Wrestling is an amazing journey and a GREAT way for young men and women to develop amazing life skills such as goal setting, discipline, accountability, mental toughness, self confidence, and humility.
The sport of wrestling is different than many team sports. It is very physical and personal. Many of our young athletes struggle when they face the adversity of a loss, it is hard on them and it's hard for wrestlers to handle. Adversity is very good for them and an important life skill they will carry with them for the rest of their life. Our coaches work very hard to teach our athletes good sportsmanship and help them through the ups and downs the sport of wrestling and life will provide.
Another great benefit of wrestling is there is NO equipment that needs to be purchased (unless of course you want). Not only do you not need to purchase any equipment there is no uniform to buy each year! At the end of the season, once the parent volunteer hours are fulfilled and the singlet is returned so will the deposit, typically during the months of April-May.
DEPOSIT
Since EWC is a non-profit organization and not supported financially by the Edwardsville School District in any way, we depend heavily upon our fundraisers. Our fundraisers are very simple and don't require you child to continually sell things. Which is a HUGE bonus!! Our fundraisers are in the form of our annual 5k event, the tournaments we host, and Edison's .
Without parent volunteers we will not have successful fundraisers or a successful program. The deposit is an incentive to support our club and encourage volunteer participation at each of our events.
SINGLETS & HEADGEAR
Singlets and headgear are only needed if your child plans to participate in a tournament. Both will be distributed at the very 1st tournament held an
SHOES
Wrestling shoes must be worn during all practices and tournaments. Street shoes will tear up the mats and reduce the life of our mats. We are sympathetic to the fact children's feet grow quickly. We have shoes of various sizes wrestlers can borrow for the entire season.
The shoes do go quickly, especially the small sizes so if you plan to borrow a pair of shoes a great time to get them would be during one of our two Open House's we hold the 1st two weeks in October. Play it Again sports offers new/used shoes at reasonable prices should we not have your child's size. They will also be allowed to wrestle in there socks or bare feet if they do not have any shoes at the time of their 1st practice.
**All items can be returned at the end of the season**
Fees:
6 & under - $105 (their season is only November- December)Required volunteer hours - 4
There is a 2nd session available for the month of January for additional $25.
There is also a free in-house 6 and Under tournament for the wrestlers twice during the session
$25 singlet deposit Returned at the end of the season upon singlet return and completion of volunteer hours
7-14 years old - $155 (their season is from November-March)
Required volunteer hours - 8
$25 Equipment deposit Returned at the end of the season upon singlet return and completion of volunteer hours
Breakdown of fees:
$45 pays for the USA wrestling card*
$25/$50 singlet deposit
Returned at the end of the season upon singlet return and completion of volunteer hours
*The USA Wrestling Card is necessary in order to practice and wrestle in tournaments.
A signed USA Wrestling Card form is required to complete EWC registration. If your wrestler is new to wrestling or has not wrestled in 2 years we please bring in a copy of their birth certificate.