Sectional Championships

[Fencing Mom]

Hi,
I'm looking for some information and hopefully a good idea. How does your section choose the site of your Jr. and Sr. Sectional Championships?
Rotate divisions?
Division with the highest USFA registration?
Random?
If possible, I would like to hear from each of the sections, except for Mid-Atlantic where I live. Thanks.

[swordsen]

In the southeast it rotates. And a division can opt out if they don't want the responsibility for it when their year roles around. The fencers in Virgina and Miami really dislike it when it is at the other end.

[sallearmourer]

We rotate here in the Pacific Northwest. Alaska as the option to bow out.


Tim

[edew]

The Pacific Coast Section runs (starting this year) championships in three categories: Senior (all age groups), Junior (U-19 and U-16), and Youth (Y14/12/10).

The Junior and Youth PCCs are opened to bidding by any club or division to host them. It's generally encouraged that they alternate between Northern California and Southern California. However, since Northern California have the most juniors and youth fencers, if it's mostly in Northern California, that's not big shakes.

The Senior PCCs are legislated last year to default to Las Vegas (ka-ching!), unless another club/division has a complete plan for running it by the beginning of the season. So, if Mountain Valley division wishes to run the Senior PCCs, it must give notice before Sept 1 of the new season about where it will be held, when it will be held, how the finances will shape up, who are the LOC members, how are they planning to get the reels and machines and strips, how the plan to return said equipment, contingency plans, etc.

The reason for Las Vegas is because, hey, most peoplel like going to Las Vegas. Second, a lot of the section's equipment are there. Third, Las Vegas has lots of convention space and would love and be able to give available space, which many cities might not be able to.

[oiuyt]

North Atlantic Section rotates through the divisions with the Junior offset from the senior by a couple of years. When a division can't/doesn't want to host, accomadations are made (a couple of years ago Westchester-Rockland division "hosted" but it was run by CT division at sites in Connecticut).

-B