The 2023 Oceania Junior and Youth Championship began today at Campbell High School in Canberra. 204 players entered, although a couple of late withdrawals forced a change to some of the events.
To allow everyone to be eligible for titles, the tournament is now being run in 5 sections. The Under 20 and Under 18 sections are now one event, as are the Under 16 Open and the Under 14 Open. The Under 12 Open Tournament has been joined by the Under 10's and Under 8's. The Girls event is also now one section. While medals will be awarded in all age groups (20 down to 8 for both Open and Girls), the number of direct titles on offer has been reduced. (NB A previous post on this topic quoted the pre 2017 regulations, which have now been tightened up).
As a result the tournament got off to a slower start, as sorting out new groups (and transfers) took some time. All parents understood the issues and the reasons for the delay, except for one parent who spent most of the day abusing me on many and varied topics. However the tournament was back on track by the second round, with the arbiting team doing a fantastic job of dealing with the difficult start. Indeed they were even required to rearrange the main playing hall to accommodate a group of Unicyclists who had a previous booking on the space. But this effort was for nought, as the Unicyclists did not show up!
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