Winter Program for Season 2022-2023 (updated 9/19/2022)
General Overview

Time Period:

Winter season period:  November - February

General Information:

Comprised of boys and girls, grades 1-8, beginners and advanced
Assigned to practice groups based on birth dates:  Blue Room (primarily 7th & 8th Grades plus advanced younger wrestlers)
Gold Room (primarily 5th & 6th Grades)
Silver Room (primarily 3rd & 4th Grades)
Note that DYS may combine or split age divisions for practices based on coaches, skill level and athlete weight.
Generablly compete on Sundays and some Saturdays in the Top of the Podium (TOP) Winter Wrestling Series (WWS) December through February.
Silver/Gold Room wrestlers will practice two days per week.
Blue Room (advanced wrestlers) will practice three days per week.
Compete in a season-end final TOP Championship tournament for those that quailfy.
Select wrestlers may possibly compete in a one-day Dulles Duals tournament (details TBD).

Practice Group Assignments:

Typically posted before the start of the November practices
Assignments to rooms are based on birth dates and skill levels
Schedule, room assignments and all tournaments suject to change without notice

Wrestling Competition Venues:
Top of the Podium (TOP), Sterling, VA Tournaments: Winter Wrestling Series (WWS)
Dulles Duals (TBD)
Dulles Duals Middle School
Dulles Duals Elementary School

Registration Fee Structure:

Earlybird registration period ends midnight on 9/30
Late registration period adds $25 late fee starting 11/1
Costs for uniforms and equipment are extra
Registration costs include most but not all league competition entry fees (there are some events considered to be outside of the normal league competition series such as holiday specialty events)
$290.00 for the “Standard" program with Saturday / Sunday league competitions.  End of year tournments and other speciality tournments may incur additional cost

Sponsorships and Financial Offsets:

Families may get kids registered at no cost by collecting $500 in total from sponsors