ATTENTION ATHLETIC DIRECTORS:
Please route a copy of this bulletin to your HEAD VARSITY GYMNASTICS COACH and make sure that you and your coach have read the Gymnastics Bylaws in the CCS Tournament Guide!

c: League Commissioners; Site Directors; Officials Assignors

EVALUATION MEETING:    MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008, 6:00pm @ the CCS office

CHAMPIONSHIPS DATE / SITE:

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008, @ GYMTOWNE GYMNASTICS,  San Bruno, CA

Note:  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff shall be responsible for all contracts for sites used during the CCS Play-offs.  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have sole authority to schedule or cancel sites, as well as full discretion as to the assignment or re-assignment of teams to times and sites throughout the CCS Play-offs.  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have the final authority in any disputes over sites or times of play, and the decision of the CCS Commissioner is not subject to appeal, due to the immediacy of running the Tournament for the good of the whole.  Neutral sites are not a policy of the CCS and should not be expected in any rounds of play.  Sites will be assigned by the CCS for the good of the Tournament.

SCHEDULE:

ENTRY FORMS:  See CCS Gymnastics Bylaws: Section 5. for specific instructions.

ENTRY DEADLINE: All Entry Forms must be in the hands of the Meet Director:
                    NO LATER than 9:00am, three (3) days prior to the Section Meet (MON., MAY 12, 2008).

INJURY / ILLNESS TO LEAGUE QUALIFIERS:
For complete rules, see CCS Gymnastics Bylaws: Section 8.

MEET FORMAT: 
A.   Gymnasts from the same school will compete in the same group unless the number of gymnasts from one school exceeds the size of one rotational squad. 
B.    Several schools may be grouped together.
C.    Four (4) events will be conducted simultaneously.  If the rotations do not balance a bye rotation will be added.
D.    Olympic rotation will be followed:  VAULT --> BARS --> BEAM --> FLOOR-->BYE (if needed)

WARM-UP PROCEDURES:
Gymnasts will use the Capital Cup Warm-up Format.  During the competition all squads will rotate together (no bump rotation).

• Vault:  Warm-up 1st 1/2 of squad, with a maximum of 4 vaults per gymnast.  Repeat procedure with 2nd half of squad after 1st 1/2 competes.
• Uneven Bars:  Warm-up 1st 1/2 of squad, with a maximum of 90 seconds per gymnast.  The 90-second period does not include bar settings.  All gymnasts in their half of the squad may "block" (combine) time.  Repeat procedure with 2nd half of the squad after 1st 1/2 competes.  Teams do not have to split their team into half as long as they do not make up more than half of their squad 
• Balance Beam:  90 seconds per gymnast.  First two gymnasts in the squad warm-up.  All other the gymnasts will receive 90 seconds in between the competition routines.  
• Floor Exercise:  The first half gymnasts will warm up for 5 minutes total then the remaining gymnasts in the squad will warm up between routines.
• Upon this posting, no changes will be allowed to the warm-up format.

COACHES INFORMATION:

ADMISSION PRICES:  (NOTE:  There is no pre-sale of CCS Gymnastics Play-offs tickets at school sites.)

PASSES:
Only CCS & CIF Passes will be honored.  School, Faculty or League passes will not be honored.   All participants in the Meet will be admitted through the designated "Pass Gate."  Entry Forms for each school will be utilized as the Participants' Pass Gate List.

GAME SUPERVISION:
All teams must be accompanied by a coach designated by the school represented as an official agent and employee of that school.  No teams will be allowed to participate without that supervision.

Adequate student-spectator supervision MUST be provided by each school participating in the Tournament.  School administrators/faculty who attend the contest should introduce themselves to the CCS Site Director, and tell him/her where they will be located throughout the contest in case their assistance is needed.  It is the responsibility of the school supervisory personnel to prevent and correct any inappropriate behavior of their students or spectators.

SPORTSMANSHIP: (For complete rules, see CCS Gymnastics Bylaws: Section 11.)
A.    Each Principal is required by the CCS Board of Managers to meet with all individuals or team(s) from
        his/her school prior to their participation in this CCS Tournament to review CCS Sportsmanship Information.
        (See APPENDIX for REQUIRED PRE-GAME SPORTSMANSHIP MEETING INFORMATION SHEET)
B.    Coaches and Captains will attend a meeting with the Site Director and game officials 45 minutes prior to
        game-time, where they will be reminded of the importance of good sportsmanship and to make certain their
        Administrators have reviewed this information with their athletes in the past week.

Any player or coach who is ejected from a CCS Tournament contest for FLAGRANT MISCONDUCT or
UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOR will be disqualified from all remaining contests in that sport that season.

RADIO / TV LICENSING:
CCS owns the broadcast rights for all CCS Play-off contests.  Licensing is required.  To ensure coordination of appropriate paperwork and fees, interested media must contact the CCS Commissioner well before the respective contest to be broadcast.  No live TV broadcasts are allowed.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND COACHES!:
The CIF-Central Coast Section is well aware that many other school and non-school activities (AP tests, SAT/ACT tests, proms, plays, holidays, senior trips, religious days, etc.) may occur during CCS Play-offs.  The CCS tries to avoid as many conflicts as possible; however, with so many activities available for today's student-athlete, it is not reasonable to assume that all such activities can be taken into account, and thus, CCS Play-off events will go on as originally scheduled.  Participants and coaches are therefore expected to plan in advance for such possible scheduling conflicts and make those difficult choices as to which events will take precedence for that individual.  Generally, although it is ultimately the personal choice of the student-athlete and/or his/her parent(s), an academic activity should take precedence over an extra-curricular event.