Tropic Lightning Fall Invite

Meet Information

All Information is FINAL, approved by the Richardson Pool Management!

Rules:                                      This meet will be governed by 2006-2007 USA Diving rules with several exceptions.  See  following section on Competition Notes.

Competition Notes:

-- Future Champions Event rules will be modified such that the descriptions of the dives will be limited to the skill and position performed.  All entries will be announced as free (D) and the choice of the position will be the divers’. Skills and Dives will be announced by Dive Number/Letter AND dive description.

-- All 11 and Under Future Champions Divers will be grouped by Levels, regardless of age and gender for the springboard events  (i.e., a 7 year old girl, a 9 year old boy, and an 11 year old boy who are all Level 2 will compete with each other for the awards).

-- All 12 and Older Future Champions Divers will be grouped by Levels, regardless of age and gender for the springboard events  (i.e., a 13 year old girl, a 15 year old girl, and a 14 year old boy who are all Level 6 will compete with each other for the awards).

-- The Platform Events will consist of any combination of four different skills/dives, each of which will be assigned a degree of difficulty of 1.0.

-- All 11 and Under Divers will be grouped, regardless of age and gender, for the platform event.  (i.e., a 9 year old boy, a 9 year old girl, and an 11 year old boy will compete with each other for the awards).

-- All 12 and Older Divers will be grouped, regardless of age and gender, for the platform event. (i.e., a 12 year old boy, a 16 year old girl, and an 14 year old boy will compete with each other for the awards).

-- Junior, Senior, and Masters Divers will choose the springboard contest they enter:  8 dives, 9 dives, or 10 dives.  Divers with fewer than 8 dives will participate in Future Champions.  Dives will be announced using Dive Number and Letter.  Descriptions will be provided at the request of the diver.    

-- Junior, Senior, and Masters divers will be grouped, regardless of age and gender, in the above-described contests (i.e., a 13 year old girl, an 11 year old boy, and an 48 year old woman can all choose to do a 9-dive list that conforms to USA Diving 9-dive contest list requirements (1M vols = max. 9.0), and compete with each other for the awards.  A Junior diver who is age 11, an age group that competes only 5 dives, and who does not wish to compete 8 dives, will join the Future Champions level of his/her choice and add skills/dives to complete the list).                

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

Meet Date/s:                            Saturday, September 22, 2007 

Eligibility:                                The Tropic Lightning Fall Invitational is open to 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.

                                                Deadline: One hour before the start of the events.  No late fees.

Awards:                                    Medals places 1-3; ribbons places 4-6. Distinctive 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 Schedule

7:00 – 8:30 AM                          Open Warm-up

8:30 – 9:00 am                          Closed Warm-up for Event One only

9:00 AM                                    Event One:  11U FC 1M; 12O FC/8- to 10-Dive List 3M

followed by                               30 minute warm-up

followed by                               Event Two:  12O FC/8- to 10-Dive List 1M; 11 FC 3M

followed by                               30 minute warm-up

followed by                               Event Three:  All Ages Platform