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The Duals @ Hershey

Date and Location

  • Date: Saturday, November 13th, 2010
  • Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST
  • Location: Hershey, PA
  • Venue: Hersheypark Arena
  • Ticket Price: $12.00

General Information

  • This is the first annual Duals @ Hershey invitational wrestling tournament.
  • This year’s tournament is being sponsored by the Hershey Corporation and InfoQuest Technologies, Inc. and will be held at the historic Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
  • The tournament is run by Wrestle for a Cure, Inc.; a non-profit corporation founded in 2009 to organize, promote and operate Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling tournaments and events for the benefit of charity.
  • All proceeds from The Duals @ Hershey will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Central Pennsylvania.

Event

  • Single Day event starting at 9:00 on Saturday November 13th, 2010 and ends at approximately 6:00 PM.
  • There will be 16 teams wrestling on four mats.  Each team will wrestle three times with a 2 hour break between matches.
  • There will be 6 rounds: 9am, 10:30am, 12 Noon, 1:30pm, 3pm and 4:30pm.  Teams will wrestle at 9, 12 and 3 or at 1030, 1:30 and 4:30.

Venue, Medical Staff, Security and Amenities

  • The Hersheypark Arena, which seats 7,725, was opened in 1936 and has hosted many historic events. This is an older facility but it is clean, has showers and there will be plenty of seating for your team and staff. This venue is very familiar with wrestling having hosted many PIAA High School wrestling events.
  • In addition to any training staff you bring we will provide trainers and will also have an ambulance, paramedics and security onsite.
  • Wrestling will take place on top of a hockey rink.  The ice will be covered and the glass hockey boards will be removed for this event.
  • Wrestlers, coaches, trainers, staff and officials will be provided with badges for floor access.

Host Hotel - Holiday Inn Harrisburg East

  • After visiting several properties in the Hershey area, we selected the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East as host hotel for this event. We’ve arranged a rate of $89.00 per room. Each room contains two queen size beds. That rate will apply to anyone contacting the hotel to book rooms for The Duals @ Hershey Wrestling Event.
  • Reservations 1.800.637.4817
  • Telephone 717.939.7841
  • Guest Facsimile 717.939.9317
  • Sales Facsimile 717.939.5640

http://www.hiharrisburg.com/

Holiday Inn Harrisburg East
751 Lindle Road
Harrisburg PA 17111

Airport

  • Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) is 11 miles (approximately 20 minutes) from Hershey

Commitment Sheet, Team Pricing

  • Commitment sheets are used to help us to determine which teams have officially committed to the event.
  • The team entry price is being kept at a modest $350.00 per team and will be used to offset the cost of officiating.

Tournament Organizer

  • Norm Dallago - Tel: 7174410561, Fax: 7175418325, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tournament Directors

  • Wayne Yohn - Tel: 7179940826, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  • Scott Stank - Tel: 7173292569, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Teams Attending

Division I

  • Drexel
  • Edinboro
  • George Mason
  • Kent State
  • Lock Haven University
  • The Citadel
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of Virginia
  • Virginia Tech

Division II & III

  • Johns Hopkins
  • Shippensburg
  • Waynesburg
  • York College of PA

High School Division

  • Keystone Brawlers
  • Team Diesel
  • Wayne Danger

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