Mendham Friday Evening Division II Epee

Sponsored by: Absolute Fencing Gear www.AbsoluteFencingGear.com Slipp-Nott, www.Slipp-Nott.com Venue: Mountain View School, 100 Dean Road, Mendham, NJ Directions and Map: http://www.njfencing.org/directions/mendham.html Events Scheduled: Senior Women's C & Under Epee; Check-in closes at 6:00 PM; Entry Fee is $30.99 Senior Men's C & Under Epee; Check-in closes at 6:00 PM; Entry Fee is $30.99 'Senior' means all competitors are at least 13-years-old on January 1, 2009. Our goal is to run two C-2 rated events and potentially hand-out 16 shiny, new USFA ratings. See the USFA competition classification chart: http://askfred.net/Info/eventClass.php Format of both events: Pools of 5, 6 or 7 fencers. 100% of fencers promoted to a Direct Elimination table, which is fenced down to the winner. There is a no fence-off for third place. Engraved medals out to 3rd place. Men, 27 fencers: 3 pools of 7 fencers, 1 of 6 Women, 10 fencers: 2 pools of 5 fencers Referees, 1 needed for every 6 fencers: Confirmed(6): Andy Jung(10), Katie Galpin(u), Rachel Rowe(u), Michael Wolff(7), Piotr Czerechowski(7), Maged Shaker Ayad(5), Tom Tishman(10) Bout Committee: Tom Tishman, Rachel Rowe, Piotr Czerechowski Additional Information:

USFA membership is required. Competitors can join USFA at check-in.

There will be no walk-in registration. Competitors must register and pay $30.99 online thru FRED's secure server from GeoTrust. Those who pre-register without paying will have their registrations denied without further explanation. All paid registrations are manually approved and do not show immediately in the registration list. We check secondary club or school affiliation, USFA member status and USFA member #. If you will be joining at the door, just put in a single digit in the USFA membership # field.

Registration CLOSED at midnight on Monday, April 20.

Refund requests should be sent to Club Treasurer Patric Wallace at patric@thewallacegroupinc.com. Refund requests will only be considered from those who cancel BEFORE the tournament in enough time that it doesn't cost the Club money because of contractual arrangements with officials.

Check-in closes promptly at 6:00pm. Fencing does not have access to the school until 5:15. Please do not enter the school before then.

Full uniform including knickers, long socks and plastron required.

Check your weapons; weights and shims will be used. Questions? Call Tom Tishman at 973-229-6987, cell. Acknowledgements: Mendham Fencing Club would like to thank:

The NJ Interscholastic Fencing Association, who lent us a laptop and printer to handle the adminstrative functions of the tournament because our laptop broke down.

Absolute Fencing Gear of Bridgewater; the Striano, Short and Wallace families of Mendham; the Verona and Jung families of Chester; and the Mendham HS Fencing Parents' Association. This tournament would not be possible without the electrical scoring machines, reels, and floor cables they've graciously lent or donated to The Club.

The Board of Education of the Borough of Mendham for use of Mountain View School's Gym and Cafeteria.

The competitors from 26 different fencing clubs in eight different USFA Divisions who've supported our efforts to bring Friday Evening competitions to the NJ fencing scene. _______________________________ Reimbursable Expenses: $ 69.54 Eight Engraved medals for Sabre $ 69.32 Eight Engraved Medals for Epee $ 48.45 AC Adaptor for Laptop $ 30.66 Berverages $ xx.xx Blue Painter's Tape $ xx.xx Sandwiches for referees