Commonwealth Judo Championships for Seniors
5.0 Commonwealth Judo Championships for Seniors
5.1. DATE
The individual competition will be held on Wednesday 25 January 2012.
5.2. PARTICIPATION
Each delegation may enter up to a maximum of 2 competitors per category, totalling up to 32 competitors The competitors can only be entered only in one weight category, the one in which they are enrolled.
The competitors must be of the same nationality as the country, which enters them. Competitors who have double nationality can only represent 1 country. After having represented a country in the Olympic Games, in continental or regional games or in world or regional Championships, recognised by the CJA, he may not represent another country unless he meets the conditions set forth in the next paragraph.
When a competitor changes nationality, he must wait 3 years before he can represent the new country, unless the two countries concerned (the old country and the new country) agree to authorize his entry for the new nationality and this is accepted by the CJA (According to the Olympic Charter Article. 42).
Each Delegation will be given a number of free accreditations for the Commonwealth Judo Championships for Seniors depending on the number of athletes.
1 – 2 competitors – two officials
3 – 4 competitors – three officials
5 – 6 competitors – four officials
7 – 8 competitors – five officials
9 – 10 competitors – six officials
11 – 12 competitors – seven officials
13 – 14 competitors – eight officials
15 – 16 competitors – nine officials
17-19 competitors 10 officials
20-22 competitors 11 officials
23-25 competitors 12 officials
26-28 competitors 13 officials
29-32 competitors 14 officials
5.3. AGE
In the Commonwealth Judo Championships for Seniors there is no age limits.
Note: Athletes under the age of 15 years of age are not allowed to compete in CJA championships. Therefore, no athletes born after 1997 are allowed to participate.
5.4. WEIGHT CATEGORIES
Women: -48 kg ; -52 kg ; -57 kg ; -63 kg ; -70 kg ; -78 kg ; +78 kg ; Open
Men: -60 kg ; -66 kg ; -73 kg ; -81 kg ; -90 kg ; -100 kg ; +100 kg ; Open
5.5. COMPETITION FORMULA
The Competition will run on the knockout and simple repechage system: i.e. for all categories the competitors will be divided into two tables by means of a “draw”, and an elimination system will be used to produce two finalists, who will compete for the gold medal.
The competitors defeated by the finalists will compete in repechage contests to win the 2 bronze medals. The Event Director reserves the right to alter this competition format depending upon the number of entries received.
Preliminaries of the individual contests & the fight for the bronze medals will be held on 4-5 mats. The finals will be part of the evening show, on 1-3 mats.
All medallists must attend the evening medal ceremony in white judogi. Medals will only be presented during the ceremonies.
5.6. DURATION OF CONTESTS
The duration of each contest will be that of 5 minutes for men and women and the Golden Score 3 minutes.
5.7. WEIGH IN
Unofficial weigh-in takes place just before the official weigh in. The weigh-in takes place on the same morning as the competition for the category concerned.
Exact times for weigh in can be found in the detailed program. The weight of the competitors has to fall within the category in which they are enrolled.
The competitors:
- presenting themselves after the closing of the weigh-in, cannot participate at the competition.
- can present themselves only one time at the official weigh-in.
- must present their CJA accreditation and an official piece of identity (identity card or passport) at the official weigh-in
The competitor shall weigh-in wearing only underclothing, under the supervision of a
weigh-in official; the competitor may be requested to remove his underclothing to ensure
he reaches the minimum weight limit of the weight category in which he is entered
The weigh in will be held at the Official Athletes Hotel.
5.8. DRAW
Note: before the draw the lists of each category are hung in the draw room / in the corridor outside the draw room. Each head of delegation should check that all his inscribed competitors are on these lists and that they are under the right category. No corrections can be made after the draw.
The draw will take place at 20:00hrs in the Wales Millennium Centre on Sunday 22 January 2012.
In the draw, any medallists in the same weight category from the previous Commonwealth Judo Championships for Seniors held in Singapore 2010 will be seeded. For the rest of the draw separation by nation will be respected.
