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SPIRIT FEVER OPEN 2017 25-26 MARCH 2017 MORGES You will find here all the information to register your teams for the Spirit Fever Open 2017. MORGES Date March 25th 2017 Competition March 26th 2016 Camp Morges culture is very rich because the city lies in the center of an important economical and cultural area that covers the whole district and the villages surrounding it. The floral decorations of the city, especially during the tulip celebration gave Morges the nickname of Morges the coquette. Otherwise, the medieval past of the district of Morges explains why we can find so many ancient buildings, especially in the city-center. Location Salle omnisports du collège de Beausobre, Chemin de la Grosse-Pierre 1, 1110 Morges, Suisse Spirit Fever Open 2017 will apply the CCAS (Cheerleading and Cheerdance Association Switzerland) 2017 Rulebook. The CCAS 2017 Rulebook is based on the ECU/ICU rulebook with small changes for example about the ages and about the amount of participating athletes. The Spirit Fever Open Rulebook includes addition concerning the categories that doesn t exist in the CCAS 2017 Rulebook. 2
CATEGORIES You can ask that we open a category that was not offered. Please make your demand before December 8th 2016. We may not open the category if less than 5 teams/athletes register. The final category list will be published on January 25th 2017. Each category s level are maximum levels. Team that can t execute moves from that maximum level are still very welcome to participate doing moves from their real levels. Warning! Coaches should choose the routine level according to the real level of their athletes and not according to the competition s level. Perfection before progression. FUN CATEGORIES Like every year, we organize a fun contest, which will take place right before the award ceremony. Please give this list to your team members. There is no need to register, athletes will be asked to step on the competition floor. Highest basket toss Longest holding hand extension (partner stunt) Longest liberty in Group Stunt Highest amount of standing back tucks 1. Cheer 1.1 Peewee level 1 1.2 Peewee - level 2 1.3 Peewee - level 3 1.4 Junior level 4 (All Girl and Coed mixed) * 1.5 Junior level 5 (All Girl and Coed mixed) * 1.6 Senior All Girl level 5 1.7 Senior Coed level 5 1.8 Senior All Girl level 6 WORLDS USASF (born in 2002 or older, but must be on the year of the 17th birthday for Worlds 2018) 1.9 Senior Coed level 6 WORLDS USASF (born in 2002 or older, but must be on the year of the 17th birthday for Worlds 2018) 2. Groupstunt 2.1 Peewee level 3 (All Girl and Coed mixed) * 2.2 Junior level 5 (All Girl and Coed mixed) * 2.3 Senior All Girl level 6 2.4 Senior Coed level 6 3. Partner Stunt Level 6 (junior and senior mixed) *** 4. Team Dance 4.1 Senior Team Freestyle Pom WORLDS USASF (born in 2002 or older) 4.2 Junior Team Freestyle Pom 4.3 Team Jazz *** 4.4 Team Hip Hop *** 5. Double dance (junior and senior mixed) *** 5.1 Hip Hop 5.2 Jazz 5.3 Freestyle Pom Longest scorpion hold on floor Highest amount of reloads in a row * separated in All Girl and Coed if more than 5 of each ** separated in «Male» and «Female» if more than 4 of each *** separated in Junior level 5 and Senior level 6 if more than 5 of each 3
INFORMATION CONCERNING WORLDS CATEGORIES At Large Bid for USASF Cheerleading Worlds and Dance Worlds 2018 Spirit Fever Open will award two «At Large Bid» qualifying your team to the USASF Cheerleading Worlds and Dance Worlds 2018 in Orlando, USA. Any team from any country can win the bid. An «At Large Bid» allows you to be qualified for Worlds, but Spirit Fever is not required to contribute in any ways to your expenses to travel to Orlando. It is just a qualification that Spirit Fever is allowed to offer. However, please keep in mind that Spirit Fever will stay open to discuss sponsoring. Two «At Large Bid» awarded 1. Spirit Fever will award 1 «At Large Bid» to the winner of the Senior Dance Team Freestyle Pom 2. Spirit Fever will award 1 «At Large Bid» to the team with the highest score between these two categories Senior All Girl Cheer level 6 Senior Coed Cheer level 6 Additional information concerning Worlds bids The two «at large bid» winner teams have maximum 72 hours to confirm by email that they accept the bid. With this, they confirm that they will compete at Worlds. If they decline the bid, or if they don t confirm their acceptance in the due time, according to the USASF rulebook, Spirit Fever has the right to select any other team that competed during the Spirit Fever Open in one of the Worlds categories, and has the right to give it the bid. Spirit Fever makes the commitment to give the bid to the second team who got the highest score. This means that all teams competing in these qualifying categories must have talked and decided with their team members and their parents about going to the Worlds in 2018. They must have decided prior going to the Spirit Fever Open if they would like to go to the 2018 Worlds if they win at the Spirit Fever Open. Going to the Worlds requires high expenses that you make the commitment to pay. In case of cancelation of your participation to Worlds after having accepted the bid, a fine of 500 CHF will be charged. One single team can t receive two bids for the USASF Worlds. Athletes competing in a dance category can t compete in a cheer category during Worlds, and vice versa. The winning team must compete at Worlds in the category they qualified in during the Spirit Fever Open (International Open Level 6 All Girl or International Open Coed Level 6 and Senior Dance Team Freestyle Pom). Teams can t have more athletes on the 2018 Worlds floor than they had on their routine during the Spirit Fever Open 2017. Also note that the USASF rulebook for the 2018 Worlds is not the same rulebook as the Spirit Fever Open 2017. Don t forget to adapt your routines when competing at Worlds. 4
EUROPEAN CHEER LEAGUE VIRTUAL COMPETITION This year, Spirit Fever Open is part of the ECL (European Cheer League)! European Cheer League (ECL) is a virtual championship with a special scoring system that offers athletes an additional option to examine their skill level and to compete among themselves even if they don t attend the same competitions. Furthermore, ECL creates an opportunity to display which athletes are better in a longer term, and not in only one competition. ECL is also a qualifier for the ECU European Cheerleading Championships. The winner of each ECL division will directly qualify to Europeans with all registration fees paid by ECU. The categories are: Senior Coed Level 6 Senior All Girl Level 6 Senior Team Freestyle Pom SPIRIT FEVER CAMP A cheer camp will take place the day after the competition on Sunday March 20h 2016. Spirit Fever will provide with Staffs from Switzerland and abroad to teach you: stunts, baskets, partner stunt, and dance. There will be a tumbling camp given by Kali Seitzer with min. 8 people and max. 15 people. The price is 30 chf per person for 2 hours. Because of the limited number of participants, please register directly per mail at sfo@spirit-fever.com. First come, first served! This year, we organize the camp with Urban Project, there will be a lot of other activities, like 33 Basket tournament, Street Art, Break Dance Battle, Kids entertainment... In the same time as the cheer camp. For lunch, you can pre-order lunch for 5 chf. You can choose between a pasta salad, a ham sandwich or a cheese sandwich. KALI RAE SEITZER 23 years of competing gymnastics and competitive cheerleading 2014 ICU World Champion gold medalist (team USA) 2013 World Champion Gold Medalist (athlete and Coach- Stealth Phoenix, Int l Open Coed Level 6) 2013 Bronze Medalist, ICU Partner Stunt World Championship (team USA) Nfinity Legend 2012, 2013, and 2014 8 time NCA Collegiate National Champion 5
ADMISSION TICKETS FOR SPECTATORS Adult 15 CHF 6 to 16 years old 6 CHF Kids under 5 years old free You can already buy spectator tickets while filling your registration document. Tickets will be given to the coach on the competition day at the check-in. The day of the competition, only cash will be accepted. MUSIC This year again we ask you to send us by email all your music in the MP3 format. These files will be used during your routine on the competition floor. You can also bring a flash drive or a CD, for extra security. In that case, please write your team name on the flash drive/cd. Please name your files like this: AngelsJuniorAll GirlCheer.mp3 or WildEaglesDoubleDanceAudreyChristine.mp3 MEDIA Please send your music before March 1st 2017 at sfo@spirit-fever.com Photos and videos from the whole weekend will be available online for free. During the competition day, Spirit Fever will post some photos and videos of the performances on social medias. COMPETITION FLOOR Cheer categories: Cheer categories take place on a «hard floor» (no spring floor). 12m x 12m surface made from 7 rolls. It won t be possible to practice on that surface before the judged performance. A practice area will be available where there will be mats but you will have to organize your own music. Dance category: Dance categories will take place on a 12m x 12x surface delimited by wooden sticks. This surface will be located just next to the cheer competition surface. 6
CHANGING ROOMS We can t provide a changing room per team. We will have some women and men changing rooms. They will be apart, and you will have access to showers. PARKING/ACCESS Adress: Salle omnisport du collège de Beausobre, Chemin de la Grosse-Pierre 1, 1110 Morges, Suisse The sports hall is marked by the big red dot. These changing rooms will not be locked or watched, we suggest you to keep all your valuable items with you. FOOD STAND We will have a food stand with small snacks, where you could also find hot and cold drinks and beers. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED By car please follow the red line on the map. (Morges highway exit WEST from Geneva, highway exist EAST from Lausanne. If you are using the public transports, please take the bus 701 from the train station direction Echichens and get off at the stop Grosse-Pierre, or the bus 702 direction Bussigny and get off at the stop Beausobre. The parkings at Beausobre aren t very big so some of the buses will have to park at the free parkings at the «parc des sports» marked by the red circle on the map. If any of your team members (or parents) would like to help us with the organization on March 25th or 26th, please ask them to contact us. Volunteers get free entrance to the competition area (they can watch the competition during breaks), free food and drinks. 7
SPIRIT FEVER FASHION SHOP We will have a Spirit Fever Fashion shop during the competition day. Please inform your team members about it, so they can have cash with them (Euros or Swiss francs). We also accept credit & debit cards (maestro). We will have some order sheets if needed, but any order must be paid at the time of the order. EVENT T-SHIRT We suggest that your order it in advance because we only will have a small stock of T-shirts to sell at the shop on March 19th at the rate of 25 CHF. The pre-ordered T-shirts will be available at the Spirit Fever Shop to pick up. There will be every participating teams name on the back of the T-shirt. 8
REGISTRATION Each team (per age category and not per club) can have two free entrances for their coaches/ assistants, but these persons can t compete. Those two persons have to be registered as coach/assistant in the team registration document otherwise they will have to pay a spectator ticket. Warning! The camp is not free of charge for coaches. TO REGISTER CLICK HERE. http://fashion.spirit-fever.com/en/content/17-spirit-fever-open-2017 Registration deadline is January 8th 2016. COMPETITOR PACK 35 CHF per athlete for Saturday 25.03.16 competition* Add 25 CHF for the event T-shirt. If we receive your registration and it is paid before 08.12.2016, you get a 5 CHF discount per participants. Registration changes will be accepted until 08.01.17. After this date, no refund will be possible for cancellations but add-ons can still be made. At registration, the participating athletes list will be asked in addition of your eventual Worlds 2018 participation decision. Participants and coaches/assistants have to carry an Identify Document. A systematic identity & ages control will be made for Worlds qualifying categories. For other categories, a random identity control will be made. CAMPER PACK 40 CHF for Sunday 26.03.16. Add 25 CHF for the event T-shirt. FULL EPERIENCE PACK 75 CHF for both days (competition* + camp) Add 25 CHF for the event T-shirt. * It is not more expensive to compete in multiple categories, if allowed in the rulebook. 9
DEADLINES SUMMARY Ask to open a new category 08. 12. 2016 Registration with discount 08. 12. 2016 Registration ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS In case of additional questions, don t hesitate to contact us sfo@spirit-fever.com 08. 01. 2017 Send the music 01. 03. 2017 We look forward to seeing you! S T E V E N 10!