Mendham Friday Evening Division 3 Foil

Sponsored by: Slipp-Nott Sticky Pads, www.Slipp-Nott.com Venue: Hilltop Elementary School,12 Hilltop Road, Mendham, NJ 07945 Click on the Google Maps icon above. Events Scheduled: Senior Women's D & Under Foil; Check-in closes promptly at 6:00 PM; Entry Fee is $30.99 Senior Men's D & Under Foil; Check-in closes promptly at 6:00 PM; Entry Fee is $30.99 Specific Format of Events: Men: 36 competitors; 6 pools of 6 fencers, 100% promoted to a DE table round of 64 with 28 byes. Women: 9 competitors; 1 pool of 9 on two strips, 100% promoted to a DE table round of 16 with 7 byes. 'Senior' means all competitors are at least 13-years-old on January 1, 2009. Our goal is to run two C-2 rated events and hand out 16 shiny new USFA ratings. See the USFA competition classification chart: http://askfred.net/Info/eventClass.php General Format of both events: Pools of 5, 6 or 7 competitors fencing 5-touch bouts. 100% of competitors promoted to a Direct Elimination table of 15-touch bouts, which is fenced down to the winner. There is a no fence-off for third place. Engraved medals out to 3rd place. Referees, 1 needed for every 6 fencers(8 refs needed): Confirmed(9): Andy Jung(8), Nadeen Abdelaziz(8), Rick Mayer(7), Piotr Czerechowski(8), Tom Tishman(10), Dan Merchant(U), Peter Dorfman(9), Patrick Panico(10), Paul Dobrowsky(10) Bout Committee: Patric Wallace, Tom Tishman, Peter Dorfman Additional Information:

USFA membership is required. Competitors can join USFA at check-in.

There will be no walk-in registration. Competitors must register and pay $30.99 online thru FRED's secure server from GeoTrust. Those who pre-register without paying will have their registrations denied without further explanation. All paid registrations are manually approved and do not show immediately in the registration list. We check secondary club or school affiliation, USFA member status and USFA member #. If you will be joining at the door, just put in a single digit in the USFA membership # field.

Refund requests should be sent to Club Treasurer Patric Wallace at patric@thewallacegroupinc.com. Refund requests will only be considered from those who cancel BEFORE the tournament in enough time for us to adjust our refereeing cadre.

Registration closes at midnight on Monday, February 16. Registration for the women's event extended until midnight Tuesday, February 17.

Check-in closes promptly at 6:00pm. Fencing does not have access to the school until 5:15. Please do not enter the school before then.

Full uniform including knickers, long socks and plastron required.

Check your weapons; Weights will be used. Questions? Call Tom Tishman at 973-229-6987, cell. Acknowledgements: Mendham Fencing Club would like to thank:

Absolute Fencing Gear of Bridgewater; the Striano, Short and Wallace families of Mendham; the Verona and Jung families of Chester; and the Mendham HS Fencing Parents' Association. This tournament would not be possible without the electrical scoring machines, reels, and floor cables they've graciously lent or donated to The Club.

The Board of Education of the Borough of Mendham for use of Hilltop Elementary School's Gym and Cafeteria.

The competitors from 26 different fencing clubs in eight different USFA Divisions who've supported our efforts to bring Friday Evening competitions to the NJ fencing scene. Internal Use: Engraved Medals: $ 62.62 Blue Pntrs Tape: $ 88.50 Water/Gatorade : $ 24.14 Total TT: $ 175.26 Ref Sandwiches : $ Total JJ: