SabreCave: 17th Anniversary

Register by Monday, September 19th @ 3PM CDT to get your name on this year's tshirt! 17th Anniversary of SabreCave - the best sabre tournament in the Southwest. Featuring guest referee Ariana Klinkov who will be conducting an advanced sabre refereeing seminar on Sunday. http://askfred.net/Clinics/moreInfo.php?clinic_id=16007 Note Change of Venue to St. Mark's School of Texas!!!! Will SabreCave 2011 be a good tournament? You BET! Here are links to the past several SabreCave tournaments. SabreCave 2010: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=12073 SabreCave 2009: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=7435 SabreCave 2008: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=6292 SabreCave 2005: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=994 SabreCave 2004: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=561 SabreCave 2003: http://askfred.net/Results/results.php?tournament_id=293 CLUB REBATE A rebate is available to clubs who have large number of paid participants in the tournament. 10% of the club's fencers' fees (based upon prepaid registration) for clubs with at least 10 paid fencers. 12% if the club has at least 20 paid fencers. The rebate will be paid to the club following the close of registration for the last event of the day. VENUE St. Mark's School of Texas 10600 Preston Road Dallas, TX 75230-4047 EVENT SCHEDULE Venue opens at 8am!!!! NO EARLIER!!!! Close of registration times are indicated in Bold Youth-10 Mixed Saber 9:00 AM Senior Women's Sabre 9:30 AM Youth-12 Mixed Sabre 10:30 AM Senior Mixed Sabre 12:30 PM E and Under Mixed Sabre 4:30 PM BIRTH YEAR LIMITATIONS (2011-2012 season) Senior events: 1998 or before Youth 12 Event 1999 - 2002 Youth 10 Event 2001 - 2004 ENTRY FEES Advance Prepaid Registration: $25 Advance Registration: $30 (without prepayment) At the Door: $45 Event fees: $20 Prepayment not required, but appreciated! TOURNAMENT ORGANIZATION All events will be fenced electrically. Masks, body cords, cuffs and lames will be subject to equipment control. Original seeding will be according to USFA Operations Manual for Senior and Youth events. One round of pools will be fenced; 100% promoted to DE's of 15 touches (2 out of 3 five touch bouts for Y10 & Y12). Initial seeding, seeding after pools and final placements will be posted in the venue. Fencers are responsible for verifying the posted lists, and signing their pool and DE sheets. Youth 10 and Youth 12 events may be split by gender if more than 6 entrants from both genders are registered. Otherwise medals will be given to top fencer from each gender. Senior Mixed Sabre event will use the "Canadian Elite Format." At the start, it will be fenced as normal (pools, with 100% promotion to a DE Table). Upon reaching the Round of 16, all remaining fencers will be seeded based upon results up to that point into two "super pools" of 8 fencers each, fenced upon 4 strips. 50% of the competitors will be promoted into a DE Bracket of 8, which will be fenced out as normal. Please note that SabreCave is NOT a qualifier for Fencing Masters this year, and there will be no extra charge. We apologize for the confusion from last year. It won't happen again. USFA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED Fencers must be a USFA or FIE Member. Proof of membership is required. Pre-registered fencers will receive membership status information via askFRED email using most current USFA membership data. Age status will be checked against USFA membership data - bring proof of age if there are discrepancies. While fencers are encouraged to get memberships directly through the USFA prior to the competition, completed USFA membership forms will be accepted at the door. If you do not have proof of membership, you will be required to complete and pay for a membership. Payment for memberships is made directly to the USFA (NO CASH!); bring separate check or credit card number (preferred) for membership. Fencers under 18 years old are reminded they need the signature of a parent or guardian (not a coach) on BOTH the membership and waiver forms. REFEREE CADRE Ariana Klinkov Jerry Benson Vitaliy Boksiner Terry Dix Justin Meehan Patrick Reardon WAIVER OF LIABILITY The North Texas Division Waiver of Liability is required to be filled out and signed. It can be downloaded at http://www.northtexasfencing.org/gov_docs/waiverconsent.pdf