CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE APRIL || ISSUE 33 | Page 97

AFTER July 6, 2018 ONLY top 5 from a CPA event will be qualified for the 2019 Toronto and Vancouver pro- qualifier All first-time competitors are eligible for Novice - no pre- qualification.  Novice provides no qualifications, just awards.   All competitors are eligible for a regional competition - no pre-qualification. Competitors can do both Novice & Regional in the same show. Competitors can cross over (compete in multiple divisions) at the regional level & pro-qualifers (provided you are qualified IN THAT division). You can not compete within a division at the pro-qualifier that you are not qualified in.  For instance, a qualified bodybuilder can NOT cross over into classic at the pro- qualifier level unless qualified. Existing provincial qualifications will be grandfathered in for 2018 only.  Regional & provincial qualifications will provide eligibility for the pro- qualifiers in 2018.  All qualifications will be reviewed for 2019.   North Americans: if you placed top 15 at a 2018 CPA pro-qualifier OR top 5 from CBBF in 2017 Arnolds Amateur: no qualification required for 2018 Olympia Amateur: no qualification required for 2018 Placings achieved at North Americans, Arnolds Amateur or Olympia Amateur will NOT qualify you for a CPA pro- qualifier   OUT OF COUNTRY COMPETITORS US NPC competitors will need an NPC Membership and can register online to compete at the Toronto Pro/Am or Vancouver Pro/Am, no pre- qualifications All other counties can register online for the Toronto Pro/Am or Vancouver Pro/Am, no pre- qualifications   COUPLES DIVISION Promoters can elect to have a couples division for awards only.  Pro-qualifiers will NOT have this division. PRO CARDS One pro card will be handed out for each division to the overall winner.  One Pro card will be handed out in overall open divisions and one pro card in overall masters divisions (winners in grandmasters and super grand masters will compete with the masters for overall)  at the October 20, 2018 GNC/Allmax Open Canadian National Pro- Qualifier and the August 4, 2018 GNC/Allmax Natural Canadian National Pro-Qualifier ONLY. (These competitions will be open to Canadians ONLY.) Toronto Pro qualifier and the Vancouver Pro qualifier only:  For the CPA 2018 transition year those competitors who are only qualified in the master’s division and not the open division will be allowed a bye to enter the open division as one of the cross over division choices available, for a chance to win an IFBB pro card.  Fitness will no longer have the 2 piece bikini round – routine ONLY.