This Weekend - The 26th Lee H. Park Team Champs!

We are looking forward to our Lee H. Park Team Champs tournament this Saturday, December 13th! 

Important: Don't forget our CTI Stocking Stuffer Toy Drive! We are collecting new and unwrapped stocking stuffer gift donations for Brown Bag Ministries. We are seeking items for ages 1- 12 in particular. Saturday at the tournament is our final day for collection. We will have a box for donations at the check-in table when you arrive. Thank you!

Competition and Arrival Times: 

Everyone will compete on Saturday. You will find details on your competition time below. You will need to arrive 30 minutes prior to the start time of your competition to check in, etc. Some divisions may begin early, so please be at Alameda at your arrival time.  Thank you.  

• Black belts (6.30 am start time, 6 am arrival time)
• Everyone is welcome to spectate Black Belt competitions. The gym will be open at 6am.
• Tigers, ages 5-7 and ALL Elementary School Program students of all ages (9.30 am start time, 9 am arrival time) 
• There are a few exceptions to the ages here. If you are an 8 yr old on a team with all 7 yr olds, you might need to come at this time, please. Check with your instructor if you are unsure. If you are competing on a team from MPA, Red Rocks, West Woods, Meiklejohn or Westridge, you will report at 9 am even if you are older than 7 years old.
• Ages 8 - 11 (11 am start time, 10.30 am arrival time)
• There are also a few exceptions to ages here. Check with your instructor if you are unsure.
• Ages 12 and up (must arrive at noon)
• There are also a few exceptions to ages here. Check with your instructor if you are unsure.

Location details, parking:

The tournament will be at Alameda International High School which is located at 1255 S Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, CO 80232.  

Please park in the large parking lot on the southwest corner of Louisiana and Allison St. (There is another parking lot on the northwest corner of Arizona and Allison / north of the tennis courts that can be used for overflow parking).

Please do not double park and/or block someone in.  If both parking lots are full, there is a lot of neighborhood street parking available in the area or you can see if there is room in the main entrance parking lot.  

You will enter the school through the doors facing west. The title 'ALAMEDA INTERNATIONAL' is written in large block letters above the doors.  It is marked with a red star in the graphic below.  

Checking students in and getting them to their rings:

Once you enter, you will be directed to a check-in table. While checking-in, someone will write ring numbers on your hands. You will have a green number on your right hand and a red number on your left hand. Once you have your ring numbers, you will head to the upper bleachers of the gym to settle in.  

Parents of students ages 11 and under, you will take your student down to the gym floor for the group photo. 

After the group photo, students will go to the green number on their hands and black belts will help them get to their rings. 

Once students are settled at their rings, we ask that spectators stay in the upper bleachers and off the gym floor for safety and to provide more room for the competitions. Please show your students where you will be so they know where to find you. If you have a very young child (tigers ages 2 - 5) who needs assistance, it is okay if you need to stay nearby on the gym floor. 

Due to the large amount of space required for team competitions, we are asking students to please leave all equipment bags in the upper level bleachers and off the gym floor. Thank you.

Competition Information:

Please note: If this is your first team tournament, please be aware that due to the nature of the team competitions, ring supervisors sometimes need slightly more time to organize the rings once students report. Thank you for your patience and flexibility. The students have practiced hard for this tournament so please "go with the flow" during the day. There is a method but group competition is very different from individual competition so it can feel a bit chaotic dealing with the teams - especially the youngest teams.

Students ages 11 and under will compete in poomse first.  

Students reporting at 9 am: After the poomse competition ends, students will then be going to their basics and kicking competitions, which will likely be in a different ring. This is the RED ring number on their LEFT hand. After your student is done competing in all three divisions, then please come down to the edge of the gym floor to collect them. Thank you.

Please note that tigers (students in 30 min classes, ages 2 - 4, some 5 yr olds) will do both their poomse and kicking competitions in the same ring or in two rings near one another, and they will do their competitions one right after another so they don't have to wait. They will then be released after the kicking competition.

Students reporting at 10.30 am: After the poomse competition ends, students will then be going to their self-defense and kicking competitions. These competitions may or may not be in the same ring; please follow the RED ring number on their LEFT hand. After your student is done competing in all three divisions, then please come down to the edge of the gym floor to collect them. Thank you.

Students reporting at noon, come down to the gym floor for the group photo. We will then direct you to all of your rings. All students are in 4 competitions.

Etiquette and Uniform:

All students should arrive already dressed out in their uniforms with their belts tied. Anyone with long hair will need to have it tied back securely. No jewelry is permitted, and freshly pierced ears need to be covered from front to back with medical tape and/or bandaids. Students should wear a white crewneck t-shirt beneath their uniform top. Students should not wear jeans or secondary pants underneath their uniform pants as this will inhibit their ability to kick.

Boards:

If your student is competing in breaking (all students competing in the noon time frame, orange belt and above), they will need to provide their own boards for this competition. Please touch base with your instructor with any questions you may have here.

Lastly, please do not attend the tournament if you or your student is ill or has tested positive for Covid.  

If you have any questions at all, please reach out to your instructor. We are so proud of all of our students' hard work and preparation, and we look forward to Saturday!