March 13 - Arthur Ashe Center - Richmond, VA - 6-9PM

USA Wrestling and VAWA are hosting a special clinic that will focus on the transition from folkstyle to freestyle that will be FREE to athlete’s with a 2014-15 full membership card.  A current USA Wrestling national team member or former olympian will be the featured clinician, whose name we will announce very soon.  

NOTE: The Virginia Challenge Freshman, Sophomore and Junior States AND the Virginia Super States will be taking place Saturday March 14th at the Ashe Center.  

March 28    VAWA Modified Folkstyle tournament  -  Henrico HS  -  Richmond, VA

NOTE:  scoring will include takedowns, feet-to-back exposure, pushouts then a return to neutral

April 4            **Tournament pending**        waiting for site confirmation

April 12        NOVA I FS/GR tournament  -  Hayfield SS  -  Alexandria, VA

April 18        Sick Nasty FS club duals  -  Skyline HS  -  Front Royal, VA

NOTE:  Grades 8-12 are eligible

April 19        VAWA Freestyle & Greco-Roman event  -  Ocean Lakes HS  -  Virginia Beach, VA

April 25-26    VAWA Cadet & Jr Freestyle & Greco-Roman states   Richmond, VA

May 2-3        USAW Northeast Regional FS/GR  -  East Stroudsburg Univ  -  East Stroudsburg, PA

May 9          VAWA FS/GR event            **T.B.D.**        

May 16        VAWA Kids FS/GR States  -  Arthur Ashe Center  -  Richmond, VA

May 16        VAWA Jr Freestyle Club Duals  -  Arthur Ashe Center  -  Richmond, VA

May 22-24    USAW Southeast Regional FS/GR  -  Georgia World Congress Ctr   -  Atlanta, GA

May 28-31    FILA Cadet National Championships  -  Univ. of Akron  -  Akron, OH
**We encourage and support having multiple FS/GR events in the state on a given weekend.  Coaches and/or clubs that are interested in hosting a freestyle/greco-roman tournament should contact Andrew Farrar - asfarrar@gmail.com.  

In order to participate on the 2015 Cadet & Junior Virginia national teams, athletes must earn 1 of 3 placements listed below.  Those that do not qualify are still able to submit a written petition and pay the $100 petition fee.

• Top 2 from the state FS/GR championships

• Top 4 from NE or SE Regionals

• Top 4 from FILA Cadet (Cadet Division Only)

Athletes MUST attend 1 of the 4 spring training camps as well as the July 8-11 Fargo training camp.

This year we will arrange a FS/GR training opportunity that will take place at the same location as spring FS/GR events.  These workouts will be run by our national team coaches as a way to become more familiar with the athletes and make sure that everyone has time to become familiar with the critical positions and techniques that are essential to having success at the national level.  

Camp # 1 - March 13th USA Wrestling and VAWA are hosting a training day focusing on the transition from folkstyle to freestyle with a current USA Wrestling national team member or former olympian will be the featured clinician, whose name we will announce very soon.

Camp # 2 - April 12th - Alexandria, VA - Hayfield Secondary School - following tournament

Camp # 3 - April 19th - Virginia Beach, VA - Ocean Lakes HS following FS tournament

Camp # 4 - May 15 - Richmond, VA - night before the VAWA FS state tournament

NOTE: We are trying to organize a southwest VA camp option as well.  Stay tuned.
 

Fargo training camp - July 8-11 - Blacksburg, VA - Virginia Tech University

Thanks to Tim Pierson's coordination, we are happy to announce that  we will ensure that 1 mat per VAWA sanctioned event will have 3 man mechanics with paddles to better acclimate athletes to the use of paddles.  Tim is our head official who has also written a manual, The Art Referring FS/GR Wrestling and is one of the highest credentialed and accomplished freestyle & greco-roman officials in the United States.  We are very lucky to have Tim in Virginia.