Resources

Below are the guidelines and regulations which we will be following this year.
Please familiarise yourself with them to prevent penalties and/or disqualification.

• Event Information & Registration Handbook
• USAF Guidelines 
• UCA Guidelines (University Cheer).
• USASF Age Grid Below

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Dance Age Groups:

Level: (Age as of 31.12.19)

• Tiny – 6yrs and under
• Youth / Primary – 6 to 10 years
• Junior – 8 to 13 years
• Teen / Secondary  – 13 to 18 years
• Senior – 15 years +
• Open – 13 years +
  

DANCE CATERGORIES

• Pom Pom Motions
• Jazz Ballet
• Hip Hop
• Lyrical / Contemporary
• Open Style

DANCE ROUTINE TIMES

• Pom Pom Motions Routine – 2:30min Time Limit Minimum of 4 persons
• Jazz Ballet Routine - 2:30min Time Limit Minimum of 4 persons
• Hip Hop Routine - 2:30min Time Limit Minimum of 4 persons
• Lyrical /Contemporary - 2:30min Time Limit Minimum of 4 persons
• Open Style - 2:30min Time Limit Minimum of 4 persons

Individual Dance (Solo) or Doubles Dance (Duo) All Routines – 1:30min

SCORING
Scoring is the Varsity Dance  Scoringhttps://www.varsity.com/all-star/competitions/scoring-judges/

OUT OF AGE ALLOWANCE

Out of age allowance Each team is allowed a maximum of 2 Out of Age Athletes (OAA) at all NZCU Events. The athletes who are OAA must follow the below criteria:
NZCU must be notified no later than 31st March Annually, by any and all gyms that have any teams with OAA’s in their roster.
OAAs cannot crossover to another team; example a 21 year old who competes on a Senior team as an OAA cannot compete on a Senior+ / Open team as a legal aged athlete. I.e. a 12 year old who competes on IASF Open team as an OAA, cannot also compete on a Junior/Senior/ Senior+ team as a legal aged athlete. If this scenario occurs a 1 point penalty per athlete per day of competition will be applied to their score. The team that receives the penalty on their scoresheet is determined by the following: a) The gym must nominate the team as there legal OAA for the entire year by 31st March (as per above). b) When registering for competitions the gym must make the EP aware of the second Team the OAA is competing in. This is the team that will have the penalty applied to their score.
OAA must only compete in the level specified to NZCU by the gym owner no later than March each year unless; a) the OAA became a member of the gym after 1st April. This must be communicated to the NZCU within 2 weeks of the athletes starting, to enable the NZCU to update the register. b) the team registered suffered an injury and the gym opted to use OAA who is not currently attending the same event with another team. A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE MAY BE REQUIRED In both A and B, the teams are still not allowed to exceed 2 OAA athletes regardless.

​Amendment 1.1

Below are the ages OAA must follow. The OAA must be within 2 years of either side of age grid by 31st December 2019.
Tiny: Must not be older than 8 years of age. Mini: Must not be older than 10 years of age. Youth: Must turn 3 years or older & must not be older than 14 years of age. Junior: Must turn 6 years of age & must not be older than 16 years of age. Senior: Must turn 8 years old & must not be older than 20 years of age. Open: Must turn 10 years or older by
We are offering score review for coaches for difficulty ranges, deductions and legalities
Crossovers A maximum of 5 crossovers permitted in each team, where each person is only counted as a crossover once, ie not counted in their home team. Which meet the Maximum crossover limit of 5.
Teams which exceed the maximum of 5 crossovers will incur a 1 point penalty to their score for each day of competition.
A crossover fee of $30 (NZCU Member, $40 for Non-NZCU Member), per crossover athlete will apply.
All crossover athletes must be specifically listed on the registration form.
An individual will not be permitted to crossover from one program to another within the same event.
A cheerleader is limited to crossing over to 1 additional cheer team from their gym per competition. Therefore, an athlete may compete on one team and crossover to one more team from the same gym during the competition, but not within the same division.
All age requirements must be met. The athlete can only compete in consecutive levels (Example: No athlete can compete in a level 2 team and a level 4 team at the same competition, but can compete in a level 2 team and a level 3 team).
Crossover limitations above do not include athletes that crossover from cheer to dance or club cheer to school cheer. Crossovers between prep and traditional divisions are not permitted at the same event.