COMPETITION SITE:  Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC

COMPETITION DATES:  Saturday, June 19^th  

SCHEDULE:

Saturday June 19th

8:00am – Registration Opens

9:00am – Y12 Events (Mixed Foil, Mixed Epee, Mixed Saber)

10:00pm – Senior Mixed Foil Event

12:00pm – Senior Mixed Saber Event

12:30pm – Team Foil Event

2:00pm – Senior Mixed Epee Event

2:30pm – Team Saber Event

4:30pm – Team Epee Event

ENTRY FEE:  $30 for first individual event; $10 each additional individual event. $45 for the team events, per team.  

ENTRY DEADLINE: June 5 – A $20 late fee for on-site registration and entries accepted after June 6.

ON-SITE REGISTRATION: Available the day of the event with a $20 late fee. You must be a current member of the USFA to compete. Preregistered fencers must check in At the registration tables with proof of USFA membership. Applications for USFA membership will be available at the event.

ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS:

• Register online at website.  

OR FOR MAIL IN ENTRIES:

•  Use the individual entry form (available for download in the PDF above).

•  After completing the participant information and emergency contact information, check Fencing in the “Sport Entered” section of the individual entry form.

•  Enter the event name and your current rating on top line in Part 1. Enter subsequent event names and your ratings on lines below the top line in Part 1.

•  Enter your USFA membership number on the first line of Part 2.

•  Enter the entry fees, late fee (if applicable), and total amount enclosed in Part 3.

•  An appropriate signature must be included on the Agreement to Participate.

RULES: USFA rules (www.usfencing.org) will govern competition. Look under rules, charts, and handbooks for the 2009-2010 Athlete Handbook for details.

ELIGIBILITY: Senior mixed events are USFA sanctioned events. All participants in these events must be USFA members (memberships will be available for purchase on-site). Please visit www.usfencing.org to become a member before the tournament. Every participant in these events will be required to show their USFA membership card at registration prior to competition. All participants must be amateurs, and must be at least 13 years old as of December 31 of the current fencing season (2009/2010), to compete in the open fencing events. For Y12 events athlete must be between ages of 9 and 12 years as of December 31 of the fencing season (2009/2010). The Y12 events are USFA sanctioned events. All participants must conform to the USFA rules concerning equipment. Team events will be for fencers eligible to compete in senior events (13 and older). Teams are required to have three members, with a possible fourth member alternate.

COMPETITION FORMAT: Fencers will compete in pools of approximately 5-8 athletes, and then the results from pool bouts will be used to place competitors into the direct elimination brackets. There will be 100% advancement into the direct elimination brackets. Direct elimination bouts will continue through the finals to determine overall placement. Team events will be carried out as single elimination matches to the finals, with the teams seeded by ratings. Team members must all be from the same club or school if the school has a recognized club or team.  

AWARDS: The top three finishers overall in each individual event (Open and Y12) will receive gold, silver and bronze medals. There will be no fence off for third place, thus there will be two bronze medals awarded. Also Awards for the top 3 Women, top 3 Veteran, top 3 Cadet, and top 3 Junior fencers will be presented, if participation of these groups is large enough. In the team events first, second, and third place teams will be recognized with medals, and third place will be fenced off between those teams from the semi-finals not making it to the gold medal match.