NSW State Championships 2024

Get ready for an electrifying display of strength, skill, and determination as the NSW official State Championships comes to NCIE Redfern once more. 

Where/When ?

The tournament will take place on Sunday 18 of February at NICE Redfern

Rules

• Youth (all age groups below 17) competition start time: 8:15AM (estimated )
• All other divisions estimated competition start time: 12:00PM
• Weigh-in times: 7:30-8:00 for Youth
• Weigh-in times for non-Youth groups: 11:00AM-11:30AM. We encourage you to weigh-in at the allocated time. Late weigh-ins may be accepted but we can't wait for you. You will miss your match if you have missed weigh-ins by the time you are called.
• All participants must be members of NSW Wrestling. You will not be able to compete without a valid membership due to legal/insurance regulations.

We kindly request that you thoroughly review the following rules. As this event serves as our official state titles, we will be strictly enforcing these rules for all age groups:

• There will be no extra weight allowance at this competition.
• Kindly ensure that you carefully verify your weight as any deviation from the specified weight will render you ineligible to participate in the competition. Given our software constraints and the high volume of matches scheduled for the day, we regret to inform you that we cannot accommodate last-minute weight changes. You will miss the competition if you miss weight.
• For all age groups, we will adhere to the official UWW Ruleset, and there will be no utilization of the Modified Youth Ruleset at this event.
• All wrestlers are required to participate in an approved wrestling singlet. The use of shorts, t-shirts, rash guards, and BJJ uniforms is strictly prohibited. Wrestling singlets only !
• Girls are allowed to wear long rash guards underneath their wrestling singlet for religious reasons.
• Shoes are not technically mandatory but highly recommend for safety purposes. Please seriously consider your decision if you are competing without shoes. We prefer not to see broken feet and toes.
• A standard routine skin check may be carried out during the weigh-ins for safety purposes.
• The results will be utilized as a component of the selection criteria for the NSW team for the 2024 competitions and training camps. (including eligibility for Japan Training camp)
• Australian citizenship is NOT required.

Additional Notes

Wrestle Roos !

When entering your child in the event please follow the 2 step process to ensure the correct age/ weight division has been allocated.

Step 1 - The Age your child turns this calendar year is the age bracket they are in .

Step 2 - Weigh your child, if they are on the boarder of a weight division and you feel there is a possibility they will come in over weight put them in the next weight bracket up. We are unable to accomedate last minute changes.

The Drawing System

Best of Three: For brackets with 2 participants.

True Round Robin: For brackets with 2-5 participants

Double Elimination: For brackets with 6 or more participants

Red/Blue Singlets

When checking your match on smoothcomp match-ups, the wrestler on top will be Red and the wrestler on bottom will be Blue.

Please keep an eye on this event as we may change the details in the following days.