2014 ASICs Cadet / Juvenile Canadian Wrestling Championships APRIL 4 – 6, 2014 University of Guelph Gryphon Field House Guelph, ON

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Guelph Wrestling Club Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association (OAWA)

COMPETITION VENUE

GRYPHON FIELD HOUSE East Ring Road, University of Guelph 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1

NUMBER OF MATS

10 – 12 competition mats Legal proof of age must be provided at the time of on-site registration (passport or birth certificate with accompanying photo ID will be accepted). JUVENILE: 17 or 18 years of age (born in 1996 or 1997) MEN’S FREESTYLE & GRECO-ROMAN: 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 63, 69, 76, 85, 100, 115, 130 kg

AGE GROUPS & WEIGHT CATEGORIES

WOMEN: 38, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 56, 60, 65, 70, 80, 90 kg CADET: 15 or 16 years of age (born in 1998 or 1999) MEN’S FREESTYLE: 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 63, 69, 76, 85, 100, 115, 130 kg WOMEN: 38, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 56, 60, 65, 70, 80, 90 kg 2nd year CADET & JUVENILE: 16, 17 or 18 years of age (born in 1996, 1997, 1998) WOMEN’S GRECO-ROMAN (NEW): 38, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 56, 60, 65, 70, 80, 90 kg

Legal proof of age must be provided at the time of on-site registration (passport or birth certificate with accompanying photo ID will be accepted).

AGE GROUPS & WEIGHT CATEGORIES

FILA CADET TRIALS: 16 or 17 years of age (born in 1997 or 1998); 15 year olds (born in 1999) may compete with written parental consent. Please be aware that in order to be eligible (to qualify) to compete in the FILA Cadet Trials, you must compete in the current Canadian Championships and you must: 1 – Place top 3 as a CADET at the current Canadian Championships; OR 2 – Place top 5 as a 1st year JUVENILE at the current Canadian Championships. If you are a 1st year Juvenile that is eliminated by a 2nd year Juvenile that places in the top 5, your coach must submit a written petition to the Domestic Development Manager or other designated Wrestling Canada staff to be permitted to compete in the Trials. MEN’S FREESTYLE 39 - 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 63, 69, 76, 85, 100 kg WOMEN: 36 - 38, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52, 56, 60, 65, 70 kg NOTE: All athletes will be required to provide their date of birth and circle whether they are a 1st or 2nd year juvenile on their weigh-in slip in the spot provided. FILA CADET GRECO-ROMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (NEW): 16 or 17 years of age (born in 1997 or 1998). MEN’S GRECO-ROMAN (NEW): 39 - 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 63, 69, 76, 85, 100 kg NOTE: Athletes CANNOT compete in both FILA CADET TRIALS (Men’s Freestyle) and the FILA CADET Greco-Roman Championships as they are scheduled to take place at the same time. All registrations must be received by the National Office no later than March 14, 2014 (by email to: [email protected] or by fax 613-748-5756).

REGISTRATION

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All athletes / coaches must be registered members of their Provincial Association. All participants must register using the Wrestling Canada Registration Form. The Wrestling Canada Registration Form must be signed by the P/TSO President. Please check with your P/TSO to determine if you have any additional registration requirements.

All LATE registrations will be subject to a late fee of $25 per athlete (no exceptions). All LATE registrations will be registered as “independent”. All SCRATCHED entries within 3 days of weigh-in day will be subject to a $25 fee payable to Wrestling Canada.   COACHES 

All coaches must register using the Wrestling Canada Registration Form (must include your NCCP certification number). Coaches must be fully CERTIFIED in NCCP Competition-Introduction to be eligible to coach in the corner during the event. (Make sure you have completed the online “Making Ethical Decisions” evaluation at www.coach.ca and have evaluated by a certified evaluator). NCCP coaching certification registration forms, submitted by Learning Facilitators (LF), Evaluators (E), and P/TSOs, will be accepted NO LATER than the registration deadline for the Canadian Championships in any given year, for the purposes of checking and approving coaching certification for coaching eligibility at such Canadian Championships, except at the discretion of the VP Development on reasonable grounds. Requests for exceptions must be submitted to the Domestic Development Manager in writing at the earliest possible time. For 2014, forms must be submitted no later than March 14, 2014.

Payment of entry fees will be done on-site during the registration period. Cheques or other forms of payment are made payable to: GUELPH WRESTLING CLUB. $70.00 – Men’s and Women’s Freestyle (includes a $20 Wrestling Canada surcharge) $45.00 – Men’s and Women’s Greco-Roman only (includes a $20 Wrestling Canada surcharge) $35.00 – FILA Cadet Trials (Men`s and Women`s Freestyle) $35.00 – FILA Cadet Greco-Roman Championships (men’s Greco-Roman) ENTRY FEES

***An additional $50 fee (National Program fee) will be added to EACH athlete’s registration at the Canadian Championships. This fee will be used exclusively to off-set the cost of National Team programming for that specific age group (i.e. money collected from Juvenile Canadian Championship registration will off-set the cost of the U18 Team programming; money collected from Cadet Canadian Championship registration will off-set the cost of FILA Cadet National Team programming). Athletes wrestling more than one style (Men’s / Women’s Freestyle AND Greco) will only be required to pay the fee once per Canadian Championships. Please check with your P/TSO to determine if any additional fees apply. 

RULES

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Wrestling Canada 2013-2014 rules will apply with a modified double elimination bracket system. Competitors must be members in good standing with their P/TSO and Wrestling Canada. Men’s and Women’s Greco-Roman competition is open to all competitors. Men’s and Women’s Freestyle competition is closed and only Canadian citizens and those individuals with landed immigrant status may compete. Legal proof of age and citizenship must be provided at the time of registration. Landed immigrants (permanent residents) are INELIGIBLE to wrestle in the FILA Cadet Trials and FILA Cadet Greco-Roman Championships.

PRACTICE TIMES

Please reserve your practice time no later than April 1, 2013. Contact Doug Cox at [email protected].

MEDICAL

A doctor will be in attendance and athletic therapists will be on site. Athletes requiring preventative therapy will require their own supplies.

HOST HOTEL Best Western Royal Brock Hotel 716 Gordon Street Guelph, ON N1G 1Y1 Phone: 519-836-1240 [email protected] HOTELS

When calling or emailing for reservations, ask for the Cadet-Juvenile 2014 rate to receive a discounted rate of $93.99/room. SECONDARY HOTEL Days Inn Guelph 785 Gordon Street Guelph, ON N1G 1Y8 Phone: 519-822-9112 When calling or emailing for reservations, ask for the Cadet-Juvenile 2014 rate to receive a discounted rate of $93.99/room.

For any other questions regarding either hotel or to make changes to your reservation, please contact Kendra Smith, 519-836-1240 x267, or [email protected]. Note – Hotels rooms blocked for the Canadian Championships will be held until March 20, 2014. All available rooms still available after that date will be released to the hotel’s general inventory. AIRPORT TRANSFER Ground transportation between Toronto Pearson International Airport and the host and secondary hotels will be provided for all registered participants (athletes, coaches, support staff, officials, dignitaries and Wrestling Canada staff).

GROUND TRANSPORTATION

Arrival and departure information (flight #, arrival and departure times, team delegation names) must be received by the tournament hosts (by email to: [email protected] or by phone 416-5545598) no later than March 17, 2014. TRANSFER BETWEEN HOTEL AND COMPETITION VENUE The venue is easy walking distance from the host hotels but ground transportation between the host hotel and the competition venue will be provided for all registered participants (athletes, coaches, support staff, officials, dignitaries and Wrestling Canada staff). Transportation schedules will be posted at the hotels and competition venue.

Contact Information WRESTLING CANADA (REGISTRATION ONLY)

PROVINCIAL SPORT ORGANIZATION

Tamara Medwidsky Executive Director Phone: 613-748-5686 x.3 Email: [email protected] Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association (OAWA) 213-3 Concorde Gate Don Mills, ON M3C 3N7 Phone: 416-426-7274 Fax: 416-426-7343 Email: [email protected] TOURNAMENT CONVENOR Larry Jaroslawski Mobile: 289-209-8377 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

HOST ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

ON-SITE TRANSPORTATION Wayne Brightwell Email: [email protected] Phone: 416-554-5598 NOTE: Families and spectators must arrange their own transportation.

OFFICIALS Official Liaison Carl Chan Email: [email protected] Head Official – John Dawson Clinician – Ron Moncur Head Pairing Master – Diane DesChatelets Pairing Master Clinician – Sue Perkins

SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY April 2nd, 2014

All Day

Arrival of Teams

10:00 am – 5:00 pm University of Guelph Athletic Centre Wrestling Room

Practice Time

11:00 am – 3:00 pm Best Western Hotel Conference Centre Lobby

Registration

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Best Western Hotel Room

Pairing Masters Clinic

MEDICALS & WEIGH-INS

THURSDAY April 3rd, 2014

4:30 – 5:30 pm Best Western Hotel Pinetree A / B

Cadets (Men’s and Women’s Freestyle) NOTE: if you are eligible and qualify for the Trials, your weigh-in will count and you will NOT need to weigh in again. MEDICALS & WEIGH-INS

5:30 – 6:30 pm Best Western Hotel Pinetree A / B

Juveniles (Men’s and Women’s Freestyle, Men’s and Women’s Greco-Roman) NOTE: if you are eligible and qualify for the Trials, your weigh-in will count and you will NOT need to weigh in again.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Best Western Hotel Room TBD

Pairing Master Clinic and Draw

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Best Western Hotel Pinetree A

Officials’ meeting

FRIDAY April 4th, 2014

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Best Western Hotel Pinetree B

Coaches’ meeting

9:00 pm – 11:30 pm Best Western Hotel Pinetree A / B

Hospitality

10:00 am – 6:00 pm Gryphon Field House

Wrestling Session 1 – Preliminaries

10:00 am – 12:00 pm Gryphon Field House

Wrestling Session 2

Lunch Break 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Gryphon Field House

SATURDAY April 5th, 2014

SUNDAY April 6th, 2014

Late Medical and Weigh-in for Greco-Roman

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Gryphon Field House

Completion of 5th and 6th place matches Completion of Bronze medal matches

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Gryphon Field House

Finals - Gold medal matches

All Day

Team departures to airport

10:00 am to completion Gryphon Field House

FILA Cadet Trials (Men’s Freestyle & Women) FILA Cadet Greco-Roman Sessions Men’s Juvenile Greco-Roman Sessions Women’s Greco-Roman (2nd year Cadet & Juvenile ages)

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January 30, 2014

Memorandum To: Canadian Wrestling Community Subject:

Match Duration for Cadet and Juvenile Age Categories

Please be advised that the match duration for the 2014 Cadet / Juvenile Canadian Championships will be as follows: Cadets (15 or 16 years of age - born in 1998 or 1999):  two 2-minute periods with a 30-second break FILA Cadets – 16 or 17 years of age (born in 1997 or 1998):  two 2-minute periods with a 30-second break Juveniles – 17 or 18 years of age (born in 1996 or 1997):  two 3-minute periods with a 30-second break

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,

Tamara Medwidsky Executive Director [email protected]

DATE:

February 3, 2014

RECIPIENT:

Canadian Wrestling Community

SUBJECT:

Canadian Championships Coaching Certification Requirements

Please be advised that coaches must have the following elements recorded in their NCCP coach transcripts in order to be eligible to coach at the respective Championships: Cadet / Juvenile Canadian Championships 1 – Make Ethical Decisions, AND 2 – Competition-Introduction certification (Part A Training + Part B Training + Evaluation), OR 3 – Competition-Introduction certification (Training was challenged + Evaluation), OR 4 – Level 3 certification or Level 3 equivalency, OR 5 – Level 4 or 5 certification Junior / Senior Canadian Championships 1 – Make Ethical Decision, AND 2 – Level 3 certification (Level 3 Theory + Level 3 Technical + Level 3 Practical), OR 3 – Level 3 equivalency (Comp-Intro certification + 4 of 6 Comp-Dev multi-sport modules*), OR 4 – Level 3 equivalency (Level 3 Technical + Level 3 Practical + 4 of 6 Comp-Dev multi-sport modules*), OR 5 – Level 4 or 5 certification *Multi-Sport Modules include:  Leading Drug-Free Sport  Managing Conflict  Coaching & Leading Effectively  Psychology of Performance  Prevention & Recovery  Developing Athletic Abilities Regards,

Tamara Medwidsky Executive Director [email protected]

DATE:

March 27, 2014

RECIPIENT:

Canadian Wrestling Community

SUBJECT:

2014 Cadet/Juvenile Championships Registration & Weigh-in Requirements

REGISTRATION (THURSDAY, APRIL 3 R D , 2014) Please be reminded that the following documentation will be required to be submitted for all athlete registrants at ON-SITE REGISTRATION at the upcoming 2014 Cadet / Juvenile Canadian Championships:  

Signed pre-competition medical screening form Legal proof of age and citizenship, including photo IDENTIFICATION (ORIGINALS, not copies): o Passport (for Canadian citizens) OR o Landed Immigrant Card (in the case of landed immigrants) OR o Birth certificate with accompanying photo ID (government issued photo ID including a driver’s licence, provincial health card) OR o Birth certificate with accompanying photo ID (Northern Affairs Band Card for Aboriginal Canadians)

Men’s and women’s freestyle is open only to Canadian citizens and landed immigrants. Men’s and women’s Greco-roman is open to all competitors. For those athletes and / or wrestling clubs that have outstanding invoices due with Wrestling Canada, they will need to be paid prior to registration. A Wrestling Canada representative will be on hand to take payment. NOTE: the athletes and wrestling club will lose their “member in good standing” status until all outstanding invoices are paid. Loss of status will result in any athletes from the club NOT being able to compete in the Championships. FILA CADET TRIALS REGISTRATION (SATURD AY, APRIL 5 T H , 2014) Registration for FILA Cadet Trials will take place on Saturday, April 5th, 2014. Payment for Trials will be made at this time for those athletes eligible to compete (see below). FILA Cadet Trials (all styles) is open only to Canadian citizens. FILA Cadet Trials are the selection event for the 2014 Cadet National Team program, including the 2014 Cadet Pan American Championships which are taking place at the beginning of May in Brazil. As a result of the short turnaround time between these two events and the required administrative paperwork to be completed including visa processing, we will only be accepting those athletes who have already have a Canadian passport as proof of citizenship for the Cadet Trials.

ELIGIBILITY FOR FILA CADET TRIALS FILA CADET TRIALS: 16 or 17 years of age (born in 1997 or 1998); 15 year olds (born in 1999) may compete with written parental consent. In order to be eligible (to qualify) to compete in the FILA Cadet Trials (men’s and women’s freestyle), you must compete in the 2014 Canadian Championships and must: 1 – place top 3 as a CADET at the 2014 Cadet Canadian Championships, OR 2 – place top 5 as a 1st year JUVENILE at the 2014 Juvenile Canadian Championships. If you are a 1 st year JUVENILE that is eliminated by a 2nd year Juvenile that places in the top 5, your coach must submit a written petition to the Wrestling Canada staff member to be permitted to compete in the Trials. FILA Cadet Trials (men’s Greco-roman) is open to all FILA Cadet age eligible male athletes. NOTE: Athletes CANNOT compete in both FILA Cadet Trials (men’s FS) and the FILA Cadet Trials (men’s GR) as they are scheduled to take place at the same time.

WEIGH-INS Athletes will be required to present themselves to medicals and weigh-ins as follows:  

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With athlete accreditation With government issued photo ID (ORIGINALS, not copies): o Passport OR o Landed immigrant card (in the case of landed immigrants) OR o Government issued photo ID including a driver’s licence, provincial health card OR o Northern Affairs Band Card (for Aboriginal Canadians) Competition singlet with bare feet. The singlet must be intact and may not be modified in order to reduce the weight (i.e. cutting / tearing the leg bands or shoulder bands off the singlet is forbidden) Fingernails must be trimmed Clean shaven or have a beard of several months’ growth

Regards,

Tamara Medwidsky Executive Director

Pre-Competition Medical Screening – ATHLETE INFORMATION Style: (please circle)

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MEDICAL INFORMATION This information will be kept in confidence and will ONLY be released if required to deal with a medical situation concerning the health and well-being of the athlete. Medical Card Number: Taking Any Medication?

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NO:

If YES, please specify: Allergies (eg. Bee stings, prescription or non-prescription medications, food allergies, etc.):

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NO:

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If YES, please specify: History of any previous head or neck injuries and/or concussions?

YES:

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If YES, please specify: Medical conditions (eg. Heart condition, epilepsy):

YES:

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If YES, please specify: Recent surgeries within the last 6 months: If YES, please specify: Do you have a known injury or medical condition that will need medical support (athletic/physiotherapy, massage therapy, chiropractic treatment, or physician) during the current competition? If YES, please specify:

Signature of Athlete (REQUIRED)

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Signature of Parent/Guardian

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PARKING FOR CADET-JUVENILE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Parking at the University is free on Saturday and Sunday but requires a parking pass for Thursday and Friday. If you plan on driving to the venue, parking day passes will be available for $10 at registration as well at the front door of the field house. If parents are coming to watch, please inform them of the parking situation. If they are coming Friday and buying a pass at the venue, they should put a note on their windshield informing the parking officers they are gone to pick up a pass.