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Inside this Update:
Based on the Declarations received and processed by October 31, some Events/Divisions do require a Qualifier competition and other Events/Divisions do not. The Coaches were advised of the event and athlete breakdown in early November.
Athletes in the No-Qualifier-Required Events/Divisions will be named directly to the Canadian Contingent and will soon receive information regarding Contingent plans for the event.
Athletes in the Qualifier-Required Events/Divisions will compete in the 2011 IC Qualifier Competition in Calgary, Alberta over the 2011 May long weekend. Specific details of that event are being finalized - information will be posted on the 2011 IC Qualifier [2] pages as soon as it is available.
Qualfier-Required | No-Qualifier-Required | |
Solo | Junior B (19), Junior A (11) Senior B (10), Senior A (8) |
Junior Elite (4) Senior Elite (2) Adult B (2), Adult A (2), Adult Elite (2) |
2-Baton | Junior B (27) Senior B (13) |
Junior Elite (6) Senior Elite (6) Adult B (1), Adult Elite (4) |
3-Baton | Junior B (13) Senior B (10) |
Junior Elite (2) Senior Elite (4) Adult B (0), Adult Elite (1) |
Artistic Twirl | Junior B (23) Senior B (8), Senior A (7) |
Junior A (6), Junior Elite (4) Senior Elite (2) Adult B (2), Adult A (1), Adult Elite (2) |
Artistic Pairs | None | Junior B (6), Junior A (3), Junior Elite (0) Senior B (3), Senior A (3), Senior Elite (1) Adult B (0), Adult A (0), Adult Elite (1) |
Team | None | A (2), B (2) |
Group | None | A (1), B (1) |
The numbers in brackets indicate the number that are declared - Canada is allowed to send 6 in all divisions, except Team and Group where Canada is are allowed to send 3.
A late declaration process was approved by the CBTF Board of Directors at its 2010 Fall Board Meeting. Late Declarations will be accepted under the following conditions:
Winnipeg, Manitoba has been approved as the site of the 2011 Canadian Winner/Championship competition. Specific details of that event are being finalized - information will be posted on the 2011 Canadians [3] pages as soon as it is available.
Tentative competition dates have been set as:
Please be aware that these dates are tentative and are subject to change.
Based on a proposal from the Technical Committee at the 2010 Fall Technical Meeting and approved at the 2010 Fall Board Meeting, this year's Canadian Winner/Championships will see a significant change to the age divisions for BN individual events. At the 2011 Nationals, BN individual events will compete in the following age divisions: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18+.
As approved by the CBTF Board of Directors at the 2010 Fall Board Meeting, the Judge Selection Process has been modified and streamlined. Among the significant changes:
CBTF Judges with any of the following certifications are now invited to apply:
The Application Package [4], which includes the Application Form and describes the Selection Process in greater detail, is available on the website, in the Document Library [5]. Judges must use their CBTF.CA username to access this area of the website.
Completed applications must be received by December 31, 2010.
A number of changes were proposed by the Technical Committee at the 2010 Fall Technical Meeting. Based on the changes approved at the 2010 Fall Board Meeting, changes to many of the CBTF Score Sheets and Penalty Sheets were required. An updated CBTF Competition Score Sheet CD [6] is now available on the website.
Score Sheets and Penalty Sheets can be downloaded individually. However, with the large number of changes all Competition Directors are encouraged to download the entire package to ensure they have the most recent versions of all competition paperwork.
The events affected are:
The Group Declaration Form [7] has also been updated and is available from the Document Library [5].
Links
[1] http://www.cbtf.ca/category/newsletter/cbtf-update
[2] http://www.cbtf.ca/trials2011
[3] http://www.cbtf.ca/canadians2011
[4] http://www.cbtf.ca/article/2010-11-judging-application-package
[5] http://www.cbtf.ca/resources/documents
[6] http://www.cbtf.ca/content/cbtf-competition-score-sheet-cd-0
[7] http://www.cbtf.ca/article/cbtf-group-declaration-form