Walk & Roll Foil & Saber #3, Youth & Senior Saber More Info

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Walk & Roll Foil & Saber #3, Youth & Senior Saber May 12, 2017 - May 13, 2017

Membership requirements enforced. 100% to DEs, ALL PLACES FENCED for Youth and Walk and Roll. First event $15.00, each addtional $10. Sanctioned Senior Mixed Saber could be C1. All rules enforced. Complimentary hot dog picnic at 11:00 AM

Utah Swords Academy Fencing Club: Salt Lake City, UT

Map to 3536 South west temple Salt Lake City UT 84115

posted 03/05/2017

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All events require US Fencing Membership. Unsanctioned Events require only a non-competitive membership, which may be upgraded to Competitive during the season for the difference in cost ($10 to $7. Sanctioned events require Competitive or Professional Membership.

All events are pools w/ 100% promotion to DEs. Since these events are intended for practice, there will be no elimination from DEs for the Youth and Walk and Roll events.- all places will be fenced off so that all fencers get the same number of bouts as the gold and silver medalists. This unusual format is fully supported by Fencing Time (Thank you!).

First event $15.00
Additional events $10.00 each
Collected at check-in

Friday, May 12
Foil and Epee events are canceled.

Saturday, May 13 Check-in opens at 9:00 AM

Y10Y12Y14 Mixed Saber (Unsanctioned) 10:00 AM

All ages Mixed 'Walk and Roll' Saber (Unsanctioned) 12:00 noon

Senior Mixed Saber (Sanctioned) 3:00 PM

Bill Nikolai
801-278-3568

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We will be doing hot dogs and picnic style munching beginning about 11:00 AM, courtesy of the Jensen family and volunteers who sign up at the club.

This is the third time a 'Walk and Roll' event has been held in Utah, and maybe in the country. We intend to host one each month through Wheelchair Championships and Summer Nationals as warm-ups. We will be adjusting things as we learn how such things go, so join in and help us develop!

Weapons check will be available for your peace of mind, but not required. 800 Newton Saber gloves are required for sanctioned events

Utah Swords Academy hosts the Utah Fencing Foundation's wheelchair fencing program and, after separate warmups and drills, we routinely rotate all students to fence seated with our wheelchair fencers. For 'Walk and Roll', events, 'Walkers' bouting each other will use strips as usual for pools and DEs. Bouts with 'Rollers' will be fenced seated. If you haven't done this before, you will quickly learn that not being able to run away or dance around forces one to get really good with blade-work. Visualize every bout starting with you being backed up to the end of the strip. Try it - you'll like it! The Saturday 'Walk and Roll' saber event is scheduled between the youth and senior events so that youth can stay after and fence seated and seniors can come early and warm up fencing seated. Because this event is open to all ages, you will understand that some bouts will be teaching or learning opportunities and some will be serious training opportunities.