British Wrestling is supporting the Windsor Wrestling Academy through our legacy project. The legacy project seeks to increase female participation in wrestling and promote its benefits, such as improving strength, focus, speed, endurance, confidence, and discipline. The Windsor Wrestling Academy partnered with British Wrestling to host a female-only introduction to wrestling event in early April as well as a weekly female-only session. The event attracted women from all over the country, both novice and experienced wrestlers, who found the day fun and engaging. The academy, ran by coaches Jit ..read more

British Wrestling hosted a free CPD course for our current referee’s who were interested in becoming Beach Wrestling Referees. Beach Wrestling is the newest form of wrestling to be recognised by the UWW with opportunities to compete and officiate in sunny locations internationally. It’s based on simpler format of rules that makes it extremely dynamic for spectators and athletes alike. The BWA Referee’s were taken through the latest UWW rules for the new sport by BWA Lead Official, Richard Philips and BWA/UWW Referee, Lee Seggl. We had 13 referee’s in attendance.   The referee’s cove ..read more

We’re part of the team, are you? British Wrestling are ready to support UKAD’s Clean Sport Week We all have a role to play in keeping sport fair and clean. British Wrestling is proud to reaffirm our commitment to clean sport by backing UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) Clean Sport Week campaign. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness week championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports across the UK. This year’s Clean Sport Week takes place on 22 – 26 May 2023. The theme is “Teamwork in Clean Sport”. Athletes are central to the team, responsible for making sure they ..read more

British Wrestling is delighted to share the exciting news of the selection of our talented young wrestlers who will proudly represent Great Britain at the upcoming 2023 Age Group European Championships.   Under 17 European Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania from 12th – 18th June Mayashan Sharmadekker – WW 61kg Oliver Stirrup – FS 65kg Louis Costello – FS 71kg Danoush Jowkar – FS 51kg   Under 20 European Championships in Santiago de Compostela, Spain from 26th June – 2nd July Harvey Ridings – FS 57kg Micah Naisbet – FS 70kg   Under 15 European Championships in Kaposva ..read more

British Wrestling Education Team hosted two courses this weekend. We had the Level 1 Coaching Wrestling Course in London and the Level 1 Refereeing Wrestling in Glasgow. On the 29th April, we had the Level 1 in Coaching Wrestling hosted at Dedworth Middle School in London. The BWA Tutors who delivered this course were Trevor and Jit. Both our Tutors are well established and experienced coaches. They passed on their experience and expertise over the weekend to to 8 new Assistant Coaches. British Wrestling also worked with Scottish Wrestling to organise a Level 1 Refereeing Wrestling course hel ..read more

British Wrestling are delighted to announce the inaugural British Wrestling Community Awards for 2023. These awards are designed to shine a spotlight and give acknowledgement to all the tremendous work that gets put in by clubs, wrestlers, coaches, officials and volunteers. This event will be paired up with the Home Nations Showdown held at the British Wrestling Academy on June 24th. Competition Manager, Kieran Malone had this to say, “An award event like this has been a long time coming. Some of the work that goes on both seen and unseen in our community is incredible and without some of thes ..read more

British Wrestling hosted the 2nd Annual Referees and Technical Officials Conference this past weekend on the 23rd April at the British Judo Olympic and Paralympic Centre in Walsall. This years conference had a great turnout of referee’s and TOs. The conference aims of teamwork, mastering the basics and how to use the BWA C-Mats Competition System were met with alot of group discussion throughout the day. The conference is part of British Wrestling’s strategic ambition to develop the wrestling workforce to deliver the best combat sport experience in the UK. The agenda covered on the day includ ..read more

British Wrestling are delighted to announce a new wrestling event to our schedule, Home Nations Showdown. This event will pit senior wrestlers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland against each other in a team competition. It will take place on June 24th at The Academy in Manchester. There will also be another event paired up with this competition which we are very excited to announce in the next couple of days. Competition Manager, Kieran Malone had this to say. “ I’m very excited to trial this concept of competition. I feel it’s very important we try different things with our e ..read more