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Chart Rated Events Age
Rules.
OK, you've seen the rules for non
chart rated events,
so lets move on.
Remember these age rules ONLY apply to Chart
Rated competitions, sometimes
called
NSC's
or
CRE's
or
National
Selection (or even " EADA comps") -all the same thing
The basic difference is that in most cases the age category
is defined by the year of birth, not birthdays. So for example
if you are going to be 16 later this year, from January 1st
you are defined as "Youth" for chart events.
Lets start with a simple(ish) list
- Juvenile - under 12
- Junior - From the start of the year
you turn 12 to the start of the year you turn 16
- Youth - from start of the year you turn 16 to start of the
year you turn 19
- Adult Over 16 (note not the start of the year but your birthday)
- Senior I - Start of the year you turn 35
- Senior II - Start of the year you turn 45
- Senior III - Start of the year you turn
55
Again, you may find yourself dancing
with someone who is a slightly different age. In this case one
of you may have to go up early.
Going up to a higher age group early.
Again, you need to apply to go up early to Junior (contact
the membership sec.)
If you are going to be 12 this year, but not yet blown
out the candles on your birthday cake, you can automatically
chose to go up however..... once you have
danced a Junior NSC, even if
you
split
you
cannot
subsequently
go back
down to
dance
Juvenile
NSC. There's no going back - nope - can't
be done.
Similar is true if you are over 14 and want to dance in a
Youth NSC, (your partner must be in the Youth age
bracket by the way) if you split you cannot then dance back
in a
Junior NSC. So again, it is really important that you consider
very carefully before going up early.
Same is true of Adult, you have to be over 14, and your partner
over 16 and there aint no going back down - not now - not
ever.
Senior I II & III -
Both partners have to be over the lower age limit.
To see a side by side comparison of these age rules, follow
this link. it also has some "case studies" to show how the
rules work.
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