SabreCave 2010: Sweet 16- Fencing Master Qualifier

Special thanks to our sponsors for helping to bring you SabreCave 2010! Headline Sponsor Key Renovations (www.keyrenovations.com) Swordmasters (www.sword-masters.com White Chocolate Enterprises Professional DJ Service (whitechocolateenterprises@yahoo.com) Come out and celebrate 16 years of SabreCave! You know it will be good. You know everyone will be there. You know the referees will be good. Why go somewhere else, when you can come fence in the best sabre tournament in the Southwest? SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! SabreCave 2010 has been designated a Qualifying event for the New York City Fencing Master's Event (http://www.fencingmastersnyc.com). The champion of SabreCave will be invited to fence New York City on November 17th with the winners of the other qualifying events. The winner of the Club Champion's Expo will participate as part of "Team USA" with Tim Morehouse, Ben Igoe and Darryl Homer as they take on "Team Europe" (Montano, Lopez, Marti, O'Connell) in a Televised Gala event at the Hammerstein Ballroom. To sweeten the pot, SabreCave is offering a free airline ticket to the winner of Mixed Sabre to participate in this gala event in New York City! See special format rules listed below for the Mixed Sabre Event. Will SabreCave 2010 be a good tournament? You BET! Here are links to the past several SabreCave tournaments. SabreCave 2009: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=7435 SabreCave 2008: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=6292 SabreCave 2005: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=994 SabreCave 2004: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=561 SabreCave 2003: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=293 VENUE North Richland Hills Recreation Center 6720 NE Loop 820 @ Rufe Snow North Richland Hills, Texas (The Fort Worth side of the DFW Metroplex) Lights are Guaranteed to stay on!!! EVENT SCHEDULE Venue opens at 8am!!!! NO EARLIER!!!! Close of registration times are indicated in Bold Youth-10 and -12 Mixed Saber 8:30 AM Senior Women's Sabre 9:30 AM Senior Mixed Sabre 12:30 PM ***Please note special format rules below*** Youth-14 E and Under Mixed Sabre 4:30 PM If Time Allows, and there is sufficient interest, a Mixed Team event will be fenced at the conclusion of Individual Mixed Sabre. Limited to 8 teams, 3(or 4) fencers each, may be composed of members from different clubs. BIRTH YEAR LIMITATIONS (2010-2011 season) •Senior events: 1997 or before •Youth 14 event: 1999-1999 •Youth 10/12 event 1998-2003 ENTRY FEES Individual events Advance Registration: $25 At the Door: $45 Event fees: $15 Special fee for NYC Fencing Masters round - $40. *** Please see notes regarding format below *** This fee goes ENTIRELY to the NYC Fencing Master's organizers to help support the dreams of US Olympic Fencers. Prepayment not required, but appreciated! Team event $55 per team, in advance or at the door. Limited to first eight teams that register and PAY. Teams are not restricted to members of one club. WILL BE HELD IF TIME ALLOWS. TOURNAMENT ORGANIZATION All events will be fenced electrically. Masks, body cords, cuffs and lames will be subject to equipment control. Original seeding will be according to USFA Operations Manual for Senior and Youth events. One round of pools will be fenced; 100% promoted to DE's of 15 touches (2 out of 3 five touch bouts for Y10 & Y12). Initial seeding, seeding after pools and final placements will be posted in the venue. Fencers are responsible for verifying the posted lists, and signing their pool and DE sheets. Youth 12/10 event may be split by gender if more than 6 entrants from both genders are registered. Otherwise medals will be given to top fencer from each gender. Team event will be seeded as per USFA Operations Manual, to Direct Elimination bracket with all places fenced out. ***Special Format For Qualifying Round for NYC Fencing Masters*** Senior Mixed Sabre event will use the "Canadian Elite Format." At the start, it will be fenced as normal (pools, with 100% promotion to a DE Table). Upon reaching the Round of 16, all remaining fencers will be seeded based upon results up to that point into two "super pools" of 8 fencers each, fenced upon 3 strips. 50% of the competitors will be promoted into a DE Bracket of 8, which will be fenced out as normal. In order to participate in the Qualifying round, competitors will need to pay an additional $40, which will be forwarded in its entirety to NYC Fencing Masters to help defray television production costs and support the USA Olympic Team. USFA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED Fencers must be a USFA or FIE Member. Proof of membership is required. Pre-registered fencers will receive membership status information via askFRED email using most current USFA membership data. Age status will be checked against USFA membership data - bring proof of age if there are discrepancies. While fencers are encouraged to get memberships directly through the USFA prior to the competition, completed USFA membership forms will be accepted at the door. If you do not have proof of membership, you will be required to complete and pay for a membership. Payment for memberships is made directly to the USFA (NO CASH!); bring separate check or credit card number (preferred) for membership. Fencers under 18 years old are reminded they need the signature of a parent or guardian (not a coach) on BOTH the membership and waiver forms. WAIVER OF LIABILITY The North Texas Division Waiver of Liability is required to be filled out and signed. It can be downloaded at http://www.northtexasfencing.org/gov_docs/waiverconsent.pdf Tournament Staff Bout Committee Chair David Sierra Bout Committee Operations Brenda Waddoups Armoury Ovy Waddoups Head Referee Jerry Benson Referee Cadre Amgad Badawi Jerry Benson Brian Day Martin French Olexsii Ivanov Justin Meehan David Sierra