Girls Only and Beginner's Bash Tournament!

Arrival: Enter through door 5W. Doors will open at 7:30am.

Schedule: Weigh In: 7:30-8:30am; Wrestling Starts at 10:00am 

Membership: This event is a Take A Shot on MN/USA Wrestling Tournament! Those with a current MN/USA Wrestling member can register/participate + anyone new to MN/USA that wants to do a trial 1 day membership through the Take a Shot membership expansion initiative! Please visit our website here Take A Shot for more information! Age groups include 6U/8U/10U/12U/14U (see birth years on divisions tab).

Beginners Division Eligibility: The purpose of these tournaments is to allow a space and time for beginner wrestlers (with limited experience in competition and the sport in general) to start their own journey in competing at wrestling tournaments. Each Beginner Co-Ed division event will not feature any qualification points and are being created to enable less experienced wrestlers to gain experience vs. kids with similar skill levels.

• RULES TO ENTERING A BEGINNER BASH TOURNAMENT:
  • 1st or 2nd year wrestlers (not winning any state titles), or...3rd year wrestlers are welcome if they haven’t competed in any regional, state or national tournaments in the past
  • Tournament Directors will have final discretion to review entries and for overall governance of these division entries
  • Coaches should also review tournament entries across their clubs to help ensure the compliance and spirit of the eligibility rules and to help us create a great experience for these events

Format: Scratch weight. 4-man round-robin brackets when possible. The Girls only division will be bracketed into 4 girl round robins as much as possible, and seperated by skill level and age as much as possible! The Beginners division will be feature co-ed brackets.

Weigh-Ins: We will NOT be doing a full-blown on-site weigh-in of every wrestler. We will use the weight that the parents signed their wrestler up at during registration to pre-build all the brackets. We are using the “Honor System” with parents to correctly select their wrestlers’ weight class. We will be doing random weight audits of several bracket each session. During check-in, selected wrestlers will be sent over to weight audit. Their weight needs to be within 3% of whatever weight their parents pre-registered them at. For example, if the parent pre-registered their wrestler at 50lbs, their wrestler can weigh no more than 51.5lbs. If a wrestler is over-weight, the parent and wrestler must report to the head table immediately. The wrestler will then be removed from the tournament and no refundwill be given.

Divisions: Event will feature 6U/8U/10U/12U/14U age groups and Girls & Beginners "Bash" (co-ed) divis. 

Registration Cost: $20 Entry Fee (wrestlers) and all registration will be done online via pre-registration process only. Pre-registration is mandatory through USA Bracketing (link below). A current MN/USA card or 1 day membership (for Girls or Beginner division) is needed to register and participate at the tournament. No walk-up/same day registration allowed. During registration, it is highly recommended to enter a weight that your wrestler.  will be comfortably no more than 3% above. See pre-registration instructions on the Registration tab. Registration deadline will be 1/9/2025 @ 8pm, no exceptions. Plan ahead so you don't miss the deadline! NO REFUNDS if you do not compete at the tournament for any reason).

Admissions: Admissions: $5 Adult General Admission / Kids are free. Coaches entry are also free, but must present a current USAW Leader Membership card.

Payments: Cash payments accepted 

Concessions: Available all day

Awards: 1st – 4th place

Tournament Withdrawals: If your wrestler pulls out of the tournament, please an email to the tournament director - Katrina Eggum (katrina.eggum@gmail.com) so we are not waiting for your wrestler to start the session.