Cherry Blossom Open 2006!!!

[sabreman]

2006 Cherry Blossom Open - April 8- 9, 2006

Events:
Saturday, April 8, 2006
Mixed Epee - 9:30 a.m.
Women's Foil - 11:30 a.m.
Women’s Sabre - 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 9,2006
Mixed Foil - 9:30 a.m.
Mixed Sabre - 11:30 a.m.
Women's Epee - 1:30 p.m.

Location:
University of Maryland's Reckord Armory, College Park, MD

Fees:
The first four A-rated Foil, Epee and Sabre fencers to register online receive a free entry!

Online registration, Adults $250.00 per event, Students (Valid Student ID) $200.00 per event.

Onsite registration, Adults $350.00 per event, Students (Valid Student ID) $300.00 per event

Second Event (can only fence one event per day!)

Online registration, Adults $200.00 for 2nd event, Students (Valid Student ID) $150.00 for 2nd event

Onsite registration, Adults $300.00 for 2nd event, Students (Valid Student ID) $250.00 for 2nd event

Deadline:
Online registration ends 12:00pm Friday, April 7,2006

Online Registration:
http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.p...nament_id=1315

Tournament Format:
One round of pools with direct elimination and no fence-off for third place. Tournament will be run in accordance with all USFA rules. Women are awarded Chesapeake Challenge Circuit points for their place in the mixed event.
http://www.va-usfa.org/chesapeake/system.html

Lodging:
http://www.cvs.umd.edu/visit/accommodations.html

Food:
No food vendor available onsite. Local eateries within walking distance of the venue.

Directions:
Off I-95/495 (Capital Beltway), take Exit 25 (Rt 1 Baltimore Ave, College Park). Follow Rt 1 south 2.5 miles to the University of Maryland campus. The Reckord Armory is on the right of US Route 1.
http://www.parking.umd.edu/themap/de...tion=E5&zoom=3



Onsite Equipment Vendor:
Absolute Fencing Gear

Contact: I Got Hacked at steve.heck@am.sony.com

Updated February 3, 2006

[sabreman]

Mixed Foil and Epee are already A Rated based on preregistration. Need to get some more As for Mixed Sabre. The first four As that preregister for the Mixed events get a free entry! Sabre still has three openings and foil one.

http://askfred.net/Events/whoIsComin...f60a3a7526bce7

[sabreman]

Confirmed Refs as of 02/21/06:

Wes Glon, Greg Dilworth, Jun Liang, Charles Green, Bruce Heidebrecht, Rob Del Gazio, Jeff Snider, Lewis Sloter, Jessica Mayerovitch, Vitali Pokalenko

Confirmed Head Armorer:

Brian Rosen

[sabreman]

Mixed Foil Epee and Sabre are now all A-Rated based on preregistration!

The first four As that preregister for the Mixed events get a free entry! Sabre still has two openings and foil one.

http://askfred.net/Events/whoIsComin...f60a3a7526bce7

[sabreman]

Master intaglio printmaker and fine artist William Fleishell III of Washington, DC has created an engraving for the 2006 Cherry Blossom Open. The engraving depicts fencers in a Arcadian landscape near the National Tidal Basin. It is hand engraved using tools, materials and methods that have not changed in over 500 years; since the times of Durer and Goltzius. Framed prints made from a limited hand pressing will be given to the top four finishers in each event plus the top women finishers in the mixed events. There will also be gift certificates from Absolute Fencing for the same place finishers.

[Montoya]

Post a picture of the print?

[sabreman]

Pressing will take place on 03/25/06 so I will take some photos.

[Montoya]

Cool! Is the artist a fencer?

[sabreman]

No he engraved the portrait of AL on the current 5 $ bill.

Attaching a rough working model of the print and some samples of his engravings plus the antique press that will be used to make the prints.

[seak]

Epee is now an A4 based on pre - registration!

[foilgirl]

Can we find one more B to enter women's foil? It would bump up the rateing of the competition to a B1.

[seak]

There is one floating around that I know, I think she will probably come. Unfort. another B is out on maternity leave

[RITFencing]

So who's all coming to this thing? I'm already preregged for mixed open epee.

[Fechter1]

Originally Posted by RITFencing

So who's all coming to this thing? I'm already preregged for mixed open epee.

You and 75 others. (myself included) Plus, there's a lot of regional names that are missing as yet, but are expected to show. Gonna be biiiiiig. Let's see if they (we) crack the 100.

[Army Fencer]

I had to cancel. It didn't fit into my training schedule as well as I had originally thought. Sorry folks.

[sabreman]

Absolute Fencing Gear is our sponsor and will be selling equipment at the venue.

http://www.absolutefencinggear.com/shopping/

Also looks like 19 fencers from Puerto Rico will be attending. Should know for sure shortly.

Please tell people to pre register online because they will save $10.00!

Fencer's have to be at least 13 years old to enter and fence!

[hello?]

How far is the venue from the Washington airport? (If I fly in, will I need to rent a car or can I manage with cabs?)

[Fechter1]

Originally Posted by hello?

How far is the venue from the Washington airport? (If I fly in, will I need to rent a car or can I manage with cabs?)

It's actually closer to BWI. Not to mention easier access approaching from that side of DC.
Not that familiar with the mass transportation system down there, so I'll have to abdicate to someone more local.

[PiratePeter]

Dear Curious,

http://www.wmata.com/ is the DC mass transportation website. From here, you can plan any trip.

Additionally, if you fly into BWI (probably a 40-60 dollar increase in ticket price then from Dulles, though this is roughly the same cost as transportation from Dulles to UMCP), you can take the blue line towards Largo Town Center, and transfer off at the Metro Center to go onto the Redline. From there, just follow the signs.

-P

[seak]

Well if you can fly Southwest Airlines BWI is gonna be cheaper. Reagan National is probably the easiest in terms of getting from the airport to UMCP as its a (relativly) easy metro.

There is I believe a shuttle/bus from BWI to College Park. You can also take the MARC train from BWI to DC and then metro.

So all this is to say you don't need to cab vs private car, however between the two you are probably better renting a car. But you can take mass transit instead