Sanctioning:                            Held Under Sanction of the Hawaii Diving Association of USA Diving, which provides liability insurance.

Rules:                                      See notes section following Meet Schedule.

Host Organization:                   Tropic Lightning Diving Team              

Meet Director:                           Jeff Stabile; 3031L Nihi Street; Honolulu, 96817; (808) 864-0037; twisterj@tmail.com

Meet Date/s:                             Saturday, November 1, 2008

Eligibility:                                All USA Diving Registered Athletes

Entry Fees:                               $10.00 per event – Make checks payable to:  Jeff Stabile Diving Enterprises. Send Entries to Jeff Stabile at the above address.   Entries must be postmarked by Saturday, 10/25/08.  Entries postmarked after 10/25/08 will be assessed a single $15 late fee.

Awards:                                    Ribbons places 1-6. Candy/Treats for all, based on scores.  Halloween Theme Awards for the Best Skill by a Male, Best Skill by a Female, Best Dive by a Male, and Best Dive by a Female.

Meet Site:                                 Richardson Pool, Schofield Army Barracks

Facility:                                    One Late Model B Maxiflex 1-Meter springboard and one Late Model B Maxiflex 3-Meter springboard on cement stand, each with grip-tape epoxied on the tip July, 2007.

                                                One 5 Meter Platform with Rough-Tex Surface.

Unheated pool fifteen (15) feet deep (still warm until November!)

Six-Person Hot Tub with Hot Water Hose.

Directions:                               Take H1 to H2.  H2 ends and becomes a Highway. Take first left at Kunia and head PAST Foote Gate to Lyman Gate (second gate on the right).  Westside Folks may prefer to come up Kunia Road from H1 to Lyman Gate.  Stop at kiosk and inform guards/police officers that you are going to a diving meet at Richardson Pool.  They will ask for ID for everyone 18 and older and possibly your registration, safety check, and insurance information.  Follow Lyman for about a mile to Humphreys.  Turn right on Humphreys to Kolekole.  Turn left on Kolekole to Cadet Sheridan.  Turn right on Cadet Sheridan to the pool parking lot on the right (if lot is full, go back to Kolekole and make a left -- another parking lot is available on the right side of the street).  

Meet Schedule

10:00 – 10:45 AM                      Open Warm-up

10:45 – 11:00 AM                      Closed Warm-up for Event One only

11:00 AM                                  Event One:  12O 1M*; 11U 3M*

followed by                               30 minute warm-up

followed by                               Event Two:  11U 1M*; 12O 3M*

followed by                               30 minute warm-up

followed by                               Event Three:  All Ages Platform

*may be 13U and 14O, depending on numbers of entrants

Competition Notes:

Categories of Contests

Level 1

6 skills/dives, each assigned a DD of 1.0.

Skills/dives CAN be repeated in a different position

Level 2

6 dives, using true DD.

Dives can be repeated in a different position

Level 3

1M:  11 dives, following High School competitive format. 3M:  11 dives, Dives can be repeated in a different position

Divers can compete in as many contests as desired (i.e., divers can do Level 1 Level 2, and Level 3 1M; Level 1 and Level 2 3M; Level 1 and Level 2 Platform if they want to).  Divers will fill out as many lists as needed for their contests, pay entry fees for all contests, and divers in more than one contest will dive as many times per round as needed to complete the requirements of all lists.

Boys/Men and Girls/Women will compete together in any event where someone would have to compete alone.  We will separate out by age groups and/or sex if there are at least two divers in each given age group or gender category.  If any age group/gender division has fewer than two divers, it may be combined with another category/age group.

Scoring:  For each dive, diver will receive both judges’ awards and a candy/treat award.

Candy/Treat Award Distribution: