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Summer Nationals QualifierApr 19, 2014
FULL USFA membership required.
Louisiana Division ONLY.
All USFA Rules Apply. See "More Info" for schedules
Pre paid is registered
Registration ends on 04/18/2014 at midnight CT.
NO walk ups.
All fencers must have full competetive membership in the USFA.
You must be a member of LOUISIANA Division.
You must be preregistered (prepaid) to enter qualifiers. THERE ARE NO WALK UPS!
This is a qualifier not and event. If three or less (non auto qualified) preregister for an event than required, the reestraints will be qualified.
Louisiana Division is a lotted a minimum of three qualifiers per event plus auto qualified. All LaDiv fencers who wish to fence in the Summer National in San Jose', CA, must pre register. If any event needs to be fenced, the club with the most pre registered fencers will host that event during their schedule club time which will be completed no later than May 5th, 2015.
All entries must be received by the posted deadlines no later than 11:59:59 PM Central Time
Important Dates
All entries must be received by the posted deadlines no later than 11:59:59 PM Pacific Time (2:00 AM Central Time)
Withdraw
All withdraws must be received by the USFA by the posted withdraw deadline for a refund of event fees for individual and half the event fee for teams.
Withdraw through your membership profile under Competition Schedule" or by written notification via e-mail to Amanda Ward, fax, or mail. Postmarks do not count. No refunds will be given for withdrawals after the posted withdraw deadline. Refunds are processed 4-6 weeks after the tournament.
Division II
Fencers must be 13 years old before January 1 of the current season or on the Junior NRPS. Fencers must have a classification in the weapon of “C”, “D”, “E” or Unclassified at the time of the qualifying competition AND meet age requirements AND
Place in the top 25% of the current season’s Division Qualifying competition (see Table 2.7.4.1 in Chapter 2 .7) [BoD, September 2006] If a fencer meets the classification requirement when his or her application is processed by the USFA, and subsequently earns a higher classification, the fencer retains eligibility for that tournament.
Division III
Fencers must be 13 years old before January 1 of the current season or on the Junior NRPS. Fencers must have a classification in the weapon of “D”, “E” or Unclassified at the time of the qualifying competition AND meet age requirements AND
Place in the top 25% (see Table 2.7.4.1 in Chapter 2 .7 for detailed chart) of the total number of “D”, “E” or “U” fencers competing in the current season Division’s Division II Qualifying competition (when Division II and Division III qualifying competition held together; See Appendix 2.7 for more details) OR
If separate Division III qualifying competition held by Division, then top 25% of the field will qualify for Division III National Championships [BOD September 2006] OR
Qualified for Division II. [BOD, September 2008].
If a fencer meets the classification requirement when his or her application is processed by the USFA, and subsequently earns a higher classification, the fencer retains eligibility for that tournament.
Youth 14
Fencers must meet age eligibility AND
Earn Youth 14 points at a current season Super Youth Circuit Competition OR
Earn points at a current season Youth 14 NAC, Cadet NAC OR
Earn points at the previous season’s Youth 14 or Cadet USA Fencing National Championships OR
Place in the top 25% (see Table 2.7.4.1 in Chapter 2 .7) of the fencer’s Division’s Youth 14 qualifying competition held in the current season OR
Place first in the Y14 event at a current-season RYC tournament [BoD, October 2010]. In mixed events, only the first place finisher is recognized as qualified. There must be at least 2 fencers in the RYC Y14 competitive field.
Veteran Age Groups
Fencers must meet the new FIE age eligibility requirements AND compete in the weapon event
Current season Division qualifying competition for Division II and/or Division III Championships in which only those with a “C” classification or lower (D, E, or U) may compete OR
Any Regional Open Circuit event during the current season OR
Any NAC during the current season.
Senior Team
Junior Olympics/Division I/USA Fencing National Championships [BoD July 2011, revised]:
All Club Teams and team members must be current club and competitive USFA members respectively.
No more than three teams per USFA member club per event will be allowed to enter.
Members of the team must meet age criteria as stated in Table 2.5.1
Members of the team must have represented the Club at a competition during the 2012-2013 Season.
Club Team members must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who have not represented another country in the past three years, and have represented the club in USFA competitions this season.
USA Modern Pentathlon may enter one team in men’s epée and one team in women’s epée in the Division I National Team Championships without participating in a qualifying competition. [BOD February 2000]
Exceptions to club membership requirements are granted to members of teams representing USA Modern Pentathlon or any branch of the Armed Services. Those fencers must submit entries identifying themselves as members of these teams by the deadline for entries to the National Championships. By doing so, these fencers waive the right to fence on any other team. Members on these teams need not have represented that organization prior to the National Championships. The rules governing members of the teams for the Division I National Team Championships are not waived for this exemption: the fencers must have a classification of “A”, “B”, or “C”.
THERE ARE NO WALK -INS!!!
Important Youth clarification:
All Y14 events will be fenced gender specific.
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