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The Collegiate Wushu Committee is currently reviewing qualified schools to host the 14th Annual Collegiate Wushu Championships for the 2009-2010 school year. If your university wushu club is interested in hosting within the next two years, please submit the following information to info@collegewushu.org. The deadline for submission is September 5th, 2009.

Wushu Club Name
University
Primary Contact Name, Phone, Email
1) Is your club officially recognized by your University? If so, what department oversees your group?
2) What facilities on campus can your group reserve for the competition space? Please provide as much information as possible including size, capacity, photos and online links.
3) Please tell us about your club. When did it start? Who coaches? How many times a week do you practice? What is your average attendance?
4) What campus or local events has your club been involved with or organized?
5) What tournaments have your members competed at in the last 2 years?
6) Has your group sent competitors to Collegiates in the past? Has your group competed in the team competition at Collegiates? What years?
7) What is your annual budget? Do you have access to university funds? What other means of fundraising do you have access to?
8 ) Though the Collegiate Wushu Committee will provide assistance in finding judges, what is your plan for recruiting capable judges for this competition? Are there available judges within the area?

More information regarding hosting collegiates will be posted at the end of June

Final scores from this year’s collegiates have been posted by Georgia Tech Wushu club:
Final Scores

Georgia Tech has decided to offer nandu divisions for changquan and nanquan. Regarding this, the Collegiate Wushu Committee has decided that competitors must compete in nandu to be eligible for the All-Around Champion title. For other competitors who choose to compete in nandu, they must also compete in nandu for their remaining events unless nandu is not offered.

Visit the Georgia Tech wushu website at http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/kungfu/collegiates.php

Registration ends Saturday Februrary 21st, 2009. Please direct any questions to gtwushu@gmail.com

The 13th Annual Collegiate Wushu Tournament will be hosted by Georgia Institute of Technology on March 7th, 2009.

More information will be posted shortly.

We are currently reviewing qualified schools to host either the 13th Annual or 14th Annual Wushu Collegiates for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years. If your university wushu club is interested in hosting within the next two years, please submit the following information to info@collegewushu.org. The deadline for submission for 2009 is September 30, 2008 and for 2010 is October 17, 2008.

Year Applying for (2009, 2010, or either)

Wushu Club Name
University
Primary Contact Name, Phone, Email

1) Is your club officially recognized by your University? If so, what department oversees your group?

2) What facilities on campus can your group reserve for the competition space? Please provide as much information as possible including size, capacity, photos and online links.

3) Please tell us about your club. When did it start? Who coaches? How many times a week do you practice? What is your average attendance?

4) What campus or local events has your club been involved with or organized?

5) What tournaments have your members competed at in the last 2 years?

6) Has your group sent competitors to Collegiates in the past? Has your group competed in the team competition at Collegiates? What years?

7) What is your annual budget? Do you have access to university funds? What other means of fundraising do you have access to?

8 ) Though the Collegiate Wushu Committee will provide assistance in finding judges, what is your plan for recruiting capable judges for this competition? Are there available judges within the area?

Registration is now open: http://www.stanford.edu/group/wushu/collegiates/registration.html

Early registration closes 2/16, late registration closes 2/23.

Please note that there have been some changes and additions to the rules since the 2007 Collegiates. The rules can be found here: http://www.stanford.edu/group/wushu/collegiates/rules.html

Class I Eligibility and Proof of Enrollment requirements:

Class 1 Eligibility:

Competitor must be a currently enrolled full-time student in a degree-earning program at a University or College in North America. Proof of current enrollment is required and must be sent in with registration materials before the competition. The proof may consist of an approved study list, transcript, or research curriculum for the present semester or quarter at the student’s university. The study list must include the student’s name and a date or time period for which it applies, in order to prove present enrollment. A student ID is *not* sufficient proof. The study list or transcript should also indicate that the student is taking at least the minimum number of units or credits at his or her university to qualify as a full-time student. “Currently enrolled” is defined as having the status of full-time student at the university on the day of competition. Government-issued photo ID will be required to verify identity on the day of competition.
Exemptions. Exceptions will be made for students in their last semester taking a reduced course load if they have fulfilled all their graduation requirements but have not yet graduated. Documentation of fulfillment of graduation requirements must be submitted before the day of competition along with proof of current enrollment and all other registration materials.
Violation of this rule is grounds for disqualification (see Disqualification, below). In order to avoid disqualification, participants are required to submit a copy of their status proof in advance.

Penalties for dishonesty regarding student status and competitor eligibility:

Dishonesty reporting student status will result in ineligibility to compete for 1 year. Any medals won during the competition during which dishonesty occurred will be stripped from the competitor.

a. If the dishonest competitor also participated in the team competition, the school will be barred from team competition for 1 year. The team’s results will be nullified and any medals won in the team competition during which the dishonesty occurred will be stripped from the team.

Team Composition:

No more than 2 Beginner level competitors will be allowed to compete on the same team.

Please also note the restrictions on Beginners and Intermediates:

The following restrictions will be placed on the Beginner and Intermediate skill levels:

1. Beginner
a. Only linear forms will be allowed.
b. Maximum of two jumping techniques allowed from the following: jumping front kick, jumping inside crescent kick, and jumping outside crescent kick.
c. For jumps, you cannot land on the jumping leg.
d. No aerials, splits, or any other B level move.
2. Intermediate
a. No butterfly twists, aerial twists, or any jumping technique with a 540 or greater degree of rotation.

Any further updates and clarifications on the rules will be posted here.

Two schools submitted proposals to host the next collegiates: UC Riverside and Stanford University. A committee of representatives from past hosting schools has chosen Stanford University to host the 2008 Collegiates.

Date and specifics TBA shortly.

We’re in the process of finding a host for the 2008 Collegiates. If your university wushu club is interested in hosting next year, please submit the following information to info@collegewushu.com by May 1, 2007.

Wushu Club Name
University
Primary Contact Name, Phone, Email

1) Is your club officially recognized by your University? If so, what department oversees your group?

2) What facilities on campus can your group reserve for the competition space? Please provide as much information as possible including size, capacity, photos and online links.

3) Please tell us about your club. When did it start? Who coaches? How many times a week do you practice? What is your average attendance?

4) What campus or local events has your club been involved with or organized?

5) What tournaments have your members competed at in the last 2 years?

6) Has your group sent competitors to Collegiates in the past? Has your group competed in the team competition at Collegiates? What years?

7) What is your annual budget? Do you have access to university funds? What other means of fundraising do you have access to?

A call for 2009 proposals will be forthcoming, since we are trying to plan two years in advance.