17th Annual Wildcat Invitational and Northeast Regional Collegiate Championships

Join us April 22, 2023 on the University of New Hampshire's beautiful campus for the 2023 Wildcat Judo Invitational!

Venue

UNH Hamel Recreation Center

5 Edgewood Rd, Durham, NH 03824

Check-In, Weigh-in, and Start Times

Friday night weigh-in available from 7-9 PM.

Saturday morning: the facility will open at 8:00 AM for for Junior, Veteran, and NeWaza division weigh-ins. Check in and Weigh-in for these divisions will be close at 9:00 am.

Senior weigh-in to begin at 9:30 am.

Shiai will begin at 9:30 am with Junior, Veteran, and NeWaza Divisions. 

Hotels

The Holiday Inn in Durham has a block of rooms available for reservation until 3/31 at a discounted rate. Please call the hotel at (603) 868-1234 to reserve and use the code UWI. 

Other hotels in nearby Dover and Portsmouth are convenient and only ~10-15 minutes away from the tournament site. 

Parking

Free parking is available only in the back half of Lot H on the corner of Edgewood Rd and Main St.  Alternatively the Elliott Alumni Lot just behind the Rec Center is an option. Otherwise, take a right at Main St., go through the traffic light and over the bridge.  Take the 1st right and proceed into Lot A.

Directions

From I-95

Take exit 4 (on 95 North) or 5 (on 95 South) onto Route 16 North, Spaulding Turnpike.  Take exit 6W (Route 4 West) heading toward Concord.  After passing the exit for Route 108, there will be a traffic light at Madbury Rd.  Take a left onto Madbury Rd, then right onto Edgewood Road.  On the corner of Edgewood and Main St is the Hamel Rec Center.

From Route 101

Take exit 7 onto Route 125 and head north.  Take the first right onto Route 4 East at the traffic circle in Lee.  At the traffic light, take a right onto Madbury Rd, then another right onto Edgewood Road.  On the corner of Edgewood and Main St. is the Hamel Rec Center.

From Route 4 (East)

Take a left onto Madbury Rd, then right onto Edgewood Road.  On the corner of Edgewood and Main St is the Hamel Rec Center.

From Route 4 (West)

Go halfway around the traffic circle in Lee, staying on Route 4 east, then follow directions above for Rt. 101.