WWD Division 2 and 3 Summer Nationals Qualifiers

Announcing the WWD Division 2/3 Summer Nationals Qualifiers

April 5, 2025

Locations: Rain City Fencing Center and Salle Auriol Seattle

IMPORTANT INFORMATION -- UPDATED AFTER CLOSE OF REGISTRATION

Foil and Epee:

All foil and epee events will be fenced.

Foil events will be fenced at 10am at Rain City Fencing Center.

Epee events will be fenced at 1pm at Rain City Fencing Center.

Saber:

Only men's saber will be fenced.

All 3 registrants for women's saber will qualify for both division 2 and division 3 at Summer Nationals.

Men's saber will be fenced at 11am at Salle Auriol Seattle. See Coach Nikita to check in and fence in the qualifier.

All fencers must bring $20 in cash to their event on the 5th. No credit cards or checks can be accepted. If you don't bring $20 in cash, you will not be allowed to fence.

Thanks for your cooperation!!

Tournament Info

Fencers who want to fence at Summer Nationals in Division 2 or 3 must qualify at this event unless they have qualified via other means (such as regional or national points.) In each event, the top 25% (rounded up) will qualify for Summer Nationals, with a minimum of 3. Therefore, if 3 or fewer fencers are registered for an event, the event will not be fenced and all will qualify.

If you are not sure if you are already qualified, speak with your coach. They should be able to tell you whether you need to attend this event or not.

Division 2 and 3 will be fenced as a single Division 2 (C & Under) event and the qualifiers for both Division 2 and 3 will be determined from the results.

What about the Y14 qualifiers?

The Youth-14 qualifier will be held as a separate event on May 3rd. Information for that event is posted on AskFRED at https://askf.red/bsrzs.

IMPORTANT PROCEDURE FOR QUALIFIERS

We are using the same process for Division 2/3 Qualifiers that we have been using for JO Qualifiers. This process will save everyone time and money. Please read the following carefully.

First, all entries must be pre-registered and paid on AskFRED by 11:59 PM on March 28th. NO ENTRIES WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER THE ENTRY DEADLINE.

After the entry deadline, we will send an email announcing the following:

If an event has 3 or fewer fencers that are not already qualified, the event will not be fenced. All of the fencers that are registered will be considered qualified.

If an event needs to be fenced, we will announce the time and location at which the event will be held.

Entry Fees

All fencers must pay the mandatory $10 fee per event when they sign up on AskFRED.

If an event needs to be fenced, each fencer will need to pay an additional $20 in CASH on the day of the event (to cover the cost of hiring referees.)

Tournament Rules

Division 2/3 events are open to fencers born in 2011 or earlier, and to younger fencers on the national junior rolling points list.

See the Athlete's Handbook, section 2.5, and note that this is after Junior Olympics.

Since this is a national qualifier, all competitors must be current competitive members of the USFA Western Washington Division and US citizens or permanent residents.

Please join or renew your USFA membership online at https://member.usafencing.org/ prior to registering on AskFred.

For events that are fenced, full USFA regulation uniform is required, including plastron, knickers, and knee-length socks. No jeans or sweatpants allowed. Saber fencers must have the 800N glove.

We will inspect and mark masks, lames, body cords, head cords, and gloves. Equipment inspection will be done on the day of the tournament.