Ga Division 2019 Junior Olympics Qualifier

LATE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. NO ADDITIONAL FENCERS WILL BE ADDED TO ANY EVENTS Pre-registration and payment ($25 registration and $25 per event) on AskFRED is mandatory! Registration fees are non-refundable. You MUST pay on AskFRED by October 28th for your registration to be considered complete. If there are any issues with online payment, contact Charise Munlin at secretary@georgia-fencing.com. Late registrations MAY be taken at the discretion of the tournament organizers as long as they do not affect strip or referee assignments. Late registrations will be accepted at a cost of the Registration fee PLUS TRIPLE THE ENTRY FEE. Please contact Charise Munlin at secretary@georgia-fencing.com if you need to request this option. Late registrations will NOT be accepted for events with 3 or fewer registered fencers at the time of the registration deadline. There will be no refunds allowed for withdrawals made after the entry deadline of October 28, 2019, except for medical withdrawals. The medical withdrawal must be accompanied by a note from a physician. Medical withdrawals during the tournament are not eligible for refund. Refunds of event fees ($25 per event) will be issued for any events that are not fenced due to event registrations of 3 or fewer fencers after the deadline. Be sure to enter your entire mailing address, including city state and zip code, and who the check should be made payable to during your pre-registration. Emails will be sent via AskFRED to those who will receive a refund. Make sure your email address is updated on your AskFRED profile. Many important event updates will be sent via email. Proper equipment is required. Masks, body cords and lames will be checked by the armorer. USA Fencing membership is required. You must have proof of USA Fencing membership and your membership number at the time of registration. To become a member please go to https://www.usafencing.org/membership. Fencers must also show proof of age. Examples of acceptable types of proof, copy of birth certificate, driver's license, state id, USFA membership card that indicates age has been verified. You may take a picture of your acceptable document with your cell phone and present the picture at check in. The following events will NOT be fenced. Fencers signed up for these events will not need to appear. If you are signed up for events not listed, you will still need to appear for those events. EVENTS NOT BEING FENCED: Junior Women's Foil Junior Women's Saber Cadet Women's Saber Cadet Men's Foil Cadet Women's Foil The venue will be open each day at 8:00am Here is the updated schedule shown by day: Saturday Junior Men's Foil 9:00am Junior Men's Saber 9:00am Cadet Men's Saber 12:00pm Sunday Junior Women's Epee 9:00am Junior Men's Epee 9:00am Cadet Women's Epee 11:30pm Cadet Men's Epee 2:00pm THIS IS THE UPDATED SCHEDULE. AN EMAIL WILL BE SENT TO YOU THROUGH ASK FRED WITH ALL SCHEDULE CHANGES. Cadet birth years are 2003-2006 Junior birth years are 2000-2006 The top 25% finishers of each event will qualify to attend the Junior Olympics. Additionally, any AGE ELIGIBLE fencer who has qualified for Junior event(s) at the Junior Olympics is automatically qualified to fence in the corresponding Cadet event(s) at the Junior Olympics. Fencers who are on the USA Fencing's national rolling points standings are automatically qualified to fence at the Junior Olympics. These fencers do not have to fence in this qualifying event in order to attend the Junior Olympics. They may, however, fence in this qualifier if they choose to. The 2019-2020 season's Junior Olympics will be held in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Registration opens 12/04/19 and closes 01/08/20.