Youth Wrestling Bylaw 15

[NKYWrestler 1]

Bylaw 15. Weight Classes*, **,***,****

11-12 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120,  open

8-10      40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 100, 110 open

5-7 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, open

*refer to bylaw 7

**no individual weight class shall contain more than (8) wrestlers.  If a weight contains more than (8) wrestlers it must be broken down into smaller increments with the criteria being age first and then weight.

***any weight class with 5 or less will be wrestled as a round robin

****if the result of breaking a weight down into a bracket of 5 or less it must then be wrestled as a round robin

[SpartanMom 0]

I personally think we need to go with the 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 divisions--there is a big maturity level between an 8 year old and a 10 year old--I would like to see us follow the USA age/weight divisions because I think it allows our children to be more competitive with smaller divisions.