Any beginner who wins at Beginner level must move up levels even if performing on a different piece of equipment.

Any Intermediate winner may win 3 times but then must move up to advanced level even if on a different piece of equipment.

Any person who has qualified for the final of SW Aerial championships (apart from novice), UKAPC or IPAAT may only enter Advanced .

MARKS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR PERFORMING MOVES NOT ALLOWED AT YOUR LEVEL. 5 MARKS PER MOVE

Allowed/disallowed moves: Aerial Hoop

Beginners hoop:

All bottom bar moves (with at least 2 points of contact) and allowed.

Top bar moves allowed: scarab (inc. 1 hand variation) and top bar Delilah only.

No strop work - including holding with a hand/foot.

Dynamic moves allowed: Mini mill wheel and hanging beat to sitting.

We use Spin City as a guide for beginners moves, if unsure please feel free to contact us and check.

Intermediate Hoop

No foot or heel hangs

No elbow rolls, no lion rolls, no rotisserie chicken rolls, no barrel rolls.

No complete release and catch drops (Tombés), one hand or leg must be on the hoop at all times during drops/rolls.

No extreme flexibility i.e. reaching overhead. Split variations of moves are allowed.

No extreme strength moves i.e. planche & meathooks.

No air inverts on the strop (IE only hands holding the strop at the time of invert where actively lifting the hips over the head) - but inverted moves in the strop or holding the strop with hand/foot are allowed.

We use Spin City as a guide for beginners moves, if unsure please feel free to contact us and check.

Advanced/Doubles Aerial Hoop:
 

No restrictions!

Allowed/disallowed moves: Silks

Beginner Silks

• No Inversion Climbs (Straddle climb overs, Same side climbs, pike hocks climb etc.)
• No Aerial inversions where the hands are the only body parts in contact with the silks - Ie. Catchers/Brazillian inverts/straddle through the silks...
• Skills in a hitch allowed.
• Drops/Rotations permitted in a hitch. These should be of one rotation.

Intermediate Silks
 

• No skills in a hitch allowed.
• Aerial inversions allowed.
• Inversion climbs allowed.

Intermediate level drops:

• No drops of a double rotation (Double Star/Double Fallen Angel/Salto Star etc.)
• No unlocked drops allowed.  
   

Advanced Silks
 

No Restrictions.

Open categories:

This is a difficult one to police as open is a very wide field. 
Instructors should be able to determine the skill level of a routine, please take into account your ability and experience. 

If unsure - please consult the criteria for equipment above.

For example: 
Toe hangs on an aerial spiral would  qualify it as an advanced routine - as it would in hoop. 

Drops of a double rotation in sling would qualify it as an advanced routine - as it would in silks. 

If you have qualified for the final of UKAPCC, SWAPC (except for Novice) in an open category you must enter advanced.

With all this in mind the open category scoring will be weighted more towards performance than tricks. 

Feedback and Scoring

Marks will be weighted to the following categories:

• Tricks - performed correctly and neatly, variety of strength/flex, top/bottom bar etc (/10)
• Transitions on the equipment (/10)
• Floorwork & transitions on/of the equipment (/5)
• Performance/musicality (/20)
• Costume (/5)

Feedback will be given to club coaches after the competition for them to give to their students.