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04/10/2017

Beware Supplements!

Athletes are strongly advised to be very cautious if they choose to take any supplement such as vitamin tablets, energy drinks, or sport-nutrition formulas. This is […]
03/10/2017

Still places available on November UWW Referees Course!!!

There has been a good response from coaches for the UWW Educator and UWW Coach Level 1 courses and a panel will meet to decide the […]
26/09/2017

UWW Referees and Coach Courses in November!

It is exciting news for all within the British Wrestling Association that UWW has chosen to run its next Referee/Coach Educator Course in Manchester   This […]
16/09/2017

Coaching Summit – Sat 16 September

Club Lead and UKCC Coaches are invited to British Wrestling’s first Coaching Summit which will now be held annually at the beginning of each season. The […]
16/09/2017

FIRST BWA Coaching Summit

On Saturday there was the first, (now to be held annually), British Wrestling Association Coaching Summit.   This summit was followed on Sunday by the first […]
13/09/2017

Call for comments on new BWA draft Articles

Open Letter to Members: Dear British Wrestling Association Member, Please find attached a draft copy of new Articles of Association for the British Wrestling Association (link). […]
11/09/2017

Burroughs to Chair Athletes Commission

United World Wrestling has announced seven new members of the organization’s Athletes Commission. The wrestlers were voted onto the commission by their fellow athletes at the […]
06/09/2017

UWW Weight Changes

The bureau of United World Wrestling wrapped up its week of meetings, passing several recommendations including the designation for the ten new weight categories and the […]
31/08/2017

11 Olympic Sports discuss future funding with UK Sport

Representatives of 11 currently unfunded Olympic sports met with Dame Katherine Grainger, the new Chair of UK Sport.   The sports were archery, badminton, baseball/softball, basketball, […]
14/07/2017

UK Anti-Doping Clean Sport Week

This year UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) is launching Clean Sport Week a campaign to raise awareness amongst the public about all the work undertaken by UKAD and […]
29/06/2017

Alternative UK Sport Funding Manifesto

Today there has been the release of a “Manifesto” on behalf of 11 Olympic sports, currently unfunded by UK Sport. The request – that UK Sport […]
13/06/2017

English Juniors, Senior Greco Roman and Veterans

13th May 2017 saw 124 wrestlers assemble on the “Playing Fields of Eton” where, according to the words uttered by the Duke of Wellington when revisiting […]