2007 Amarillo Open Fencing Tournament

[Chuck]

2007 AMARILLO OPEN FENCING TOURNAMENT

The 2007 Amarillo Open is hosted by Amarillo College Fencing Association, the largest fencing club in the Texas panhandle. This is a Plains Texas Division Cup Tournament.

DATE

February 24 - 25, 2007

LOCATION

Amarillo College East Campus
Student Activity Center
1401 J Avenue, Building 3501
Amarillo, TX

DIRECTIONS TO THE VENUE

Take Exit 80 on Interstate 40 on the far east side of Amarillo. Turn north and drive 1.6 miles. The venue will be off the street at the back of a parking lot on the left. If you use Mapquest, you will get lost. If you use the map link on Ask FRED, the entry to the venue is a half block north of the green arrow on J Avenue.

EVENTS SCHEDULED

Fencing will commence on each event as soon as possible after close of registration. Please arrive sufficiently early so you will be ready to fence when registration closes. The venue will be open at approximately 7:30 a.m. both days.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2007

Senior Mixed Saber
Born 1993 or earlier
Registration closes at 8:30 a.m.

Youth 12 & Youth 10 Mixed Foil (Combined)
Born 1994 - 1999
Registration closes at 8:30 a.m.

Senior Mixed Epee
Born 1993 or earlier
Registration closes at 9:30 a.m.

Junior (U20) Mixed Foil
Born 1987 - 1993
Registration closes at 12:00 noon

Youth 14 Mixed Epee
Born 1992 - 1995
Registration closes at 1:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Senior Mixed Foil
Born 1993 or earlier
Registration closes at 8:30 a.m.

Junior (U20) Mixed Epee
Born 1987 - 1993
Registration closes at 10:30 a.m.

Youth 14 Mixed Foil
Born 1992 - 1995
Registration closes at 12:30 p.m.

COST

$20 Tournament Registration Fee
If pre-registered on Ask Fred.

$30 Tournament Registration Fee
If NOT pre-registered on Ask Fred

$15 for each Senior Open Event
$10 for each Junior Event
$5 for each Youth Event

A & B classified fencers' event fees will be waived in the competitions where they fence with an A or B classification if the fencer has pre-registered on Ask Fred.

USFA RULES

All USFA rules will be enforced in the tournament. Please bring proof of USFA membership or you will not be allowed to compete. New USFA membership applications will be available at the tournament.

COMPETITION FORMAT

Standard USFA pool format with 100 percent advancing to direct elimination, with no repechage.

AWARDS

Medals will be awarded to the top 8 fencers in each event. Each 1st place fencer will also receive a special award. The top female fencer will also be recognized in each competition.

ARMORER

The tournament will have an armorer to check fencing equipment before each competition and to assist with equipment problems during the tournament.

HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS

There are many hotels in the Amarillo area that will fit your budget. Since we are currently unable to guarantee a certain number of rooms, we do not have a special rate arranged at any specific hotel. Virtually every national hotel chain is represented in Amarillo so you have lots of options.

BOX LUNCHES

For the convenience of those attending the tournament, you will be able to order a box lunch from Jason's Deli at the tournament each morning for approximately $6 to $7. Those lunches will be delivered around 12 noon. A bottle of water will come with the box lunch.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Chuck Slaughter
chuck@acfencers.com
or
Richard Howard
richard@acfencers.com

Our club website has a webpage on the tournament located at:
http://www.acfencers.com/amarilloopen.html

Preregistration opens on 08/12/2006.
Preregistration closes on 02/22/2007.

Pre-registration is now available on Ask FRED at:

http://askfred.net/Events/Prereg/pre...nament_id=2315

A list of those pre-registered on Ask FRED:

http://askfred.net/Events/whoIsComin...nament_id=2315

[hpfencing]

This is alway a nice local event. I hope a lot of fencers can make it. The entire HPF team always comes out! Open Foil and Epee are consistantly C level events. I encourage all my fencers here in Amarillo to attend this Amarillo event, for our local fencers it is a great learning expereince with a few excellent referees and some (not a lot) of self-refereeing.

This event is part of the Plains Texas Division Cup that is only for Plains Texas Members so all of the Plains Texas Clubs will be there. Our club attends but we do not have anything to do with the organization or running of this event. It is ran and organizied only by the Amarillo College Fencing Association.

The Amarillo College Fencing teams contact person is Chuck: chuck@acfencers.com if anyone has any questions about this event.

Past result are at:

2006 Amarillo Open

http://askfred.net/Results/results.p...nament_id=1004

• Y12 Mixed Combined with Y10 Foil: 10 Competitors
• Y14 Mixed Epee: 9 Competitors
• Y14 Mixed Foil: 15 Competitors
• Senior Mixed Epee: 34 Competitors, a C2 Event
• Senior Mixed Foil: 31 Competitors, a C2 Event
• Senior Mixed Saber: 5 Competitors
• Senior Women's Epee: 6 Competitors
• Senior Women's Foil: 8 Competitors

2005 Amarillo Open (name change from AC Open happened here)

http://askfred.net/Results/results.p...rnament_id=663

• Mixed Epee: 23 Competitors, a C1 Event
• Mixed Y14 & Cadet Combined Foil: 9 Competitors
• Mixed Foil: 23 Competitors, a C1 Event
• Mixed Y10 & Y12 Combined Foil: 5 Competitors
• Mixed Saber: 6 Competitors, a E1 Event
• Women's Foil: 6 Competitors, a E1 Event
• Vet Combined Mixed Veteran Epee: 6 Competitors,

2004 Amarillo College Open

http://www.acfencers.com/acopen04.html

2003 Amarillo College Open

http://www.acfencers.com/acopen03.html

2002 Amarillo College Open

http://www.acfencers.com/acopen02.html

2001 Amarillo College Open

http://www.acfencers.com/acopen01.html

[Chuck]

Matt,

Your link above to the results of the 2006 Amarillo Open takes you to the results of the 2005 Amarillo Open instead.

Chuck

[hpfencing]

Link is fixed not sure exactly how that happened.

Hopefully the event will be posted on askfred.net in the near future.

[Chuck]

Pre-registration is now available on Ask FRED for the 2007 Amarillo Open at

http://askfred.net/Events/Prereg/pre...nament_id=2315

My first post above has been edited and contains the same information that may be found on the "More Information" page of the tournament on Ask FRED at

http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.p...nament_id=2315

A list of those pre-registered on Ask FRED may be located at

http://askfred.net/Events/whoIsComin...nament_id=2315

We are going to do everything we can in the month before the tournament (within reason) to make sure that those who pre-register are actually planning to compete.

One of our biggest changes from past years is to replace Senior Women's Foil and Epee events with Junior Mixed Foil and Epee competitions. We have a growing group of Junior fencers in the Plains Texas Division and New Mexico Division and we thought they deserved more opportunities to fence; since our Women's events have been very small in past years.

You will also notice that we lowered the event fees in the Junior Events to $10 and the Youth events to $5. The Senior events remain at $15 per event.

As soon as we have confirmed our Bout Committee members and referees, we will announce them on Ask FRED and on this forum.

[fatfencer]

I distinctly remember somebody at Amarillo College promissing a coed fence in thongs event. Sadly it wasn't included....


I think it was that attorney guy whatever his name was. Doesn't he do divorce law?

FF

[hpfencing]

LOL that could in interesting! And BTW the attorny guy that your are referring to is probably Chuck who started this thread.

But in all seriousness this is a great local level event. I encourage all the fencers from the Plains Texas Division to attend.

[Chuck]

I distinctly remember somebody at Amarillo College promissing a coed fence in thongs event. Sadly it wasn't included....

I think it was that attorney guy whatever his name was. Doesn't he do divorce law?

FF

Actually, that sounds a little like an attorney (who IS a divorce lawyer) who fences in New Mexico who regularly attends our division tournaments. But I'll be sure to bring it up with our planning committee for 2008. I'm sure they will jump at the chance to make national news.

[hpfencing]

LOL, I'll bring my digital Camera. Wonder what weapon will be used? Hopefully sabre

I distinctly remember somebody at Amarillo College promissing a coed fence in thongs event. Sadly it wasn't included....
FF