1.1.1 CLASSIFICATION PROFICIENCY POINTS are awarded to YCN Athletes as follows:

If there is only a final no points are awarded.

If there is a semi final round you get:

· Three points for 1st, two points for 2nd, one point for 3rd, in the level you are dancing.

· In one level below, you get six points for 1st, 4 for 2nd and two points for 3rd.

· Two plus levels below the get 7 points all the way across the board and can no longer in that level or any other level below that.

· You get 3 for 1st, 2 points for 2nd, and 1 point for 3-6th place.
· In one level below you get 6 points for 1st, 4 points for 2nd and 2 points for 3-6 place.

· In 2 plus levels below you get seven points all across the board and can no longer dance in any of the levels below that.

1.1.3 PROFICIENCY CLASSIFICATIONS

1.1.3.1 There are seven general YCN competitive classifications for each age group and style that relate to proficiency.  They are, from highest to lowest:
 

a) Championship b) Pre-Championship c) Master of Syllabus d) Novice e) Gold Syllabus f) Silver Syllabus g) Bronze Syllabus

We are working on a single-ladder system.

Points earned at the championship level will filter down through pre-champ level, the novice level, the gold level, the silver level, and Bronze level.

Points earned at the pre-champ level will filter down through the novice level, the gold level, the silver level, and Bronze level.
Points earned at the novice level will no way affect any other level.

Points earned at the Master of syllabus level will affect the points in gold, silver, and Bronze.

Points earned at the gold level will filter down to the silver and Bronze levels
Points earned at the silver level will filter down through to the Bronze level.

Novice points can never affect your eligibility at the syllabus level.
You can never be placed out of Championship, or Master of Syllabus

1.1.3.3 Amateur Athletes acquiring seven proficiency points in a particular style and age group shall no longer be eligible to compete in that classification for that style and age group, except that there is no limit to the number of proficiency points which may be acquired in the Championship or Master of Syllabus classification.

1.1.3.4 In the Syllabus Categories, Proficiency Points are accumulated independently for each dance since one-dance events are allowed.  It is therefore possible to be at a Gold level in one dance and at a Bronze level in a different dance.  Competitors wishing to enter in a Syllabus event consisting of 2 or more dances which are judged as one event must be eligible to compete at the given level for ALL of the dances involved.
 

(For example, consider a competitor who is ineligible to dance at the Bronze Syllabus level in International Waltz due to his or her placement in past one-dance or multi-dance competitions, but who is eligible to dance at the Bronze Syllabus level in International Quickstep.  That competitor would be ineligible to compete in a 2 dance Bronze Syllabus Waltz / Quickstep event.)

1.1.3.5 An Amateur Athlete may petition to be re-instated to a lower classification on grounds of loss of proficiency.  This petition shall be sent to the USABDA executive secretary who will forward it to the YCN Rules committee.

1.1.3.6 Proficiency Points earned by YCN Amateur Athletes are applied to the Proficiency Points Systems in the following manner:
 

a) Any point(s) earned at an USABDA (USA DanceSport) Recognized Event or NDCA Recognized  Event apply also, point by point to the YCN Proficiency Point System.  (i.e. 1 proficiency point earned in silver from an USABDA (USA DanceSport) Recognized Event or NDCA Recognized  Event adds 1 proficiency point to your silver YCN proficiency point classification.)

b) Any point(s) earned at a recognized YCN competition DO NOT APPLY, also to the USA DanceSport Proficiency Points System.

Notes for you Gary, "USABDA (USA DanceSport) Recognized Event or NDCA Recognized Event" is how Archie voiced that I should describe things from your end.  Also is "the USA DanceSport Proficiency Points System" correctly worded?