August 2011

Missouri USAG

August

2011

Missouri Registration Fee

It is time once again to register to your athletes in MO. This includes sanctioned Level 3 - 10 and Prep Opt athletes. The Registration fee of $20.00 per athlete and your registration form need to be sent to
Zina Fudge at Flipz USA, 900 Hillsdale Rd, Columbia, MO 65201 .
Please make the check payable to MO USAG.

PLEASE DO NOT TELL YOUR ATHLETES THAT THIS MO REGISTRATION FEE IS PART OF THEIR USAG REGISTRATION FEE. THIS FEE IS A SEPARATE FEE PAID TO MO FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGISTRATION OF YOUR TEAMS AND ATHLETES.

Deadline for registration of your athletes is October 1, 2011. After this date there there will be a late fee applied per athlete. If you have a couple of late additions, that will be taken into consideration and the late fee may be waived.

A late fee WILL NOT be waived if a majority of the team is not registered by the deadline.

Oct 2, 2011 - Oct 8, 2011	$5 late fee per athlete
Oct 9, 2011 - Oct 15, 2011	$10 late fee per athlete
Oct 16, 2011 - Oct 22, 2011	$15 late fee per athlete
Oct 23, 2011 and after	$20 late fee per athlete

Athletes should be registered to compete in any MO Meets. MO meet directors will be informed of teams that have not remitted their registration fee prior to their event. Scores will not count toward State qualification for non-registered athletes.

June 9, 2011 Committee Meeting Minutes Posted
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1. All Prep Opt are now all Xcel.

2. Xcel to be looked at by all Regions and try to conform to one system of requirements but still have multiple levels.

3. This year Missouri will take a look at these results and recommendations for changes.

4. The Xcel National Open Championship will be hosted at the Jostens Center, Wide World of Sports Complex Disney Properties Orlando,Florida.

5. Kathy Kelly announced her retirement will begin January 2013.

6. AAI announced they will be making a soft graphite bar to have more flex 15-20% more but have the same diameter 1.575 inches similiar to the international equipment. These rails will be used primarily for Elite Competitions. The bar will be identified by the blue collar on the bar. AAI will also release a new jr. vault trampoline allowed to be used for the lower levels see the R and P. In addition to that they will also release a premier vault trampoline.

7. Please look at the new Techique magazine in the upcoming months to read about the New compulsory updates. The new compulsory music for each level will have several music choices of instrumental accompaniment by piano, trumpet, violin and or drums.

8. 2013 Compulsory Workshops will be held in Orlando, Florida and Reno, Nevada.

9. 2013 Xcel National Championship will be held in conjunction with the Compulsory worshop.

10. Please check out the NEW University of Gymnastics Class structure in the August Technique. W200 Course will be free at Congress.

11. Congress August 17-20 Minneapolis, MN There will be no Rgion 4 Mini Congress due to Congress being in our Region 4.

12. Westerns fees will increase $125-150.

13. All sanction violations are being monitored by Cheryl Jarrett and violations will be charged.

Click here or the Pro Members Tab to view the revised
Missouri Rules & Polices for 2011 - 2012

Competitive Team Head Coach

Spectrum Gymnastics is seeking a Head Coach for the Competitive Team effective immediately.
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The Pro Members tab requires a logon id and password.
Please provide, via email, your active Pro USAG# and 8 character password of your choice.
webmaster@mousag.com
Athlete memberships are not Pro memberships and therefore will not have access to the
Pro Members tab information.
Thanks!!!

Have a great month!
Zina Fudge
MO State Administrative Committee Chairman