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Tour Heats Up In Louisville

Ed Duncan June 28, 2023 No Comments

KY Beach Open Winners Will Leave a Little Richer Louisville, KY- The 2nd edition of the Kentucky Beach Open promises to be another exciting event this year, with even larger prize offerings to the senior division winners. Last year’s stop saw exciting competition in the unique indoor/outdoor 6-pak Volleyball facility, located just minutes from the world famous Churchill Downs race track. Expect even more excitement this year as prize offerings for the senior divisions have been expanded. The Kentucky Beach Open is the 3rd stop on the 2023 USA Beach Wrestling Tour of America. Beach nationals in Carolina Beach, NC kicked off the 2023 series with record entries, while the Kraken/Iowa State Championships saw some exciting wrestle-offs that determined the final three spots on the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games Team. July will see the season really begin to heat

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Wrestle-Offs Highlight 2nd Tour Of America Stop

Ed Duncan June 23, 2023 No Comments

Iowa State Championships will also host wrestle offs for ANOC World Beach Games Rathbun Lake, Iowa- Iowa is no stranger to HUGE wrestling events! This weekend, the Iowa Beach Wrestling State Championships will add to that list as Iowa crowns beach wrestling state champions for the 1st time, as well as hosting special wrestle-offs for the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games. The Kraken Tournament was a big hit in its inaugural year last year, drawing nearly 100 wrestlers from five states. Competitors were treated to a day of hot weather as well as hot wrestling action. This year the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games will take place August 5th-12th in Bali, Indonesia, with Beach wrestling taking place August 10-11. These games are essentially the “Olympics” of sand and action sports, and beach wrestling has been a core sport since the

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Expect an Explosion of Events!

Ed Duncan June 12, 2023 No Comments

Beach Tournaments are COMING to a Beach NEAR YOU!! There’s growth, and then… there’s EXPLOSIVE growth! The Tour of America has helped create a hunger for beach wrestling events that is translating in to more events than ever popping up around the country! Numerous states are adding state championship events to their summer/fall schedules, including states like Virginia, California, Oregon, and many more. Cities like Chicago, and New York are finding spots for some sand to fly! And all across the heartland of America sand space is becoming wrestling space as more and more people are learning just how much FUN beach wrestling can be! Several events have been added to the Tour of America this summer including stops in Oregon and Washington. New local events in Brewerton, NY, Independence, Iowa, and Virginia Beach, VA are just a small sampling

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Sands of Singapore Will Be Significant

Ed Duncan June 6, 2023 No Comments

World Beach Games are on the Line in Final Qualifier This story is from Gary Abbott at USA Wrestling– The final stop on the road to Bali for the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games is set for this weekend, and the stakes are high for the five U.S. athletes competing this weekend. The USA will field a small but experienced team for the second United World Wrestling Beach World Series event of 2023, set for Singapore, June 10-11. All five U.S. athletes competing in Singapore have wrestled in a number of Beach World Series events and are among those with world rankings at the Senior level in Beach Wrestling. This is the fifth and final UWW Beach World Series event which is a qualifier for the 2023 World Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia. The first three of these qualifiers were

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Beach Wrestling Launching On VA Beaches!

Ed Duncan June 5, 2023 No Comments

Weekly Match-ups Will Lay Groundwork for Future Events Virginia Beach Field House, Virginia Beach- Beach wrestling is COMING to Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach in a big way! Beginning Thursday, June 8th and continuing each Thursday through the summer I-64 Wrestling/VAWA will sponsor “beach match-ups” for wrestlers of all ages. Walk up registration will begin at 5:30pm, with match ups getting under way by 6pm each evening and continuing until approximately 8:30pm. Beach wrestling is an emerging Olympic sport and is being touted as a possible addition to the 2028 Olympic program in Los Angeles. UWW has also expanded the Beach Wrestling World Series to include stops around the globe in 2023, and the style is a core discipline for the ANOC Beach Games, which take place this fall in Bali, Indonesia. Domestically, beach wrestling has exploded in popularity. In

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