CWO Wrestling – Pre-Season Open Mat Sessions (November 2019) – Starts Tonight !!

As in the past, we have had several requests from wrestlers and families who would like to start practicing early based on the desire to complete in pre-season tournaments, especially those scheduled in December and January.  In order to accommodate the request of these families and allow an opportunity for the wrestlers to get into “wrestling shape”, we are planning on having “Open Mat” sessions starting Monday, November 11th (today) for those wrestlers who want to compete early.

The “Open Mat” sessions will be held in the Columbus High School wrestling room on the following dates and times:
Monday, 11/11 (6:15-7:15 PM)  Tuesday, 11/12 (6:15-7:15 PM) Thursday, 11/14 (7:15-8:30 PM, note later time)
Monday, 11/18 (6:15-7:15 PM)  Tuesday, 11/19 (6:15-7:15 PM) Thursday, 11/21 (6:15-7:15 PM)
Monday, 11/25 (6:15-7:15 PM)  Tuesday, 11/26 (6:15-7:15 PM)

(Additional Open Mat sessions may be scheduled in December in addition to the CWO Clinic)
We will have somewhat limited instruction with mainly conditioning, drilling and live wrestling to prepare the wrestlers for early competition.  I would encourage parents to contact each other and arrange for practice partners to attend the same “Open Mat” sessions together.  If not, we will do our best to rotate wrestlers in and out of groups to provide sufficient mat time to prepare the wrestlers for early competition.

Please be assured that by no means will any wrestler be disadvantaged by not attending the “Open Mat” sessions.  As already noted, these sessions will be mainly focused on getting wrestlers, who choose to compete early, into “wrestling shape”.  I believe that the five month schedule that we have from December through April provides all of our wrestlers adequate coaching, practice time and competitive tournament matches to be a successful wrestler during the folkstyle wrestling season.

Our plan is to get coaches at a few early tournaments similar to past years.  These may include Hastings Force (2TUF Gym), North Bend Shrine Club, Star City Clash and others, all traditionally held in December.

ENTERING COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL (OPEN MAT) – Please enter the high school through the same doors (northwest corner) as we did during the CWO 2018-19 Season.  If you need directions, they are posted at the following link:
http://www.columbuswrestling.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Directions-for-Entering-CHS-CWO-Wrestling.pdf

NOTE:  The CWO Clinic will start on Monday, December 2nd, 2019 and be held on the following dates: 12/2, 12/3, 12/9, 12/10 & 12/16  A separate email will all the details will be sent out separately.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me.
Coach Brian Brownlow
402-910-8749 (Cell)
Email: columbuswrestlingorg@gmail.com