USF Oktoberfence
Registration closes November 3, 2012
Online Payments Not Accepted
Come One, Come All, to our Feast of Fleche this Fall! Halloween and ghouls may be over, but it's not too late to fence and duel, four days past October. Bring your fencing Tricks and bout it out for 1st place winners Treat, the title of Pumking!
Come One, Come All, to our Feast of Fleche this Fall! Halloween and ghouls may be over, but it's not too late to fence and duel, four days past October. Bring your fencing Tricks and bout it out for 1st place winners Treat, the title of Pumking! Events Scheduled: C & Under Mixed Epee Mixed Epee Mixed Dagger / DFA Epee (DAGGER IS BEING RESCHEDULED!) This is a USFA and DFA sanctioned event. Ratings will be awarded! Very cool trophies (tankards) given out for first place, medals for 2nd/3rd. $$ CASH ONLY $$, No Checks please. $15 registration, $10 per event. As only pay registration! Bs and fencers from other college clubs get $5 first event fee! (Must show student ID and bring at least two people from your club, and each event after first is $10. Discounts do not stack.) Onsite registration is $30 registration and $20 per event. Preregistration opens on 09/26/2012. Preregistration closes on 11/03/2012. DFA / dagger info can be found at: http://www.daggerfencing.com/ We will be offering dagger equipment rental ($20) for those wanting to try out dagger but dont have equipment. Please let us know ahead of time if you need to rent equipment. Be sure to set your clocks back and wrap up your Oktoberfest revelries. Great practice before the NAC come join us at USFs Oktoberfence! Awesome trophies! Sleep in then head our way for lots of fencing fun. The Rec Center is open from 1 to 11pm Sunday. Check in for Open will be from 1:15 to 2pm; we will strive to start as close to 2 as possible. Check in for C&U and Dagger will close at 4pm; we will strive to start both events as Open winds down, starting with C&U then Dagger. We will be offering dagger equipment rental ($20) for those wanting to try out dagger but dont have equipment. Please let us know ahead of time if you need to rent equipment. If you do not have a USF parking pass, day passes are available for $5. Even though it is a weekend event and they may or may not enforce parking, it is recommended that you have one. They can be purchased by credit card at pay stations in the lots adjoining the Rec Center. Directions: Take the Fowler Ave Exit (#265) on I-75, heading West. USF Sun Dome is on the right, after 50th street. The rec center is in the North West corner of the Sun Dome Parking Lot. http://usfweb2.usf.edu/CampusRec/facilities/directions.html If for any reason you are running late (traffic, lost, etc), call Ryan Wheeler at 813-205-6177, Marcin Dragan at 813-817-1040, or William Siegelin at 407-744-6673. Fencing will be done on ungrounded strips. We are renting extra reels / scoring boxes from the division, but if you can bring a set of reels / scoring box, please let Ryan Wheeler (ryanwheeler@mail.usf.edu) know! It never hurts to have extra. Fencing will be done on ungrounded strips marked in the gym. We have quite a few ref's that aren't fencing, but always need more. Let us know if you can help out!