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The Houston Gymnastics Club
Hosts the Houston National Gymnastics Invitational (Men's Meet)
| Date |
March 7-9, 2003; RULES
- SCHEDULE |
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Location
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George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida De Las Americas
Houston, Texas 77010
phone: 800.427.4697
(MapQuest
link)
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Meet Directors
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Tim Erwin and Bryan Kiser (Men's Competition)
(713) 729-3200, ext. 3240 (work)
Fax (713) 551-7223
(832) 754-3547 (cell);
Tim@jcchouston.org or Bryan@jcchouston.org
(E-mail)
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Entry Fees
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Open Team Cup Entry: $350 per team (up to six members,
four scores count). You can enter more than one team.
Individual entry Fee is $55/gymnast Class 7; $65/gymnast
Class 6-5 $75/gymnast Class 4-Elite -- No Additional Team
Fees!
(Special Discount: Entries received before January 13,
2003 subtract $5/entry)
Checks to be made payable to:
The Jewish Community Center of Houston (JCC)
C/o Tim Erwin/HGC Gymnastics
5601 S. Braeswood
Houston, Texas 77096-3999
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| Deadline |
Entries received after February 7, 2002 will
be assessed a $5.00 per gymnast late fee, and will be limited
to only sessions that have spaces available. Please get your
entries in before this date. |
| Jr. Team Cup |
USAG Rules for Class 3 and 4. One optional
vault. |
| Team Cup |
FIG Rules apply to this session. One optional
vault will be competed. |
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Levels Competing
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Elite Optional & Team Cup & Individual
finals
Junior Elite 1, 16-18 Optional &
Team Cup & Individual finals
Junior Elite 2, 14-15 Optional & Team Cup & Individual
finals
Class III 12-13 Jr. Team Cup + 12-13 Individual
Class IV 10-11, 12-13, Team Award Jr. Team Cup + 10-11
Individual
Open Optional, 14 +
Class V 8-9, Team Award, 10-11, Team Award, 12-15
Class VI 7-8, Team Combined, 9, Team Award, 10, 11, Team Combined,
12+
Class VII, 6-7, Team Award, 8+, Team Award
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Awards
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MORE THAN $15,000 IN CASH AWARDS!
- Given to Individual and Teams during Jr. and Open Team Cups.
In addition, cash awards are given to Class 7-5 designated
teams!
Team awards will be given to the top three teams (and in
some cases, the top 5 teams) in designated age groups and
will be based on the top three scores per event. Depending
on numbers, not designated age groups can receive one or two
team awards. In addition, each coach with over 8 athletes
in the meet will receive a commemorative pen from the "Pens
by Muenz Collection".
Open Team Cup Awards will be based on the top four
scores per event of each team. You can enter more than one
team. Cash awards given to top 8-10 teams.
Jr. Team Cup Awards will be based on the top four scores
of any 1-2 - 10-11 Class 4s and any 2-4 - 12-13 Class 3s.
No more than two (2) Class 4 scores will count, but you can
count four (4) Class 3 scores. Cash awards given to top 8-10
teams.
Detailed Cash Awards
Individual awards will be given in every age group. Medals,
ribbons and other special awards will be used. Awards are
customized for the competition. Each first place AA finisher
will receive a specially designed award. Everyone will walk
away a winner at this meet! All athletes will receive a special
commemorative gift.
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| Judges |
National Apparatus Leader Mark Sherman has
put together a group of both Brevet And Nationally rated judges
from this and other Regions. |
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Host Hotel
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Hilton Houston Southwest
6780 Southwest Freeway
Houston, Texas 77074
(MapQuest
link)
Reservations:
WWW: http://www.houstonsouthwest.hilton.com
The Group Code for the meet is MHN.
Phone: 1-713-977-7911
Reserve under The Houston National Invitational to
get the meet rate.
$69.00 Flat Rate! Does not include taxes. Special $7.00 Breakfast buffet
served for all meet spectators and participants. Cut off
date is Feb. 24, 2003
The Hilton has supported gymnastics for many years, and offers
excellent rooms and service. They are located near downtown
and around many other superb eating establishments and entertainment
centers.
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| Coaches Special! |
A commemorative pen from the "Pens by Muenz
Collection" will be given to each coach with at least 8 athletes
in the competition. |
| Open Team Cup |
The Team Cup entry is separate from the individual
meet on Saturday. Cash awards are given at both competitions,
and in many cases are double the amount of previous years. We
are expecting a very exciting competition, so get your entries
in early! - see rules. |
| Jr. Team Cup |
This competition will run the same way as last
year, combining the top 2 10-11 4s with the top 2 12-13 3s.
You can have a team made up of 1- Cl. 4 and 3- Cl. 3s, if you
desire, or all Cl. 3s, but not more than 2- Cl. 4s. |
| T-shirts |
$15 in advance with your entry. This will be
a special edition t-shirt made just for the National Invitational.
Make T-Shirt checks payable to the HGC Booster Club. (See separate
form for orders!) |
| Entry forms men: |
PDF - MS
Word - HTML |
| T-shirt forms |
PDF - MS
Word - HTML |
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