News

Please be advised of an upcoming meeting in early November for the gathering of the Wrestling Families. This meeting will be designed for all Youth, Middle, and High School Wrestling Families. We will have the Youth sign up and get the Youth Tournament Committees formed and volunteer sign up done. Details of the meeting will follow shortly.NOVEMBER 12, 2008 Officers meeting : in attendance were Pat Van Rite, Lisa Loberger, Jim Bergelin, Michelle Schmitz, Paul Warden.
Old Business: Scholarship forms will be redone to add an area requesting the applicant reveal any athletic code violations he received during the 4 years of high school. Scholarship forms must be sumbitted to a club officer no later than April 30, 2009. Applicants must have participated in the Denmark High School Wrestling Program for a minimum of three years.
Youth State Event: Discussed the option of aiding in paying for a coaches room for one night of the State Function. This was tabled to due gray areas and will be rediscussed at a later meeting.
Lisa Loberger will contact the Middle School to have them make an announcement that the Youth Wrestling Program will be starting in December and any 6-8th grader interested in starting prior to their start in January are more than welcome to attend the Youth Practices on Tuesday and Thursday.
New Business:
Pat Van Rite brought up for next year raffle tickets that we should approach the Subway in Denmark to see if they would like to be listed on the Raffle Ticket for $XX off a sub and they would possibly sponsor the raffle tickets -- this is what the Bellevue Fire Fighters did!
The Banquet newsletter will be handed out at the being of the season to all Wrestling Families to explain what will all be happending. There is a $10 family fee per year. New this year nominations will be in prior to the March Banquet. Anyone who has paid their $10 will get a ballot when attending the meeting and the voting will be done prior to eating so the new officers can be announce at the meeting portion of the banquet. All nomination forms must be received by the current officers by February 19, 2009. Current position that will be open for election will be President, Secretary, and a Board Member.
Discussion on purchasing a mat or championship singlets for high school program was discussed and tabled for a future date.
December 11 a Tournament Meeting has been scheduled for anyone working the Tournament excluding the wrestlers due to that is a home wrestling event - I will meet with them one night after practice. The meeting is scheduled for 6pm sharp! We are looking for committee heads for all departments.
Alice Bergelin will be checking with Viking Rescue to see if they will again attend our tournament in case their assistance is needed.
February 16, 2009 is a tentatively scheduled officers meeting - as we get closer to this date we will firm this date and time up.
Banquet is schedule for March 15, 2009 at Eddie Whipps.
Officers Meeting was adjourned. Open meeting attendance was Alice Bergelin - no other business meeting was adjourned.

NOVEMBER 4, 2008
There will be a Denmark Wrestling Club Informational Meeting on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm in the Multi-Purpose/Wrestling Room at the Denmark High School. Please enter through the doors on the North Side of the building, nearest the football practice field. This meeting is designed for all Youth, Middle School and High School Wrestling Families. We will have SignUp Registration for the Youth Program (open to all 4K through 5th grade students), handout raffle tickets to families, and signup for committees for the upcoming 10th Annual Youth Wrestling Tournament (January 24, 2009), as well as other volunteer opportunities for all to get involved. I have attached a copy of the Youth Wrestling Form, in case you would like to fill it out prior to the meeting. Registration is $10/family; check can be made payable to Denmark Wrestling Club.

NOVEMBER 12, 2008
Quarterly Denmark Wrestling Club Meeting - November 12, 2008 (Wednesday) 8:00pm at Rookies, back room, in Denmark. Officers and Board Members are meeting at 7:00pm, then 8:00pm is open to all. Please feel free to attend to learn more about the club, present ideas or ask questions. If you have topics for discussion that you would like to present ahead of time, please email Lisa Loberger, the DWC Secretary, at 'lisa@eisimplementinc.com' or contact another Officer (Pat Van Rite, Paul Warden or Michelle Schmitz) or Board Member (Ross Groehler, Vincent Wertel, or Jim Bergelin).

DECEMBER 2 and 4, 2008
Youth Program Practices begin Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00pm - 7:30pm: Denmark HS Multipurpose/Wrestling Room

DECEMBER 21, 2008, Sunday
Area Youth Wrestling Tournament - Shawano

JANUARY 24, 2009
Denmark's 10th Annual Youth Wrestling Tournament
6-16-08

Wrestling Parents - Just wanted to mention a few things.

*Golf Outing Committee meeting is Tuesday, June 17th at 7:30pm at Rookies.

* 1st DWC Golf Outing is planned for June 28th at Twin Oaks.

*DWC awarded 4 Scholarships of $300 each to Josh Hansen, Ryan Baugnet, Ryan VandenBush, and Alex Van Rite. They were presented by Coach Jeff Blohowiak at the June 7, 2008 graduation ceremony. These scholarship winners were also announced in the 06/12/08 Denmark Press.

PARADE: The Denmark Wrestling Club will be participating in this year's Denmark Parade on Sunday, July 27, 2008, which promptly starts at 11:30am. It starts in the parking lot by McDonalds and Village Mart (Cty R & Hwy 96). We ask that all participants show up no later than 10:30am--possibly even 10:00am, as once our ride/wrestlers are set to go, we are placed in the lineup (no designated spot in lineup). If you and/or your child would like to participate and be part of this event, please contact me to let me know, so that I can include you in on all the details as they become available as the time nears. If you know of anyone else that may be interested in participating, please pass along the word, as everyone does not have access to email, nor do I have everyone's address, and we would like a large turnout of wrestlers of all ages (kindergarten through alumni), parents included. We ask that Wrestlers make up posters (3' by 3'--poster size) promoting our club and the upcoming 10th Annual Denmark Wrestling Club Tournament on January 24, 2009 that we will display on the float area.

*SUMMER CAMP -- 2008 All American Edge Wrestling Camp (ages K-12); runs Monday-Wednesday, July 28-30, 2008 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm at Denmark High School (sign in at the door); Cost is $50 (for all three days), and $25 for second child; Coaches Corey Vangroll, John Goral, and Luke Goral; Questions, call John Goral at 217-5027

*NEXT DWC MEETING --Quarterly Denmark Wrestling Club Meeting - August 20, 2008 (Wednesday) 8:00pm at Rookies, back room, in Denmark. Officers and Board Members are meeting at 7:00pm, then 8:00pm is open to all. Please feel free to attend to learn more about the club, present ideas or ask questions. If you have topics for discussion that you would like to present ahead of time, please email the DWC Secretary at 'lisa@eisimplementinc.com' or another Officer (Pat Van Rite, Paul Warden or Michelle Schmitz) or Board Member (Ross Groehler, Vincent Wertel, or Jim Bergelin).
03-17-08

Quarterly Denmark Wrestling Club Meeting - May 14, 2008 (Wednesday) at Rookies at 8:00pm (Officers and Board members meet at 7:00pm-8:00pm, then open the meeting to all members at 8:00pm). If you have any issues or concerns to address, please let me know. Otherwise, please plan to attend at 8:00pm on 05/14/08 to learn more about the direction of the Club or ask questions.

PRACTICES-- There are only two remaining practices --THURSDAY, March 20, and THURSDAY, March 27, from 6:00pm - 7:30pm. Much thanks to all coaches, parents and wrestlers for their time, patience, and involvement in our weekly practices.

SINGLETS - I ask parents to return the singlets that they have rented, if their child is no longer competing in tournaments this season. Please return your singlet to Shari Warden (863-6579) or Michelle Schmitz (609-4455) by March 31, 2008, as an inventory of singlets needs to be completed. Thanks to Shari for handling the singlet inventory for the past years and thanks to Anne Bruss for volunteering to take over the singlet inventory for the 2008-2009 wrestling year.

UPCOMING FUNDRAISER--
**May 3, 2008 - FOOD STAND & RUMMAGE SALE at the Denmark Community Wide Rummage Sale; Looking for donated food items, baked goods, and any donated rummage items to be sold; Also looking for volunteers (who are not obviously busy with their own rummage sale) to help with setup of items, the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (April 30-May 2) before the sale, to help the day of the sale on Saturday (May 3), and for clean up after the sale (May 3). Contact person is Anne Bruss (863-8698). Should you have any large or specialty items to donate for the sale, please call Anne to let her know, so that they can be listed in the Community Rummage Sale Flyer that is distributed to all rummage salers on that day.

PUBLISHED RESULTS - Results from Depere and Regionals (BayPort/Lakeland) were published in last Thursday's (03/13/08) Denmark Press and last Saturday's (03/15/08) Green Bay Press Gazette.

THIS WEEKEND RESULTS - I have forwarded the results from this past weekend's tournaments - Fond du Lac, Reedsville, Two Rivers, and Pulaski to the Denmark Press (hopefully appear in the 03/20/08 edition) and to Green Bay Press Gazette (should be in 03/22/08 edition). Anyone else participate in any other tournaments, please let me know and I can also forward that information to the Denmark Press and GB Press Gazette, if you would like.

Upcoming Tournaments (or ck out other Wis tournaments at www.wiwrestling.com )
Saturday, March 21 & 22 - STATE for Youth Wrestlers in Madison
Saturday, March 22 - Brillion & Little Chute

Take 1st at a WI tournament this season -- Wrestlers can participate in the following two tournaments (Menasha and Gillette), which round up the season. You can obtain the registration form online at www.wiwrestling.com or contact me. I will have forms at practice this Thursday night.

Saturday, April 5 - Menasha - Need a copy of their Winner Chart and preregister by April 3 ---there are NO WALK INS.

Saturday, April 19 - Gillette (NEW DATE) - There are two divisions and starting times (K-4th Graders begin at 8:15am and 5th-8th Graders begin at 12:45pm). Need a copy of the Winner Chart to present at time of PREREGISTRATION and WEIGH IN, with last date to register April 15. NO WALK INS. Bracketing is done on April 16, 2008--online. Thus far, our club has 5 members registered for this tournament.

If you have any requests, inquiries, concerns, or comments, please do not hesitate to email or call me. I will do my best to answer them or forward them along to the appropriate party.

40 Years of Dedication - Thank you Mr Yazawa