Iwa Yama Olds Tournament will be held at the
Olds Elementary School in Olds, AB located at 5413 53 St,
this Saturday Dec 13th.

The tournament will begin at 9:30 for the adults,
(so adults please be there by 9:00am for set-up)
with a judges meeting, followed immediately
with their competition divisions.
Lunch and concession will be available with proceeds
going to fundraising efforts for future tournament trips.

Tentative schedule:

9:00 - 9:30	setup
9:30 - 10:00	Judges meeting (including some clarification for new corner judges)
10:00 - 12:00	Adult competition
12:00 - 12:30	lunch
12:30 - 1:00	Black Belt demo
1:00 - 2:00	Junior divisions
2:00 - 2:15	Special Grudge match
2:15 - 4:30	complete Junior divisions
4:30 - 5:00	cleanup
5:00	Supper

Please note, that these are tentative times so please
plan on attending for the day or plan to be early
as you don’t want to miss your division!
Registration will be taken throughout the morning. 
Fees are $10/person or $20/family.

Hand pads will be available for those that have none,
please make sure that you are equipped with a mouth guard.
There will be some available for sale that day.

With respect to the Olds Elementary Schools wishes
of not having food in the gymnasium, we are planning to have
a post tournament supper at Smittys.
Due to their kindness to accommodate our large group
on short notice they will need to know how many to expect.  
Please let Jennifer Godwin or Shelley Tyson know
if you would like to attend,
or contact them at styson@telusplanet.net or
call 403-556-1563 before Friday.

Also, there will be a small auction held that day as well.
There will be some great prizes so don’t miss out on that!

Thanks Everyone.
Happy Competing

I hope Everyone had a great holiday season.  Classes will be starting up again Jan 6th in Didsbury (remember we will be at West Glen School for the month of January), Jan 7th in Olds and Jan 15th in Turner Valley.

Keep in mind as soon as we get back we will be heading to Edson for the first ever Alberta Wado-Kai Provincial Championships, Jan 17th.  If you're wondering how to get there we have been invited to join the South Calgary Group who have booked a bus.  Cost for the bus and hotel (4 to a room) is $100.  Let me know if you need more details.

See you in 2009!

Sensei Rathe