2017 Vango Summer Open
September 9 - 10 2017
Registration closes September 8, 2017
Vango Toronto Fencing Center
980 Denison Street, Markham, ON L3R 3K5 CAN Map
Online Payments Not Accepted
2017 Edition of the Vango Summer Challenge! Events in Junior, Senior, and Veteran categories, with cash prizes for the Senior events!
Registration closes September 8, 2017
Vango Toronto Fencing Center
980 Denison Street, Markham, ON L3R 3K5 CAN Map
Online Payments Not Accepted
2017 Edition of the Vango Summer Challenge! Events in Junior, Senior, and Veteran categories, with cash prizes for the Senior events!
Note This is a Old AskFRED event. Registrations and results are all correct, but some other data could be missing.
Date: September 09-10, 2016
Venue:
Vango Toronto Fencing Center
980 Denison Street
Markham, ON
L3R 3K5
EVENT SCHEDULE
Saturday September 9
08:30 Senior Men's Epee, Senior Women's Foil
10:00 Senior Men's Sabre
11:00 Senior Women's Sabre
13:00 Junior Men's Epee
13:30 Junior Women's Foil
14:00 Junior Men's Sabre, Junior Women's Sabre
Sunday September 10
08:30 Senior Men's Foil, Senior Women's Epee
09:30 Veteran Men's Sabre, Veteran Women's Sabre
11:00 Veteran Men's Foil, Veteran Women's Foil
13:00 Junior Men's Foil
14:00 Junior Women's Epee, Veteran Men's Epee, Veteran Women's Epee
PRIZES
INDIVIDUAL SENIOR EVENT MEDALISTS WILL RECEIVE CASH PRIZES according to the following structure:
GOLD: MINIMUM 20% Total Event Registration Fee
SILVER: MINIMUM 10% Total Event Registration Fee
BRONZE: MINIMUM 5% Total Event Registration Fee
For example: events with 50 participants will guarantee cash prizes of at least $500, $250, and $125 for Gold, Silver, and Bronze medalists.
PREREGISTRATION AND FEES:
Pre-registration HAS NOW BE EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, September 6, 2017 at 12pm NOON and is only accepted on AskFred.
Registrations after 12pm NOON September 6, 2017 are considered late and face a doubling in fees per event.
EVENT FEES
$10 Administration Fee per participant.
$50 per JUNIOR, SENIOR and VETERAN event if registration is received by 12pm NOON on WEDNESDAY, September 6, 2017.
Registrations received after 12pm NOON on WEDNESDAY, September 6, 2017 will incur double fees: $100 per event.
All fees are to be paid at the door, CASH, CHEQUE OR DEBIT ONLY. NO CREDIT CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Cheques should be payable to "Vango Toronto Fencing Inc".
COMPETITION AGE CATEGORIES
Competition age categories will be enforced according to the CFF Age Category Definitions. Fencers must be at least 13 years of age as of December 31, 2017 to participate in the JUNIOR and SENIOR events. https://www.fencing.ca/content/competition-age-categories
COMPETITION FORMAT
One round of pools with 100% promotion to direct elimination tableau.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Vango Open is sanctioned by the Ontario Fencing Association and the Canadian Fencing Federation.
All fencers using the Leon Paul X-Change mask are required to have a two-point retention system, as per current FIE and CFF rules.
Results from INDIVIDUAL SENIOR and VETERAN events will be submitted for CFF Domestic Ranking purposes. YOUTH events are JFF (Just For Fun) and results will not be submitted for any ranking purposes.
This competition will be run according to current FIE regulations. The Directoire Technique reserves the right to apply or modify these regulations as they see fit as according to section t.15 of the FIE Rules.
ALL (Youth, Senior, and Veteran) participants are required to have an active CFF Fencing License or an equivalent license from the participant's home institute. You may purchase/renew your license via the Canadian Fencing Federation website: https://www.fencing.ca/content/membership-registration. Please be ready to show your purchase receipt at registration to confirm License Validation.
USFA members must show a valid USFA membership card. Please enter your USFA membership number in the "CFF License" field.
All fencers are REQUIRED to wear a sous plastron as well as fencing pants with long socks so that the legs are fully protected. Track pants will not be permitted as substitutions for fencing pants.
All foil fencers are REQUIRED to have a conductive foil bib.
Participants that enter in multiple events may be required to fence multiple bouts without breaks. Should conflicts arise, participants may be asked to withdraw from an event.