The Grapplers Perform Community Service & Are Featured in Local Paper

As a way to say 'Thank You!' to Morris Township for their annual sponsorship of our program, the Mo-Town Grapplers Club performed community service by cleaning up the outfield at Tucker Field. Friday night participants battled not only the poison ivy and the tangled brush, but also the rain and wind. Everyone came out and had a good time helping out the community!

All current 5th-8th grade Grapplers participating in the clean up are eligible to receive a 50% scholarship to the TNT camp (a $175 value).

Read the article from the Daily Record's Morristown This Week at http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806040343.

Click to see pictures of Friday night's clean up.

Click to see pictures of Saturday's clean up.

* A special thanks to the Tranfield Family for their support and donations for this effort!

Off Season Wrestling Opportunities

*** Contact Frank Crippen at coachfrank@motowngrapplers.com if you plan on doing any off-season wrestling.***

Clubs

Iron Horse Wrestling Club
Randolph High School: Monday and Wednesday from 7 – 9 pm, Apr – Oct.

For Middle School wrestlers only. There is no charge to attend this club. Must have a valid USA wrestling card. You can purchase one at the club. http://eteamz.active.com/ironhorsewrestling/

Premier 150 North Midland Ave., Saddlebrook, NJ:

Times: Sun at 5:00, Mon-Fri at 7:00, Apr - Jul.

For Wrestlers of all ages. Questions, contact Guy Bock at coachguy@motowngrapplers.com. Admission is paid for by the MoTown Grapplers Club.

Website: http://www.premier-nj.com/

Tournaments

For Wrestlers of all ages. Registration forms are available at http://www.njwrestlingtournaments.com/.

June 21 – Delbarton Tournament - contact Coach Bill Schaller, with questions.
Fall Tournaments - TBD

NOTE: Please send your #s of matches wrestled at any off-season tournament and any practices attended to ckaycampbell@aol.com. We will track all off-season matches and practices for WOW Awards.

TNT Overnight Camp

For Wrestlers going into 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grade
TNT Camp/Kutztown, PA.

Website - http://www.tntwrestlingcamps.com/, a 5 Day Competition and Technique Camp. July 27–July 31.

Fall Clinics at FMS

Available for current 4th-7th graders. 8 clinics during Sept and Oct, focused on drilling and technique. These clinics will be run by 2X NCAA All-American, Chris Marshall.

Lycoming College in PA offers a great weekend parent/child wrestling camp on June 20 - 22. The goal of this camp is for the kids to have a weekend of fun hanging out with their parent in the college dorms and at the same time learning wrestling from some of the best coaches in PA.

Lycoming College is approx. a 3 hour drive from Morristown and the first session starts at 7:00 pm on Fri. night June 20. There is a total of 8 hours of wrestling instruction with the final session at 9-11:00 am on Sun. morning June 22.

Parents get out on the mat during the wrestling instruction and will work with their kids during the technique sessions. On Sat. afternoon the camp sponsors a trip to Knoebel's Grove fun park which is probably the part of the camp that the kids enjoy the most.

For more information you can go to this website.
http://www.teamlyco.com/parentandchild1.htm.

If you are interested please pencil in the date on your calendar. Questions: coachfrank@motowngrapplers.com.

Congratulations to all who had a great season!

Congratulations to DARREN PRADO on his 7th place finish at the USAW NJ State Tournament!

Congrats to Aaron Flitcroft came in 2nd at the tournament!

Congratulations to Olivia Campbell and Erin Tranfield who both took 3rd Place at the USGWA New Jersey State Open Championship. (US Girls Wrestling Association). The event was held on March 16, 2008 at Premier Wrestling and Training in Saddle Brook.

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Team is awarded Team Sportsmanship Award!
Click on image to enlarge. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations State Qualifying Wrestlers

1st place - Kurt Ferdenzi
2nd place - Dylan Allison, Kyle Allison, Derek Campbell, Aaron Flitcroft, Darren Prado, Des Towns
3rd Place - Chris Forte, Jami Wendel

Other participants: Guy Bock, Chase Champi, Cole Graney, Pat Murphy

Coach Bryan Manahan has led the FMS wrestling team to another undefeated season and another County Championship. Congratulations on your success!

Click here to view images from the tournament. Thanks to Coach Vin for submitting the images!

2007-08 Varsity Team

2007-08 Clinic & Pre-Clinic teams

Randolph Thanksgiving Day Tournament Photos!

Check out photos taken from the 2007 Randolph Thanksgiving Day Tournament. Thanks to Grappler Dad Danny Wendel for taking these pictures!