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MTSU Blue Raider Season OpenerSep 18, 2022
This tournament is part of a referee certification clinic. Bouts will be directed by referee candidates. Registration fee for the tournament $20, Event fee $25. IF YOUR PRE-REG WAS DELETED, EMAIL sbernstein327@gmail.com
MTSU Health, Wellness, and Recreation Center: Murfreesboro, TN
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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.
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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.
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.
Entries at the door will be charged a $25 late registration fee.
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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.