Virginia Div 2025 DIV II/III (VET) and Y14 SN Qualifiers

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April 23rd UPDATE:

CONGRATULATIONS! The below events will not be held because they did not have the minimum required number of fencers (4) registered:

Y14 Womens Foil (1)

Y14 Mens Foil (2)

Y14 Mens Saber (3)

Y14 Womens Saber (0)

D2/3 Senior Womens Foil (2)

D2/3 Senior Womens Saber (3)

All of those registered for the Y14 events above are automatically qualified to compete at Summer Nationals in that event (only).

All of those registered for the D2/3 events above are automatically qualified to compete at Summer Nationals in both Div 2 AND Div 3 for that event (Womens Foil and Womens Saber)

IF YOUR FENCER IS REGISTERED FOR THE ABOVE, DO NOT COME TO THE VENUE THIS WEEKEND!

WE WILL COMPETE 6 EVENTS ON SATURDAY: THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IS AS FOLLOWS:

9:30AM - DV2ME and Y14WE

1:30PM - Y14ME, DV2WE, DV2MF and DV2MS (NONE OF THESE EVENTS WILL BEGIN PRIOR TO 1:30, UNLESS ALL FENCERS ARE THERE AND AGREE TO START EARLY)

In every event excluding DV2ME there will be a fence off for 3rd, because only 3 fencers will qualify from that event.

For the D2/3 events, losing the fence off for 3rd will still qualify you for Div 3 (D & Under) if you choose to go to Summer Nationals.

Medals to the top 3 in every event competed excluding DV2 Mens Epee, where we will have medals to the 8.

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4/22 UPDATE: With 1 day left to register, we are competing 6 events. Current thoughts are:

DV2ME and Y14WE at 9:30AM

Y14ME, DV2WE, DV2WS at 1:30PM

DV2MS at 2PM (after the conclusion of DV2WS)

NO WALK INS, NO REGISTRATIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT, APRIL 23rd. ALL UNPAID PRE-REGISTRATIONS WILL BE DELETED AT MIDNIGHT AUTOMATICALLY BY ASKFRED.

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This is the 2025 VA Division qualifier event to the USA Fencing Y14, Div II & III National Championships during Summer Nationals (6/28 - 7/7) in Milwaukee, WI. You must complete your registration AND pre-pay all entry fees by Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 at midnight. Sorry, no exceptions will be made on or after April 23rd, 2025.

All Y14 events are CURRENTLY scheduled for 9:30AM

All Div 2/3 events are CURRENTLY scheduled for 1:30PM.

Once registration closes on April 23rd at midnight, we will determine which events will be held and make any necessary changes to the start times based on total number of registrations and strips required.

1. Events with three or fewer PAID registrations after the close of registration WILL NOT BE HELD. All fencers with PAID registrations for those events will automatically qualify.
2. ONCE THE REGULAR REGISTRATION PERIOD HAS PASSED, WE CANNOT PROCESS ANY REFUND REQUESTS.
3. Some of your fencers may already be qualified for SN and will not need to compete in this event. Please read this article from USA Fencing to figure this out!

Virginia Division Members Only!!! A member can declare a Division affiliation based on his or her residence, the location of the school that the member is attending, or the location of the club that the member will represent in USA Fencing competitions. Each year a member must declare the Division affiliation for that membership year. That Division is then the one from which the fencer must qualify for the USA Fencing National Championships and the Junior Olympic Fencing Championships.

Number of Qualifiers for Junior Olympic Fencing Championships and USA Fencing National Championships from Division Qualifying Competitions (25% rule)

# Competitors 1 2 3-12 13-16 17-20 21-24 25-28

# Qualifiers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

[BOD, October 2003]

Important note: Fencers must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Any fencer who is a citizen or permanent resident, who has also represented another country in the last three years, in any FIE (Senior or Junior) and/or Union International de Pentathlon Monderne (UIPM) event, and who has not yet been granted permission to represent the USA by USA Fencing and the FIE is not eligible for any USA Fencing National Championship competition, individual or team, including division qualifying competitions. A foreign fencer who is in the United States on a visa is NOT eligible to fence in any National Championships, individual or team, or associated division qualifying competitions. If an athlete has a Green Card, a copy of this card should be brought to the event as part of check in.

Finally, registration for this tournament automatically grants consent to the above statements from the Virginia Division of USA Fencing, LLC, without recourse or question.

Preregistration opens on 1/4/2025

Preregistration closes on 4/23/2025.