Drop-In Membership Terms, Assumption of Risk, and Release

Wrestling is a physical contact sport and it is dangerous. By registering, you accept that your wrestler participates at their own risk.

1. Limited Membership

Registration makes the wrestler a limited, non-voting member of the Somerville Jr. Pioneers Wrestling Club (the “Club”) for the Fridays paid for. A limited member may attend those practices only. A limited member is not on the Club team, may not compete for the Club in league matches or tournaments, does not receive Club gear, and has no vote in Club matters.

2. Registration and Payment

Every wrestler must register through the Club website and pay in full before attending, so they are covered under the Club’s insurance. The Club does not accept walk-ins or cash at practice. A wrestler may attend only the Fridays they have paid for. A season pass covers one wrestler and cannot be transferred.

3. Coaching

Practices are led by Nate Jackson, a coach for the Club, using the Varsity School of Wrestling curriculum. Instruction, drills, partners, and matchups are the coach’s decision.

4. Location, Schedule, and Cancellations

Practices take place at the Somerville High School wrestling room, or another location the Club designates. The Club may cancel or move any practice, including when the school is closed, when weather or conditions are unsafe, or when the coach is unavailable. If the Club cancels a Friday and does not reschedule it, the fee for that Friday will be credited or refunded. Otherwise, fees are not refundable, including for Fridays a wrestler chooses to miss.

5. Parents at Practice

Parents, guardians, and guests may not be in the wrestling room during practice.

6. Behavior and Removal

Wrestlers and parents or guardians must follow the Club’s Policy Guidebook standards for conduct, including respect for coaches, teammates, and others, and zero tolerance for bullying, harassment, or discrimination. Wrestlers must arrive ready to train, with clean gear, trimmed fingernails, and no jewelry. The Club and the coach may remove a wrestler from any practice or end their membership at any time for misconduct, unsafe behavior, or violation of these terms, and may do the same for inappropriate conduct by a parent or guardian. No refund is given when a wrestler is removed for these reasons.

7. Health and Emergencies

The wrestler confirms they are physically able to take part and do not have a contagious skin condition or illness. Please keep a wrestler home and tell the Club if they have one. If a wrestler is injured or ill, the parent or guardian authorizes the Club and its coaches to arrange emergency medical care and will be responsible for the cost. Families should maintain their own health insurance.

8. Transportation and Pickup

Families are responsible for getting wrestlers to and from practice and for picking them up promptly when practice ends. The Club does not provide transportation or supervision outside practice time.

9. Assumption of Risk

The wrestler and the parent or guardian understand that wrestling and related training involve a risk of injury, including serious injury, permanent disability, and death, that can happen even with proper coaching, rules, and equipment. They knowingly and voluntarily accept all of these risks.

10. Release of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the wrestler and the parent or guardian, for themselves and their family, release and agree not to sue the Club, its directors, officers, coaches, and volunteers, Nate Jackson and Varsity School of Wrestling, the Somerville school district and its staff, and the owners of any practice facility, for any injury, loss, or damage connected to participation, including claims based on negligence. Limited members are covered by the Club’s insurance policy only as that policy provides.

11. Photos and Video

The Club may take photos and video at practice and use them to promote the Club.

12. Parent or Guardian Authority

If the wrestler is under 18, the parent or guardian agrees to these terms for the wrestler and for themselves, and confirms they have legal authority to do so.

13. General

The Club may update these terms for future registrations. New Jersey law applies. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.