WWD Junior Olympic Qualifiers - Foil

FRED Announces the WWD Junior Olympic Qualifiers

December 16, 2023

NOTE VENUE CHANGE: The Junior Women's Foil event will be held at Kaizen Academy at 11:30 AM. The men's foil events will still be held at Rain City Fencing Center.

Fencers who want to fence at JOs in February must qualify at this event unless they have sufficient national or regional points. In each event, the top 25% (rounded up) will qualify for JOs, 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.

Fencers that earn qualification at the Junior events will automatically for the corresponding Cadet event if they are age-eligible. That includes the qualifications that happen on the day of the competition.

We are implementing the same process for JO Qualifiers that we have used the past few years. 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 December 11th. 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 where and when the event will be held.

The planned locations for events that NEED to be fenced will be at these locations:

Epee: Kaizen Academy

Women's Foil: Kaizen Academy

Men's Foil: Rain City Fencing Center

Saber: Salle Auriol Seattle

Times will be posted for events that need to fenced after the close of registration on Dec 11. Note that the Junior events will precede the Cadet events. The times are just place holders for now.

-------- Entry Fees ---------

All fencers must pay the mandatory $10 registration fee when they sign up on AskFred.

If an event needs to be fenced, each fencer will need to pay an ADDITIONAL $10 in CASH on the day of the event (to cover the cost of hiring referees.)

-------- Tournament Rules --------

Cadet events are open to fencers born in 2007-2010.

Junior events are open to fencers born in 2004-2010.

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

Please join or renew your USFA membership online at https://www.usafencing.org/membership 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.