CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE AUGUST || ISSUE 37 | Page 4

The second important issue
was to ensure past
qualifications remained valid
and would be grandfathered
into the system.  The third
WHAT TO
REMEMBER:
concern was to ensure a
novice division was added to
many of our competitions to
ensure first time competitors
had an option to compete in a
less competitive environment
with other first timers.
The largest change was going
from a three-tier system to a
two-tier system. In other
words, in 2018 there was no
All grandfathered qualifications
from 2017 and before will be in
effect until December 31st 2019;
Grandfathered lifetime bye
qualifications for overall winners
will end December 31st 2019;
Grandfathered special byes for 1st
place winners will end in
December 31st 2019.
need to do a provincial
competition to qualify to a
National Pro Qualifier.
Competing at a regional
contest anywhere in Canada
would qualify you to any of the
Bottom line, after 2019 only CPA
contests, beginning with 2018 CPA
events will qualify competitors
moving forward.
pro qualifiers.
After consulting with directors
in Canada and the USA the
final updated version was put
in place.
Top five qualify for the current year
to a pro qualifier; Top 3 qualify for
the current year and to December
31st of the following year.