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GYMPIE NOMINATED AS HOST FOR NATIONAL SKATEBOARD QUALIFYING EVENT FOR TOKYO OLYMPICS

GYMPIE NOMINATED AS HOST FOR NATIONAL SKATEBOARD QUALIFYING EVENT FOR TOKYO OLYMPICS

Sunday January 26, 2020 - Major Skating Event to be held in Gympie

Congratulations to Gympie Regional Council on building a world standard skateboarding rink.

The Skate Australia National Park Championship will be held at the new Gympie Skate Park on Sunday 26th January in Queensland.

The Skate Australia National Park Championship is proudly supported by the Gympie Regional Council and Gympie & District Community Bank® Branch .

The Skate Australia National Park Championship is a national skateboarding competition for men and women. The events are sanctioned by Skate Australia and delivered by the YMCA. These organisations form the committee that develop the event series rules under the World Skate guidelines.

Open Male and Female competitors at the Australian National Championships will gain Park Skateboarding qualifying points towards the towards Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Warm-ups kick off at 10:00am!

Click here to register.

?Heat times: TBC?

Park: Open Male and Female divisions only
National Park Championship Qualifiers:
• 5 minute warm up before each heat
• 6 skater heats
• 2 runs each (maximum 45 seconds)
• Best run counts
• Between 16 – 30 people advance to Semi-Finals dependent on skater numbers

National Park Championship Semi-Finals: (The current top 3 Australian Olympic ranked Men and Women skaters can enter the competition straight into the Semi-Finals)
• 5 minute warm up before each heat
• 6 skater heats
• 2 runs each (maximum 45 seconds)
• Best run counts
• Top 8 advance
• Scores do not carryover from the Qualifiers to the Semi-Final

National Park Championship Finals: top 8 skaters
• 5 min warm-up
• 8 skater heats
• 3 runs each (maximum 45 seconds)
• Best run counts
• Highest score from the Final wins the contest
• Scores do not carryover from the Semi-Finals to the Final

Event Partners: Gympie Regional Council, Gympie Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank, Skate Australia, YMCA Australia, Bad Boy Australia, @ElementAustralia , Fast Times Skateboarding, Skater Maps and Goliath Skate.

Event Guidelines, Scoring Criteria and Policies can be found here.