a great vantage point to watch the action. There will also be lots of chairs on the mezzanine as well as on the floor. For those people wanting to stand, there will be lots of room to stand and roam as well.

Are there any satellite weigh in locations?

Yes, we currently have one in Junction City and another in Lawrence. We will get more information on those posted ASAP. If anyone else is interested in hosting one, e-mail me at brian@wichitasportsforum.com.

Thanks.

Satellite Weigh-In Locations (Friday, November 25)...

Lawrence Elite Wrestling
1035 N. 3rd St.
Suite 103
Lawrence, KS
2pm-3pm


Junction City
ATC Center
935 E. 4th St.
Junction City, KS
5:30-6:30pm

A couple additional Satellite Weigh-In Locations (Friday, November 25)...

Beloit Wrestling Club
Jeff Monty
119 N. Hersey (Use North Stairway)
Beloit, KS
Time - (9am-10am)

Eureka Wrestling Club
Eureka Jr-Sr High School
815 N. Jefferson
Eureka, KS
10am-11am

A couple additional Satellite Weigh-In Locations (Friday, November 25)...

Hutchinson Kids Wrestling Club
Hutchinson High School North Gym-wrestling room
1405 N. Severance
Hutchinson, KS 67501
5:30pm-6:30pm

Enid Youth Wrestling
Emerson Middle School
700 W. Elm
East Gym
Enid, Oklahoma
5:30pm-6:30pm

Just a reminder that tonight at 10:59pm is the deadline for getting registered for the 2016 Wichita Sports Forum Thanksgiving Classic. Sign-Up so far has been very good and we are anticipating a great tournament. You can sign up at the link below…

http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/registration/BasicPreReg1.jsp?tournamentGroupId=239757009

Weigh-Ins will take place on Friday, November 25 at the Wichita Sports Forum (2668 N. Greenwich Rd) from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Satellite weigh-ins will be offered at the following locations…

Lawrence Elite Wrestling
1035 N. 3rd St.
Suite 103
Lawrence, KS
2pm-3pm

Junction City
ATC Center
935 E. 4th St.
Junction City, KS
5:30-6:30pm

Beloit Wrestling Club
Jeff Monty
119 N. Hersey (Use North Stairway)
Beloit, KS
9am-10am

Eureka Wrestling Club
Eureka Jr-Sr High School
815 N. Jefferson
Eureka, KS
10am-11am

Hutchinson Kids Wrestling Club
Hutchinson High School North Gym-wrestling room
1405 N. Severance
Hutchinson, KS 67501
5:30pm-6:30pm

Enid Youth Wrestling
Emerson Middle School
700 W. Elm
East Gym
Enid, Oklahoma
5:30pm-6:30pm

If your club would like to make a little extra money for the season, we are still looking for some table workers. Please let me know if interested and we can get you a contract.

Thanks a lot. Please let me know if you have any questions. We will see you this weekend!! Happy Thanksgiving!!