North Texas Scholastic 3 Weapon Open

FRED Announces the North Texas Scholastic Fencing League Open #1 Welcome to the first North Texas Scholastic League Foil/Epee/Sabre event. This first in a series of 2 tournaments for High School and Middle School fencers. You will be representing your School instead of your club. Tournament’s this season will be used to gauge the interest in High School and Middle School fencers in the North Texas area. Especially those attending schools that don't necessarily have a formal fencing team. Scholastic points will be awarded at each tournament and medals will be awarded at the end of the series to the top 3 fencers in each weapon with the highest point totals of all three tournaments. This tournament is open to High School (9-12 grades) and Middle/Junior High School (6-8 grades) fencers. Fencers must be competitive members of USA Fencing (may be on a school roster). Remember: You are representing your school and not your club. Your school does not have to have a fencing team for you to represent your school and earn points. We will be adding a Team event at a later tournament. Registration fee = $20 Event Fee (Per event) = $20 Eligibility The tournaments of the North Texas Scholastic Fencing League are "open" to fencers who are in the appropriate age group as defined by their year in school. High School fencers are in grades 9 through 12; Middle School fencers are in grades 6 through 8. A fencer in Middle School CANNOT fence in a High School competition until they are in 9th grade. Required Equipment Please wear shoes with "non-marking" or white soles to all competitions. Uniform At all USFA tournaments the following equipment is required: a full jacket (FIE not required), a plastron, a glove and fencing knickers. Jeans, corduroys, sweatpants or baseball trousers are not permitted. Socks must cover all the leg not covered by the knickers. Women's equipment must include breast protectors made of metal or rigid material inside the jacket. The appropriate glove, lame and mask for the weapon being fenced are required. Fencers must wear a mask with a sewn-in bib that passes the 12K punch test. Names on the uniform are not required for the North Texas Scholastic Fencing League. If the fencer has his/her name on the jacket or knickers, it should follow the USFA rules: the fencer's last name must be legibly printed on the uniform in dark blue capital letters not more than 10 cm high. The name must be located either (1) on the back of the uniform between the shoulders; (2) on the front or side of the "rear" thigh; or (3) on a piece of fabric or lame material that is firmly sewn to the uniform so that it will not catch the opponent's point. Fabric attached to the uniform must be the same color as that part of the uniform. Attached lame material cannot alter the conductivity of the metallic vest or jacket. Names printed on tape are NOT acceptable. The country's colors are not required; if the fencer chooses to use them, FIE rules for country's colors should be followed. Inspections Masks will be inspected by the armorer. Weapons will be tested on the strip. You will not be allowed to fence with weapons that do not conform to USFA standards. For weapons that fail inspection on the strip, no card will be issued but you must get another conforming weapon. Format There will be one round of pools with 100% advancing to direct elimination in all individual competitions. The direct elimination bouts for the High School and Middle School competitions will be fifteen touch bouts, with the appropriate breaks determined by which weapon is being fenced. A team consists of 3 fencers and a possible alternate. Team competitions are a round robin if there are four or fewer teams. If there are more than four teams in the competition, the team tableau is used, with each place fenced off. Team competitions use the NCAA team match format of a five-touch bout between each member of both teams, for 9 bouts. All 9 five-touch bouts are fenced. The winning team is the team with five or more bouts won in the match. If a team consists of only 2 fencers, it forfeits 3 bouts. ------------------ Important Info: ------------------- Tournament: North Texas Scholastic Fencing League Open #1 Date(s): 03/14/2020 Location: Fencing Institute of Texas 1000 West Crosby Road, Suite 134 Carrollton, Texas 75006 (972) 242-0399 Fees: $20 Registration $20 Per Event EVENTS Saturday 3/14 U19 & Below Women's High School Epee……………………... ...9:00AM U19 & Below Men's High School Epee……………………….…....9:00 AM U19 & Below Men's High School Foil…………………….…….....10:00 AM U19 & Below Women's High School Foil……………………...….10:00 AM U16 & Below Women's Middle School Epee……………………..10:00 AM U16 & Below Men's Middle School Epee………………………….10:00 AM U16 & Below Men's Middle School Foil…………………………….11:00 AM U16 & Below Women's Middle SchoolFoil………………………….11:00 AM U19 & Below Women's High School Saber…………………….......12:00 PM U19 & Below Men's High School Saber……………………………..12:00 PM U16 & Below Women's Middle School Saber………………………...1:00 PM U16 & Below Men's Middle School Saber……………………………..1:00 PM ------------------ To Preregister: ------------------ https://askfred.net/Events/Prereg/prereg.php?tournament_id=46298 ------------------ To Preregister: ------------------ https://askfred.net/Events/Prereg/prereg.php?tournament_id=46298 Preregistration closes on 03/12/2020 If your email program didn't make that URL clickable, copy and paste the whole URL into your web browser. 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