Sanctioning Process

Club Charters & Tournaments

Club Charters

1. The APPLICATION FOR CLUB CHARTER must be completed and mailed, not faxed, to the State Chairman for processing. Return all three (3) copies of the Club Charter form.
2. The Club Charter fee is $75, if you want insurance proof (Certificate of Insurance) the cost is $20.00 per certificate and if there is more than one practice location with different property owners, then you will need more than one certificate. (ie: school district listed covers all locations of that school District, same for city or town owned property). BOE & Parks and Rec are normally two insurance certificates and therefore $40.00 ($20 each)
3. Membership period runs from date of the application through Aug 31 of that year.
4. There is a 30-day lead-time for receipt of the Certificate of Insurance. Anyone needing this certificate in less time will be charged an additional $50 fee. Too many times last year this request was made and I obliged.
5. The Certificate of Insurance form is additional insurance that will cover a second practice site. The additional fee is $20. You must complete this form, which is the two (2) page manila colored sheet found immediately after the Club Charter form in your club packet.

Tournament Sanctions

1. Tournament Sanction forms may be obtained from the State Chairman.
2. Tournament Sanction fee's are-
   1. $150 for a general membership tournament, and
   2. $100 for all invitational tournaments regardless of the number of participants.
   3. $100 for Novice / Beginner tournaments. These are typically small events focused at providing an intimate environment where everyone wrestles two matches and walks away with a medal.
3. Completed forms must be submitted a minimum of 30 days prior to the event day. An expedite fee of $50 will be assessed when the turnaround time is less than 30 days.
4. Authorization for any particular date will be determined by the USAWCT Board of Directors. A process will be defined outlining how clubs will be selected when more than one sanctioned club requests a particular event date. Tournament request dates should be made at the General Membership meeting typically held in the month of September. Initial determination of the winter folk-style season will be made by November 1 from those requests received by October 1. Any follow-on requests will be made on a first-come-first-submitted basis and dependent on date availability or event proximity.
   1. Novice tournament dates will be awarded without the above process.
   2. Invitational events will be reviewed similar to the process outlined in # 4 above.

Mail payment and Application to:

USAWCT
c/o Mark Cammisa
21 Aunt Hack Road
Danbury, CT. 06811

Make checks payable to USAWCT