Mendham Friday Evening Division II Foil

Registration closes Sunday, February 25 Sponsored by: Slipp-Nott, www.Slipp-Nott.com Venue: Mountain View School, 100 Dean Road, Mendham, NJ Directions and Map: http://www.njfencing.org/directions/mendham.html Events Scheduled: Women's Division 2 Senior Foil, check-in closes 6:00 PM > Two pools of 5 fencers, 100 % promoted to DEs Men's Division 2 Senior Foil, check-in closes 6:00 PM > Two pools of 6 & Four Pools of 5, 100% promoted to DEs 9 strips total: 6 strips in the gym and 3 in the cafeteria Format: First round of pools of 5, 6 or 7 fencers. All competitors promoted to direct elimination round. DEs: 15-touch bouts to a winner. No fence-off for 3rd place, two bronze medals awarded per event. Engraved medals out to 3rd place. 'Senior' means all the competitors are at least 13-years-old on January 1, 2007. 'Division 2' means only C-rated foil fencers and below. Many of our Division III events were C2-rated last season. All of our events last season were at least D1-rated. See the USFA competition classification chart: http://askfred.net/Info/eventClass.php Referees: Confirmed(9): Jeff Tishman, Rick Mayer, Tom Tishman, George LaTorre, Dan Merchant, Bob Largman, Miklos Benedek, Max McDermott, Matt Schettino Invited: Jay Choi, Charles Astudillo, Eric Bowden, Bill Mindel, Peter Dorfman Unavailable: Brian Palestis, Marguerite Plekhanov, Marisa Mustilli, Ralph Bellantoni, Matt Paragano, Stephen Alexis, Stephen Kovacs, Stanislav Gutkovskiy, Olivia Benedek Bout Committee: Bob Largman, Skip Short, George LaTorre, Tom Tishman, Rick Mayer Additional Information:

USFA membership is required. Competitors can join USFA at check-in.

There will be no walk-in registration. Competitors must register and pay online thru FRED's secure server from GeoTrust. Those who pre-register without paying will have their registrations denied with no further explanation. All paid registrations are manually approved. They do not show immediately in the registration list. We check secondary club or school affiliation, USFA member status, and USFA member #. If you will be joining at the door, just put in a single digit in the USFA membership # field.

Registration ends Sunday, February 25.

Refund requests should be sent to Club Treasurer Patric Wallace at patric@faconsult.net. Refund requests will only be considered from those who cancel BEFORE the tournament in enough time for us to contact the Waiting List. Fencers must go to the MyFRED section of FRED to cancel their registration and begin the refund process.

Check-in closes promptly at 6:00pm. Fencing does not have access to the school until 5:15. Please do not enter the school before then.

Full uniform including knickers, long socks, and plastron required.

Check your weapons because weights will be used.

Questions? Call Tom Tishman at 973-229-6987, cell. Acknowledgements: Mendham Fencing Club would like to thank:

Long Valley FC, Governor Livingston HS and West Morris Central HS; the Striano, Short and Wallace families of Mendham; the Verona and Jung families of Chester; and the Mendham HS Fencing Parents' Association. This tournament would not be possible without the electrical scoring machines, reels, and floor cables they've graciously lent or donated to The Club.

The Board of Education of the Borough of Mendham for use of Mountain View School's Gym and Cafeteria.

The competitors from 25 different fencing clubs in seven different USFA Divisions who've supported our efforts to bring Friday Evening competitions to the NJ fencing scene. Costs: 9 rolls Blue Painter's Tape $76 Pencil Sharpener $23 Event Medals $84 Referees' Dinner 80??? Water & Soda ??? Referees: $800 MTV School: $100