Colchester Youth Wrestling

Want to challenge yourself and be part of a great team?
Join the COLCHESTER WILDCATS YOUTH WRESTLING CLUB

Colchester Youth Wrestling (CYW) is a private, non-profit organization that formed in 2000. The Club's mission is to introduce the youth in Colchester and surrounding towns to the sport of wrestling by providing a disciplined and competitive program for kids to learn and develop wrestling skills, self-confidence and the ideals of good sportsmanship.
CYW is open to boys and girls in Grades K through 8.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us.

There are two steps to register your child for the 2025-2026 season!

First, use this link above to register for this season.

Under the Registration Info dropdown select Available Programs to select your wrestlers' appropriate division (6U, 8U, 10U, 12U, or 14U).
The Annual Dues are $100, which includes a Colchester Wrestling T-shirt

Second, register your Youth Wrestler with USA Wrestling.
Search for Organization ID #1111801 or Colchester Youth Wrestling Club, Athlete Membership is $50.00.

New members bring a copy of your birth certificate to the first practice to show proof of age

NO CHILD WILL EVER BE TURNED AWAY DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. For information about financial aid and scholarships available, please contact CYW Director, Utey Parekh, at colchesteryouthwrestling@gmail.com.

Practices (December 1st, 2025 – March 3rd, 2026)

Practices will be held in the gymnasium at Jack Jackter Intermediate School located at 215 Halls Road in Colchester. All wrestlers should arrive 15 minutes before practice starts to put on their wrestling shoes.

For the month of December all wrestlers are invited to practice on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays; grades K-2 will practice from 6:30p-7:30p and grades 3-8 will practice from 6:30p-8:00p. For January and February, Monday night practices will be exclusively held for wrestlers looking to compete in tournaments. The schedule for Tuesdays and Thursdays will remain the same as above.

If the Colchester school system is closed or has early dismissal on a day when a practice is scheduled, the practice is automatically cancelled.
Generally, practices will be structured as follows:

Stretching/Warm-up
Instruction on Moves
Drilling of Moves
Live Wrestling
Conditioning
Wrestling Games (as time allows)

We hope to designate 2- 3 practice/scrimmage nights during the season with other local wrestling programs (as available). These scrimmages are a great way for our athletes to work with wrestlers from other clubs in a cooperative environment, as well as prepare for tournaments that they may choose to attend in the future

Equipment/Clothing

All wrestlers will need headgear and wrestling shoes to participate. NO SNEAKERS/STREET SHOES WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE MATS. Wrestling shoes and headgear are available for purchase at local sporting goods stores and online. For practices, wrestlers should wear a T-shirt and shorts or sweatpants. Please ensure they are not loose fitting or have buttons or other items that could cause injury.
Note: Wrestlers who wish to donate used shoes or headgear for use by other CYW wrestlers may do so by depositing them in the wrestling equipment donation box found at practice. Please bring a water bottle to practice.

Tournaments

CYW also plans to participate in tournaments and dual meet competitions with other youth clubs from around the state. Regular-season tournaments are generally held every Sunday in Connecticut beginning in mid-December and ending in March. A registration fee (usually $25) is charged for each tournament. At tournaments, wrestlers compete individually against opponents of similar age and weight, and medals are awarded to the first, second and third place wrestlers in each age and weight division.

Participation in tournaments is optional, but CYW encourages its wrestlers to participate throughout the season (and post-season) based on their individual level of development and interest. With guidance from the coaching staff, wrestlers have the option to choose which tournaments they wish to attend. The coaching staff will provide feedback on your child's progress/development to assist you in deciding whether they are ready for their first competitive experience. "Beginner Tournaments" are held periodically for beginner wrestlers only (those wrestlers with one or two years of experience that have not medaled in a regular tournament). More experienced/advanced wrestlers may, at their option, travel out of state to compete.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me @ 860-620-7051 or colchesteryouthwrestling@gmail.com

To download the complete Parent Info packet, click here!

CYW Registration

Use this link to register for this season.