CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE JULY || ISSUE 36 | Page 77
AFTER July 6, 2018 ONLY top
5 from a CPA event will be
qualified for the 2019 Toronto
and Vancouver pro-qualifier
All first-time competitors are
eligible for Novice - no pre-
qualification. Novice provides
no qualifications, just awards.
All competitors are eligible for
a regional competition - no
pre-qualification.
Competitors can do both
Novice & Regional in the same
show.
Competitors can cross over
(compete in multiple divisions)
at the regional level & pro-
qualifers (provided you are
qualified IN THAT division).
You can not compete within a
division at the pro-qualifier
that you are not qualified in.
For instance, a qualified
bodybuilder can NOT cross
over into classic at the pro-
qualifier level unless qualified.
Existing provincial
qualifications will be
grandfathered in for 2018
only. Regional & provincial
qualifications will provide
eligibility for the pro-
qualifiers in 2018. All
qualifications will be reviewed
for 2019.
North Americans: if you
placed top 15 at a 2018 CPA
pro-qualifier OR top 5 from
CBBF in 2017
Arnolds Amateur: no
qualification required for
2018
Olympia Amateur: no
qualification required for
2018
Placings achieved at North
Americans, Arnolds Amateur
or Olympia Amateur will NOT
qualify you for a CPA pro-
qualifier
OUT OF COUNTRY
COMPETITORS
US NPC competitors will need an
NPC Membership and can
register online to compete at the
Toronto Pro/Am or Vancouver
Pro/Am, no pre-qualifications
All other counties can register
online for the Toronto Pro/Am or
Vancouver Pro/Am, no pre-
qualifications.
COUPLES DIVISION
Promoters can elect to have a
couples division for awards only.
Pro-qualifiers will NOT have this
division.
PRO CARDS
One pro card will be handed out for each division to the overall
winner.
One Pro card will be handed out in overall open divisions and one pro
card in overall masters divisions (winners in grandmasters and super
grandmasters will compete with the masters for overall) at
the October 20, 2018 GNC/Allmax Open Canadian National Pro-
Qualifier and the August 4, 2018 GNC/Allmax Natural Canadian
National Pro-Qualifier ONLY. (These competitions will be open to
Canadians ONLY.)
Toronto Pro qualifier and the Vancouver Pro qualifier only: For the
CPA 2018 transition year those competitors who are only qualified in
the master’s division and not the open division will be allowed a bye
to enter the open division as one of the cross over division choices
available, for a chance to win an IFBB pro card.
Fitness will no longer have the 2 piece bikini round – routine ONLY.