GENERAL INFORMATION:
A. Girls gymnastics is a state championship event open to schools in all classifications.
1. Competition in all meets will be held in the following events:
(a) Balance Beam
(b) Uneven Parallel Bars
(c) Vaulting
(d) Floor Exercise
(e) All-Around (competition in preceding four events)
2. The order of competition will be determined by block style.
3. Open scoring will be used.
4. Beginning and ending dates for practice and competition can be found at the front of this publication.
B. The GHSA gymnastics meets will be played according to the rules published by the National Federation of State High School Associations 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 on the GHSA web site.
D. The number of gymnastic meets allowed is 10 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 GHSA By-Laws, 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 varsity meets during the regular season in order to be eligible to participate in the state qualifying meet.
E. There will be no interscholastic practice and/or scrimmages.
F. No exhibitions are permitted during seasonal or invitational meets.
G. Touch warm-ups are not permitted.
H. In accordance with NFHS rule 3-2-1, the GHSA will limit the number of participants that a school may enter in a meet as follows:
1. For regular season meets, the limit is five (5) partipants per event.
2. For invitational meets during the regular season, the limit is four (4) participants per event.
3. For post-season meets, the limit is four (4) participants per event (including the All-Around competition).
I. All gymnastics coaches are required to attend a GHSA rules clinic as specified in the GHSA By-Laws.
PRELIMINARY MEET:
A. A Preliminary (qualifying) Meet will be held April 20-21, 2012 at Lovett School with the first session beginning at 6 p.m., on Friday and the second session beginning at 10 a.m., on Saturday.
B. General information, entry forms and roster forms will be on the GHSA website.
C. Schools that do not meet the entry form deadline will not be able to enter the qualifying meet.
D. All participants must qualify in the Preliminary Meet to advance to the State Meet.
E. No substitutions may be made after the Preliminary Meet.
F. Schools that enter the qualifying meet, but do not attend, will be fined by the GHSA.
STATE MEET
A. The State Meet will be held on Friday, April 27, 2012, at Westminster School.
1. The GHSA Coordinator for Gymnastics is Dr. Lucia Norwood.
2. The admission fee for the State Meet is $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students high school and under for pre-sale only. If pre-sale is not applicable, all fees at the gate will be $7.00.
B. A spring floor will be used in the State Meet.
C. In all preliminary meets and the state meet, expenses are paid from the gross gate receipts, including the cost of officials, and the balance is sent to the GHSA Office.
