Bradford Prep Wrestling Wall Mats
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Bradford Prep is a charter school located in Charlotte, NC. It has been in existence for three years now and services K-12.
A wrestling program was started last year and we had 32 kids come out for the program. Here is a video from our first year.
We had great success and increased enthusiasm about the team. This year we have 50+ students coming out for the program. Last year we used mats that were purchased and donated by a parent. We still use those mats, but need more coverage.
With the additional students, we need more mats and more importantly wall mats.
We are currently wrestling in a small room, that would not allow us to train adequately without the wall mats. The wall mats will help protect the wrestlers from unnecessary injury. A roll of this type of mat that covers 40ft is $989 (6ft x 40ft). We will need at least 2 sections to cover at least three of the walls. Any additional money would be used to cover all walls and uncovered floor space. Any amount you can provide will help, if we could get $50 from each wrestler's family, friends or former wrestlers looking to give back to the community we will be well on our way.
Charter schools don't get the capital funding that other schools get, so we are really doing sports from a grass roots effort. Maybe that is what makes it even more appealing to the students, whom many are new wrestlers. Wrestling is a sport that teaches you many aspects of life. Wrestling helps shape students in so many ways.
I believe it to be the best sport to teach discipline (physical and mental), self-sacrifice, hard work, sportsmanship, courage and grit. All of these characteristics translate over to the classroom and life in general.
Here is a pic of our current room, you can see no wall mats, just remnants. We would like to set-up the wall mats and break them back down so we can convert the room back to normal after practice.
Eventually our goal would be to get a wrestling room. Baby steps first. The wall mats purchased can be used as floor mats as well if needed in a gym for example.
Thank you very much for reading about our program and needs.
Richard Treanor
Bradford Prep Wrestling Coach
A wrestling program was started last year and we had 32 kids come out for the program. Here is a video from our first year.
We had great success and increased enthusiasm about the team. This year we have 50+ students coming out for the program. Last year we used mats that were purchased and donated by a parent. We still use those mats, but need more coverage.
With the additional students, we need more mats and more importantly wall mats.
We are currently wrestling in a small room, that would not allow us to train adequately without the wall mats. The wall mats will help protect the wrestlers from unnecessary injury. A roll of this type of mat that covers 40ft is $989 (6ft x 40ft). We will need at least 2 sections to cover at least three of the walls. Any additional money would be used to cover all walls and uncovered floor space. Any amount you can provide will help, if we could get $50 from each wrestler's family, friends or former wrestlers looking to give back to the community we will be well on our way.
Charter schools don't get the capital funding that other schools get, so we are really doing sports from a grass roots effort. Maybe that is what makes it even more appealing to the students, whom many are new wrestlers. Wrestling is a sport that teaches you many aspects of life. Wrestling helps shape students in so many ways.
I believe it to be the best sport to teach discipline (physical and mental), self-sacrifice, hard work, sportsmanship, courage and grit. All of these characteristics translate over to the classroom and life in general.
Here is a pic of our current room, you can see no wall mats, just remnants. We would like to set-up the wall mats and break them back down so we can convert the room back to normal after practice.
Eventually our goal would be to get a wrestling room. Baby steps first. The wall mats purchased can be used as floor mats as well if needed in a gym for example.
Thank you very much for reading about our program and needs.
Richard Treanor
Bradford Prep Wrestling Coach
Organizer and beneficiary
Richard Treanor
Organizer
Charlotte, NC
Kelly Painter
Beneficiary