We especially thank the 2001 tournament's corporate and individual sponsors . Remainder Receive Participation Award. The Athens Youth Wrestling Club is not funded by the school system, and must pay for the program through donations and sponsorships. Meals and lodging expenses for the high school and middle school wrestling programs on away tournaments are often the responsibility of the wrestlers and their parents. Scholastic Wrestling is a sport in which kids do not have to be a certain size or shape to succeed, because the children compete against others of the same age and weight.
Wrestling builds personal character and teaches kids that success requires work and dedication.
The admission charges pay for only part of the costs of the tournament. Much of the support for the tournament comes from sponsors, whose names appear on the tournament program and on a wall poster displayed at the tournament. The members of the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Athens donate much of the labor and of the food for the concessions stand. Return to the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Athens home page.