Event Submission

The tournament submission deadlines for events in NC are as follows for the 2011-12 season:

“Clubs or individuals wishing to host a tournament sanctioned by the division shall submit their requests for August 31st through December 31st of the current year by July 15th of the current year. Clubs or individuals wishing to host a tournament sanctioned by the division shall submit their requests for January 1st through July 31st of the following year by October 1st of the current year.”

Requests received after the submission deadline will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis.

How to get your tournament sanctioned

To be able to award classifications at your tournament, your event must be sanctioned by the Division. To request your tournament be sanctioned, email your request to schedules@ncfencing.org, and include the following:

• Desired date, as well as one alternate date
• Name of the event (if it has one)
• Location of event (provide the city, if the exact venue is not known)
• Weapons that will be fenced
• Any additional restrictions such as format, age and gender (e.g. Team, Mixed Vet Combined, Y14 Women).
• If you are submitting more than one event request, indicate your priority order (the Scheduling Committee) will attempt to schedule the first priority event for each club, before proceeding to the second priority, etc.).

Below is a list of National Events, SAT/PSAT and religious holidays to take in account for the Spring 2012 season. While clubs are free to schedule events on these dates, the Division will attempt not to schedule qualification tournaments, to avoid potential conflicts for its fencers.

National Schedule (North American Cup, National Championships, Regional Open Circuit (ROC), Regional Youth Circuit (RYC), and Super Youth Circuit (SYC):

Only National and Southeast Circuit events are listed. Check the complete 2011-12 National Schedule for a list of all Circuit events.

• January North American Cup: January 13-16 (Portland, Oregon)
• SYC Capitol Clash: February 03 (Washington DC)
• Junior Olympic Fencing Championships: February 17-20 (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• March North American Cup: March 16-19 (Cincinnati, Ohio)
• April North American Cup: April 13-16 (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
• ROC Atlanta, Georgia Peachtree Classic: April 21 (Atlanta, Georgia)
• USA Fencing National Championships and July NAC: June 29-July 8 (Dallas, Texas)

SAT/ACT:

• SAT January 28
• SAT March 10
• SAT May 5
• SAT June 2
• ACT February 11
• ACT April 14
• ACT June 9

Religious Observances/Holidays:

• MLK Day, January 16
• President’s Day, February 20
• Daylight Savings Time, March 11
• Passover, April 7-14
• Good Friday, April 6
• Easter, April 8
• Mother’s Day, May 13
• Memorial Day, May 28
• Father’s Day, June 17
• Independence Day, July 4