The New Zealand Olympic Wrestling Union & Associated Styles Inc (NZL), will be hosting the 2016 Oceania Wrestling Championships, Cadet, Junior and Senior (FS/FW/GR/BW) to be held March 11-13th in the city of Hamilton.
Important Information and Deadlines.
Preliminary entries Deadline January 20th
Deadline for entries by Name February 20th
Participation in the 2016 Oceania Championships in Freestyle, Greco Roman and Female Wrestling is open to all Oceania Nations Wrestling Federation’s affiliated to UWW, provided that they have fulfilled their financial and information obligations to UWW and OCAWS.
The competition will be held according to the UWW Rules of wrestling.
The competition will be conducted in the following weight categories, No weight allowance is allowed.
GR.59,66,71,75,80,85,98,130kg. RED= non Olympic weights.
FS.57,61,65,70,74,86,97,125kg.Senior
FW.48,53,55,58,60,63,69,75kg.Senior.
FS Cadet 39-42,46,50,54,58,63,69,76,85,85-100kg.
FW Cadet 36-38,40,43,46,49,52,56,60,65,65-70kg.
FS Junior 46-50,55,60,66,74,84,96,96-120kg Male.
FW Junior 40-44,48,51,55,59,63,67,67-72kg Female.
UWW age groups are as follows.
Cadets 16-17 years.
Juniors 18-20 years.
Seniors 20 and older.
Each wrestler has to pass a medical examination in his/her own country at least three (3) days before leaving his/her country for the competition.
Each wrestler must undergo a medical examination before the weight-in.
For more information you can visit Wrestling New Zealand website at http://olympicwrestlingnz.com/ to download the information or email Mr. Brian Stannett at bhstannett@kinect.co.nz or you can contact John Tarkong Jr. at tarkong@united-world-wrestling.org for more information.
Last Modified on 02/12/2015 19:33