National Grappling League | Winter Series

Join us on July 29th as we return to Tauranga to kick off our 2023 Winter Series.

If this is your first-ever National Grappling League event, then you are in for a treat!

We will be once again running a season format which will culminate in a Season Championship event in early 2024.

Kids divisions
Largest womens bracket in NZ
Largest brown & black belt divisions in NZ
Affordable prices
Lots of matches

What more could you want? 

Keep your eyes on our Instagram and Facebook pages to stay up to date with all the announcements. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

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Event Details

Saturday 29th July

Doors open - 9am

Weigh-Ins open- 9am

Matches start - 9.30am

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Weight Divisions

Mens:

Featherweight - under 66kg

Lightweight - under 72kg

Welterweight - under 79kg

Middleweight - under 87kg

Light Heavyweight - under 95kg

Heavyweight - above 96kg

Womens:

Lightweight - under 60kg

Middleweight - under 70kg

Heavyweight - above 70kg

Kids, Youth and Teens:

Under 20kgs, 25kgs, 30kg, 35kgs, 40kgs, 45kgs, 50kgs, 55kgs, 60kgs, 65kgs, 70kgs, 75kgs, 80kgs, 85kgs, 90kgs, and 90kgs+

Ranking Divisions

White, Blue, Purple, Brown, & Black 

Note: If you are a pro MMA fighter or a black belt in another martial art, you are ineligible for the white belt division.

Medals will be presented shortly after divisions have finished. There won’t be any unnecessary or unwanted hanging around, the option to turn up, compete and go home will be there. 

NOTE* Gym owners and Head coaches will be invited for free. Contact via one of our social pages to make arrangements!

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Kids/Youth/Teens Divisions

Ages 8-9:

White, Grey, Yellow, Orange+Green

Ages 10-12:

White, Grey, Yellow, Orange+Green

Ages 13-14:

White, Grey, Yellow, Orange+Green

Ages 15-17:

White, Grey+Yellow, Orange+Green+Blue

Please note: If there is a plus between belt divisions it means they will be merged together to ensure every competitor has a good amount of close in skill level matches.

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Rules

The rules can be found by clicking the "Rules" tab

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Payment

You can pay via debit/credit card at checkout or direct by transferring funds to:

National Grappling League

06-0433-0644450-00

Please add participants first and last name as a reference.

If you have any difficulty signing up to your division please send us a message through Instagram or Facebook with your Smoothcomp email address and the division you would like to sign up for.