Welcome to the Submission Ace Championship!
Prepare yourselves for a tournament unlike any other before.
Top class grapplers
World class medals
One of a kind Absolute Championship Belts
Amazing Quintet Challenge Bracket
Just about all submissions legal
It’s coming!
Train hard and pre-register to save you spot for the best grappling event Western Canada has ever seen!
This is…
THE SUBMISSION ACE CHAMPIONSHIP!
The upcoming Submission Ace Championship: Winter Classic 2020 will be held in Blackfalds, Alberta.
The venue is: The Abbey Master Builder Centre. 4500 Womacks Road, Blackfalds, Alberta.
:: IMPORTANT ::
:: ATTENTION ALL COMPETITORS ::
Online entry: For the 2020 Winter Classic, payment will be made on the Smooth Comp website ONLY.
Weigh ins will be WITHOUT the Gi on.
Brackets will be sorted by closest weight into 5 person divisions max.
Weight must be given as an estimate on the entry form and will be validated the day of the tournament by weighing in. Actual weight must not exceed 3 pounds of estimate.
If your FINAL Division has a Weight Spread of 20 lbs. or more from the lightest to the heaviest person, it will be considered an OPEN WEIGHT division and you will not be held to your weight estimate.
On the Monday before the tournament, preliminary brackets will be made based on the aforementioned guidelines. Between this time and 8 pm Thursday night, all amendments to these divisions will be made according to the input of the competitors via email. Each competitor can view the preliminary brackets on the website once they have been posted. This will help to alleviate issues that arise primarily in the smaller divisions such as Kids, Teens, Women’s and Masters. There will be very little latitude given within the adult divisions as they will be the fullest and most brackets should have a full five person roaster. If a suitable bracket simply cannot be agreed upon, the competitor will have the option of a refund until 8 pm the Thursday night before the event. After that point, all brackets will be considered finalized and no refunds will be granted. Final brackets will be released on Friday, the day before the tournament. If a competitor is overweight by more than three pounds on the date of the event, they will be disqualified. If they are underweight, they will remain in the bracket they estimated for as of the final brackets released on the day before. Kids and Teens divisions will start at 8:30 am sharp. At this point, weigh ins for Kids and Teens will close. Adults division weigh ins will close at 11am.If you are NOT weighed in before your division weigh ins are closed, you will be disqualified.DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO WEIGH IN!We will stick firmly to this time line and do everything in our power to run the tournament as efficiently as possible.Again, there will be ABSOLUTELY NO day-of registrations!
Any questions, please feel free to ask, thank you.
What is the last day of registration?
Registration closes on Monday May 11th at 8pm.
Hi there hou do I go about paying for this
Hello Phil,
Registration hasn’t opened yet for the February Submission Ace Championship: Winter Gi Classic.
We will open up registration mid December.
Thanks!
Hey drew. When you ask for the weight is that with gi or without? Thanks
Hello Jamie,
All weigh ins will be without the gi.
Hi Drew! Can you recommend the best area for hotels to stay at for the tournament?
Hi Shane,
I would suggest the Microtel hotel in Blackfalds. We’ve worked with them before. And, in fact, if you hold off your reservations for a day or two, I’ll talk to them about getting a reduced rate for competitors.
I’m in talks with Microtel right now about a reduced rate. I’ll know more on that front on Monday.
Wanted to see if there are tentative dates for 2017 events? Really like your events and want to book the time in for competition.
Not sure how you plan the super fights but would be interested if you were looking for any people at blue belt levels.
Hi Adam. Our first event for 2017 will be on February the 25th in Blackfalds, Alberta at the Abbey Centre.
Follow the Facebook page for more updates as they’re released. Thanks!
I paid for 2 kids for entry in the competition. I have only registered 1 child as the registration form only pops up after you have paid and I do not want to pay twice! How do I register the 2nd child? Christine Davies
Hello Christine,
I will email you a link for the second entry to the email address you’ve added to the payment shortly.
Thank you
Am I allowed to register under 2 different gyms if I train at both?
If I get injured after I register, is there a refund policy?
Thank you.
Hello Moe,
You can only register under one gym as your placement will count towards team points. And 2 gyms can’t collect points for one person.
The refund policy is no refunds unless we cannot make a match for you in the division you registered for.
Registration is open until Sunday, February 19th until 8pm. If you’re concerned about injuries, you can wait as long as then.
Are there belts for the kids?
Hello Marcia,
No, there are no Championship belts for the kids.
There are very high quality, oversized medals they will be competing for though.
Is there anyway I can change my weight after registering? I put it in wrong and believe it should be adjusted.
Hello Andreas,
Absolutely. Please email Drew.weatherhead@gmail.com and we will get it corrected.
Hey i am just curious if there are restrictions on what is on our gi? I have the mike fowler tatami gi. It wouldn’t be allowed in an ibjjf tourney but I’m hoping it won’t matter for this one
Hello Tizzy,
Nope, they can be any color and design as long as it’s not vulgar and fits well.
Hey just wondering about the belts is there one for kids as well or is it just metals ?
Hello Jessica,
There are no Absolute Belts for kids and teens. Though, there are kids/teens team belts for the team’s that earn the most points for medals. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place belts.
Is this a Gi only tournament and if so would you provide the Gi or do I have to bring my own?
Hello Anthony,
Yes, this is a Gi only event.
And, no, we do not supply the gi.
Would you have any available to rent for the tournament ?
Would you have any available to rent for the tournament ?
Ripped shoulder/rotator injury. I’m gonna have to step out this one. How does the cancellation work. Please let me know.
We will contact you via email shortly.
Hi there I’m having trouble registering for the sept 23rd tournement. Any help would be much appreactiated.
Thanks Mark.
Hello Mark,
Registration for the Fall Classic closed last night at 8pm.
Bracketing has already begun for the preliminary brackets that will be released tonight.
Hello! We coming back from a long vacation and still unorganized. I was looking forward to this tournament thinking that will take place sometime in October like last year.
With out being a trouble is there any way we can compete
Hello Celik,
I’m sorry to say, but our registration was cut off for this event on Sunday and we are deep into bracket creation at this point.
Our next event will be in February of next year. We hope you’ll be able to attend that one.
Sorry again.
Hi i just found this page on facebook and am very interested is their anything i should be awar of and keep me updated to the rules and time am from manitoba am going to see if my coach and team mates would come am very down to travel to alberta.
Please read the Rules page, the divisions page and the schedule page. We would love to have you out!
Hello,
What division will be white belts be in for women’s? Is it blue and white or just white?
Sorry may be a dumb question on my part!
Thank you,
Emily
Hello Emily,
The Women’s divisions are split into White Belt and Blue Belt & Up. So there will be no color belts in with the White Belts.
This is so unorganized. I don’t know who is doing this but whomever it is never tinkinking that there are other athletes that practice judo beside jiu-jitsu and they can’t wait for opportunities to compete in big tournaments like this. So.. the long story short. The guy who picks the dates of this event should consider not to fall in other big events such as Alberta Winter Games which as my son is registered since December and many more other judokas like him are. The day of this event was scheduled like 2 years ago and is not hard to find or get infos of calendar event through judoalberta.com
If you guys had looked at it and schedule your event a week after then your excused, but like this i don’t know what to say! Sorry.. It’s ridiculous
Hi I’m 120lb Blue Belt female. Just wondering if there’s any that would be in my bracket? Usually I have a tough time finding matches at my weight.
Hello Anett,
With the way our Brackets are built, you will be matched with the closest opponent’s in weight within your skill class.
It is still too early to know who all that will be or their weights as this last week sees a lot of entries coming in.
If you enter and you don’t match up well in your bracket on the Monday Preliminary release, let us know and we will do our best to adjust it for fairness.
If there is no good way to do that, we will offer a full refund.
Hi there, just booked my 7 year old daughter. The only belt category options were white or grey. She’s a grey-white belt. What category should she be placed in?
Hello Chris,
She would be in the grey belt category.
Great thank you. That’s what I put her in. Looking forward to this tournament.
Have a great night.
Is there still room for registration for the 2018 winter classic?
Hello Stephanie,
Unfortunately, registration closed Sunday for this Saturday’s Tournament.
2 questions:
1. For weigh in is it in Gi or without Gi?
2. When do we find out what time we compete?
Hello Kolby,
1: Weigh ins are without the Gi on.
2: Check out the Schedule tab on this website for approximate times. Better to be early than late as we intend to be running on time or faster.
just curious when the registration for the 2019 spring tourney will open up. Looking forward to it!
Hello,
The registration for the June 29th Spring Classic will open on Saturday June 1st.
Hi, where is the registration for the spring classic?
Hello Bridget,
Registration will open tomorrow, June 1st. You will be able to access it from this webpage through the registration tab.
Hi there is there any information available yet for a submission Ace in the fall of 2019?
Hello Mike,
Yes, the next scheduled Submission Ace Championship will be held in Blackfalds, Alberta on October 12th.
Hi there. I know early, but any idea on a date for next competition?
Thank you.