BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Halifax X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Halifax BEGIN:VEVENT UID:270@karatens.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax;VALUE=DATE:20210925 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax;VALUE=DATE:20210927 DTSTAMP:20210821T034458Z URL:https://karatens.org/events/kc-senior-team-trials/ SUMMARY:KC - Senior Team Trials DESCRIPTION:September 25/26\, 2021 - Karate Canada’s Senior Team Trials C algary\, Alberta\n\nInformation Bulletin\n\n\n\nDear Senior and U21 Nation al Team Roster athletes\,\n\nWe hope this email finds you well. Please not e the important information below:\n\n1- 2021-2022 SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM CR ITERIA:\n\nFor your information\, please click on the link below for acce ss to the new Senior National Team Criteria (for both kata and kumite mai nstream athletes) for the 2021-2022 season (starting at the conclusion o f the upcoming 2021 Senior National Team Trials\, scheduled to take place in Calgary (AB) on September 25-26 - first information bulletin set for re lease next week):\n\nhttps://karatecanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/K C_Sr_NatTeamCriteria_2021-2022_Final_BOD_21July-2021_EN.pdf\n\nFor the mos t part\, these new Criteria remain consistent with Criteria of the last co uple of years. The most significant changes and some important elements to consider are as follows:\n\n-The new (2021-2022) season will stretch\, fo r the Senior National Team Roster\, from the conclusion of the 2021 Senior National Team Trials (ending on September 26\, 2021) to the start of the 2022 National Championships (joint Junior &\; Senior event\, set to sta rt on July 1st\, 2022)\;\n\n- As reflected in Section 6\, all medallists f rom the 2021 Sr Team Trials will now automatically be named onto the Roste r (selections for anyone not holding at least a National A status was prev iously subject to discretionary Coach choices\, although in practice we di d in fact invite all Senior medallists onto the Roster\, in the last few y ears). Prioritization for selection to specific event teams has been furth er clarified (in section 7)\, with regards to relative ranking point total s of respective athletes holding identical status\;\n\n- The list of targe ted (and KC ranking point-earning) events (which does not includes points for results at the 2021 Senior Pan American Championships - see notes belo w) has been updated\; please note that athletes may now earn KC ranking po ints for matches won (below a certain placement) at the 2021 Sr World and 2022 Sr Pan American Championships\, and that points at these events are s ubjected to the ’Strength of Field' criterion (section 5.2)\;\n\n-Team s election dates for the 2021 Sr Pan American and 2021 Sr World Championship s is set for immediately after the conclusion of the September 2021 Senior National Team Trials (invited athletes will be required to confirm partic ipation promptly after conclusion of those Senior National Team Trials)\ ;\n\n- Given ongoing COVID-related issues in South America and possible  health risks associated with participation in the 2021 Sr Pan American Ch ampionships\, participation in that event will be optional and Karate Can ada will\, exceptionally\, not award any ranking points for performance at that event. Selection for the 2021 Sr World Championships team will be based on athlete point rankings and status immediately after the conclu sion of the September 2021 Senior National Team Trials event (the current Senior rankings are available on our website)\;\n\n- The rules for automa tic invitations to Senior national competitions (Appendix A) reflect the  changes announced back in December 2020 (for instance\, all age-eligi ble medallists from the previous National Championships are now autom atically invited\, instead of only the gold and silver medalists). Thes e automatic invitation rules will apply to the 2021 Senior National Team Trials event.\n\nWe highly recommend that you take the time to read throu gh this important document and familiarize yourselves with its contents\, as is the case each year.\n\nShould you have any questions\, please don’ t hesitate to contact our High Performance Director Mr. Kraig Devlin\, at:  kraig.devlin@karatecanada.org.\n\n2- INFO MEETING:\n\nKarate Canada’s High Performance Director Mr. Kraig Devlin would like to invite you (as w ell as you club / dojo coaches and / or Provincial / Territorial Team Coac hes) to attend an optional virtual information meeting\, during which he w ill go over the broad lines of these new Criteria and calendar for the com ing season\, and answer related questions. This 75-minute meeting is tenta tively set to start at 12:00 PM EDT on Wednesday July 28th\, 2021 (a recor ding or notes from the meeting should be available for those unavailable t o attend live).\n\nIf you’d like to attend this meeting\, please confirm this by filling out the Doodle poll found at the link below\, and Karate Canada will share the meeting link and information with you very soon:\n\n https://doodle.com/poll/k7tpsrb9fh8kgq5r?utm_source=poll&\;utm_medium=l ink\n\n3- 2021 SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM TRIALS\n\nAs mentioned above\, a first Information Bulletin for this event will be released very soon. ın the m ean time\, here are some elements of preliminary information:\n\nDates: S eptember 25-26\, 2021\n\nLocation: Calgary (AB)\n\nDivisions: The usual WKF Senior World Championship divisions (5 male and 5 female individual ku mite divisions\, 1 male &\; 1 female individual kata divisions\, 1 male &\; 1 female Team Kata divisions\, all new Para-karate divisions).\n\n Planned Format:\n\n- WKF elimination system for kata\, plus an additional match between repechage winners to determine 3rd and 4th places\n\n- True double elimination format in kumite (as in recent years)\n\nWho can partic ipate (athletes)?\na) age eligibility: athletes will need tho be of age (a t least 16 for kata and 18 for kumite) by the start date of the last offic ial international Senior competition (2022 Sr Pan Ams) of the next season\ , which will be May 26th 2022.\nb) number of athletes per division and Pro vincial / Territorial Team: in addition to Automatic Invitations (list com ing soon)\, every member Provincial / Territorial Association will be allo wed to register up to 3 athletes per individual kumite division and 4 athl etes per individual kata division (no Wildcards for this event\, but Provi ncial / Territorial Associations will have full discretion over their sele ction of athletes to fill available spots).\nc) Citizenship status: As usu al\, athletes must be able to provide proof of Canadian citizenship or\, a t least\, permanent resident status by the time of accreditation in order to be eligible for participation.\nPre-Registration Deadline (on SportData ):  September 15\, through your Provincial / Territorial Association.\n\ nSafety: Please note: Some COVID-19 risk mitigation measures will be imple mented (to be announced soon).\n\nWe hope this helps for now.\n\nThank you .\n\nBest regards\, CATEGORIES:Team Canada,Tournament END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR