2004-2005 - Georgia High School Association

GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 135
2. The order of competition will be determined by block style.
3. Open scoring will be used.
B. The GHSA gymnastics meets will be played according to the rules
published by the National Federation with such GHSA modifications as
may be found in this section.
C. Each school desiring to participate in gymnastics must file its intent by
April 1 of the preceding year by filing the form found in the “GHSA Forms
Notebook.”
D. The number of gymnastic meets allowed is ten regular-season meets
plus one invitational tournament.
1. The state elimination series does not count in these meets.
2. An invitational tournament is defined as a competition involving
more than three teams.
3. All invitational tournaments must be approved by the GHSA Executive
Director.
4. Only two meets per week may be scheduled.
5. In accordance with By-Law 2.66, only one night before a school day
per week may be used for competitions beginning at 6:00 p.m. or
later
6. All teams and gymnasts (except when prevented by injury) must
participate in a minimum of three (3) GHSA sanctioned meets during
the regular season in order to be eligible to participate in the state
qualifying meet.
E. The season shall begin with practices commencing no earlier than
January 17, 2005, and the first competition being held no earlier than
February 7, 2005.
1. There will be no interscholastic practice and/or scrimmages.
2. The season ends for a team and an individual when that team or
individual is eliminated from the state series or wins the State
Championship.
F. All gymnastics coaches are required to attend a GHSA rules clinic as
specified in By-Law 2.54.
PRELIMINARY MEETS:
A. Preliminary (qualifying) meets will be held April 22, 2005, at Dunwoody
High School and Lovett School.
1. A school may have four (4) entries in each event, one of which may
be the All-Around entrant.
2. The top three (3) scores in each event will be used to determine the
team score.
3. The top six (6) individuals in each event will qualify for the State Meet.
4. The top three (3) teams will qualify for the State Meet.