NEUSFA U17 JO Qualifiers

DO NOT EMAIL VIA ASKFRED. Use (merritt55@comcast.net) email. I DO NOT LOOK AT THE EVENTS EVERY DAY SO I AM LIKELY TO MISS YOUR MESSAGE. An email directly to me will get a response MUCH QUICKER.

Please note time change for Men's sabre. Close of registration now at 4 pm.

ELIGIBILITY:

You must be a member of the NEW ENGLAND division. PLEASE NOTE: Western Mass, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, are NOT members of New England division. If you register for this event and are not a member of New England division. YOU WILL NOT BE REFUNDED YOUR ENTRY FEE.

Born between

2007-2010. If born after 2010, you must be on Y14 national point standings (NSP) to compete. Contact organizer (merritt55@comcast.net) for help with registration if you are underage but on appropriate NPS. DO NOT MESSAGE ME VIA ASKFRED if you want a more immediate response!!!!!!

Must be EITHER Access or Competitive USFencing member. Noncompetitive membership is not acceptable.

You must be a citizen or permanent resident to compete Bring a perm res card with you if you are not a citizen. You may NOT compete for another country and fence in this event. If you register for this event and represent another country you will be withdrawn and not refunded.

(See rule below)

Fencers must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Any fencer who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, who has also represented another country in the last three years, in any FIE 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. Divisions allowing ineligible athletes to compete in qualifying competitions will be fined by USA Fencing; a $500 fine, which may be invoiced or withheld from the division’s membership rebate.

If you have issues with registration, please check to make sure you are a current USFencing member before you send me an email (merritt55@comcast.net). You will be blocked if you are not a current member. You must be a competitive or access member to compete in this event.

PLEASE DO NOT:

1) EMAIL if you have had a recent classification change and it's not reflected in askfred. Your profile will update when the event is uploaded to the computer and results from this event are posted back to askfred. Only classifications noted in the USFencing database are accepted.

2) EMAIL via askfred. PLEASE email merritt55@comcast.net for questions, info. etc. Askfred email is rarely used so most likely I won't respond to your query in time.

FEES:

$35 paid online

registration by December 2.

$70 paid online

registration by December 9.

Unpaid registrations are NOT entered into event. All entries must be fully paid by registration deadlines.

NO WALKINS are accepted for this event.

NO LATE ENTRIES ALLOWED. DO NOT WASTE TIME CONTACTING ORGANIZER IF YOU DO NOT REGISTER ON TIME.

REFUND POLICIES:

NO REFUNDS after December 2 FOR ANY REASON including COVID.

No refunds for self-withdrawal. Refunds must be requested before the stated deadline and must be done by the organizer (merritt55@comcast.net).

ADDTIONAL INFO:

Event times are listed under who's coming. Event times are listed under who's coming. Please note: times may be changed depending on number of entries. Competitors will be emailed if event times are updated. Please check the times on askfred before event just in case you don't get the email.

Medals are awarded to 3rd place (top 4). Please be aware that 12 entries or less in an event will require a fence off for third place.

Top 25% of the number of those competing will qualify (minimum 3). Automatic qualifiers will not take a spot, they just add to the total number. Auto qualifiers are fencers on the cadet national point standings. Regional points DO NOT count towards JO auto qualification.

You may check your status and qualifying results on http://www.fencingtimelive.com on Dec 15.

New England Division is not responsible for any payment issues on askfred. Do not wait until the last minute to register.

Preregistration opens on 10/11/2023.

On time preregistration closes on 12/2/2023

Late registration closes on 12/9/2023

After than NO ADDITIONAL ENTRIES.