ORGANIZING COMMITTEE                                HEADQUARTERS DURING
PERMANENT OFFICE                                         CHAMPIONSHIPS

Judo Canada                                                         Hotel Auberge Universel
Rendez-Vous Canada 2002                               5000, rue Sherbrooke East
226 – 1725 St. Laurent Boul.                                 Montréal, Québec, Canada
Ottawa, ON                                                              H1V 1A1
K1G 3V4      
Tel: (613)738-1200                                                 Tel: 1-800-567-0223/(514) 253-3365
Fax: (613)738-1299                                                Fax: (514) 253-9958
e-mail: info@judocanada.org

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ACCOMMODATION

Hotel Auberge Universel
5000, rue Sherbrooke East
Montréal, Québec, Canada
H1V 1A1                                                       Tel: 1-800-567-0223/(514) 253-3365
(Viau Metro/Subway)                               Fax: (514) 253-9958

A block of 55 rooms will be retained until September 24^th, 2002.

The Organizing Committee does not make hotel arrangements for participating teams or individuals.  You are responsible for your own booking and rooms will be available at $ 89.00 (plus tax) Canadian for up to a quad (four people per room) occupancy.

COMPETITION SITE

Centre Pierre Charbonneau
3000, Bvd. Viau
Montréal, Québec                H1V 3J3        Tel:  (514) 872-6644
(Vieau  Metro/Subway)                               Fax: (514) 872-7671
 

WEIGHT DIVISIONS

Note: age refers to the age as of December 31, 2002.

BLUE JUDOGI

Blue judogi will be mandatory for all competitors when called first on the mat.

ELIGIBILITY


Rendez Vous Canada 2002 is an Open tournament.  Athletes must compete for the country of which they are a citizen.  Passports are mandatory for all competitors and must be presented at the Weigh-in. Number of entries is limited to 300.

Judo Canada can not provide any assistance in obtaining an entry visa to Canada.

REGISTRATION

First entry:

Quantitative entry deadline by  August 23^rd , 2002.

 Final entry deadline:

On official entry forms, no later than 16:00 Friday, September 20^th, 2002 along with the following:

• registration forms

• completed & signed release forms

• Fees: $65.00 US/participant.

Important! Teams of 10 or more competitors must be accompanied by at least one referee.

BANK INFORMATION

The total amount of your entry fees must be transferred to our bank account in American dollars ($US):

                         Banque Nationale                                                   Bank #           006
                        5880 Sherbrooke East                                           Transit            11871
                        Montréal (QC)           H1N 1B5                               Account #      36-65
                        Tel: 1-514-253-1793

All this information must be provided with your transfer document.

TRANSPORTATION

TO AND FROM AIRPORT
No transportation is provided from the International Airport to the Headquarters hotel. The cost of transportation by taxi is about $ 35 CD.

CITY TRANSPORTATION
The tournament site is located 5 min. walking distance from the hotel. No transportation is necessary.  All other transportation will be the responsibility of the participants.

TRAINING HALL

Teams should notify the Organizing Committee of their arrival schedule into Montréal as well as their preferred practice times.  Please indicate four choices in priority.  The organizing committee will do its best to allocate training times as requested.

HOSPITALITY ROOM

Each evening, after competition, a hospitality room will be available for team officials and dignitaries. Details of schedule will be provided upon arrival.

DRAW & COACHES MEETING

The Sport Director and the Tournament Director will conduct the draw meeting.

1.         Welcome by Tournament Director
2.         Review of Athlete Registration

§                     Circulation of the list of entries for each weight class

§                     Verification by team leaders of spelling of names, weight class, grade, etc

§          the Result Co-ordinator / Sport Director will record changes

3.         The names of all athletes who will not take part in the tournament and all substitutions, authorized by the rules and regulations, will then be announced.

4.         A short explanation of the draw formats to be used.  The double repechage system will be the system used for this tournament.

6.         Non-seeded athletes are drawn at random by a randomized computer program.

7.                  The draw is recorded and posted as soon as possible.

8.                  An athlete that fails to make weight the next morning is eliminated.  For weight categories of 8 or more competitors their opponent will receive automatic advancement.  For weight classes of less than 8 competitors, Judo Canada reserves the right to redraw the pools if the pools become unbalanced.

SEEDING

To ensure an even distribution of Canadian athletes, only Canadian athletes will be seeded. Judo Canada Sport Director will do the seeding.

 COMPETITION SCHEDULE

*   This schedule is tentative.  Participants will receive the final schedule upon arrival.
** The cafeteria in the hotel opens at 7h00 a.m.
 

RENDEZ-VOUS CANADA 2002
QUANTITATIVE ENTRIES / INSCRIPTION QUANTITATIVE

FEDERATION / FÉDÉRATION/ CLUB                                                        

Participant                  YES/OUI             NO/NON    NUMBER/NOMBRE

Women/femmes                   c                               c                                          

Men/Homes                          c                               c                                            

Dignitary/Dignitaire              c                               c                                         

Coaches/Entraîneurs           c                               c                                         

Referees / Arbitres              c                               c                                           

                                                                                                                                            
            Date                                                                          Signature

PLEASE RETURN BEFORE August 23, 2002
VEUILLEZ RETOURNER AVANT LE 23 août 2002
Fax number/Numéro de télécopieur : 1-613-738-1299
E-mail: info@judocanada.org