2008 California Pankration Championships - OPEN AMATEUR TOURNAMENT

[socalpankration]

2008 California State Pankration Championships
Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Santa Ana College
1530 W. 17th street
Santa Ana, California


33 Divisions for Men, Women, teens and Kids.
This is a Intermediate to Advanced level Amateur Tournament. All divisions are One Skill Level.
33 State Titles to be awarded. Awards for 1st- 4th place finalists.


Weigh in and Walk In Registrations: Two Options, you only need to make weight once

Saturday April 5th - 6-8 PM
Sunday April 6th - 7-8:30 AM:
No competitors accepted after the 8:30 AM cut off

Schedule of Events - April 6th: All times are estimated
9:30 AM - Rules demo
10 AM - Women (14 & over)
10 AM - Rookie (under 8 yrs)
10 AM - Novice (8-10 yrs)
11 AM - Cadet (11-13 yrs)
12 Noon - Junior (14-17 yrs)
2:30 PM - Men's Division
6:30 PM - Estimated Men's final medal matches.

Duration of Matches: All Divisions are Double elimination
Rookies, Novice and Cadets matches are one 3 Minute Period.
Women and Junior matches are one 4 minute period.
Men division matches are one 5 minute period.


This Tournament is open to all styles and schools. Amateur's only.
This is the Only State Championship in California. All winners will be recognized as the Official California State Pankration Champion.

- Athletes from all States, Schools and Styles are welcome.

- All Division's are limited to 16 competitors per Bracket.

- Everyone is encouraged to preregister to guarantee their spot.

- Athletes who do not make their registered weight will be allowed to move up in weight provided there is an opening in that bracket. All others will receive a refund minus a $5 administration fee.

Entry Fee:
$50 Prepaid Registrations
$60 Walk in and after April 4th
$10 discount - Teams with 15 competitors. All entry forms must be turned in together
$5 discount - Teams with 8 competitors. All entry forms must be turned in together

Spectators:
$8 Adults
$5 Kids - 5-13 yrs
*$8 Coaches * One Free Coaches band with roster of 5 competitors

Rules allow Body strikes, Take Downs and Submissions. For complete listing of rules See: www.fightleague.org/Rules.html


Registration information is available on our web site: www.fightleague.org

[prezbuluskey]

Any word if the Pankration tourneys will ever come to the East Coast?

[pauli]

that would be very nice.

[socalpankration]

We had someone who was going to try to get someting going on the East Coast but I guess he lost interest.

[prezbuluskey]

Damn, it sounds like such a great tournament too.

[socalpankration]

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