MTSU Blue Raider Season Opener

********************** Results are posted. I'm not sure whether ratings earned with referee trainees will be accepted by USA Fencing, because the referees of record on DE bouts were trainees and not certified refs. I'll file the ratings change form and will let everyone know their policy when I find out. ********************** This tournament has been sanctioned by the Tennessee Division of USA Fencing. We will be training referees at this tournament – your bouts will be directed by referee trainees who are overseen by a certified referee instructor. Enrollment in events is capped so please register early. Please direct any tournament questions to Stuart.Bernstein@mtsu.edu ALL TIMES ARE LOCAL CENTRAL TIME Times listed are the close of registration time. Doors will open at 8:00 AM, one before first event close of registration at 9:00 AM Sunday (central) Fencing should begin approximately 15 minutes after the close of registration. Events Scheduled: Y14 Mixed Foil - 9:00 AM Div2 Mixed Foil - 12:30 PM Div2 Mixed Epee - 12:30 PM Tournament Format.: All events will include a minimum of 1 round of pools with 100% of the fencers promoted to a direct elimination tableau. Foil Fencers wearing chest protectors must have padding with FIE approval mark. Fencers wearing Leon Paul masks with the comfort disk must have secondary neck strap. Regular Fee Entry Deadline (9/17/2022) = $20 (registration fee) + $25 per event Entries at the door will be charged a $25 late registration fee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bring proof of current US Fencing competitive membership, or join USA Fencing on site. All fencers must be current USA Fencing Access Level Membership, and will need to show proof of membership, either by card or by fax or email from USA Fencing. (Alternatively, a fencer may be a member in good standing of another National Federation or a current FIE license holder.) You may renew your USA Fencing membership or join at the tournament. Forms will be available at the tournament, or can be downloaded from the USA Fencing website at http://www.usfencing.org. If you do not have your USA Fencing card with you when checking in, and we cannot verify membership from the web site, you will be required to complete a new form and pay the annual fee. The form and payment will be returned to you upon proof of membership subsequent to the tournament. Mask checks will be performed prior to competition, and there will be weight/shim tests for all weapons brought onto the fencing strip. You MUST wear a plastron, and pants/knickers that conform to USA Fencing guidelines. No sweatpants will be permitted. Correct length of socks also required. All chest protectors used in foil events must have FIE padding. All USA Fencing rules apply. At the end of each bout, fencers are required to sign pool sheets and DE slips before leaving the strip and rules will be enforced throughout the competition. Youth Fencers must have a parent or guardian signature (not a coach) on the tournament entry form AND on their USFA membership form (if renewing or joining at the tournament) The minimum age for the open is 13. Fencers younger than 13 will not be allowed to compete.