Morris Knolls Sophomore Invitational

Invited Schools: This tournament is open only to freshmen and sophomores from Columbia, Livingston, Morristown, Morris Hills, Morris Knolls, Randolph, WM Central, WM Mendham and West Essex High Schools. This is not a USFA tournament. West Morris Central has declined the invitation to compete. There is a separate FRED registration for the Freshman part of this Tournament at: http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=4895 There is no snowdate scheduled. Events Schedule, Friday, December 28, 2007 Gender-Class-Weapon, Close of check-in, 8:30 AM: Women's Sophomore Sabre Men's Sophomore Sabre Women's Sophomore Foil Men's Sophomore Foil Women's Sophomore Epee Men's Sophomore Epee Tournament Format: Pools of 5, 6 or 7 fencers, with 80% promoted to the direct elimination table. DEs are best 2 out of 3 five-touch bouts. Fence-off for third place. Engraved medals to all the quarterfinalists. Consolation round in each event for those not promoted to DEs and possibly those eliminated in first round of DEs, depending on size of event. Referees: Juniors and Seniors from the nine schools are required to referee. They will work the pools and the rounds of 32 and 16 in the DEs and the consolation rounds. Juniors and Seniors who don't feel comfortable refereeing, will help with scorekeeping. Paid, USFA-rated referees will work the quarterfinals thru the finals. USFA-Rated Referees Available: Registration: Registrations will be taken only online via FRED. No payment necessary. Your school will pay later. No walk-in registrations accepted. Registration closes on Wednesday, December 19, 2007. If you represent a fencing club in the USFA, choose your high school as your Secondary Club Affiliation in the 'EDIT PROFILE' section under 'MyFRED'. If you don't, choose your high school as your primary club. All nine schools invited to the tournament are set-up in FRED. Mendham is under WM Mendham. More Information: Tournament Director, Roger Jones, Boys Coach, Morris Knolls, hocsoc78@aol.com, 862-432-0852 Registrar, Tom Tishman, Assistant Coach, Mendham HS, tnt@mba.stern.nyu.edu, 973-229-6987