2010 Games Registration Update

Athletes, the following is from the 2010 Games website:

Registration will now launch on Wednesday, Dec 23rd, hopefully at 1300 PST.

We are working feverishly behind the scenes to get the registration site ready for you. We’re close, and now testing all the various pages and options. Thanks for your patience!

At this point, we’re expecting, and able to accommodate, FIVE TIMES the number of athletes that competed in the first level of qualifiers last year. This is an extraordinary accomplishment, and all the Sectional and Regional Directors deserve a ton of recognition for making it happen.

We really want to give everyone interested the opportunity to compete at a Sectional level. If the demand greatly exceeds capacity at a given Sectional, we are prepared to make changes to accommodate the additional athletes. Some Sectionals are not going to allow scaling. This could also include (depending on the situation) a change in location and/or date, switching from a two-day event to two one-day events, etc. We appreciate your flexibility, and of course if any change precluded your participation, there would be full refunds.

We will provide a lot more static information about each event shortly. This will include hotel recommendations, any special arrangements (such as it’s an outdoor event, so come prepared), hours, local contact information, etc.

Costs:
Registration fees are going to support the local events, which are being financed by the local affiliates. Any additional support you can provide (volunteering, sponsorships, etc) will make a huge difference. Our unified registration site (the one that will launch on Dec 23) will allow qualifying athletes (and their profile information and performance data) to travel with them to the Regionals and Games. It will also allow us to provide real time, web-based scoring for all events around the world. But the events are all run locally.

One-Day Events
Athletes – $50US (includes one spectator)
Spectators – $25US

Two-Day Events
Athletes – $100US (includes one spectator)
Spectators – $50US

We have set up temporary caps on how many can register. After that an automatic wait-list is created. We will do everything possible to accommodate the wait-lists.

More Info: http://games2010.crossfit.com/