02-05-2005, 05:44 PM
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Just out of curiosity.
How much does it cost to particpate to a foil competition in the US ?
Regional or National .
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02-05-2005, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by flintstone33 Just out of curiosity.
How much does it cost to particpate to a foil competition in the US ?
Regional or National .
Thanks | National events charge a $30 registration fee plus $50 per event entry fee. | |
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02-05-2005, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by foildad National events charge a $30 registration fee plus $50 per event entry fee. | What?! Per fencer?! 
That's an awful lot of money, isn't it?
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02-05-2005, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by foildad National events charge a $30 registration fee plus $50 per event entry fee. | Entry form must be submitted by the deadline (approximately 1 month in advance), late entries are permitted at triple the fee ($240). Entries are not accepted at the door nor within the week before the tournament. | |
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02-05-2005, 06:13 PM
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| Holy crap you guys are expensive. | |
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02-05-2005, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen What?! Per fencer?!
That's an awful lot of money, isn't it? | what do you mean per event ? | |
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02-05-2005, 06:23 PM
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#7 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by flintstone33 what do you mean per event ? | That's a very strangely constructed question. Are you asking me about US fencing events? 
My qestion was if USD 30-50 was the minimum cost for participating in one events (say, Womens Épée)? That would then, in my opinion, be quite a lot of money...
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02-05-2005, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by foildad National events charge a $30 registration fee plus $50 per event entry fee. | do you mean $ 30 per year + 50 $ per competition ? | |
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02-05-2005, 06:50 PM
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| No. Each time you go to a NAC, it's $30 to register for the tournament and $50 for each weapon you fence. For example, if you just fence epee at a NAC, you pay $80. If you fencing epee and foil, it's $130.
That doesn't include the $50 fee for the USFA card.
Local tournaments range from $10 per event to $15 per event.
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02-05-2005, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen My qestion was if USD 30-50 was the minimum cost for participating in one events (say, Womens Épée)? That would then, in my opinion, be quite a lot of money... | It's definitely not the €20 you pay for FIE events...
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02-05-2005, 06:52 PM
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| Local competitions go up to as much as 20-50$ an event sometimes...
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02-05-2005, 06:54 PM
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#12 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Army Fencer It's definitely not the €20 you pay for FIE events... | No, this sounds more reasonable: Quote: |
Originally Posted by Army Fencer Local tournaments range from $10 per event to $15 per event. | This is the usual entry fee for most fencing comps in Sweden (unless it's a really small one, like the competition we have at our club which is ~2.50$), FIE events or not.
Sorry for going OffTopic, but these prices you are all giving makes me wonder if fencing is a 'posh' sport in the US?
From all my experiences learned on this forum fencing (club membership fees, lesson cost, competition entries etc.) seems to be considerably higher than here in Sweden?!
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02-05-2005, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Army Fencer No. Each time you go to a NAC, it's $30 to register for the tournament and $50 for each weapon you fence. For example, if you just fence epee at a NAC, you pay $80. If you fencing epee and foil, it's $130.
That doesn't include the $50 fee for the USFA card.
Local tournaments range from $10 per event to $15 per event. | In France it is usually 10 Euros for a national event (registration + one event)
Now i understand why some americans seems to be in favor of the test
timings in foil : they want the matches last longer :-) | |
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02-05-2005, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Sorry for going OffTopic, but these prices you are all giving makes me wonder if fencing is a 'posh' sport in the US?
From all my experiences learned on this forum fencing (club membership fees, lesson cost, competition entries etc.) seems to be considerably higher than here in Sweden?! | Personally, I think it's the Soviet influence/ lack of public knowledge of the sport... it's become too much of a novelty thing, methinks..
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02-05-2005, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by fencerontheline Personally, I think it's the Soviet influence/ lack of public knowledge of the sport... it's become too much of a novelty thing, methinks.. | Yes, I have heard that you're mad about coaches from the (ex)USSR. A lot of them claim to be Maître D'armes (which is a very thorough education on all three weapons) when in fact they are 'merely' coaches. Apparantly those guys can make a pretty good living out of it... 
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02-05-2005, 07:25 PM
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| From what I hear... Simon Gershon(who is the national foil team coach), makes upwards of 1000$ of work from Saturdays alone...
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02-05-2005, 07:26 PM
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#17 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by fencerontheline From what I hear... Simon Gershon(who is the national foil team coach), makes upwards of 1000$ of work from Saturdays alone... | Per month, or is that per year? 
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02-05-2005, 07:27 PM
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| Per Saturday....
Every saturday he gives a group class which has an enourmous fee, and has a tremendous amount of people.
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02-05-2005, 07:30 PM
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#19 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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| Up to a THOUSAND dollars per saturday?!
Crikey...I could make a living of that for almost a month...
Perhaps I should better not ask if that is 'white' money as I have no idea how the US tax system works... *whistle*
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02-05-2005, 07:32 PM
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| More than a thousand actually... it's $50 per student and there's at least 25-30 people in the class...
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