Please see all rule changes/amendments to the Official Freestyle Rules effective from 1st November 2022
Rule 16(f) to be removed and Rule 17(g) to read:
‘When a premier championship dancer has lost 3 lives, one being a 1st place at a championship event, they cannot revert to championship grade at the next age group change’
Remove from Rule 62(a)
‘The recall from the semi-final to the final must not be less than 50%’
Amendment to Rule 21€ to read:
In line with the ADFP safeguarding/child protection policy, costumes must be appropriate. The Chairman will have the right to request a change of costume or the dancer will be removed from the event.
Entries in advance
This has been allowed during and after Covid and the membership would like to leave it until the end of 2022. Scrutineers must give out random selected numbers at each competition.
Amalgamating age groups
To be put as a temporary measure for 12 months and then reviewed. Promoters could have the option to adopt this system or not for the next 12 months, for Trophy Days only.
Rule 17(f):
Remove ‘Be a 1st place before the dancer moves up a grade.
Rule 49 add (h)
At Championship events with more than one panel of adjudicators, all adjudicators must be used from at least the semi-final onwards.
Please note amateur registrations have increased to £18 from 1st October 2022