Thank you Clark Sporting Goods for making over 1200 medals so affordable!

The chance to give back, to say thank you, to show our appreciation is always welcome. Wrestlers as well as their families, coaches and communities receive so many intangibles from our sport that it is always nice when we can use the sport we love so much to give something tangible back.

Team Rhino, LLC is proud to announce on behalf of our partners that we are hosting a Pinning Down Autism tournament as part of Mat Madness 2010 in Fayetteville, NC. The tournament will be held on Sunday, 9 May 2010.

One hundred percent of the profit from this tournament will help fund North Carolina autism classrooms.

Mark your calendars now and visit the web page (http://www.rhinowrestling.org/pinningdownautism.html)for updates or subscribe to the tournament email list (http://www.rhinowrestling.org/mail/mail.cgi).

If you are interested in volunteering, partnering, or sponsoring please email us (rhinocoach@rhinowrestling.org) or call Marty at 910.824.0024. You can also check out the list of areas where we need help (http://www.rhinowrestling.org/pda/PDA_help.pdf) and our partnership form (http://www.rhinowrestling.org/Downloads/PDA_partnership_letter.pdf). Please print out copies of these and hand them out whenever you can.

We are less than a month away from Mat Madness 2010 and its culminating charity wrestling tournament, Pinning Down Autism! Things are definitely rolling and by all accounts, this event should be fantastic! And why not? Is there really anything better than participating in the greatest sport on the planet and contributing to a great cause? You are right, there is not! 

Pinning Down Autism features FREESTYLE, GRECO ROMAN and MODIFIED FOLKSTYLE and complimentary age divisions for those styles to include a WOMEN’S FREESTYLE DIVISION. The amount of support this event is receiving is phenomenal and we are so thankful for it! Check out our Facebook event page and look at the list of people who have committed to attend. National Champ, Olympian, World Team member, State Champ, and Hall of Famer are just some of the titles you can put on them.

Thanks to Scott Casper and Takedown Radio and Television for being a leader in wrestling media and for helping us get the word out! Thanks to all of the officials, mat and pairing, who are donating their time, energy, talents, and resources. We can use more help so feel free to join them. Thanks to The Trophy House, Knockout Sportswear, and the Crown Center. Most of all thanks to all the individuals who have offered to help and to all the WRESTLERS who have committed to come and participate! We could not do this without you!

Let’s keep this thing rolling! Spread the word, register to participate, or make a donation! You won’t regret it!