BRINGING ELITE-LEVEL EVENTS TO NJ & THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION FOR OVER 30 YEARS!

Atlantic Coast Wrestling continues the mission of delivering world-class events for wrestlers from coast-to-coast! Our National-Level tournaments (Wildwood National Duals and the War at the Shore) typically feature the best teams and wrestlers from up to 30 states located North, South, East and West of the Jersey shore (East? Yes, twice we have hosted Freestyle teams from the Slovak Republic). A Freestyle team from Austria was with us in 2019!

2020 WAR IS CANCELLED!!

UPDATE - 2020 War Statement from ACWA Executive Board

As we all continue to manage through this unprecedented time, we would like to express how appreciative the ACWA is with your understanding and patience through this very challenging period!

We have been informed by Wildwoods Convention Center officials that we will be unable to conduct this year's 2020 War at the South Jersey Shore Folkstyle Nationals wrestling tournament.

All registered competitors will receive FULL CREDIT towards registrations for next year's (2021 War) event, scheduled for Easter Friday and Saturday, April 2nd and 3rd, 2021. Once again, we appreciate your understanding and patience.  PLEASE STAY SAFE!

Yours in Wrestling,

ACWA

Posted  12:10 PM, Thursday, May 28, 2020

2020 WAR IS CANCELLED!!

UPDATE - 2020 War Statement from ACWA Executive Board

AS OF THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2020

THE WAR IS CANCELLED!!

The 17th Annual War at the South Jersey Shore Folkstyle Nationals wrestling tournament has been CANCELLED.  See the announcement from the ACWA Executive Board above.

In 2019 just under 2000 of the finest wrestlers in the country made their way to the beach in Wildwood, NJ. The 2021 tournament will once again be held in the fabulous Oceanfront Arena at the Wildwoods Convention Center in Wildwood, NJ. The morning sessions of the Boys War (girls may enter as well) feature Tot, Bantam, Midget and Junior age groups and will kick off at 8:00 AM both days. The afternoon sessions feature the Intermediate and High School age groups and will kick off at 1:00 PM both days.

RETURNING IN 2021 any wrestler who is eliminated in the double-elimination Co-Ed War (boys and girls) can sign-up at the arena before leaving on Saturday to wrestle two more matches on Sunday. Four man brackets will be set up for wrestlers who want to participate, but YOU MUST SIGN-UP ON SATURDAY BEFORE LEAVING YOUR SESSION.

All attempts will be made to keep wrestlers in division and in the weight class wrestled at the war. In cases where this is not the case Tournament organizers will use their best judgement. Wrestlers can always withdraw from the second chance tournament if division and reasonable weight conditions can not be met. 

RETURNING IN 2021, GIRLS WAR!! The separate Girls War is planned to be a 2-day tournament. ALL Girls Divisions will wrestle in the morning sessions that begin at 8:00 AM. We will work with competitors to provide appropriate rest time (as determined by Tournament Directors and/or referees) between matches for Girls who are wrestling in BOTH the Boys War (girls eligible to enter) and the girls-only War. Keep in mind that anyone who is eliminated on Saturday from the Co-Ed War can sign-up to pick up two more matches on Sunday by wrestling in 4-man brackets on Day 2. That way, girls who wrestle in both the Co-Ed war and the Girls War can possibly wrestle in a minimum of 6 matches.

RETURNING IN 2021, ADULT'S WAR - The separate Adults War will be held on Sunday, April 3, with a start time of 10:00 AM.

This year's tournament once again features FloArena tournament software, which allows the online wrestling public, as well as attendees at the arena, to follow all of the results REAL TIME ONLINE. People who can't make it to the tournament will be able to view live streaming from EVERY MAT on the Internet this year!