2009 Wang Memorial SSCC and RYC

REGULAR REGISTRATION PERIOD EXTENDED UNTIL WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4th! This is a SOUTHWEST SECTION CIRCUIT CUP and REGIONAL YOUTH CIRCUIT tournament. All proceeds will go to the Eric Wang Scholarship Fund. This scholarship is available to any college bound fencer in the United States. For more information on the Eric Wang Scholarship, please see http://www.fenceintexas.org/scholarships.htm VENUE - Will Rogers Memorial Center - Amon Carter Exhibits Building For a Map of the Will Rogers Memorial Center and how to get to the fencing venue, click here http://www.cuttingedgefencing.com/Map_to_Will_Rogers_Fencing.pdf FROM THE NORTH: Take I-35 W south to downtown Fort Worth - Exit I-30 West to Abilene - Travel approximately three miles past downtown Fort Worth to the Montgomery Street Exit (Exit 11) - Turn north (right) on Montgomery Street. See Directions from Montgomery Street below. FROM DFW AIRPORT: Take 121 (Airport Freeway) West - Exit I-35 W South to downtown Fort Worth - Exit I-30 West to Abilene - Travel approximately three miles past downtown Fort Worth to the Montgomery Street Exit (Exit 11) - Turn north (right) on Montgomery Street. See directions from Montgomery Street below. FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-35 W north to downtown Fort Worth - Exit I-30 West to Abilene - Travel approximately three miles past downtown Fort Worth to the Montgomery Street Exit (Exit 11) - Turn north (right) on Montgomery Street. See directions from Montgomery Street below. FROM THE EAST: Take I-30 West approximately three miles past downtown Fort Worth to the Montgomery Street Exit (Exit 11) - Turn north (right) on Montgomery Street. See directions from Montgomery Street below. FROM THE WEST: Take I-30 East to the Montgomery Street Exit (Exit 11) - Turn north (left) on Montgomery Street. See directions from Montgomery Street below. DIRECTIONS FROM MONTGOMERY STREET TO THE AMON G CARTER, JR EXHIBITS HALL IN THE WILL ROGERS COMPLEX: The second traffic light is Burnett/Tandy drive. Turn east (right) on Burnett/Tandy Drive. The Exhibit Hall of the Will Rogers Complex is the second building on the left. EVENT SCHEDULE Times listed are when registration will be open for the event. Fencer's must check in for their event during the designated time. Please note: When designing the schedule, one of our primary goals is to enable fencers to participate in either multiple weapons in one age category or multiple age categories in one weapon. It is impossible to design the perfect schedule to enable both in all cases! EVENT LISTING BY DAY SATURDAY Senior Men's Sabre 7am - 8am Y12 Women's Foil 7am - 8am Y14 Men's Epee 7am - 8am Y12 Men's Foil 9am - 10am Y14 Women's Epee 9:30am - 10:30am Y10 Men's and Women's Sabre 10am - 11am Y10 Men's and Women's Epee 10am - 11am Senior Women's Epee 11am - 12noon Senior Men's Foil 12pm - 1pm Y12 Men's and Women's Sabre 12:30pm - 1:30pm SUNDAY Senior Men's Epee 7am - 8am Y14 Men's and Women's Sabre 7am - 8am Senior Women's Foil 7am - 8am Y12 Women's Epee 9am - 10am Y10 Men's and Women's Foil 9am - 10am Y12 Men's Epee 10am - 11am Y14 Women's Foil 11am - 12noon Y14 Men's Foil 11am - 12noon Senior Women's Sabre 11:30am - 12:30pm EVENT LISTING BY AGE GROUP Senior Men's Epee Sun 7am - 8am Senior Men's Foil Sat 12pm - 1pm Senior Men's Sabre Sat 7am - 8am Senior Women's Epee Sat 11am - 12noon Senior Women's Foil Sun 7am - 8am Senior Women's Sabre Sun 11:30 am - 12:30pm Y14 Men's Epee Sat 7am - 8am Y14 Women's Epee Sat 9:30am - 10:30am Y14 Men's Foil Sun 11am - 12noon Y14 Women's Foil Sun 11am - 12noon Y14 Men's and Women's Sabre Sun 7am - 8am Y12 Men's Epee Sun 10am - 11am Y12 Women's Epee Sun 9am - 10am Y12 Men's Foil Sat 9am - 10am Y12 Women's Foil Sat 7am - 8am Y12 Men's and Women's Sabre Sat 12:30pm - 1:30pm Y10 Men's and Women's Epee Sat 10am - 11am Y10 Men's and Women's Foil Sun 9am - 10am Y10 Men's and Women's Sabre Sat 10am - 11am Please note that unless 5 or more athletes are competing in both the Men’s and Women’s events for a Youth Age Group, the events will be fenced as single mixed event, per RYC guidelines. In this case, awards will be given separately to each gender. Birth year limitations (2009-2010 season) •Senior Men's and Women's events: 1996 or before, or on Junior National Rolling Points List •Youth 14: 1995-1998, or on Youth 12 NRH List •Youth 12 event 1997-2000, or on Youth 10 NRP List •Youth 10 event 1999-2002 ENTRY FEES Please note – your registration is NOT complete without payment of all required fees. Registration Opens September 1, 2009. Early Bird Registration (9/01 - 10 pm 9/8): $25 Regular Registration (10:01 pm 9/08- 10 pm 11/4): $35 Extended for one week! Late Registration (10:01 pm 10/28-10:00 pm 11/11): $55 At the door: $75 Incomplete registrations will be deleted from askfred on 11/11. Times listed above are Central Standard Time. Event Fees: $15 per event for all events Top 3 finalists from the 2008-2009 SOUTHWEST SECTION CIRCUIT CUP POINT STANDINGS (not the Regional Youth Circuit points list) receive free entry into the event for which they were a finalist if registered by 10/28 (otherwise, late fees will also be due). Indicate on the registration page. Only check this option if you qualify, otherwise your registration will be incomplete and you will have to pay the full at the door registration fees. A paper registration form is available by contacting the organizers. $10 of the registration fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. Any requests for refunds due to outstanding and unusual circumstances are at the discretion of the organizers and will be processed after the tournament. Host Hotel A block of rooms is reserved at Holiday Inn Express Downtown Forth Worth. Located at 1111 W. Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76102, the Hotel is approximately 1 mile from the venue. It is brand new and is of extremely high quality for the price. For Reservations please call 817-698-9595 and refer to the Wang Fencing Tournament room block (Group Code: WNG). Room price is $119, plus tax, and includes FULL HOT BREAKFAST, FREE WI-FI, FREE PARKING AND FREE SHUTTLE TO THE VENUE OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN DOWNTOWN. The room block will be held through October 30th. Note: by breakfast, we mean hot and full - not just muffins and coffee, but eggs, fruit, pancakes, etc. They will be serving breakfast from 7am - 10am on Saturday and Sunday. This link will take you directly to the hotel website for booking. http://www.ihg.com/h/d/EX/1/en/rates/FTWLA?groupBookingCode=WNG&_IATAno=99801505. The contact at the hotel is Veronica Lancaster (817-665-4212 Veronica@HolidayInnExpressFW.com) feel free to contact her directly if you have any questions regarding the hotel. Tournament Organization All events will be fenced electrically on appropriately grounded METALLIC STRIPS! Masks, body cords AND LAMES! will be subject to equipment control. Sabre cuffs are required. Original seeding for SSCC events will utilize standard seeding protocols for the Southwest Section Circuit Cup, RYC events will be seeded according to RYC protocols. It is the responsibility of the fencer to notify the Bout Committee at the time of registration if they are on the NRPS. One round of pools will be fenced; 100% promoted to DE's of 15 touches (2 out of 3 five touch bouts for Y10 and Y12). Initial seeding, seeding after pools and final placements will be posted in the venue and fencers shall be given a minimum of 10 minutes to review these postings. Fencers are responsible for verifying the posted lists, and signing their pool and DE sheets. t is the fencer's responsibility to verify NRPS standing, club representation, at weapon rating at the time of registration. Reseeds caused by the fencer failing to do so will result in a $25 fine to the fencer, payable in cash. Organizers reserve the right to limit fencing in cross-over events in order to efficiently run the tournament. USFA Membership 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 Referee Cadre Referee Operations Manager - David Sierra Technical Committee Technical Committee Chair - Brenda Waddoups Armoury Crew Head Armourer - Ovy Waddoups