PANAMERICAN JUVENILE AND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Carolina, Puerto Rico
March 24th - 29th, 2004

BASIS OF THE EVENTS

DATE: From March 24^th to 29^th 2004
PLACE:   Coliseo Guillermo Angulo, Carolina, Puerto Rico

REGISTRATION

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

Puerto Rico Judo Federation (PJF)
       Address: A-C Comité Olímpico Apartado 8 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902
       Telephone / fax : (787) 723-3890 FAX: (787) 723-5558
       Mobile Phone 787-548-0039
       E-mail:  ippon1@coqui.net
       Att: Jorge Armada. PJF President

The Registration Numeric Form shall be sent before February 09^th

The Registration Nominal Form shall be sent before February 16^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.

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 WITH DOUBLE CROSSED REPECHAGE (more than 5 competitors)

Important Notices: regarding the systems of competition of Round Robin the following rules were applied as standards:

Art. I: If In case there is tie among three (3) competitors. The criteria of the tie cases are maintained, as follows :

1.- Number of won combats
2.- Points obtained
3.- Result of the individual series

In case of a persisting tie, there is a new combat among those tied again and the resolution of this new combat is to be carried out by the application of Golden Score system. This will be applied from January 01, 2004 onwards.

Art. II: Special Situations of Round Robin. Seeing some of the problems that has occurred in some special cases in some events where the system of Competition of Round Robin was applied, where disagreements have been noticed between the sport rules and the competition rules, in certain cases it has been decided the following:

In case a competitor retires or is absent at the moment of the fight:

a) Funsengachi Case (non appearance)
b) Kiken Gachi Case (abandon)

Note Well: the points of those competitors who quit the competition will not be eliminated for some of these reasons, the obtained points will be reflected in the respective Competition Forms.

In the events where there are only four competitors registered in the same category:

a) Grant four (4) medals even if there is a competitor who does not win any combat.

In the events where all the Round Robin places are not filled:

a) Grant medals even when the list is not completed

Examples:

One Competitor  -    Gold
Two Competitors  -   Gold and Silver
Three Competitors - Gold, Silver and Bronze

All these Round Robin resolutions will be applicable from January 1^st , 2004 and therefore applied in this event. If you want to have more information, please visit the PJU Website at:

http://www.pju.org/nuevo/resolucionestecnicas2004.htm

(Technical resolutions of the PJU Executive Committee)

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 for male and female categories).
• 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:

Note Well: The following Rules will be applied according to the Technical Resolutions for Events, taken by the PJU Executive Committee as from January 1^st 2004

Art. I: In events where there are several consecutive tests, such as shiai, kata and by teams, or different events, only one weigh in will be conducted. This is decided to avoid wearing competitors out, if and only if competitors do not switch categories in the events coming after the weigh ins. (Applicable from 01/01/2004). These resolutions are available and published in the PJU Website at: http://www.pju.org/nuevo/resolucionestecnicas2004.htm

(Technical Resolutions – PJU Executive Committee)

Friday 26 (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 27 (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)

With regard to the membership program and recognition of black belts grades (DAN)

Art. I:  Starting from January of the year 01 2004, all the Dan grades (Black Belts) will be endorsed by the president of their federation, for this the technical delegates before the congress, they will present to the in charge commission of the approval process and membership a listing of the members of their respective teams (Competitors, Delegates, Referees, other) that possess black Belts grades (DAN), exceptions and people were not accepted that don't appear in this listing that their delegate will present it will be refused them the right to participate in the event that you this carrying out (Championships, Seminars, Clinical, Camps of trainings etc.). Those competitors that show any grade (they GIVE) that are not inside the official listing they won't be included in the lists for the raffle.

Art. II: A to leave of January of the year 01 2004, all the participants that integrate the it nominates official of a National Federation in their different functions (Competitors, Referees, Delegates, Coach, Doctors, Psychologist,  Physiotherapists and other) they will affiliate to the Pan-American Union of Judo through the official delegate of the respective National Selection, the Pan-American Union of Judo it won't accept individual affiliations, of any member of a national selection, this will be of obligatory character to be able to participate in the event in question like Championships, Clinical, Seminars, Camp of trainings, etc. Those competitors that don't affiliate before the technical congress, will be excluded of the raffle and refused all equity ownership without possible appeal, such a measure won't have any exception type, because it is of obligatory character. http://www.pju.org/nuevo/resolucionestecnicas2004.htm  (Technical Resolutions of the Executive Committee)

FOOD AND LODGING

a)   Fifty Five American Dollars (USD 55) 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 HYMNS AND FLAGS

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

RULES

THE PAN AMERICAN, CATEGORIES: MALE AND FEMALE, 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 will not 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 the techniques of levers or separations (KANSETSU WAZA) are forbidden, however techniques of strangulations (SHIME WAZA) will be allowed, those competitors belonging to the category of 15 and 16 years old that intentionally do any Kansetsu Waza will be automatically punished 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 Puerto Rico Judo Federation, responsible for any accident incurred during the development of the competition.
   

UNFORESEEN

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

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 San Juan, considering as follows:

1. Competitors: 20 US $
2. Officials: 30 US $ (delegates, referees, doctors, physiotherapists, coaches and other)
3. Dan Grade recognition: 60 US $

COMISIÓN DE MEDIOS