PANAMERICAN JUVENILE AND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
SOUTHAMRICAN JUVENILE AND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 27th - 31st, 2003

BASIS OF THE EVENTS

DATE: From March 27^th to March 31^st 2003
PLACE:   Buenos Aires, Argentina
 

REGISTRATION

The participating countries shall confirm their attendance to any of the following addresses:

ARGENTINEAN JUDO CONFEDERATION (AJC)
       Address: 9 de Julio 2015 – Córdoba, C.P. 5003 – Argentina, Andrés Lamas 3121 – Bº Palermo Bajo C.P.
                          5007 – Córdoba, Argentina
       Telephone / fax : 54 – 351 – 4825005
       E-mail:  presicaj@arnet.com – oscarcassineri@hotmail.com
       Att: Oscar O. Cassineri. CAJ President

The Registration Numeric Form shall be sent before March 1^st

The Registration Nominal Form shall be sent before March 15^th

PARTICIPATION RULES

a) Each country shall participate with: One competitor per category of weight

b) Each competitor must be able to prove his / her identity, age, nationality, through a official passport from the country of origin, excepting the Argentinean Competitors, who will only need their National Identity Document.

WEIGHT CATEGORIES:

Juvenile 15 & 16 years old  (born in 1987 & 1988)

Junior 17, 18 & 19 years old (born in 1984, 1985 & 1986)

COMPETITION SYSTEM

• ROUND ROBIN (up to 5 competitors)

• SIMPLE PRELIMINARY UIT DOUBLE CROSSED REPECHAGE (more than 5 competitors)

TIME OF COMPETITION

• For all the categories, male and female, the time of competition will be of 4 minutes.

AWARDS

For the athletes:

• Medals & Diplomas will be the awards for the first three places per category.

• Diplomas will be given to the Fifth (5th) Places of each category.

For the Participating Countries:

• Trophies will be given for prizing Teams (1º, 2º & 3º place for males and females).

• Trophy for “PJU Great Champion” will be the award for the country that gets the biggest number of gold medals.

For the Delegations’ Members:

• Participation Diplomas will be given to each of the members of the Participating Delegations.

WEIGH-IN AND COMPETITION

• The athletes will do the weigh in according to the following schedule:

Friday 28 (Pan-American Championship)

• 06:00 - 07:00 am      Unofficial weigh in

• 07:00 - 08:00 am      Official weigh in

• All the juvenile categories (15 and 16 years old) – Male and Females

Saturday 29 (Pan-American Championship)

• 06:00 - 07:00 am      Unofficial weigh in

• 07:00  - 08:00 am      Official weigh in

• All the juvenile Categories (17 to 19 years old) – Males and Females

The athletes shall present their passport and their respective event’s accreditation so as to verify his / her identity before the Official weighs in. All the athletes shall be affiliated to the Pan-American Judo Union, and in case of being black belts, they must be recognized by the PJU (Resolutions 1 and 2 – Pan-American Judo Congress – Santo Domingo 2002)

Sunday 30 (South American Championships)

• 06:00 - 07:00 am      Unofficial weigh in.

• 07:00 - 08:00            Official weigh in.

• All the categories (15 & 16, 17 to 19 years old) Males and Females.

FOOD AND LODGING

a)     Sixty American Dollars (USD 60) daily per person, which includes lodging, food and internal transportation from and to the airport, the hotel, the training places and the Competition venue.

OPENING CEREMONY

• Once the delegations arrive, the Organizing Committee will hand in all the information regarding the General program and the Opening Ceremony.

NATIONAL SONGS AND FLAGS

• Each federation shall bring their own Flag (1.20 x 1.80 Mts) and a cassette with the National song of their country (short version) and present them when they arrive at the accreditation desk.

RULES

THE PAN AMERICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS, CATEGORIES: MALES AND FEMALES , will be conducted in accordance with the current Rules of the International Judo Federation (IJF)

1. The Athletes of the Categories 15 and 16  years old (Junior), they won't be able to participate in the competitions of the category from 17 to 19  years old (Juvenile) and vice versa.

2. In the Juvenile Category 15 and 16 years  old are forbidden the techniques of levers or separations (KANSETSU WAZA), but they will be admitted the techniques of strangulations (SHIME WAZA), those competitors of the category of 15 and 16 years old that intentionally any Kansetsu Waza applies they will be admonished with DIRECT HANSOKUMAKE.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE

• The Organizing Committee will provide an Emergency Medical Service to all the participants officially enrolled by their National Federation.

• In case of any need of Extraordinary Medical attention, such as injury and / or illness that requires hospitalization, special treatments, surgery and / or medicine, the costs will be assumed by the National Federation the athlete represents. Thus, all Participating Federations will not make the PJU, the Organizing Committee or the Argentinean Judo Confederation responsible for any accident incurred during the development of the competition.

UNFRESEEN

• Everything that has not been herein foreseen shall be resolved by the Executive Committee of the PJU and of the AJC.

SPECIAL NOTE:         COACHES’ CONTROL AND REGISTRATION

• In order to have a close control regarding the coaches’ proceedings in the Competition Area, the PJU will provide a Registration to this end, so the Organizing Committee will deliver all the coaches an Official PJU Vest, which coaches must wear to enter to the Competition area.

COMPULSORY FINAL DECISIONS:

• All the participants officially enrolled by their National Federations shall respect the resolutions approved by the PJU Congress conducted in Santo Domingo, regarding the annual affiliation payment for the 2003, which shall be cancelled when registering in the city of Buenos Aires, considering as follows:

1. Competitors: 20 US $

2. Officials: 30 US $ (delegates, referees, doctors, physiotherapists and coaches)

3. Dan Grade recognition: 60 US $

COMISIÓN DE MEDIOS