What is the CrossFit Vernon Intramural Open?
Every year, CrossFit hosts the world-wide CrossFit Open. This is a great opportunity for us to assess our fitness, measure it against past and future versions of ourselves, and to get involved with the community at CrossFit Vernon.
Most importantly, this test of fitness will be in a supportive environment, surrounded by people rooting for your success. What a great opportunity to push yourself!
Stage 1 – Registration
Register in the gym by writing your name on a post-it note and sticking it to the sign-up board. There is no fee to participate in the CrossFit Vernon Intramural CrossFit Open.
Additionally, you can also register online at games.crossfit.com to put yourself on the official world-wide leaderboard. Here, you can compare yourself to people from around the world! You can set all kinds of different filters from age groups, ability levels, and occupations. Registration for the CrossFit Open is $20.
Open registration for the CrossFit Vernon Intramural Open ends on February 3rd. This is not your last chance to get in on the competition, though!
Stage 2 – The Draft
After all the names are in, we will be holding a live streamed draft! This draft will allow coaches to pick TWO athletes for each of their teams. The rest of the athletes will be drawn at random to complete each team.
After the draft, team captains will be selected and we’ll move to the next stage of the pre-open festivities.
Stage 3 – Recruitment
Once captains are assigned it will be their job to get to work on building their team. Captains may coerce, bribe, or otherwise attempt to recruit athletes to their team. The more team members you have, the better your chances of scoring points and bringing home the prize of CrossFit Vernon Intramural Champions!
Stage 4 – The Competition
The Open is a 3-week long competition which will take place on Thursday evenings and Friday all-day during classes. Each week, points will be awarded in areas of performance, team spirit, and community. We will also be celebrating athlete spotlights and special performances. Another great way to celebrate all of the hard work you’ve been putting into your fitness!
On Thursday nights we will hold the Live Announcement head-to-head competition. Coaches will pick one “Champion” to go head to head against the other teams’ champions. This format will really test the preparation and adaptability of your athletes.
Your next chance to complete the workout will be every Friday during regularly scheduled classes. Here, the coach will run each class through the workout and we will take turns judging two heats per class.
If you can’t make it on Friday then you can recruit someone from your team or another team to judge you at a time that works best for your schedule.
***Special note, you must use a CERTIFIED judge if you plan to perform the workout outside of regular class times.
For those wanting to get certified as a CrossFit Judge, you can complete the online judges course HERE. If you complete the judges course, not only will you score additional points for your team, CrossFit Vernon will credit the course cost towards your membership. WIN WIN!
Stage 4 – The wrap-up, prizes and awards
At the end of the competition, we’ll celebrate with a pancake breakfast celebrated at CrossFit Vernon where we’ll give out prizes as well as the top honours of CrossFit Vernon Intramural Champions!
