Part III: Pre-competition requirements
1. Weigh-ins
- The Supervisor (Official) is in charge of running the weigh-ins. The Event Coordinator is required to provide the following key requirements at the weigh-ins:
- The Chief Official is solely in charge of running the weigh-ins. The Event Coordinator is required to provide any assistance requested by the Chief Official.
- The Event Coordinator is responsible for establishing an appropriate location for the weigh-ins/medicals and for supplying a quality scale.
- No spectators are allowed during the weigh-in process.
- Parent/guardians are permitted at junior/intermediate weigh-in and medicals.
- Male athletes must only wear under garments and no top for weigh-ins.
- Female athletes must only wear under garments and t-shirt or sports top for the weigh-in.
- The official weigh-in will be the day of the competition.
- In a single bout format competition, the official weigh-in will be scheduled no more than 3 hours before the commencement of the competition.
- In a single bout format competition, the official weigh-in will be completed no less than 60 minutes prior to the commencement of the competition.
- Once the weigh-in has been closed by the Chief Official, no other athletes are permitted to weigh-in.
- In a tournament format event the amount of time allotted for weigh-ins can be increased due to the increased number of athletes.
- All athletes must weigh-in during the official time period.
- One coach is required to attend the weigh-in for each participating team/club. They are not permitted to interfere in the process.
- For a tournament format event, all athletes must be within their allocated weight division.
- Athletes weighing below or above the weight division, within 1 kilogram (kg), will be permitted a maximum of one hour to meet the weight requirement.
- Athletes weighing greater or less than their respected weight, by 1 kg or more, will not be allowed to compete in that division.
- For a single bout competition, all athletes must be within the weight separation permissible.
- Athletes are permitted to lose/gain a maximum of 1 kgs after the official weigh in.
- Athletes are only allowed two official weigh-in opportunities.
- Weigh-ins will be conducted by same sex officials and no members of the opposite gender are to be present.
- If this is not possible due to unforeseen circumstances, then the following apply: Male Officials weigh-in female athlete - one additional female must be present; Female Officials weigh-in male athlete - one additional male must be present.
- Contestants will be weighed wearing their competition attire or mandatory article of clothing covering male/female genitalia.
- Contestants will not be allowed to change out of their weigh-in attire into their normal attire in the weigh-in area. Contestants should be directed to a private area away from the weigh-in area.
Updated: February 21, 2025
Published: December 17, 2024