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May 9, 2006 |
April 11, 2006 |
February 14, 2006 | January 10, 2006
December 13, 2005 |
November 8, 2005 | October 11, 2005 |
September 13, 2005 |
June 14, 2005
May 10, 2005
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March 8, 2005 |
February 8, 2005 | January
4, 2005
May 9, 2006
Attendees – Lucy Stowe, Bill Smith, Kathy Robinson, Jim
Bresnan, Bruce Shumaker, Anita Lenhardt, Pam McRee, Robin
Schmitt, Sharon Wells, Melvin Lambert, Lori Johnston, David
Robinson, Traci Ellis, Tammy Hosler and Randall Stowe.
The meeting was called to order at 7:15 pm.
Minutes
Minutes from the April 11, 2006 meeting
were distributed and read. The April minutes stated that the
Olympic Training Fund account was being closed in May. Bill
said that the Olympic Training Fund account will remain open
pending further discussion by the Board. There being no other
corrections, the minutes were approved as amended.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report was distributed and
explained. We have $12,151.52 in the checking account, $16,
653.06 in the Money Market account, $90,000.00 in the 10 month
CD, and $0.00 in the Olympic Training Fund. We still have
several sponsor fees and ad fees that have not been collected.
Kathy will bill those teams and companies. There being no
corrections, the Treasurer’s report was approved.
Virginia Duals Wrestling Club
The Spring Session is going good. We had
12 kids place at Kids & Cadets States last weekend, with 4
Champions, 4 Runner-ups, 3 Third Placers and 1 Fourth Place. We
had 2 ladies in the club won titles this weekend in a Women’s
National event.
Mike will have to gauge the interest among
the kids with regards to making the trip to Greenville, South
Carolina for Southeast Regionals at the end of the month. It
will be the last chance for Cadets to qualify for Fargo.
2007 Duals
We need a new Tournament Director.
Other than that, everything is moving
smoothly. The NCAA National Duals are the same weekend again.
We have already gotten commitments from our announcers and most
of our college officials, so the conflict will not hurt us in
those areas.
Contracts have been come in from 8 colleges
- Arizona State, Kent State, Anderson, the Apprentice School,
Edinborough, Bloomsburg, North Dakota and Drexel. They are due
by the end of the week.
New Business
Pre-printed ballots listing the Nominating
Committee’s slate of Officers and Directors were distributed for
the PWA annual election. Bill asked for any additional
nominations from the floor, and announced that write-ins would
be allowed. There were no nominations from the floor. When the
ballots were returned, the Secretary tallied the ballots. All
candidates were unanimously elected.
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, June 13th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
April 11, 2006
Attendees – Lucy Stowe, Anita Lenhardt, Stephania Eure,
Melvin Lambert, Donald Nolder, Jim Regas, Sharon Wells, Ray
Griffith, Jim Bresnan, Tom Schmitt, Robin Schmitt, Jeff
Westfall, Kevin Ennis, Tammy Hosler, Kathy Robinson, Randall
Stowe, Gloria Todd and John Swartz.
The meeting was called to order at 7:15 pm.
Minutes
Minutes from the February 14, 2006 meeting
were distributed and read. There being no corrections, the
minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report was distributed and
explained. We have $9,679.21 in the checking account, $16,
642.12 in the Money Market account, $90,000.00 in the 10 month
CD, and $300.00 in the Olympic Training Fund. The Olympic
Training Fund account is being closed, as of this month. We
still have several sponsor fees and ad fees that have not been
collected. Kathy will bill those teams and companies. There
being no corrections, the Treasurer’s report was approved.
Virginia Duals Wrestling Club
Registration and practice started on March
21. We have 39 kids signed up so far. Practice is from 6:30 to
8:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays until May, at which time we
will add another practice on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to
8:30pm. Cost for the Spring Session will be $65 (USA card not
included).
We plan on taking some of our kids to FILA
Nationals this year. We will pay to rent a van and cover the
coaches’ expenses for the trip. We also give $200 to each
member who qualifies and wrestles at USA Freestyle and Greco
Nationals in Fargo in July.
John discussed the club position
discouraging massive weight-cutting and some of the long lasting
health consequences for people who did a lot of weight-cutting
when they were young. He encouraged parents to help their
wrestlers to follow healthy eating programs. He also discussed
ways to prevent and control the spread of skin infections.
New Business
John distributed the Nominating Committee’s
slate of Officers and Directors for next month’s election.
Nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the May
meeting.
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, May 9th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.
February 14, 2006
Attendees – Bill Smith, Jim Bresnan, Dirk Weibel and
Lucy Stowe.
The meeting was called to order at 7:25 pm.
Minutes
Minutes from the January 10, 2006 meeting
were distributed and read. There being no corrections, the
minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report was unavailable.
2006 Virginia Duals
The 2006 VA Duals were a great success. We
got a lot of very positive feedback. We cleared $35,490.94 from
ticket sales, which was an increase over last year. The ticket
prices will remain the same for 2007.
Web Site
The website was very helpful, in getting
the list of teams in each division, and the seedings and
schedule up. Next year, we hope to be able to have the rosters
submitted online.
Virginia Duals Wrestling Club
Registration and practice will start on
March 21. Practice will be 6:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesdays and
Thursdays until May, at which time we will add another practice
on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Cost for the Spring
Session will be $65 (USA card not included).
New Business
We want to hold a Freestyle tournament
sometime in April. We will buy a a digital camera so that
pictures can be made and easily uploaded to the website.
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, March 14th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:40pm.
January 10, 2006
Attendees – Bill Smith, Claudia Rosen, David Robinson,
Kathy Robinson, Steve Volsavec, John Swartz, Jessica Wood, Dee
Thacker, Mike McCormick, John Graham, John B. Graham Sr., Mike
Casey, Don Ward, Fred McAdams, Maggie Forrest, BJ West, Tim
Henley, Hopie Gibbs, Jerry Firth, Danny Kehoe, Joyce Keeton, Sam
Winfree and Lucy Stowe.
The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm.
Minutes
Minutes from the December 13, 2005 meeting
were distributed and read. There being no corrections, the
minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report was distributed,
discussed and approved.
Web Site
We were not able to get the rosters
submitted online, but we were able to get the list of teams in
each division, and the seedings and schedule up.
VA Duals Committees
All committees are covered, and everything
is set for the Duals. We have a new Security crew in place, and
a new security plan for the Finals. In order to cut down on the
number of people on the floor during the Final Round, a unique
armband will be given to the people who need to be on the floor
at that time. Anyone without the proper armband will not be
allowed to go down the stairs during the Finals.
Press Conference
The Press Conference was very successful.
It was held at ODU on December 14th, at 11:00am. Doug Roper,
of Tabb High School, Norm Smith, of Great Bridge, Steve Martin,
of ODU, and Jason Bryant, our webmaster, participated.
VIPs
Robert Shuford and George Fiscella will be
our Grand Marshalls. We will mark off a couple of rows as
seating for them, and our other VIPs. They will need a separate
VIP pass, as well as the armband, in order to enter the VIP
seating area.
Brackets
Bracket sheets for each division were
distributed. They show the sponsor for each division, the
seeding of all the teams, and also the time each dual meet will
take place. The National College Tournament is sponsored by
Asics. The American College Division is sponsored by W. M.
Jordan. The National High School Division is sponsored by Cliff
Keen Athletic. The American High School Division is sponsored
by Virginia Enterprises, Inc. and the Black and Blue Division is
sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding Credit Union.
College Teams
All college contracts have come in. We
still need sponsors for four more college teams.
High School Teams
All high school contracts have come in.
Most of the entry fee payments and the sponsor payments have
already come in. The deadline is this week.
Middle School Teams
We will have four middle school teams – the
VA Duals team, the Virginia Challenge team, the South Jersey
Wrestling team, and Tyrant Wrestling Club, a team from
Delaware. Dave Robinson and Mike Casey have put together the VA Duals team, which will be
coached by our club coaches.
Hotel Contracts
Hotel Contracts are in.
Food Donations
We need food donations to be brought to the
Coliseum on Thursday.
Clocks
Our new clock has arrived. We will use it
for the Duals and then decide whether to keep it or send it
back. Jim has borrowed clocks from Northern Virginia. They
will need to be returned after the Duals are over.
Table Worker Training
Table worker training was conducted at the
Poquoson Library on January 5th and January 9th
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, February 14th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20pm.
December 13, 2005
Attendees – Bill Smith, Mike Dixon, Lucy
Stowe, Don Ward, John Swartz, Jessica Wood, Kathy Robinson,
Johnny Graham, Mike McCormick, John Graham, Dirk Weibel, Phil
Seigler, Lee Coon, Mike Casey and Jim Casey.
The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm.
Minutes
Minutes from the November 8, 2005 meeting
were distributed and read. There being no corrections, the
minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report was distributed,
discussed and approved.
Virginia Duals Wrestling Club
Mike Dixon gave a review of the Fall
Session. We had 5 or 6 elite kids, but the rest of them need a
lot more work. They need to get in about 120 matches a year, in
addition to the high school season. We want to have a lot of
kids to qualify for Nationals in Fargo in the Spring.
Web Site
Our website provider has not given us
access to some of the things we need, so we are not yet able to
do some of the things we want to do online. We are not going to
be able to get the rosters submitted online. We should be able
to get the seedings and schedule up.
VA Duals Committees
All committees are covered, except for
Security.
Press Conference
The Press Conference is at ODU on December
14th, at 11:00am. Doug Roper, of Tabb High School, Norm Smith,
of Great Bridge, and Steve Martin, of ODU, will be participating
in the Press Conference. Jason Bryant will also be there.
VIPs
Robert Shuford and George Fiscella will be
our Grand Marshalls. We will mark off a couple of rows as
seating for them, and our other VIPs. They will need a separate
VIP pass, as well as the armband, in order to enter the VIP
seating area.
Middle School Teams
We will have four middle school teams – the
VA Duals team, the South Jersey Wrestling team, and a team from
Delaware. Our club coaches will coach the local team and our
kids will have first shot at the spots on the local Virginia
Duals Middle School team. We only had two middle school kids in
the room for the fall session, so we will need to figure out how
to fill the VA Duals team. Kids who participated in the Spring
Session would be eligible, too. Jim will continue working on
the Middle School Division and report back at the next meeting.
College Teams
All college contracts have come in. We
still need sponsors for four more college teams.
High School Teams
All high school contracts have come in.
Most of the entry fee payments and about half of the sponsor
payments have already come in. The deadline is this week.
Hotel Contracts
Hotel Contracts are in.
Food Donations
We need food donations to be brought to the
Coliseum on Thursday.
Clocks
We have ordered one clock. Jim plans to
borrow clocks from Northern Virginia, again, but we still do not
have confirmation.
Table Worker Training
Table worker training will be conducted at
7:00pm, at the Poquoson Library on January 5th and January 9th
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, January 10th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20pm.
November 8, 2005
Attendees – John Swartz, Kathy Robinson,
Mike Casey, Don Ward, Jim Bresnan, Randall Stowe, and Jim Casey.
Fall Session Update
We had three kids who placed at the Super
32 and five kids who did really well. Marshall Robinson got 3rd
in the 8th Grade division. The Tabb kids did very, very well.
David Wise took 4th, Andrew Williams took 5th, Cabanas did well,
and Canning got farther in the Championship rounds than anyone
else, but then he lost twice very quickly.
Wrestling Clinic
We held a free wrestling clinic for
wrestlers aged 9 and older at the Poquoson Wrestling Room on
October 15, 2005 from 1:00pm to 3:30pm, and only six people
showed up. Apparently, we need to give everyone more advance
notice if we want to have a successful clinic.
Minutes
Minutes from the October 11, 2005 meeting
were distributed and read. There being no corrections, the
minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report was distributed and
discussed. As of October 11th, we have $10,715.97 in the
checking account and $71,362.95 in a 9-month CD. We also have
$20,115.46 in the Money Market fund and $1000.00 in the Olympic
Training Fund. The Treasurer’s report was approved.
Web Site
Our website provider has not given us
access to some of the things we need, so we are not yet able to
do some of the things we want to do online. We probably should
just ask them to fill out the forms and email them back to us.
Virginia Duals Wrestling Club
John spoke at length about his concerns
regarding the direction the club seems to be going and the fact
that the coaches want to focus on the high school kids. John
believes that we need to focus more on the younger kids. He
thinks we need more assistant coaches in the room, and wants to
let them concentrate on the younger kids. He talked about how
many local high schools are staying at their own school and
working with their own team and coaches, rather than coming to
PWA. Grafton is staying together, Gloucester is mostly staying
together, Tabb is even doing some stuff on their own, in
addition to coming here. We do not have a single Poquoson kid
on the entire team. Most of these other groups are working on
Folkstyle year-round, rather than doing anything in Freestyle.
VA Duals Committees
Rob Rollins still has not moved out of
state, so he has agreed to serve as Chairman of Security again.
He and Jim are discussing changes in the way things are handled
for this year. Now, all committees are covered.
Press Conference
The Press Conference is at ODU on December
14th, at 11:00am.
Clocks
Don Ward is still investigating prices for
clocks. Last year, we spent $1880 on repairs. Rental cost is
$739 for 2 days, so renting is not feasible. Bill says we need
to buy some clocks this year. Jim wants to borrow clocks from
Northern Virginia, again, but we still do not have
confirmation.
Middle School Teams
We will have four middle school teams – the
VA Duals team, the South Jersey Wrestling team, and a team from
Delaware. Our club coaches will coach the local team and our
kids will have first shot at the spots on the local Virginia
Duals Middle School team. We only have two middle school kids
in the room for the fall session, so we will need to figure out
how to fill the VA Duals team. Kids who participated in the
Spring Session would be eligible, too. Jim will continue
working on the Middle School Division and report back at the
next meeting.
College Teams
All college contracts have come in. The
National Division includes Bloomsberg, North Dakota State, Ohio
State, ODU, Rider, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Columbia,
Drexel, Virginia Tech, Indiana, The Citadel, Cal-Davis,
University of Virginia, Tennessee-Chattanooga, and North
Carolina. The American Division includes the Apprentice School,
Delaware State, Anderson, SUNY-Brockport, South Dakota State,
Duquesne, Franklin & Marshall, and Princeton. We still need
sponsors for four more college teams.
High School Teams
We only have three high school contracts
still out. Jesuit High School of New Orleans had to drop out
because of the damage they received from the hurricane.
Hotel Contracts
Hotel Contracts are in.
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, December 13th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:05pm.
October 11, 2005
Attendees – Bill Smith, Bruce Shumaker,
Lucy Stowe, John Swartz, Anita Lenhardt, David Robinson, Mike
Casey, Mike Dixon, Gloria Todd, Claudia Rosen, Mike McCormick,
Randall Stowe, and Jim Casey.
Due to noise from another group in the
Cafeteria, the meeting was relocated to the office at the
Wrestling Room. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m.
Minutes
Minutes from the June 14 and September 13,
2005 meetings were distributed and read. There being no
corrections, both sets of minutes were approved as read.
Fall Session Update
Things are going pretty good. We typically
have about 22-24 on Tuesdays and a few less on Thursdays. We
have 15 kids who have registered for the Super 32. Hotel rooms
have been reserved for the Super 32.
Wrestling Clinic
We will hold a free wrestling clinic for
wrestlers aged 9 and older at the Poquoson Wrestling Room on
October 15, 2005 from 1:00pm to 3:30pm. Clinicians will include
Steve Martin, Lee Pritts, Mike Dixon and Cory Ace. All area
high school coaches have been invited to attend the clinic and a
Coaches Social afterward. Clinic Fliers were sent out by email
to everyone on the PWA email distribution list.
Fliers
New tri-fold fliers for the Virginia Duals
Wrestling Club were given to all attendees. The fliers include
lists of Mike Dixon’s and Corey Ace’s credentials, the PWA
Mission Statement, a brief history of the Peninsula Wrestling
Association, a list of High School State Champions who were PWA
members and Contact Info for our Head Coach, Assistant Coach,
Club President, Club Vice President and Team Leaders. Mike will
be giving them out at the high schools when he visits, and they
will also be made available at local tournaments.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report was distributed and
discussed. As of October 11th, we have $9,780.52 in the checking
account and $71,362.95 in a 9-month CD. We also have $20,101.80
in the Money Market fund and $25.00 in the Olympic Training
Fund. The Treasurer’s report was approved.
Program Ads
The income from the program was $5215.00
and the cost of the program was $5699.50 so we need to do
something to get more income from the program. Ad Contracts
were emailed to everyone on the PWA email distribution list,
asking them to help us get ads for the program. Ad copy and
money needs to be turned in by the end of November. They can be
given to Gloria or John at any wrestling practice.
VA Duals Committees
We still need someone to take over as
Chairman of Security. Everything else is covered.
Clocks
Don Ward is still investigating prices for
clocks. Last year, we spent $1880 on repairs. Rental cost is
$739 for 2 days, so renting is not feasible. Bill says we need
to buy some clocks this year. Jim wants to borrow clocks from
Northern Virginia, again. Jim will try to negotiate a 10-year
agreement with Northern Virginia whereby we are guaranteed that
we can use their clocks for the next 10 years if we pay to add
Riding Time/Team Score modules to them (to make them suitable
for our use for college matches) and we guarantee to invite at
least 2 teams from Northern Virginia to participate in the Duals
each of those years.
Web Site
The web site is coming along. The online
Virginia Duals History has been completed. Minutes from January
through May have been uploaded. The lists of teams
participating in the Duals are updated as we receive contracts.
We hope to have it set up for the teams to submit their rosters
online, and to do the seeding online. Dirk is working on
programming these features for the website.
Middle School Teams
We will have four middle school teams – the
VA Duals team, the South Jersey Wrestling team, a team from
Delaware and the Virginia Challenge Elite team. Our club
coaches will coach the local team and our kids will have first
shot at the spots on the local Virginia Duals Middle School
team. We only have two middle school kids in the room for the
fall session, so we will need to figure out how to fill the VA
Duals team. Kids who participated in the Spring Session would
be eligible, too. Jim will continue working on the Middle
School Division and report back at the next meeting.
College Teams
All college contracts have come in. The
National Division includes Bloomsberg, North Dakota State, Ohio
State, ODU, Rider, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Columbia,
Drexel, Virginia Tech, Indiana, The Citadel, Cal-Davis,
University of Virginia, Tennessee-Chattanooga, and North
Carolina. The American Division includes the Apprentice School,
Delaware State, Anderson, SUNY-Brockport, South Dakota State,
Duquesne, Franklin & Marshall, and Princeton. We still need
sponsors for four more college teams.
High School Teams
We have received 14 contracts out of 15 for
the National Division. Jesuit High School of New Orleans had to
drop out because of the damage they received from the
hurricane. We have received 15 contracts out of 16 for the
American Division and 11 contracts out of 16 for the Black and
Blue Division. Most of the outstanding contracts are from local
area schools whose coaches cannot be reached during the summer.
Now that school has started again, we should be getting them
soon. We have 23 high school teams who have already paid their
$400 entry fee, and five teams have already sent in their $200
Sponsorship money.
Ticket Pricing
We have notified the Coliseum of the
changes to our prices and our sessions for the 2006 Duals.
All Session Friday
Only All Day Saturday Saturday After 4pm
Students $22.00 $10.00 $16.00
$10.00
Adults $32.00 $14.00 $22.00 $14.00
Military $27.00 $10.00 $18.00
$11.00
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, November 8th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:05pm.
September 13, 2005
Attendees – Bill Smith, Bruce Shumaker, Don
Ward, Mike Casey, John Swartz, Mike Dixon, Paul Bontrager, James
Canning, Madeline Cunningham, Anita Lenhardt, Gloria Todd, Tommy
Arsenault, Kevin Westby, Linda Holmes, Betty Smith, Jim Bresnan,
Christine DelGrosso, Dawn Carpenter, Clayton Rice, Vivian Rice,
Lucy Stowe, Randall Stowe, Alice Ball and Dirk Weibel.
The meeting was called to order at 7:08
p.m.
Minutes
Minutes from the June 14, 2005 meeting were
unavailable.
Treasurer’s Report
In our Treasurer’s absence, the Treasurer’s
report was presented orally by our President, Bill Smith. As of
July 18th, we had $78,572.07 in the bank. We have $6268.00 in
the checking account and $70,832.69 in a 9-month CD. We also
have $20,061.32 in the Money Market fund and $25.00 in the
Olympic Training Fund. We paid Poquoson High School our rent
for the Fall Session and the Spring Session. We deducted the
cost of the blue foam pads we purchased and installed under the
wrestling mats from the rent.
Wrestling Clinic
We will hold a free wrestling clinic for
wrestlers aged 9 and older at the Poquoson Wrestling Room on
October 15, 2005 from 1:00pm to 3:30pm. Clinicians will include
Steve Martin, Lee Pritts, Mike Dixon and Cory Ace. All area
high school coaches will be invited to attend the clinic and a
Coaches Social afterward. Clinic Fliers will be sent out by
email to everyone on the PWA email distribution list.
Fliers
New fliers are being printed up for the
Virginia Duals Wrestling Club. They will include information
about our coaching staff and a list of High School State
Champions who were PWA members.
Weather Related Issues
If the tropical storm becomes stronger than
expected before noon on Thursday, we will cancel practice for
that night. IF practice is canceled, we will notify everyone by
email at noon on Thursday. Anyone who did not get a copy of the
Agenda for this meeting by email today needs to be added to the
email distribution list.
VA Duals Committees
Bill distributed copies of the lists of
Committee Chairmen, as well as Organizational flow charts for
the tournament and division Directors and the committees who
report to each of them. We still need someone to take over as
Chairman of Security.
Press Conference
The press conference for the 2006 Virginia
Duals will be held at ODU at 11:00am on December 14th. We hope
that the Norfolk location will encourage more press coverage.
Program Ads
Bill distributed copies of the Program Ad
Contract to everyone in attendance. Ad copy and money needs to
be turned in by the end of November. They can be given to
Gloria or John at any wrestling practice.
Web Site
The web site is coming along. The online
Virginia Duals History has been completed. Minutes from January
through May have been uploaded. The lists of teams
participating in the Duals are updated as we receive contracts.
Other tournament information will be added as we get closer to
January.
High School Teams
We have received 12 contracts out of 16 for
the National Division. Jesuit High School of New Orleans was
one of them, but they may have to drop out because of the damage
they received from the hurricane. We have received 13 contracts
out of 16 for the American Division and 9 contracts out of 16
for the Black and Blue Division. Most of the outstanding
contracts are from local area schools whose coaches cannot be
reached during the summer. Now that school has started again,
we should be getting them soon. We have 14 high school teams
who have already paid their $400 entry fee, and four teams have
already sent in their $200 Sponsorship money.
College Teams
All college contracts have come in. The
National Division includes Bloomsberg, North Dakota State, Ohio
State, ODU, Rider, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Columbia,
Drexel, Virginia Tech, Indiana, The Citadel, Cal-Davis,
University of Virginia, Tennessee-Chattanooga, and North
Carolina. The American Division includes the Apprentice School,
Delaware State, Anderson, SUNY-Brockport, South Dakota State,
Duquesne, Franklin & Marshall, and Princeton. We still need
sponsors for these college teams.
Middle School Teams
We will have four middle school teams from
different areas of Virginia in the Duals this year. We want one
local team, one team from Northern Virginia, one from the
Richmond area, and one from the western part of the state. Our
club coaches will coach the local team and our kids will have
first shot at the spots on the local Virginia Duals Middle
School team. There will be no wrestle-offs. All their hard
work in our wrestling room will earn their spot on the team.
Ticket Pricing
We have made some changes to our prices and
our sessions for the 2006 Duals.
All Session Friday
Only All Day Saturday Saturday After 4pm
Students $22.00 $10.00 $16.00
$10.00
Adults $32.00 $14.00 $22.00 $14.00
Military $27.00 $10.00 $18.00
$11.00
The Coliseum will add approximately $4.00
to each ticket to cover parking, local taxes, etc.
Hotel Contract
We will use the Holiday Inn as our host
facility. We had considered using Embassy Suites as our host
facility, but they do not have banquet facilities inside their
building. We would have to use the facilities in the Convention
Center next door for our Social and After Duals party.
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm
on Tuesday, October 11th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.
June 14, 2005
Attendees – Bill Smith, Dirk Weibel, John
Swartz, Chris Karhan, David Robinson, Anita Lenhardt, Gloria
Todd, Jim Bresnan, Mike Casey and Lucy Stowe.
The meeting was called to order at 7:05
p.m.
Minutes
Minutes from the May 10, 2005 were
distributed and read. The Secretary pointed out that the
election results should have been included in the May Minutes,
and promised to make this revision. The minutes were approved,
with this correction.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s Report was unavailable.
VA Duals Committees
All Committee Duties are being documented
for the Virginia Duals notebook. We have lined up Chairmen for
all our Committees, except for one. We need someone to take over
as Chairman of Security because our former Chairman of Security
has moved out of the area.
Web Site
The web site is coming along. The online
Virginia Duals History has been completed. Minutes from past
meetings will be uploaded soon. The lists of teams
participating in the Duals are updated as we receive contracts.
Other tournament information will be added as we get closer to
January.
High School Teams
We have sent out all 48 contracts. We have
already received 13 high school contracts, along with entry fees
for a couple of teams. York has decided to withdraw from the
Duals for this year.
College Teams
All college contracts have been sent out,
and all of them except for one have already come back in.
Middle School Teams
We will have four middle school teams from
different areas of Virginia in the Duals this year.
Ticket Pricing
We have made some changes to our prices and
our sessions for the 2006 Duals. The Coliseum will add approximately $4.00
to each ticket to cover parking, local taxes, etc.
The big change comes on the Saturday
tickets. We used to have separate tickets for Saturday morning
and Saturday evening, but it did not work since our schedule has
become too tight to allow us to clear the Coliseum between
sessions. Too many people would buy a Saturday morning ticket
and then stay for the evening session without buying a ticket
for the evening session. We hope to eliminate this problem by
eliminating the Saturday morning (only) tickets. All tickets
sold before 4:00pm on Saturday will be All-Day tickets, and
discounted prices will be available for tickets purchased after
4:00pm.
Hotel Contract
We are negotiating with the new Embassy
Suites by the Coliseum to possibly serve as our host facility.
Once we know what they can offer and how much they will charge,
we will compare that to the deal that Holiday Inn offers us.
Information should be available at our next meeting.
Virginia Duals Wrestling Club
The Board was disappointed with the way
things turned out this year in our coaching partnership with ODU.
The Board wanted to go our separate ways. Bill met with Steve
Martin and Lee Pritts and they came back with another proposal
because they want to continue the partnership. Our coaches will
be fulltime PWA Coaches and part time ODU coaches. ODU is
looking to hire another Assistant Coach. Once they have made
their decision, we will interview their new Assistant Coach and
decide whether he meets our requirements for our Head Coach. If
we do not like ODU's choice, we are not obligated to hire him.
The Fall Session will begin when schools
open and continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30
through the first week of November.
Next Meeting
There are no meetings scheduled for July or
August, so the next PWA meeting will be held at 7:00pm on
Tuesday, September 13th at Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:40pm.
May 10, 2005
Attendees – Bill Smith, Lucy Stowe, Kathy Robinson, Nancy
Santiago, John Swartz, Jim Bresnan, Chris Karhan, Don Ward,
Bruce Shumaker, Billy Anderson, Jim Casey, Dave Robinson,
Jessica Robinson and Gloria Todd.
The meeting
was called to order at 7:05 p.m.
Minutes
Minutes from
the April 12, 2005 meeting were distributed and read. There
being no corrections, the minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The
Treasurer’s report was distributed and read. We have $16,
094.72 in the checking account; $10,037.00 in the Money Market
fund; $70,000 in the CD, which will mature before the next
meeting; and the Olympic Training Fund is down to $0.00. The
Treasurer will check into rates for rolling over the CD. The
Treasurer’s report was accepted.
Website Report
The new web
site is up and going. The lists of teams in the Duals are being
updated as the contracts come in. With Jason Bryant as our
Webmaster, the website will continue to get better and better.
VA Duals history, the lists of Board Members, Staff and
Volunteers, are now available online. Pictures will be added
soon.
2006 VA
Duals
January 13 &
14 will be the dates for the 2006 Duals.
We have
locked in the Announcers and the College Officials early because
the National Duals has changed their date to conflict with ours
and we wanted to make sure we get the best announcers and
officials.
Bill is in
the process of checking with past committee chairpersons to see
if they are willing to serve in the same capacity for 2006. So
far, the only committee chair who will not be back next year is
Rob as the Security Chairman. He is moving out of the area.
A lot of
high school teams have requested to participate, including
several new out of state teams. Mike has contracts ready to
send out to 16 teams for the Black and Blue Division, 16 teams
for the American Division, and 13 teams for the National
Division. The contracts spell out the fact that each team is
responsible for paying the $400 entry fee and finding their own
sponsor to pay an additional $200.
The American College Tournament will be an 8-team tournament
South Dakota State, Duquesne, and the Apprentice School have
already committed.
The National
College Tournament will include Bloomsburg, Chattanooga,
Columbia, Drexel, Indiana, North Dakota State, ODU, Ohio State,
Rider, UNC, UVA, VA Tech and West Virginia.
We will continue with a 4-team
Middle School Tournament. One team will be the VA Duals Club
team. We will probably go with 4 teams from different areas of
Virginia. It is hoped that the Middle School teams will bring
more paying spectators.
Virginia Duals Wrestling Club
John
Swartz handed out written reports on the activities and results
of the VA Duals Wrestling Club. Fifty-seven kids have
registered, but attendance averages 25 kids or less per night,
and less than 10% of the kids who are registered have
participated in any wrestling tournaments. Some of the kids
have not won a match yet. We do fairly well wrestling against
kids from the Southside, but Richmond area kids and kids from
Northern Virginia are cleaning our clocks. Several people
offered suggestions on ways to improve participation among the
club members.
Old
Business
Kathy has
completed invoicing all uncollected 2005 VA Duals Major
Sponsors, Team Sponsors, Ads and Entry Fees. Next year, if
Entry Fees have not been paid two weeks before the tournament,
the team will not be allowed to participate in the Duals.
New
Business
Brute
dropped out as a Major Sponsor. They had been paying $2000.00
to sponsor one division at the VA Duals each year. We need to
find another Major Sponsor.
Next
Meeting
The next
PWA meeting will be held at 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, June 14th
in the Poquoson Middle School cafeteria.
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm
April
12, 2005
Attendees
– Bill Smith, Jason Bryant, Mike Casey, Mike McCormick, Nancy
Santiago, Ratana Reed, Jim Bresnan, Vince Leccadito, Barbara
Arsenault, Randall Stowe, Sr., Becky Batchelor, John Swartz,
Lucy Stowe, Kathy Robinson, Jim Casey and Don Ward.
The meeting
was called to order at 7:08 p.m.
Minutes
Minutes from
the March 8, 2005 meeting were distributed and read. There
being no corrections, the minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The
Treasurer’s report was distributed and read. The Treasurer’s
report was accepted.
PWA History
& Introductions
John Swartz
welcomed the new parents and gave a brief history of the PWA and
asked that each person introduce themselves and tell what school
they are affiliated with, then the Officers, Board Members and
Staff Members introduced themselves and told everyone their
position.
Website Report
Jason
Bryant, our Webmaster, reported that the new website pages are
ready to go. He is just waiting for the domain name and
everything to be transferred over. Rosters will be submitted
online and will be linked to the Tournament Director, the
program people, etc. The Coaches Handbooks will also be
available online. Weigh-in schedule will be online. Volunteer
schedules (for tableworkers, signboards, etc.) will be available
online. Sponsor and Host recruitment requests will be posted
online. VA Duals history will also be available. Seeding will
be done on the web.
2006 VA
Duals
January 13 &
14 will be the dates for the 2006 Duals.
Bill is in
the process of checking with past committee chairpersons to see
if they are willing to serve in the same capacity for 2006.
A lot of
high school teams have requested to participate, including
several new out of state teams. This year, high school teams
will be assigned to their division as soon as their contracts
are received.
The American College Tournament will be an 8-team tournament
South Dakota State, Duquesne, and the Apprentice School have
already committed.
The National
College Tournament will include Bloomsburg, VA Tech,
Chattanooga, Drexel, ODU, UNC, Indiana, North Dakota State, Ohio
State.
We will continue with a 4-team
Middle School Tournament. One team will be the VA Duals Club
team. We will probably go with 4 teams from different areas of
Virginia. It is hoped that the Middle School teams will bring
more paying spectators.
Virginia
Duals Wrestling Club
Virginia
Duals Wrestling Club started practice on March 22, 2005, and
continue at 6:00 to 8:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the end
of July. Forty kids have already registered. We are expecting
about 6 more next week. The Club participated in one tournament
and did very well. First tournament results included two 2nds
and two 3rds in Greco; two 1sts , three 2nds
, and a 3rd in Freestyle. John Swartz and Bill
Smith are looking into the possibility of renting a 15-passenger
van to provide transportation for Wrestlers and Coaches to
travel for out of town tournaments
FILA has
announced a number of new Freestyle rules, but the only new rule
that has been implemented in local tournaments in Virginia this
year is the “Push-Out” rule.
Virginia Duals History
John
Swartz has finally completed assembling the Archive of Virginia
Duals History for the website. He has results of every meet
ever wrestled at the Virginia Duals. It will be available on
the website when everything is switched over.
Old
Business
Kathy has
completed invoicing all uncollected 2005 VA Duals Major
Sponsors, Team Sponsors, Ads and Entry Fees. Next year, if
Entry Fees have not been paid two weeks before the tournament,
the team will not be allowed to participate in the Duals.
New
Business
Brute
dropped out as a Major Sponsor. They had been paying $2000.00
to sponsor one division at the VA Duals each year. We need to
find another Major Sponsor.
Anyone
interested in running for a position as an Officer or Board
Member of the PWA needs to contact Jim Casey, the Chairman of
the Nominating Committee.
The PWA
has an old Sharp Copier that we no longer need. It was offered
for bids if anyone is interested. Kathy says she will even
deliver it.
Next
Meeting
The next
PWA meeting will be held at 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, May 10th
in the Poquoson Middle School cafeteria. The Nominating
Committee will present a slate of Officer and Board candidates
for consideration, but nominations will also be accepted from
the floor just prior to the election.
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:40pm.
March 8, 2005
Attendees – Lucy
Stowe, Bill Smith, John Swartz, Bruce Shumaker, Mike McCormick,
Mike Casey, John Graham and Dirk Weibel.
The meeting was called to order
at 7:15 p.m.
Minutes
Minutes from the February 8,
2005 meeting were distributed and read. The sentence “The
Coaches Handbooks will be available online, so we won’t have to
chase them down to give them their handbooks” was amended by
deleting everything after the comma because handbooks WILL also
still be made and given to the coaches. The minutes were
approved with this change.
Website Report
Now that Jason Bryant has been
hired as our Webmaster, much more information will be available
online. Rosters will be submitted online and will be linked to
the Tournament Director, the program people, etc. The Coaches
Handbooks will also be available online. Weigh-in schedule will
be online. Volunteer schedules (for tableworkers, signboards,
etc.) will be available online. Sponsor and Host recruitment
requests will be posted online. VA Duals history will also be
available. Seeding will be done on the web.
2006 VA Duals
January 13 & 14, will be the
dates for the 2006 Duals.
Bill is in the process of
checking with past committee chairpersons to see if they are
willing to serve in the same capacity for 2006.
A lot of high school teams have
requested to participate, including several new out of state
teams. This year, high school teams will be assigned to their
division as soon as their contracts are received. There was
some discussion about possibly adding a rule limiting the number
of forfeits a high school team can have and still be allowed to
participate in the Duals, but no vote was taken.
The
American College Tournament will be an 8-team tournament South
Dakota State, Duquesne, and the Apprentice School have already
committed.
The National College Tournament
will include Bloomsberg, VA Tech, Chattanooga, Drexel, ODU, UNC,
Indiana, North Dakota State, Ohio State.
We will continue with a 4-team
Middle School Tournament. One team will be the VA Duals Club
team. It is hoped that the Middle School teams will bring more
paying spectators.
Virginia
Duals Wrestling Club
The contract for the use of the
Wrestling Room has been signed with the rent remaining at the
same level as last year.
Virginia Duals
Wrestling Club will start practice on March 22, 2005, and
continue until the end of July. We will wrestle 6:00 to 8:30 on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, but we may have two sessions if the
numbers warrant it. If two sessions are needed, the younger kids
will wrestle during the first hour, and then the older kids will
wrestle for the remainder of the time.
Cory Ace is working
with Claudia on a schedule of the tournaments that the VA Duals
team will go to. They have been asked to concentrate on
non-local tournaments.
The idea of the PWA
offering a wrestling clinic by a well known college coach is
being discussed, but nothing has been set up so far. It would
probably be by offered to the PWA kids only.
Virginia Duals Ticket Sales
Bill distributed a report of the
Virginia Duals Attendance and income from ticket sales for 2004
and 2005. In 2003 – 3091
tickets sold for $21,394.66; in 2004 – 2563 tickets sold for
$23,373.36; and in 2005 – 2529 tickets sold for $25,484.07.
The rates for the
different sessions were discussed. It was pointed out that very
few people buy tickets for the Finals because most of the
spectators just buy a ticket early on Saturday and remain in
their seats until the Finals are over. The idea of clearing the
Coliseum between the sessions on Saturday was discussed. Other
options included raising the fee for an all-day Saturday pass,
with a discount after a certain time (4:00pm or 5:00pm).
The PWA wants to host a clinic
for all the Bay Rivers and Peninsula District coaches, as well
as a statewide meeting for USA Wresting Freestyle coaches. This
would be separate from the VHSL Rules Clinic that high school
coaches are required to attend each year.
Virginia Duals
History
John Swartz is still
working on the complete Archive of Virginia Duals History for
the website.
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting
will be held at 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, April 12th at
Poquoson Middle School. The Nominating Committee will present
a slate of officer and board candidates for consideration, with
elections to be held during the May meeting.
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:10pm.
February 8,
2005
Attendees – Lucy
Stowe, Gloria Todd, Jim Casey, Mike Casey, Don Ward, Joyce
Keeton, Kathy Robinson and Dirk Weibel.
The meeting was called to order
at 7:08 p.m.
Minutes
Minutes from the Januray 4, 2005
meeting were distributed and read. There being no corrections,
the minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report
was distributed and read. Outstanding bills were discussed.
The Treasurer’s report was accepted.
Report of Directors’ Meeting
Jason Bryant has been hired as
our Webmaster. More information will be available online.
Rosters will be submitted online. The Coaches Handbooks will be
available online, so we won’t have to chase them down to give
them their handbooks. Weigh-in schedule will be online. VA
Duals history will also be available.
2006
American College Tournament will be an 8-team tournament
We will continue with a 4-team
Middle School Tournament. One team will be the VA Duals Club
team.
Nancy Perry resigned from the
board, due to her work schedule.
Bruce Shumaker replaced Nancy on
the board and will represent the Williamsburg area.
New
Business
Virginia Duals
Wrestling Club will start practice on March 22, 2005, and
continue until the end of July. We will wrestle on Tuesday and
Thursday, but we will have two sessions. The younger kids will
wrestle during the first hour, and then the older kids will
wrestle.
PWA now has a storage
unit for PWA/VA Duals equipment (clocks, signboard stuff, etc.).
Clocks
It would cost approximately
$1000 each to add the Advantage Time module to a Daktronics
clock. We might want to consider buying these modules for the
clocks we borrow in exchange for a promise to lend them to us
when we need them.
Computers
The computers that were used at
the Duals were donated to the PWA. We can lend them to someone
who needs an extra computer, with the stipulation that we get
them back to use during the Duals next year.
Programs
We sold 643 programs. That was
a little more than half of what we printed.
Virginia Duals Ticket Sales
2003 – 3091 tickets sold, 2004 –
2563 tickets sold, 2005 – 2529 tickets sold
Naval Academy
It would be really
nice if we could bring in the Naval Academy or one of the other
armed forces academies into the National College Tournament. We
should try to get two of the armed forces academies to wrestle
in the Duals. It would sell a lot of tickets.
Virginia Duals
History
John Swartz asked to
have people send him any old Virginia Duals data that they may
have on hand, so he can compile a more complete Archive of
Virginia Duals History.
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting
will be held at 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, February 8th at
Poquoson Middle School.
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:15pm.
January 4,
2005
Attendees list is
unavailable.
The meeting was called to order
at 7:12 p.m.
Minutes
Minutes from the December 14,
2004 meeting were distributed and read. There being no
corrections, the minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report
will be postponed until the February meeting because our
Treasurer, Kathy Robinson’s father passed away and the viewing
is tonight.
VA Duals
Plans for Virginia Duals 25th
Anniversary Celebration party are complete. It will be held on
Thursday night, at the Holiday Inn from7:30 to 11:30pm. We will
have a live band – Gator. We have budgeted $6500 for the party.
We will run 10 mats. Mats can
be moved in on Tuesday, if we want to.
High School teams are all set.
They have been broken down into the 3 divisions. The seeding
meeting will be at 11:00am Thursday.
College teams are all set. The
seeding meeting will be at 5:00pm on Thursday.
Middle School teams are set. We
are hoping to get their rosters in as soon as possible. We will
print a mini-program for the Middle Schools on the Monday before
the Duals.
Coliseum Setup
Jim Casey has a group of
trailers and drivers lined up to haul mats to the Coliseum.
Bill Smith is coordinating with Steve Martin to have the ODU JV
team there to help with setup.
The Bracket Banners look good.
They will be ready on Friday, January 7th.
Liz West is handling the Program
Ads.
Lee Coon is in Richmond and
could not get back in time for the meeting, but everything is
moving along for the Hospitality Room. Dee is working on
scheduling the volunteers. Food donations are coming in. Jim is
donating1440 crabcakes for the Hospitality Room. We are getting
50 dozen doughnuts from Krispy Kreme.
Clocks
Jim has arranged to borrow 4 Daktronics
clocks from Northern Virginia. These do not have riding time,
but we do not need riding time for high school or middle school
mats. We will have 11 clocks
Fruit baskets
Jim asked if it is worth the
trouble and expense to continue with the fruit baskets. It runs
about $1800 each year, and some of them are never delivered
because we do not know where the team is staying. We voted to
discontinue the fruit baskets.
Things are coming together for
the seafood bash on Saturday night. The Holiday Inn will keep
the party room open until 2:00am.
The Wrestling Broadcast people
are willing to make a tape of “The Making of the VA Duals” from
start to finish for us in exchange for being allowed to tape the
Semis and Finals and sell those dvds online.
Name Signs
The new Name Signs will display
the wrestler’s name and weightclass will on a 9’ tall PVC pipe
at the end of the table. Team names will be printed on both
sides of a sign, which will be attached to the crossbar.
Wrestler’s names will be written on both sides of a 6 x 24”
whiteboard, which will also attach to the crossbar.
Security
Alphabetized Volunteer Lists
need to be turned in to Rob no later than Thursday morning.
Mat Accessories
Bill ordered 40 sets of anklets
6 sets of replacement numbers and 2 cases of mat tape. Dido has
some stopwatches, but we need 5 more.
Old Business
The
new VA Duals mat has arrived, and is currently undergoing
Resilite’s recommended “curing” process.
New
Business
The Press Conference will be held on
December 15th
The Grand Marshall will be John Purnell
from Brute.
Next Meeting
The next PWA meeting
will be held at 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, February 8th at
Poquoson Middle School
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:48pm. |
