2023 Rain City Open

FRED Announces the 2023 Rain City Open (WWFC/WWEC #6) Join us for our 23nd anniversary tournament! There will be mixed, women's, and veterans foil and epee events. ------------------ Important Info: ------------------- Tournament: 2023 Rain City Open Date(s): 05/12/2023 - 05/14/2023 Location: Rain City Fencing Center Friday, May 12th: 6:00 PM -- Doors open 6:30 PM -- Vet Combined Mixed Foil 6:30 PM -- Vet Combined Mixed Epee Saturday, May 13th: 9:30 AM -- Doors open 10:00 AM -- Senior Women's Foil 1:00 PM -- Senior Mixed Epee Sunday, May 14th: 9:30 AM -- Doors open 10:00 AM -- Senior Women's Epee 1:00 PM -- Senior Mixed Foil All times listed are close of check-in. The Senior Mixed events are also the final events in the Western Washington Foil/Epee Challenge series. Entry fee is $30 per event. Entry fees may be paid in person, or may be charged to your account for RCFC members. Current (2022-2023) USA Fencing membership (Competitive or Access type) is required. Please join or renew your membership online at https://member.usafencing.org/ before the tournament. Note: Mixed events were limited to 42 fencers due to a configuration error. Those limits have been removed. ------------------ Equipment: ------------------- Full regulation uniform, including underarm protector, fencing pants and long socks, is required. Also make sure your weapons will pass the weight test on the strip! All foil fencers at all competition levels must have masks with conductive bibs. RCFC has electric foil masks, mask cords, and retrofit kits for BG "Olympic" masks available for sale. Foil fencers who wear a hard plastic chest protector must wear a new FIE-approved padded protector. Hard plastic chest protectors are still required for women and optional for men, in both weapons. Epee fencers may not use foil masks, since the conductive bib can ground out the opponent's point. Format is one round of pools, 100% promotion to direct elimination. Age eligibility: Open events are for fencers born in 2009 or earlier. Veterans events are for fencers born in 1983 or earlier. ------------------ To Preregister: ------------------ https://askfred.net/Events/Prereg/prereg.php?tournament_id=51465 Preregistration closes on 5/11/2023