Hi all BC Team athletes and instructors,
We are fast approaching the main phase of our BC Team season, and to make sure we are all on the same page I wanted to present the following information:
- Senior Team Nationals information
- Senior Team 2020 schedule
- Junior Team 2020 schedule
- Junior Team Selection Tournament
1. Senior Team Nationals information
- All athletes to arrive in Calgary no later than 12:00pm Thursday March 19th.
- Team training sessions to be booked Thursday late afternoon, and Friday morning.
- Hotels are all booked for arrival Wednesday March 18th, departing Monday March 23 unless otherwise notified.
- Final payment for Nationals divisions, hotels, team meal, etc to come.
2. Senior Team 2020 Schedule
- Regional Team Training & Fitness Testing (mandatory):
- Interior: RHKA, Kelowna – February 1, 10am-2pm
- Vancouver Island: Shima, Nanaimo – February 1, 10am-2pm
- Lower Mainland: Richmond Oval – February 2, 9am-3:30pm
- Athletes must attend one location for the mandatory testing/training, if you prefer to attend another regional locations training you are welcome to.
- Karate Canada National Senior Championships – Calgary, AB, March 21 & 22, 2020
3. Junior Team 2020 schedule
- Regional Team Training & Fitness Test (mandatory)
- Start of Season
- Interior: RHKA, Kelowna, Feb 1, 10am-2pm
- Island: Shima, Nanaimo, Feb 1, 10am-2pm
- Lower Mainland, Richmond Oval, Feb 2 9am-3:30pm
- Athletes must attend one location for the mandatory testing/training, if you prefer to attend another regional locations training you are welcome to.
- Start of Season
- Team Selection Tournament and Training (mandatory)
- March 7 & 8, 2020, Richmond Olympic Oval
- Regional Team Training & Fitness Test (mandatory)
- Mid Season
- Interior: RHKA, Kelowna, April 4, 10am-2pm
- Island: Shima, Nanaimo, April 4, 10am-2pm
- Lower Mainland, BCIT, April 5, 9am-3:30pm
- Athletes must attend one location for the mandatory testing/training, if you prefer to attend another regional locations training you are welcome to.
- Mid Season
- Karate Canada National Junior Championships – Toronto, ON, May 1-3, 2020
- Athletes with status who are wanting to book flights now, we cannot advise our final travel dates as we do not have the information from Karate Canada, so we advise all to wait.
- Likely, but not confirmed, Tuesday April 28 will be a travel day to get to Toronto with team trainings starting morning of Wednesday April 29. Travel home would be Monday May 4th.
4. Junior Team Selection Tournament
- All athletes will be entered in the same division they entered at the 2019 Provincial Championships (for any divisions they are age eligible for Nationals).
- If you need to change your weight division, there is no charge, but the deadline to change weight divisions is Friday Feb 28th (one week prior).
- There will be NO weight division changes allowed after February 28th.
- All athletes trying out for BC Team spots will be competing.
- Athletes ranked #1 and #2 in each division will be seeded on opposite sides of the draw.
- All athletes with status, or those in divisions with 1-3 competitors, will be running the score tables. You will be assigned a window of time, and a tatami to report to for the tournament.
- Athletes who do not make the final BC Team are welcome and encouraged to attend the Sunday team training session. Athletes who make the BC Team are required to attend this training.
If you have any questions, please reach out. Hope everyone has a great start going in their New Years, and on behalf of all the coaches we are excited to work with you all in less than a month at the regional sessions.
