Gulf Coast Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers 2004 Hosted by the Clear Lake Fencing Club Saturday-Sunday, December 11th-12th South Houston High School 3820 S. Shaver, South Houston, Texas Saturday 8:30 a.m. U-20 Men’s Foil Check-in Ends Saturday 9:30 a.m. U-20 Women’s Épée Check-in Ends Saturday 11:30 a.m. U-20 Men’s Saber Check-in Ends Saturday 12:00 noon U-20 Women’s Saber Check-in Ends Saturday 1:00 p.m. U-20 Women’s Foil Check-in Ends Saturday 2:30 p.m. U-20 Men’s Épée Check-in Ends Sunday 8:30 a.m. U-17 Women’s Épée Check-in Ends Sunday 9:30 a.m. U-17 Men’s Foil Check-in Ends Sunday 11:30 a.m. U-17 Men’s Saber Check-in Ends Sunday 12:00 noon U-17 Women’s Saber Check-in Ends Sunday 12:30 p.m. U-17 Men’s Épée Check-in Ends Sunday 2:00 p.m. U-17 Women’s Foil Check-in Ends All weapons will be fenced electrically. Mask, lamé, and cord checks will be performed. USFA rules apply. Proof of USFA membership required; membership forms available at the venue. Entry Fees: $15 for first event, $25 if not pre-registered, $10 for each additional event Preregistration: Preferably via FRED (http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=756) Otherwise, via email to nicole@trojanowski.com Fill out form and return as attachment. (This information, and additional details including maps, is available electronically at http://www.clfc.org/events.htm#2004JOQ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JUNIOR OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS Athletes are permitted to fence in the Gulf Coast TX Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers only if: 1) The athlete meets the citizenship or residency requirements to fence in the Junior Olympics Championships (below) 2) EITHER OF a) The athlete's birth year is 1988-1991 for Cadet or 1985-1991 for Junior OR b) The athlete is on the national rolling point standings (NRPS) in the next younger age (Y-14 for Cadet, Cadet for Junior) at the time of the qualifying competition. JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Fencers must be U.S. citizens OR permanent residents of the United States, and current competitive members of the USFA who MUST meet qualification standards to enter the USFA Junior Olympic Championships. Any fencer who is a citizen or permanent resident who has represented another country in the last three years and who has not yet been granted permission to represent the USA is not eligible for the Junior Olympics Championships, including the Gulf Coast TX Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers. A foreign fencer who is in the US on a visa is NOT eligible to fence in the Junior Olympics Championships, or the Gulf Coast TX Division Junior Olympic Qualifiers. On the USFA Membership list and membership card a foreign fencer is designated with an asterisk after their first name (*). Fencers must have a USFA “Competitive Member” card with an expiration date of 7/31/05 or later. Automatic qualifiers will be posted on the USFA Web site and updated periodically. NRPS stands for National Rolling Point Standings, which can be viewed on the US Fencing website. In determining the number of qualifiers, the number of competitors is the total number of fencers who competed in the qualifying competition who are eligible to fence in the Championships. Once the number of qualifiers is determined, those who have already qualified to the Championships in that event (athletes determined to be automatic qualifiers) are skipped in determining those who have become qualifiers in that competition. For example, if there are 20 competitors in the qualifying competition, of which four have already qualified for that particular championships event, those four are skipped in determining the five qualifiers from that competition. So if the ones who have already qualified are 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 7th, then the qualifiers are those who have placed 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th. The number of qualifiers is 25% of the total number of fencers who competed, rounded up to the next whole number, EXCEPT that at least three (assuming there are that many fencers) always qualify. UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIPS Fencers must be born between 1988 and 1991 (or on the Y-14 NRPS) AND BE • on the Cadet NRPS on Jan. 18, 2005 OR • in the top 8 of the Youth 14 NRPS on Jan. 18, 2005 OR • a fencer who has qualified for the Under-20 JO Championships OR • in the top 25% in the U-17 Junior Olympics Qualifier UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIPS Fencers must be born between 1985 and 1991 (or on the U-17 NRPS) AND BE • on the Junior NRPS on Jan. 18, 2005 OR • in the top 16 of the Cadet NRPS on Jan. 18, 2005 OR • in the top 25% in the U-20 Junior Olympics Qualifier - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gulf Coast Division J. O. Qualifiers 2004 Saturday-Sunday, December 11th-12th Registration Form Name _________________________________ Phone (_____) ___________________ Address ___________________________ City ___________________ State _____ Zip ______ Club ______________________________ Email * ________________________ Please indicate classification(s) (eg, U, E02, etc.) for weapons you are entering: Saber _______ Épée _______ Foil _______ Show events you are entering (Yes): U-17 Women’s Épée __________ U-17 Women’s Foil __________ U-17 Women’s Saber __________ U-20 Women’s Épée __________ U-20 Women’s Foil __________ U-20 Women’s Saber __________ U-17 Men’s Épée __________ U-17 Men’s Foil __________ U-17 Men’s Saber __________ U-20 Men’s Épée __________ U-20 Men’s Foil __________ U-20 Men’s Saber __________ Registration first event $15 $_________ (Add $10 if not pre-registered before the tournament) Additional events @ $10 each $_________ Amount due at venue $_________