Schedule

• January 5: Registration opens.
• May 11 at 11:59pm UTC-5: Registration closes – This gives us enough time to order t-shirts for everyone, split everyone into sessions and rotations, etc.
• May 31, 5pm-7:30pm: Open Workout/Practice 1 – Anyone wishing to practice can join the MIT Gymnastics team practice this evening, but must indicate their intention to do so when they register, as their name must be added to a list allowing admittance to the facility. The practice will be on the competition equipment but not necessarily in the competition layout.
• June 1, 10am-12:30pm: Open Workout/Practice 2 – Anyone wishing to practice can join the MIT Gymnastics team practice this morning, but must indicate their intention to do so when they register, as their name must be added to a list allowing admittance to the facility. The practice will be on the competition equipment but not necessarily in the competition layout.
• June 1, 5pm-7:30pm: Meet Setup – Equipment is spread out into full competition space, bleachers, judges tables, etc. are set up
• Sunday, June 2
  •  Session 1 (Primarily Individuals)
    • 9:00am Open Stretch (gymnasts may start occupying the floor/mats to stretch)
    • 9:20am Warm-up (gymnasts may start using the equipment and warming up their first event)
    • 9:35am Competition Begins
  •  Session 2 (Primarily Teams)
    • 1:30pm Open Stretch (gymnasts may start occupying the floor/mats to stretch)
    • 1:50pm Warm-up (gymnasts may start using the equipment and warming up their first event)
    • 2:05pm Competition Begins
  • Banquet & Awards
    • 6:30pm in the same venue. Informal, no special clothing necessary, just an opportunity to eat and connect with other gymnasts after a great meet! Awards presentation will happen after everyone’s gotten some food, around 7pm.
• After the meet
  • Results will be posted as soon as possible after the meet and communicated to all participants.
  • If you attended the meet, please consider giving us feedback in this quick survey!

Team Selection

Each country is responsible for managing its own team selection procedures, if you need help connecting with others from your country to either form a team or find out if a team is already being formed, reach out to nate.sharpe@naigc.org. If you’re interested in being considered for the US Team, please fill out this form.

Everyone can register now as part of the “Masters – Individual” team/club, and when/if you are selected to be on your country’s team we can re-affiliate you in the registration software. So no need to wait to register until the team is selected! And all team member’s scores will be automatically considered for individual awards – no one needs to compete twice 😅

Accommodations

We have a reserved block through the NAIGC’s booking agent, but the rates are quite high. We also have discount codes through MIT, although some of the hotels listed there have blackout dates including some of the days people will want to stay for the competition. Outside of those options, we recommend airbnb.com, booking.com, vrbo.com or something similar to see what other options exist in the area during the time you want to stay. Any accommodation within walking distance of a Red Line stop will be easy to get to the meet from (walk to the subway, take it to Kendall/MIT or Central Square, walk 10 min. to the meet).

Travel

The closest major airport is Boston Logan International. If you’re staying anywhere in Boston/Cambridge/Somerville, you can get from the airport to your accommodations using the subway/bus system, which can also be used to get to the meet from your accommodations. Further out than that you’ll want to rent a car, or could get by with just using taxis/uber/Lyft/etc. For getting to the meet, the Central Square and Kendall/MIT stops on the Red Line subway are about equidistant from the gym, and the #1 Bus drops off very close by at 77 Massachusetts Ave. Google Maps in general will give you lots of options for getting around the area. There are also bike shares available if you want to travel that way as well!

Rules and Policies

The detailed competition format can be found here (2024 NAIGC Masters World Cup Format) and the general Masters Rules the meet will be operating under can be found here.

Registration

Registration is open from now until May 11, 2024, at 11:59pm UTC-5, after which we will not be accepting any further registrants. Registration covers participation in the meet, receipt of any awards given to the registrant, a complementary t-shirt, and admittance to the friendly dinner gathering after the meet (to be held in the same venue as the competition). The fee is $79 to register for the meet, and US residents must also pay for a $50 NAIGC Membership (this gets you access to all other NAIGC meets in this competition year, plus events like the FlipFest retreat). The NAIGC Membership fee is waived for all international registrants. The registration process is…a little complex, since you need the following things, roughly in order:

1. A ScoreFlippers account.
2. An NAIGC Membership.
3. To be part of a club that either has the club membership waived (Masters – Individual or an international country team) or has paid their 23/24 club membership fee.
4. Either register for the meet yourself or have a club manager of your club register you for the meet.

See below for a graphic hopefully covering everyone’s various situations and how to do the four things listed above, and links to detailed instructions below the graphic for various situations.

• USA
  • Purchasing membership on an existing account
  • Creating a new account and purchasing membership
  • Once you have an account, an NAIGC membership, and are associated either with the “Masters – Individual” club, the “Independent Community Athlete” club, or a club with an active club membership that allows members to register for meets, register for the meet itself here.
• Non-USA
  • Setting up an existing account created by team manager. Your team manager will then handle registration and payment of the team for the meet itself.
  • Setting up a new account
    • Once you have an account, an NAIGC membership, and are associated with the “Masters – Individual” club, register for the meet itself here.