1) Coaches can arrive in the venue from approximately 9am through the spectator entrance only.
*Each team will receive a 1x free coach pass as a gesture. Any other coaches will be classed as spectators and just have to pay the £6.00 spectator fee (which for this event, need to be purchased online through Smoothcomp prior to arriving at the venue).

2) The 1x free coach pass is on a first come/first served basis and is not pre-allocated. It is up to each team to arrange who will be taking this. It is NOT 1x free coach per competitor.
*Staff will not take any abuse or discussion at the door if someone has already taken the teams pass and you will not be allowed to enter the venue if any abuse/arguments are found.

This is based on entries on Smoothcomp and so ask that everyone register their 'Gym' as the correct name.
*For example: Gym - Stealth BJJ Bolton / Affiliation - Stealth BJJ. The coach band will be allocated to 'Stealth BJJ Bolton'

3) Any coaches even if they pay the £6.00 spectator fee can coach any competitor. It is not just limited to the coach who took the free coach pass.
*One 1 coach is allowed with each competitor in to the barriered competition area.
**If this is abused, we will only allow coaches with coach bands in to the competitor area to compete.

4) It is up to the coach to be ready when table runner (member of staff) comes to the pen to collect the competitor and the coach.
*If you are not ready then you will have to coach from the barriers (which is just as close really).

5) When coaching you will be asked to sit in the allocated coach chair where you must stay throughout the bout.
*You must stay with your student/the competitor at all times whilst in the barriered competition area.

6) When your bout is finished, you as the coach must return to the pen area with your student/the competitor and wait until the next bout for any of your students if applicable.
*You are NOT allowed to wait mat side for your next students bout or watch/additionally coach. You can return to the other side of the barrier through the pen to watch.

7) If you have multiple competitors on at a similar time, you must return to the pen area and speak to a member of staff. You are not allowed to stay in the barriered area throughout.
*This is to stop any unwarranted congestion in the competition area.
**Any coach found to be abusing these rules will be asked to leave the venue. Previous events have shown that the barriered competition area gets far too busy for the event to continually run smoothly.

***PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE AT THE VENUE IF YOU ARE NOT THE ALLOCATED COACH WITHOUT A PRE-BOOKED SPECTATOR TICKET THROUGH SMOOTHCOMP. OUR STAFF WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY ABUSE REGARDING THIS***

**Spectator tickets are NOT REFUNDABLE and CANNOT be transferred to a future event.

How to buy a spectator ticket - LINK

Should you have any queries, please contact us by e-mail - [email protected]