423 Elite Wrestling Club

[Farrara]

New wrestling club located in Bristol. Club is open to boys and girls entering 7th-12th grade. We will be focusing on Folkstyle up until the NHSCA National Championships, then switching over to Freestyle/Greco to prepared for the ASICS/Vaughan Junior & Cadet National Championships, which are located in Fargo, ND.

 

Athletes preparing for Summer National Championships will see a great increase in their skill for the following winter season!

 

Our goals at 423 Elite are as follows:

 

1. Best/Toughest Region in TN

2. Produce Region 1 CHAMPIONS

3. Produce TSSAA CHAMPIONS

4. Produce NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

5. Send Athletes to National tournaments

6. Place in National tournaments

7. BEST CLUB IN TN!

8. Nationally recognized club for both Greco and Freestyle

9. Send Student-Athletes to College

10. Produce Olympic CHAMPIONS (Hoping we don't get the axe)

 

Spring Session - March 4th - June 27th

Practices will be held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (go to as many as you'd like)

Locations will flipflop to make it convenient for all wrestlers/parents

70 practices in this sesson (come and go as you please) breaks down to just under $2 a practice.

 

Practices will be held at Tennessee High, and another location futher South, which is yet to be determined.

 

Club Fee: $125 plus USA Card (http://www.themat.co.../membership.php)

Team with 10 or more athletes - $100 plus USA Card

Only two schools will have the $75 rate due to hosting practices (TBD by 423 Elite Staff)

Siblings rate - $115 (2) $100 (3) $90 (4 or more) Plus USA Card

***Seniors continuing on to college will have a special rate***

 

Coaching Staff:

 

Justin Farrara - King Assistant, Wrestled D1 for Pittsburgh and Buffalo, Current Team New York Greco-Roman HC, Current Team New York Freestyle Assistant.

Tim Marshall - THS Assistant, Viking Club HC

D'Marcus Spencer - King Wrestler, NHSCA AA, Indiana State Placer, JUCO AA

John Austin Jones - King Wrestler, 2x Alabama State Champ, Fargo Greco-Roman Runner-up

Collin Crume - King Wrestler, 3x Indiana State Placer

Plus more...

 

 

Any questions, give me a call/text at (518) 791-9315 or email Farrara28@gmail.com

[coachknepper]

Sounds like a great club to get involved in for any Region 1 wrestlers! Kudos to Coach Farrara in this new endeavor.

 

Would be interesting to know why the '423' was chosen. I know that is the area code for Chattanooga if I am not mistaken? Regardless of the name this kind of involvement should be applauded and will only serve to make Tennessee wrestling better.

 

Coach Knepper

[coachknepper]

Nevermind...it appears Bristol has the same area code as I searched in my phone.

[Sommers]

Nevermind...it appears Bristol has the same area code as I searched in my phone.

donut around Knoxville, like 931 is to us. It's a developing wrestling ring moving into 865

[Farrara]

Starting March 11th at the Viking Wrestling Club practice room - 1395 Volunteer PKWY, Bristol (Behind Burger King) Registration will start at 5:30PM

March 12th at Dobyns-Bennett HS - Registration will start at 5:30PM

 

Practice times:

Monday – Tennessee High – 6:30 – 8:30PM

Tuesday – Dobyns-Bennett High – 6:30-8:30PM

Wednesday - Tennessee High – 6:30 – 8:30PM

Thursday - Dobyns-Bennett High – 6:30-8:30PM

 

Tournament Schedule

March 16 - Cardiac Kids Challenge – Durham, NC (Folkstyle)

April 3 - 24th NHSCA Wrestling Championships - Virginia Beach, VA (Folkstyle)

April 13 – Chattanooga Area Tournament – Chattanooga, TN (Freestyle/Greco)

April 27 - Tennessee Pride Ironman - Murfreesboro, TN (Freestyle/Greco)

May 4 - Chattanooga Area Tournament – Chattanooga, TN (Freestyle/Greco)

May 11 – TENNESSEE STATE TOURNAMENT – Spring Hill, TN (Freestyle/Greco)

May 18 – Tornado Duals – Bristol, TN – (Freestyle/Greco)

May 24 - USAW/Cliff Keen Southeast Regional Championships – Atlanta, GA (Freestyle/Greco)

May 24 - ASICS University & FILA Cadet Nationals – Akron, OH (Freestyle/Greco)

May 31 - Southern Plains Regional Championships - Dodge City, KS (Freestyle/Greco)

June 6 - Schoolboy/Girl National Duals - Indianapolis, IN (Team Tennessee) (Freestyle/Greco)

June 11 - Cadet National Duals – Daytona Beach, FL (Team Tennessee) (Freestyle/Greco)

June 24 - ASICS Kids FS/GR National Championships – Urem, UT (Team Tennessee) (Freestyle/Greco)

June 25 - Junior National Duals – Oklahoma City, OK (Team Tennessee) (Freestyle/Greco)

July 12 - ASICS/Vaughan Junior & Cadet National Championships – Fargo, ND (Team Tennessee) (Freestyle/Greco)

 

Any questions, give me a call (423-557-4175 - new number) or email (farrara28@gmail.com)

[wrestler40]

Is this the Elite wrestling club in Bartlett?

[Farrara]

Bristol, Kingsport, and possibly Johnson City

[Cknett]

Too many clubs with Elite as their name.

[KingGreene]

Haha!! Glad I'm not the only one who notices this! Before I walked into the Top 100 at Union County, I looked at the other coach with me and said, lets count how many different times we see the word "Elite" today... Sure enough, it was on a flyer for some club on the check in table as soon as you walk in! Along with 3 others we counted that day.

 

The word is horribly overused. The meaning of the word has been completely depleted.

[Farrara]

this club is the only club with the name "elite" in it for USAW for TN. not a peewee AAU club.

[truthsquad]

Too many teams with the word "Academy" in their name, when the teams are really not academies at all.

 

Webster defines Academy as

 

a: a school usually above the elementary level; especially: a private high school b: a high school or college in which special subjects or skills are taught c: higher education —used with the <the functions of the academy in modern society>

 

 

None of which are actually who seem to be representing themselves as these "schools" for wrestling.