Welcome to the 15th Annual 2005 Lourdes On The Water Wrestling Classic!! WELCOME to all teams coming back from last year and a very special welcome to the new teams joining us this year! We hope this year will again be a fun and exciting opportunity for you all! We hope you will have a wonderful and exciting experience with our tournament! We are very happy to be using Justin`s program again this year. It has been a great addition to our tournament and a great resource for our coaches, participants, family, friends, spectators, and supporters! Please enjoy and follow along as the tournament progresses. Our tournament will begin on Thursday December 29th at 11:00 am with the preliminary rounds and will continue on Friday, starting at 9:30 am. The final round of Championships, 3rd, and 5th place matches will start on Friday at 4:30 pm. We are hoping for some very exciting match ups this year that you should not miss! We would love to have you join us for the tournament for the first time or as a repeat spectator again this year! We are excited to say that we have not raised our entry fees for the third year in a row for our spectators. Out tournament will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the Kolf Sports Center again this year. Directions: From Hwy. 41 exit Hwy. 21 to the East. (Exit 119) Follow Oshkosh Avenue over the Fox River Bridge to High Street (first stop lights after the bridge). Turn right onto High Street (one way street). Stay in the Right lane. Kolf Sports Center will be on the right. (Large brick building on the curve). We are excited to say that Axis Publishing out of Janesville WI will be printing the booklet ads and line ups again this year. Contact Nick at donna@axisprograms.com with any questions. Also, the bracketing sheets will be printed by Poeschl Printing of Oshkosh again this year. If you are interested in booking a hotel for the tournament, here are some hotels that provided us with information for you. There phone number is listed for you to contact them. GRUENHAGAN HALL - University of Wisconsin Housing Authority The University switchboard number is 920-424-1234, then asked to be transfered to Gruenhagen. This opportunity is open to all of the teams attending.... They have single and double rooms...with coaches specials that include linens. Please call if you are interested...great value and in walking distance of the gym. Some Hotels in the Area: Howard Johnson 920-233-1200 / Baymount Inn 920-233-4190 / Fairfield Inn 920-233-8504 / Hawthorne Inn and Suites 920-303-1133 / Hilton Garden Inn 920-966-1300 / Holiday Inn Express 920-303-1300 / Park Plaza 920-231-5000 / Ramada Inn 920-235-3700 / AmericInn 800-634-3444 or 920-232-0300 / Super Eight 920-426-2885 / Travelodge 920-233-4300 COACHES: Thank you for your support and effort to learn and use this wonderful program! We have a couple of reminders for you- please be aware of the time frames given for each of your data entering times. We have given you until December 21st to enter and change your line ups. You may view the complete line ups after December 22nd at 6 am. Statisticians may enter head to head updates until the end of the day on December 23rd. This will be used in the seeding meeting and will be an important step not to miss! You will have one more and FINAL chance to update or change your wrestlers` information on December 26th during your call in time which is listed below. After the seeding is done on that day, the brackets are final minus any deletions for wrestlers injured or not making weight the days of the tournament as well have given you three opportunities to make your changes or corrections. Call-in times for December 26th, 2005: 920-424-1201 920-424-1205 920-424-3233 920-424-7143 8:15 North Fond du Lac Oak Creek Ripon Chilton 8:30 Oconomowoc Mishicot Ashwaubenon De Pere 8:45 Oshkosh North West De Pere Coleman Amherst 9:00 Oshkosh West Wilmot Union Hortonville Weston 9:15 Park Falls Winneconne Gillett Hurley 9:30 Chippewa Falls Milwaukee Custer Bonduel Markesan 9:45 Three Lakes Milwaukee Lutheran Freedom Sturgeon Bay 10:00 Southern Door New Berlin Eisenhauer Grafton Laconia 10:15 St Point High (SPASH) Milwaukee Pulaski Hartford Mosinee 10:30 St Point Pacelli Green Bay Preble Kewaskum Elcho 10:45 Tomahawk Valley Christian Kimberly Waupaca 11:00 Illiana Christian IL Burnsville MN Lomira Manawa 11:15 Wausau East Campbellsport Menasha Brillion 11:30 Cochrane/ Fountain City Lourdes If you have any problems, please call Don`s cell 920-279-0082, Chris`s cell 920-279-0184, or Angie`s cell 920-410-3258. You may contact any three of of those numbers for questions about the tournament. Angie, along with Justin Tritz, can assist anyone with program questions/issues. You may contact her at otwwrestlingclassic@yahoo.com or arzemke@bsu.edu. Thank you again for your time and support- Have a Wonderful Holiday Season! Don, Chris, and Angie Zemke