AFC List Qualifying Paths to Summer Nationals

[Sandra Goodall]

Hello All!

We have been getting a lot of questions about how you qualify for Summer 
Nationals.  Here is (I hope) a simple explanation.  If you have any 
questions, please feel free to email or if anything here is incorrect, 
(Drew or Pia) please correct me and I will post the correct.  The 
information posted here comes from the USFA 2005-2006 Athletes Handbook 
which can be downloaded from http://www.usfencing.org/do/filePreview?id=1191

Youth (Y)
*Y10*, and qualify by fencing in an RYC or Super RYC.  The schedules for 
RYCs are located at http://www.usfaryc.org/schedule.htm 
To fence in Y10 fencers must be at least 7 years old as of December 31 
2005, and no more than10 years old as of December 31 2005.

*Y12* fencers qualify by fencing in an RYC or Super RYC.  The schedules 
for RYCs are located at http://www.usfaryc.org/schedule.htm
To fence in Y12 fencers must be at least 9 years old as of December 31 
2005, and no more than 12 years old as of December 31 2005.

/Please note, you can only qualify for Y10 and Y12 by fencing in an 
event that has been sanctioned as an RYC or Super RYC by the USFA 
(United States Fencing Association)./

*Y14* fencers qualify for Summer Nationals by placing in the top 25%  of 
the fencer's Division Youth 14 qualifying competition.  The Division 
qualifiers will be held on April 29th and 30th in Mesa.  The times have 
not been posted, but you can watch 
http://www.azfencingdivision.net/tournamentDetails.php?id=103
for the details.    To fence in Y14, fencers must be at least 11 years 
old as of December 31 2005, and no more than 14 years old as of December 
31 2005.

*Cadet* (under 16) fencers qualify for Summer Nationals by placing in 
the top 25% of the fencer's Division Cadet qualifying competition.  The 
Division qualifiers will be held on April 29th and 30th in Mesa.  The 
times have not been posted, but you can watch 
http://www.azfencingdivision.net/tournamentDetails.php?id=103  for details.
To fence Cadet,  fencers must be 13 years old as of December 31 of 2006 
and must be fencers must be under 17 years old as of January 1 of the 2006.

*Juniors *(under 19) fencers qualify for Summer Nationals by placing in 
the top 25% of the fencer's /Sectional /Junior qualifying competition.  
The Sectional qualifiers will be held on April 1st and 2nd.  More 
information and registration information is available from 
http://www.azfencingdivision.net/events.php 
To fence Juniors, fencers must be fencers must be 13 years old as of 
December 31 2006. For Junior events, fencers must be under 20
years old as of January 1 of the 2006.

*Division III *
Fencers must have a classification in the weapon of "D", "E" or 
Unclassified at the time of the qualifying competition AND must be 13 as 
of December 31, 2005.  Fencers with a classification of C, B, or A 
cannot fence Division III.   More information is available at 
http://www.azfencingdivision.net/events.php
Fencers can qualify for Division III by qualifying first for Division II 
or by placing in the top 25% of the fencer's Division qualifying 
competition for Division III.  OR, if the fencer qualifies for either 
Junior (under 19) or Cadet (under 16) they will automatically qualify 
for Division III in the weapon qualified for.

*Division II*
Fencers must have a classification in the weapon of "C", "D", "E" or 
Unclassified at the time of the qualifying competition AND must be 13 as 
of December 31, 2005.  More information is available at 
http://www.azfencingdivision.net/events.php  Fencers with a 
classification of B, or A cannot fence Division II.  Fencers can qualify 
for Division II placing in the top 25% of the fencer's Division 
qualifying competition for Division II.  OR,  if the fencer qualifies 
for either Junior (under 19) or Cadet (under 16) they will automatically 
qualify for Division II in the weapon qualified for.

*Division IA
*Fencers must be 13 years old before January 1 of  2005 AND place in the 
top 25% (with a minimum of 8) at the current season Senior Section
qualifying competition.  This will be held on April 1st and 2nd.  More 
information and registration information is available from 
http://www.azfencingdivision.net/events.php

Please note, I haven't address the issue of having national points, 
because this only applies to a handful of our fencers and if you have 
national points, you know about this process.  This information is 
intended to help new fencers who haven't been to Summer Nationals.


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