Placement of a USAG Competition  on the USAG Florida Competition Calendar
Competition Season:  August 1—July 31st
Judges Request form must be mailed to NAWGJ with assigning fee/paperwork with copy by email or mail or fax to USAG Florida —Confirmation will be sent if your date is accepted and  your meet will be placed on the USAG calendar. Competitions that do not file proper paperwork/fees will not be placed on the calendar.  Competitions are placed on the calendar on a first come, first serve basis and some dates may be unavailable depending on availability of judges for the dates that you have selected. 
2012 OPTIONAL COMPETITIONS: will be accepted as of January 1, 2011
2011 COMPULSORY COMPETITIONS: will be accepted as of April 1, 2011
Additional information, judges request form  and current calendar is available at www.usagfl.org
Competition requests received after July 1st for the upcoming season will NOT be considered State Qualifiers & may only be used for mobility purposes. MD/or Organizations that have not paid USAG fees/and or fines will not be able to place any competitions on the Qualifying calendar until all fees are paid in full
Bids for All 2010-11 State Meets will be due by March 1, 2011

· All National sanction guidelines must be followed.  Rules and policy are available at www.usa-gymnastics.org

· All sanctioned QUALIFYING competitions must be open to all Florida clubs
· USAG will host State competitions for levels 2-3-4-5-6 in the Fall season and Levels PO-7-8-9-10 in the Winter
· Athletes may obtain State qualifying scores and/or mobility scores at any USAG sanctioned competition, in or out of State.  Exception: Compulsory &   PREP optional may not use out of State scores for qualification to Florida state meets.  Reminder:  there is NO MOBILITY FROM PREP OPTIONAL  
· Non USAG sessions must be completed before or after all the USAG sessions.
· The required sanction report form, coaches sign in sheet and athlete fees must be filed with the state/region/national offices in a timely manner.  Failure to fulfill your obligations will result in the meet losing Florida qualifier status and/or other penalties.
· Every USAG sanctioned competition in Florida is required to pay an Athlete Fee to Florida USAG with required meet forms (qualifiers and mobility only meets) — Send form and fee to:  payable to Florida USAG
· Send to Toni Rand Florida USAG 7957 Steeplechase Ct Port St Lucie, FL 34986 
$1.25 per athlete with a score program efile of results (ProScore/Excel/CSV)
$2.00 per athlete without a score program efile of results
Please email all results to Kevin at Lightning City at lccoachkev@aol.com

Qualifying Scores 2010 - 11

Level 2 & 3                      no score required
Level 4                             32.00 AA
Level 5                             32.00 AA
Level 6                             32.00 AA
Prep Opt Novice           no score required    

PREP Opt Open                        32.00 AA
Level 7                             32.00 AA
Level 8                             32.00 AA
Level 9                             32.00 AA
Level 10                          32.00AA
Level 10 specialist          9.3 on event

Entry Fees for State Competitions:  Level 2/3—$50.00   Level 4, 5/6—$60.00  PO,7,8,9,10—$75.00
Team Fee all Levels—$50.00   Entry deadlines are 3 weeks prior to event date.  $25.00 late fee per athlete will be assessed for late entries plus a $100 club fine.  Entries will not be accepted 10 or less days prior to the competition. See Florida calendar at Florida website for dates of all State Meets    www.usagfl.org

 Level Declaration Date:  Levels 2-3-4-5-6  October 1, 2009  Levels 7-8-9-10 February 1, 2010
Athletes wishing to drop back after declaration date must petition to the SACC. Region 8 JO & Tech Chairs will need to approve petitions.