| Date |
March 7-9, 2003, 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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Brad Epperson (Women's Competition)
(713) 729-3200, ext.
3242 (Brad)
Fax: (713) 551-7223
Email: Bradley@Jcchouston.org
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Entry Fee
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55/gymnast Compulsory Levels 4 -6
$70/gymnast Optional Levels 7-10
No Additional Team Fees!
(Special Discount: Entries received before January
13, 2003, subtract $5 per 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, 2003 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. |
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Levels Competing
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Compulsory levels 4-6
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Individual and Team Awards |
| Optional levels 7-10 |
Individual and Team Awards
(also Team cash awards) |
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Awards
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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.
Team awards will be given to the top three teams in each
level of competition and will be based on the top 3 scores
per event.
ADDITIONAL $1500 IN CASH AWARDS! - Given to the Top
3 Compulsory Teams and the Top 3 Optional Teams.
Cash Awards will be based on the top 3 scores per event
regardless of compulsory level for the compulsory team award
or optional level for the optional team award.
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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. |
| Girls' Equipment |
All AAI. We will have a vault table and a level
4 vaulting station. We will not have the old sidehorse vault!
According to Texas women's rules and policies, starting Jan.
1, 2003, levels 5 and above will be vaulting on the new vault
table. Please note: The Men's and Women's National Invitational
will be held on the same floor this year. That means you can
watch both at the same time! |
| Men's Competition |
The Houston Men's National Invitational will
have gymnasts competing from all over the country, including
many National Team and Olympic caliber male gymnasts. If your
club has a Boys Team, they might be interested in attending,
or your Girls Team might be interested in watching the Friday
or Saturday night Session that features the Elite men. |
| 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 women: |
PDF - MS
Word - HTML |
| T-shirt forms |
PDF - MS
Word - HTML |
