Grants for Athletes

PA Judo Members,  

PA Judo has set aside 2008 Grants for competitors who meet the following criteria:

 1.  Must be a registered USA Judo member in Pennsylvania.

 2.  Must be a member of a registered PAJudo Club (Current Registered 2008 Members are listed below). 
If your club was not registered at the time of the tournament, but now registers, funding will be allowed.

 Center Region Parks & Rec Judo 

 Clarion Hun Judo 

 Kims Judo (Brentwood) 

 Kims Judo (Cranberry) 

 Kodokan Judo 

 Liberty Bell Judo 

 Northern Tier Judo 

 Penn State Judo 

 Pittsburgh Yoseikan 

 Southwestern PA Judo 

 South Hills Judo (application pending) 

 Trafford Judo 

 **If your club is not a registered with 2008 PA Judo, Application is on our website at www.pajudo.com

 3 Participation in the PA State Championships, held near Pittsburgh on March 8th. If the athlete also participates in the PA Open, they can qualify for funding for a maximum of 2 events. 

 4. Must have placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in 2008 at any of the following events                    

                                    AM-CAN INVITATIONAL                               FALL CLASSIC                                              

                                    FUKUDA KATA INVITATIONAL                         LIBERTY BELL                                            

                                    US INTERNATIONAL                                    USA JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL                        

                                    USA JUNIOR OLYMPICS                             USA SENIOR NATIONALS                            

                                    USJA JUNIOR NATIONAL                            USJF JUNIOR NATIONAL                  

AM-CAN          5.  The awards are $100 for 1st, $75 for 2nd, and $50 for 3rd.  There are caps on the pools of money available.  If the number of applicants exceeds the pool amounts, the board will vote to pay or prorate the amounts. There is $1000 allocated for Seniors,  $1000 allocated for Juniors, and $1000 allocated for Masters/Kata.  These fund will not be paid out till all the tournaments listed above are complete.

 6.  All applications are due 30 days from the end of the tournament.  Please see attached application and email to: alisonstevens@hotmail.com or mail to the address on the file.  We will be giving all members the chance to submit Liberty Bell and Senior National applications an extension until May 22, 2008.

Please email me with any questions.  If there are funding requests that fall outside of the attached, please send myself and President Eugene Kim a proposal and the board of directors will review. 

PA Judo is standing firm that the criteria for any funding is participation in the 2008 PA State Championships.

Sincerely,

Alison Stevens
PA Judo Treasurer & Registration Chair