Events

PRICING:

Adult, Masters & Seniors

Special Early Bird Price= £30 for one division, £45 for 2 Divisions (runs until 1st January 2026!)

Normal Registration = £40 for one division, £55 for 2 divisions (runs until 1st April 2026)

Late Registration = £50 for one division, £65 for 2 divisions (runs until close of entries on 1st May 2026)

BROWN BELTS = 50% OFF         

BLACK BELTS = FREE ENTRY

Kids/Juveniles

Special Early Bird Price = £25 for one division, £35 for 2 divisions (runs until 1st January 2026!)

Normal Registration = £35 for one division, £50 for 2 divisions (runs until 1st April 2026)

Late Registration = £45 for one division, £60 for 2 divisions (runs until close of entry on 1st May 2026)

Spectators

£5 on the door.

There will be 1 adult spectator ticket FREE per Kid/Juvenile/Teens entry (Please make yourself known at the weigh in. You will only receive 1 adult spectator even if your child registers for more than one division. 

Coaches

Only those who are listed coaches at an academy will be eligible for a coach pass at our events. The reason for the coach passes is to ease the number of people in the coaches/athlete area.

Security check points will be in place to ensure those entering the area have a coach pass – we request that you be respectful to staff always.

To apply for a Coach Pass you will need to contact us via email with the subject line “Coach Pass Application”. Will will reply to your email to inform you the result of your application. Please include your:

Name

Club Name

Belt/Rank

Club Website Coach Page

If you do not have a Coach Pass you will not be allowed to coach on the day.

1 Coach Pass per 5 students.

DIVISIONS:

White belt (or less than 18 months experience, IBJJF white belt rules, 5-minute matches)

Blue belt (or between more than 18 months and less than 36 months experience, IBJJF blue belt rules, 6-minute matches)

Purple belt (or those who have grappled for more than 36 months but less than 60 months uses IBJJF, 7-minute matches)

Brown Belt (or more than 5 years grappling experience but less than 8, IBJJF brown belt rules, 8-minute matches)

Black Belt (or more than 8 years grappling experience, IBJJF black belt rules, 10-minute matches)

There will be Masters divisions for all competitors aged between 30 and 39 inclusive and a Seniors division for competitors who are aged 40 or over. All masters and seniors’ matches are 5 minutes long at white, blue and purple.

NOTE: Judo Black Belts, Professional MMA fighters and those who have wrestled at a national level are ineligible to compete at white belt and must enter at blue belt minimum for gi and for no gi regardless of BJJ grade.

WEIGH-INS: Weigh-ins will begin from 8am (First bouts at 9am). You will need to weigh in for gi/no gi at the same time. Please ensure you have weighed in a minimum of ONE HOUR before your bout at the latest. All weigh-ins will be conducted with the gi. All weights as per IBJJF, all competitors must make weight on our scales. There are no allowances given.

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUND POLICY: If you need to cancel, we offer a 100% refund back to your original payment method up until the event’s Normal Registration deadline. If it is after this time, circumstances will be considered but not guaranteed so, please contact us by email. If it is before the registration deadline you DO NOT need to contact us regarding that, you can do it yourself via Smoothcomp:I want to cancel my registration, how can I do that? – Smoothcomp Knowledge Base

CHANGING DIVISIONS AND CANCELLING REGISTRATION: Competitors can edit (weight, belt promotion, age) or cancel their registration anytime up until the event’s change deadline. For more information on how to do this, see the following link:  https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/89-how-to-change-weightclass-or-cancel

BRACKETS AND SCHEDULE: The event’s brackets and schedule will be posted 48 hours prior to the event. They can be found on the event page ‘Schedule’ tab. Match times can change during the day depending on the time of previous bouts. Whilst we will have screens on display at the event, we advise that you keep an eye on your match times using Smoothcomp on your mobile devices. All brackets follow the rules set of by UKBJJA.

MERGERS: Once the registration and change deadline have passed, our bracketing team will look to create the event brackets. Competitors that remain alone in a division after mergers are completed will be contacted by us regarding their options. If we are unable to match a refund will be issued.

FORMAT: The Solent Open will be conducted in a round-robin format. This will offer every competitor multiple matches per division, regardless of wins and losses. If a division only has two competitors, they will compete in a best-of-three matches series.  For full information about the Smoothcomp Round Robin format please visit: https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/237-round-robin-brackets

TEAM TROPHYS: Team standings, points, and medal counts are updated live available on the ‘Results’ tab of the event page. The top three teams will receive trophies on the day.

RESPECT RULE: This event has a zero-tolerance policy regarding inappropriate behaviour by coaches, parents/guardians, spectators and competitors.

All in attendance must show some restraint when their students or team-mates are fighting. There will be competitors and spectators of all ages at this event, and we are here to set an example.

Any swearing, inappropriate gestures, violence (towards person or property) or berating the officials (regardless of any decisions they make) will not be tolerated.

If this happens, the referee/organiser has the right to disqualify that competitor, or to ask the person concerned to leave the area. If those concerned do not comply with the referee/organisers request the competitor will be disqualified from the event.

If a coach, parent or teammate encroaches onto the mat, or past any barriers that are in place, or man handles an official in any way, that person will be asked to leave the venue and the whole team may not be permitted to take any further part in the competition.

CLOSING DATE:

Closing date for all entries will be midnight on 1st May 2026 –  No entries will be accepted after this point and initial brackets will be available by no later than 7th May 2026.

Competitors can use the Smoothcomp system to make a change in weight division up until midnight on 4th May 2026. 

No changes in division will be considered after this date and any competitor who fails to make weight on the day will be disqualified without any possibility of refund. All payments must be made via Smoothcomp ahead of the event.