Abominable Snow Slam 18 - Open Martial Arts Tournament

YMATC proudly presents...

Abominable Snow Slam 18 - our 18th (almost Annual) Open Tournament (stupid Covid)

Ensure you READ all information BEFORE submitting your registration!

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THIS IS A PRE-REGISTRATION TOURNAMENT: NO WALK IN COMPETITORS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!! All competitors must be pre-registered and paid before March 6, 2024 23:59. 

Venue is M.C. Knoll/ St. Michaels schools (use west side M.C. Knoll Entrance). 387 Darlington St. E. Yorkton, SK, CANADA

LAST CHANCE TO EDIT YOUR REGISTRY and PAY: March 6, 2024 @ 23:59 pm

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Dear Fellow Martial Artists,

We hope everything is going well for you and your students. On Saturday, March 9, 2024 we will host our 18th ABOMINABLE SNOW SLAM - Open Tournament!

Featuring:

~  9 awesome events including: Point Sparring, Weapon Sparring, Team Point Sparring, Empty Hand Forms, Weapon Forms, and Team Weapon Sparring! Black Belt Events: Women’s Power Board Breaking, Men’s Power Brick Breaking and Black Belt CUTTING! 

~  Demo Ice Break (by YMATC)

~ Gorgeous Snow Slam Trophies

~ 6 Grand Champion awards for: Overall male and female/ Adult and Youth Black Belts and *NEW Adult and Youth Color Belts!

~  Advance (early bird) admission tickets at discount price for all spectators!

~ FREE pizza lunch for all judges and volunteers!

To avoid higher prices, we have an EARLY BIRD discount (register before February 24) and to avoid late fees register before March 4, noon. Absolutely NO registrations will be accepted after March 6th at midnight and NO WALK IN COMPETITORS will be accepted! Don’t forget to pre-order admission tickets for spectators at the same time for discount prices ($5 EARLY BIRD > $7.50 Normal > $10 AT THE DOOR). Competitor Payment is also ONLY IN ADVANCE by credit card, paypal or e-transfer payment (be sure to include competitors' name in comments) to [email protected]. Cancellation of registration and admission tickets will be permitted anytime, however, refunds will only be given up until midnight on March 6th, 2024, and 50% until March 8, 2024, 11:00 a.m. NO REFUNDS PAST THIS TIME.

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PAY ONE PRICE for 1 or ALL events! See our Discount Rates

Black Belts/ Blue & Brown Belt judges (14+) who are also competing: check out our Discount Rates page. Thank you for your hard work and help!

Families (in same immediate household): check out our Discounts & Coupons page too! Thanks for your support!

Volunteers: If you're willing to help we have a coupon code for your athlete! Check out our Discounts & Coupons page!

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Team sparring (point and weapon) competitors will be RANDOMLY drawn into teams of 3 to 5, so tell everyone and make sure that anyone interested still signs up for the Team Sparring events. We will make POINT teams for Teen 14-17 (ALL ranks)

ALL Ranks for Adult 18+ Team WEAPON Sparring. Black belts will be evenly distributed to prevent “stacking” of teams.

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COACHES: PLEASE REVIEW ALL YOUR ATHLETES AND THEIR EVENTS TO ENSURE THEY ARE IN THE CORRECT DIVISIONS (EVENTS, RANKS, NAMES)!

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Feel free to view any part of our tournament package here on Smoothcomp which includes Discounts & COUPONS, Terms & Conditions, Cancellation/ Refunds, Spectator Tickets, a schedule guideline, poster, a map to the tournament venue, a list of awards, Rules, Sponsors, FAQ's and hotel information. We look forward to seeing you in Yorkton!  If you have any questions, or if you would like a complete tournament package mailed to you, please feel free to contact us.  

Please NOTE:  This is a Saskatchewan Martial Arts Association sanctioned tournament.

NO WALK IN COMPETITORS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!! All competitors must be pre-registered and PAID before March 6th, 2024 23:59. Early bird prices for registration before February 24!

By submitting a competitor registration, you agree to all Terms and Conditions outlined on that page.

Sincerely,

M. J. Forster

Master Instructor

YMATC