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Bylaw 7. Age A wrestler who becomes 13 years old before August 1 shall be ineligible for competition in KSWA events. Age as of August 1st determines what class a wrestler shall participate.

Bylaw 6. Responsibility for Eligibility Each team

Bylaw 5 Each team, club or school, shall be required to pay a $ 100.00 annual membership fee.

Bylaw 4. Voting process A quorum at the annual meetings will be composed of 20% of the governing body of the KSYWA. All action items that involve rule changes, bylaw changes, or expenditures of money must pass a vote of 50% plus 1 member of all present voting members at a statewide meeting. Action items that pass a vote at the statewide meeting will then be voted on by member teams through regional representatives. There will be no voting by proxy at the statewide meetings. Regional representatives will make a reasonable effort to contact member teams within their region to record their votes on voting issues. Member teams are responsible to keep contact information for their designated team representative up to date on the KSYWA website (http://www.kyswa.org).

Bylaw 2. Administration and legislation The governing body of the KSYWA shall consist of the following: A. Officers - president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. B. Regional Representatives - 1 per region. C. Member representatives. (each team will have 1 designated member representative).

Bylaw 1. Membership The association shall be composed of public and private school wrestling teams and wrestling clubs (see definition of school & club teams below). Member teams and coaches are required to comply with all KSYWA Bylaws. All school & club teams are required to have a signed application membership on file with the KSYWA. A. A school team is a team in which all wrestlers attend the same elementary schools that are direct feeder schools into the same middle school. B. A club team is a team that has members from more than 1 elementary school or members from elementary schools that are not direct feeders into the same middle school.

Hello I am the team mom for Conner Youth,Middle School wrestling. I am working on collecting used wrestling items for the youth in Ky. The way it will work is I will set up drop off areas all over Ky. When a wrestler/club/team needs something I will get an email and hopefully send out whatever it is and the only cost to the club/team/indiv. is the shipping. This is a way for kids who normally can't afford shoes or even a singlet to have what they need. If interested let me know. Looking for clubs to be a drop off in your area. This will be a slow process and hopefully will grow over time. Ohio and Michigan do this also and I spoke to a lady(Ohio) who helps with there program and it works for them ,wanting it to do the same for KY. So my email is barbarawolnitzek@fuse.net Thank you BBB

Hello Coaches, I am hosting a meeting for discussion of the bylaws on May 11. The location is 7150 Houston Road, Florence, KY 41042, (859) 371-9010 | phone, (859) 371-9020 | fax. It will be held in the conference room starting at 7pm and ending no later than 9pm. Meeting minutes will be posted as soon as possible for everyone to review prior to vote date. I am inviting all NKY youth wrestling clubs to send someone to this meeting to review and discuss the proposed Bylaws. I ask that everyone make an attempt to attend this meeting and give their input. The actual meeting to vote is scheduled for the following week, so this may be your last opportunity to have input prior to implementing the new regulations. If your club is unable to attend or you are out of the NKY region, please forward your vote for or against each bylaw to me via email to, barbarawolnitzek@fuse.net You can also use this forum to do so prior to May 11 to be considered in the discussion. Please identify your team affiliation and give any details you wish. If you and your wrestler are independent, fill free to post your input here as well. Thank you, Franklin Wolnitzek NKY Regional Rep

Hello Coaches, I am hosting a meeting for discussion of the bylaws on May 11. The location is 7150 Houston Road, Florence, KY 41042, (859) 371-9010 | phone, (859) 371-9020 | fax. It will be held in the conference room starting at 7pm and ending no later than 9pm. Meeting minutes will be posted as soon as possible for everyone to review prior to vote date. I am inviting all NKY youth wrestling clubs to send someone to this meeting to review and discuss the proposed Bylaws. I ask that everyone make an attempt to attend this meeting and give their input. The actual meeting to vote is scheduled for the following week, so this may be your last opportunity to have input prior to implementing the new regulations. If your club is unable to attend or you are out of the NKY region, please forward your vote for or against each bylaw to me via email to, barbarawolnitzek@fuse.net You can also use this forum to do so prior to May 11 to be considered in the discussion. Please identify your team affiliation and give any details you wish. If you and your wrestler are independent, fill free to post your input here as well. Thank you, Franklin Wolnitzek NKY Regional Rep

Thanks old grappler. Please let me know what club or region you represent. I am trying to group and organize the feedback from this message board. I want to be clear on where our concerns are being felt. This will help the group voting understand the everyone's needs in the State. Franklin Wolnitzek NKY Regional Rep

Hello everyone, please keep the dialog flowing. It seems like folks are taking positions. We eventually need to, but for now all the issues just need to be understood. Post them ASAP, I will collect them and make sure that the responsible parties have the details. Please be specific, I am not familiar with everyone. Give your name, affiliation, region, club, the bylaw number and issue. Post them here and I will have feedback. The door is open. Franklin Wolnitzek Regional Rep NKY.

There were several Cougar youth wrestlers that attended the Tournament of champions in Columbus Ohio. Unfortunately 3 of four were eliminated in the early rounds. We did have one of our young men take All American. Darien Wolnitzek placed 3rd in the Jr. 165lb class! All the wrestlers represented themselves very well! Coach Franklin :mrgreen:

Hello everyone, I was elected the regional representative for NKY. Please feel free to email any concerns you want expressed or clarified from the proposed bylaws to me. I will make sure they get passed along to the board for consideration. My email address is, barbarawolnitzek@fuse.net. Thank you, Franklin Wolnitzek

How big was that facility that they used? One day hopefully KY will have that many kids at a state tourney. Did they do it in sessions?How long was you there in all? Thank You inadvanced. :-D

Calling 350 kids down in groups would not work. Having brackets posted with mat assignments is the way to go. Every wrestler will no where they are and parents no where to set up the fan club. Wrestling is not easy to organize and as you attend tournaments in the future you will learn that this State event at Conner was done very well.

Thx for the fyi. This is a good resource. :mrgreen:

Pat Lee and the Conner team truly did an outstanding job organizing the event. I just wanted to thank everyone. I k now how important the event is to the wrestlers and their families. All the workers put in a great deal of effort to keep things organized and moving right along. Thank you all!!!!! :mrgreen:

WOW, I just got the time to look it over. The website is awesome! Check it out coaches. They could help us grow in KY with the guidelines thaey have already laid out :mrgreen:.

I will be participating at the meeting for coaches March 2. One thing is for sure and I know this did not work out this year, but we have to have regional competitions prior to the state going forward in 2008. Youth wrestling has grown into more than just a handful of clubs and there are just too many kids to ignore that fact. Hosting one event eliminates to many of the potential wrestlers that would have competed. (No one wants to drive border to border, do overnights in some cases, or have the chance that their wrestler gets knocked out early. Or do all that to find an unorganized event being planned by the seat of the pants. The first state tournament was a good example. The hosting school simply did not have the resources needed to handle the level of participating wrestlers that attended. Due to that experience I did not take my team to last years state tournament fearing the same problem would occur. Youth programs are harmed by poorly administered events and it is not worth the risk. Guidelines need to be established for schools wanting to host the event for having the required resources. Additionally, the elected president has truly let everyone down on this. I have yet to see an official reply to any of the post made on the tournament issue from him directly. Jim Matney, are you out there? Do you have visibility to our problem? What do you think on 2 tournaments for state title in KY youth? Will you be attending the coaches meeting at Conner March 2? Are you planning on pulling the coaches together to iron out the challenges ahead for 2008? When and where,how do we get intouch? Thanks, Coach Frank