I'm assuming this isn't a belated April Fool's joke. From the USFA (letter attached):
April 3, 2006
Greetings from the United States Fencing Association:
Thank you to everyone that took the time to read the Division/Section Summer Nationals Information and contacted me regarding the wording of the birth year criteria for Division IA, II, III and Senior/Division I Teams. This has been corrected (bolded & underlined text) in the attached document.
Christine Strong Simmons
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The only change I noticed was changing the cutoff birth year for Div II/III to 1992 - no 12 year olds (and many current 13 yr olds) can compete at all if I read it correctly.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't 1992 the cut-off age they used last year? If so, why would they push the age BACK a year for Div II/III? Maybe I'm not remembering correctly. Very strange.
[EDIT - I can't count...I meant no 12 yr olds...sorry!!]
Last edited by happy; 04-03-2006 at 05:39 PM.
Reason: I can't count!
I just checked the 2004-2005 handbook (on oldsite.usfencing.org) and the cut-off year was 1992 for last year as well. So they have pulled the age back one year.
I guess this is part of the USFA figuring out and actually enforcing the age rules, which is fine - I just wish they would have made the announcement before they released the schedule, before travel arranements have been made!
