# Clare Open Championships Kids & Teens > Competition in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland | April 16, 2023 ## Overview **Event Type:** Competition **Description:** **Registration & Cash payments at the door also available!** Kids & Teens No-Gi Jiu Jitsu Competition. Kids Jiu Jitsu Competition - No Gi Wrestling /Jiu-Jitsu Competition without submission for 4-12 years old. Teens Jiu-Jitsu Competition with submissions for 13-17 years old. **IMPORTANT: please set-up profile in the Child’s name when registering for the event online** This competition will be run in our gym. We'll be tight on space so we are asking people coming to bring as few spectators to the event as they can. We'll be running 3 mats. Kids Ages 4-8 please arrive at 9.45 Kids ages 9-12 please arrive 11.45 Teens ages 13-17 please arrive 12.45 KIDS RULES: All parents will be asked to sign waivers. We will match kids into divisions of about 6 kids per bracket using the following criteria: (age, size, experience). We will do our best to match kids into fair divisions. We'll run a round robin tournament for each bracket. 1 minute wrestling/Jiu-Jitsu matches for ages 4-8 years old. No submission 1,5 minute wrestling/Jiu-Jitsu matches for ages 9-12 years old. No submission Holding mount or back control for 10 seconds is a instant win. Otherwise every position scores 2 points:(takedown 2pts, guard pass 2pts, mount 2pts, back control 2pts, sweep/reversal 2pts) TEENS RULES: We will use standard IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu rules for scoring (IBJJF points scoring system). Most submissions will be legal (all IBJJF blue belt submissions are legal). Straight ankle lock, guillotine, head and arm chokes. kimuras, americanas, omoplatas all legal. No heel hooks, knee bars toe holds or any kind of spinal locks. ------------------------------ The referee will be keeping track of the score and will decide the winner. The referee will stop any match where they feel there is a risk of injury to a child. Please remind that the main responsibility to the referee is to keep match safe. If a child attempts a submission the referee will stop them and keep the match going. Please remind that our referees will be very busy and will have to do 200 to 400 matches in a few hours and that mistakes will be made. This is unavoidable and any abuse or complaining to our referees will not be tolerated. The aim of this competition is to give the kids as many matches as we can and we'll try to accommodate people as best as we can. Regards **Status:** Scheduled ## Dates **Start:** April 16, 2023 ## Location **Venue:** Shannon Jiu-Jitsu Academy **Location:** Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland ## Pricing **Price:** €25 ## Links - Source: https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/11161 ## Tags Kids --- **Last Updated:** March 30, 2026 **Data Source:** BJJ.Space (https://bjj.space/events/clare-open-championships-kids-teens)