Dear Coach,

We thought it would be helpful to you and your students to understand better the registration methods involved in our events. This is to enhance the student experience, particularly for children.

It is our aim that through well organised and well matched events, we will grow youth Jiu Jitsu together. For this reason we will never match Girls with Boys, or have significant differences in belts, age, or weight in the name of experience. We feel it’s important to remember that for every child who participates, there may be several who don’t attend for fear of being over matched. 

We intend to replicate the IBJJF in their methods of registration. This will give valuable experience to students and coaches through uniformity of experience, and will offer a platform for growth of our sport.

The process is below and applies to all of our events. Please reply to this email with any questions.

Process-

Initial registration-

Parents or coaches may enter the student into the event using smoothcomp

Editing weight class-

Smoothcomp allows either the Coach (Coach Manager view in smoothcomp) or the Parent to edit the weight class. 

Editing Age Category-

Where you wish to move a child up an age group, the COACH emails the request to [email protected] We will not accept age request changes from parents as a coach is the judge of capability.

Max of 2 Athletes Per Team in a Division

As per IBJJF, only 2 athletes per team can enter a division. This means that if there is a third athlete from a team they must enter under a different team name for the event.

Dates-

There are several dates in each event to note-

Registration Close Date-

On this Date, no new entries will be accepted.

Registration Edit Date-

This is one day after Registration Close Date. On this day, you have the chance to move your athletes one last time by requesting or editing yourself. This is important for athletes with no one in their division, as it is a chance to find a division for them. 

Registration Check Day-

Up until 17:00 on the Check Day, you can check to see if your previous changes have been applied, and request refunds for athletes who wish to avail of them.

After 17:00 on this day, athletes will be bracketed and no new changes will be permitted.

Please check the Event Information Pages on Smoothcomp for the appropriate dates for each event.

At the Event-

Photo ID Is Required-

All athletes must present proof of age for their division at weigh in.

Mighty Mites and Pee Wees Coaching-

For these divisions, an athlete may have a Coach accompany them to the mat, not a parent. A team may have no more coaches than there are mats within the competition area. (for 4 mats, 4 coaches, 6 mats- 6 coaches etc) Coaches must be clearly identified by their attire- Tee Shirt or Team Hoody. 

Photography and Video-

While parents and coaches may video from outside the competition area, photo and video inside the area is strictly prohibited and limited to registered media with the express permission of Ireland BJJ. This is to comply with Child Protection regulations.