2010-2011 Northern California Regional Youth Circuit Schedule

Balestra Fencing Regional Youth Circuit (RYC#2)

Venue: Holy Trinity Center, 999 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA 94112

Each competition’s top 8 fencers will receive medals.
The top four finalists will also receive Prizes from Balestra AND
FIRST PLACE Champions will A LAPTOP!!
Don’t Miss it!
For details and to register.

Saturday, October 23, 2010:


8:00 Y12 Boys Foil / Y14 Girls Epee / Y12 Girls Foil
9:30 Y10 Boys Sabre / Y10 Girls Sabre
11:00 Y12 Boys Epee / Y12 Girls Epee
12:00 Y10 Girls Foil / Y10 Boys Foil
1:30 Y14 Boys Sabre / Y14 Girls Sabre

Sunday, October 24, 2010:
12:30 Y14 Boys Foil / Y14 Girls Foil
1:30 Y14 Boys Epee/ Y10 Mixed Epee
2:00 Y12 Boys Sabre/ Y12 Girls Sabre

National Competitions for 2010-2011:

For details on USFA National Competitions, click here

October 15-18, 2010 (Fri-Mon) Division I/Division II/Veteran/Wheelchair  Cincinnati, OH

 November 19-22, 2010 (Fri-Mon) Junior/Cadet/Youth 14   Milwaukee, WI

January 14-17, 2011 (Fri-Mon) Division I/Junior/Cadet  Dallas, TX

February 18-21, 2011 (Fri-Mon) Junior Olympic Fencing Championships   Dallas, TX

March 11-14, 2011 (Fri-Mon) Division II/Division III/Veteran/Wheelchair  Detroit, MI

April 15-18, 2011 (Fri-Mon) Division I/Youth 14/12/10 & Wheelchair National Championships  Portland, OR

July 1-10, 2011 (Fri-Sun) Summer National Championships   Reno, NV

Remember to register for the Summer Nationals before May 17th!! Go to the USFA webiste for more information: Click here.

The annual Membership and Congress meetings will be July 10th starting at 7:30 am.

For the Summer Nationals Entry form, click here.

Summer Nationals Atlanta, GA July 4 - 13, 2010
Regular Fee Entry Deadline May 17, 2010
Division & Section Qualifying Forms May 17, 2010
Late Fee Entry Period May 18 - 24, 2010
Withdraw Deadline June 28, 2010

Results for the U16/Y14 and Junior (U19) Team Summer National Qualifiers are posted on results page and have been sent to the USFA!

If you were unable to compete in the qualifier, you may be able to file an appeal with the USFA. Click Here for Appeal Procedures.

For (U19) Junior Team competions, fencers on the team must be born between 1991 and 1997!

See below for Qualifying Guidelines and whether you are qualified for SNQ by meeting one of conditions listed:

UNDER-16 CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS GUIDELINES
    
Fencers must be born between 1994 and 1997* AND    
Be on the Under-16 point standings as of May 1, 2010 OR
Be on the Cadet (U16) Point Standings at the time of the Division’s qualifying competition OR
Place in the top 25% of the Division’s U16 qualifying competition OR
By Board action, any fencer who has qualified for the Under-19 National Championships becomes an automatic qualifier for the Under-16 Championships (BOD, 10/04) OR
Be in the Top 8 of the Youth 14 rolling point standings after the April NAC
* If a fencer is listed in a National age group rolling point standing at the entry deadline, the fencer may enter the next older age category of competition, even if that fencer is younger than allowed by the age bracket.

YOUTH 14 CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS GUIDELINES
Fencers who qualified for U16 DO NOT AUTO QUALIFY for Y14!!

Fencers must have been born between 1995 and 1998* AND
Earn Youth 14 points at a current season Super Youth Circuit Competition OR
Earn points at a current season Youth 14 NAC, Cadet NAC or 2009 Cadet Summer National Championships OR
Earn points at the previous season’s Youth 14 Summer National Championships OR

Be on the Youth 14 point standings at the time of the Division’s qualifying competition OR
Place in the top 25% of the Division Youth 14 Qualifying competition OR
By Board action, any fencer who has qualified for the Under-19 National Championships becomes an automatic qualifier for the Under-14 Championships (BOD, 10/04) – Checked U19 NPSR and no one fits that criteria for No CA - Chloe

* If a fencer is listed in a National age group rolling point standing at the entry deadline, the fencer may enter the next older age category of competition, even if that fencer is younger than allowed by the age bracket.