Calendar last updated on 13December 2011

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As flyers and other information are received by the Division Secretary for these events, links will be created within this calendar to allow you to go directly to the flyer or information page.  Dates for other tournaments in the Southwest Section are added as the information is received from other sources. However, this calendar is NOT an official SOUTHWEST SECTION calendar, nor is accuracy claimed for other than North Texas events.  Holidays are noted in red.

North Texas Division Calendar Dates and events subject to change - check often This is the ONLY OFFICIAL CALENDAR for North Texas USFA sanctioned events.  If a tournament held in NORTH TEXAS DIVISION DOES NOT APPEAR ON THIS CALENDAR, FENCERS MAY NOT EARN RATINGS at that tournament - even if the tournament is posted on the Section calendar or on www.askfred.net. Sanctioned North Texas Division events are highlighted in blue (participants may earn new classifications). Tournaments not currently sanctioned by North Texas may not earn ratings for participants.  Organizers may download the sanction request here. North American Cups (NAC) and National Championships are highlighted in yellow. Regional Open Circuits (ROC) (highlighted in aqua) are National Qualifying events for Div 1A, Div 2 and Veterans.. Super Youth Circuits (SYC) and Regional Youth Circuit (RYC) tournaments (highlighted in orange) are Youth 10, 12, and 14 qualifying tournaments.   Ratings for Cadet and Youth Age-restricted events may only be given when that event is rated C1 or higher (see USFA classification chart) Age Rules for 2011-2012 season Click here to download the WAIVER OF LIABILITY and CONSENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FORM Fencers may register for most North Texas Division tournaments at www.askFRED.net   (NOTE: 'askfred' is NOT an official USFA site or tool. Classifications posted on askfred are not official until received and processed by the USFA and may not be used for subsequent tournaments unless posted on the USFA web site.)
2011-2012 Calendar Dates and events subject to change - verify on www.askfred.net
Start	End	Tournament Name	Venue City or Host Club
12/15/11	12/15/11	Thursday Nigth Throwdown	NTFA
12/17/11	12/18/11	Division Qualfier for Junior Olympic Championships	FIT
12/20/11	12/28/11	Hanakkah
12/23/11	12/23/*11	Friday Night Fights - "C" and Under Foil and Sabre	FIT
12/24/11	12/25/11
12/25/11	12/25/11	Christmas Day
12/31/11	12/31/11	Holiday Melee and New Year's Eve Party	FIT
12/31/11	01/01/12
01/01/12	01/01/12	New Year's Day
01/06/11	01/08/11	Duel in the Desert (Div 1A, Vet)	Las Vegas, NV
01/07/12	01/08/12	Gold Blade Open	GBFC
01/13/12	01/16/12	Division I, Junior NAC	Portland, OR
01/13/12	01/13/12	Firday Night Fights - "C" and Under Epee	FIT
01/14/12	01/14/12	TAAF Games of Texas	Dallas Fencers Club
01/16/12	01/16/12	Martin Luther King Day
01/19/12	01/19/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
01/20/12	01/20/12	Friday Night Fights - "C" and Under Epee	FIT
01/21/12	01/22/12	Salle Mauro SYC	Houston, TX
01/21/12	01/22/12	South Coast Invitational RYC	Los Alamitos, CA
01/23/12	01/23/12	Chinese New Year
01/27/12	01/28/12	Battle in Seattle ROC (Div 1A)	Seattle, WA
01/28/12	01/28/12	SAT
01/28/12	01/29/12	Pourjadieu Memorial	San Marcos
02/02/12	02/02/18	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
02/03/12	02/03/12	Mawlid al-Nabi
02/03/12	02/05/12	National Fencing Foundation/Capitol Clash SYC	Washington, DC
02/04/12	02/05/12	Alice B. Memorial ROC (Div 2, Vet) and Youth Events	Houston, TX
02/04/12	02/05/12
02/10812	02/10/12	Firday Night Fights - "C" and Under Epee	FIT
02/11/12	02/11/12	ACT
02/11/12	02/12/12	Maverick's Fencing Open	UTArlington
02/11/12	02/12/12	Cobra ROC (Div 2)	Jersey City, NJ
02/16/12	02/16/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
02/17/12	02/20/12	Junior Olympic Championships	Salt Lake City, Utah
02/18/12	02/18/12	"And Now For Something Completely Different" Tournament	FIT
02/18/12	02/19/12
02/20/12	02/20/12	President's Day
02/23/12	02/23/12	Friday Night Fights - "C" and Under Foil and Sabre	FIT
02/24/12	02/26/12	Houston RYC	Rice University, Houston, TX
02/24/12	02/26/12	Rain City Fencing Center SYC	Bellevue, Washington
02/25/12	02/26/12
02/25/12	02/26/12	ROC of the Rockies (Div 2)	Denver, CO
03/02/12	03/04/12	Royal Arts Fencing Academy/Arnold Classic SYC	Columbus, OH
03/01/12	03/01/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
03/03/12	03/04/12	Gold Blade C and Under	GBFC
03/10/12	03/10/12	SAT
03/10/12	03/11/12	Wang Memorial ROC (Div IA and Div 2) and RYC (Y10,12,14)	Arlington Convention Center, TX
03/10/12	03/11/12	NCAA Regionals	Various regions
03/10/12	03/11/12	Meade Anderson Memorial RYC	Los Angeles, CA
03/11/12	03/11/12	Daylight Saving Time starts
03/15/12	03/15/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
03/17/12	03/18/12
03/16/12	03/19/12	Division II, Division III, Veteran, Wheelchair NAC	Cincinnati, OH
03/22/12	03/25/12	NCAA Championships
03/24/12	03/25/12	Lone Star Open	LSFC
03/24/12	03/25/12	Dean Alexander Memorial (Div 1A)	Chandler, AZ
03/29/12	03/29/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
03/30/12	04/01/12	Cobra Fencing Club SYC	Jersey City, NJ
03/31/12	04/01/12	Southwest Youth Series #2	at NTFA
04/06/12	04/14/12	Passover
04/xx/12	04/xx/12	2012 Junior/Cadet World Championships	Moscow, Russia
04/06/12	04/06/12	Friday Night Fights - "C" and Under Epee	FIT
04/07/12	04/08/12
04/08/12	04/08/12	Easter Sunday
04/12/12	04/12/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
04/13/12	04/16/12	Division I, Youth 10, 12, 14 NAC	Virginia Beach, VA
04/14/12	04/14/12	ACT
04/14/12	04/14/12	Rising Stars beginner Youth 10 and 12 - and Parent training	FIT
04/14/12	04/15/12
04/21/12	04/22/12	Division Qualifier for Summer National Championships (Div 2/3, Y14)	FIT
04/21/12	04/22/12	Peachtree Classic ROC (Div 1A)	Atlanta, Georgia
04/26/12	04/26/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
04/28/12	04/28/12	Vesak
04/27/12	04/27/12	Firday Night Fights - "C" and Under Foil and Sabre	FIT
04/28/12	04/29/12	Duel at Dallas	Dallas Fencers Club
04/28/12	04/29/12	Stro Memorial ROC (Div 1A, Vet)	Los Angeles, CA
04/28/12	04/29/12	Austin RYC	Austin, TX
04/26/12	04/26/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
05/05/12	05/05/12	SAT
05/05/12	05/06/12	Lone Star Sabre Open #2	LSFC
05/05/12	05/06/12	Long Island Challenge ROC (Div 1A and Div 2)	Rocky Point, NY
05/12/12	05/13/12
05/13/12	05/13/12	Mother's Day
05/17/12	05/17/12	Thursday Night Throwdownntfa
05/19/12	05/20/12	Southwest Youth Series #3	FIT
05/26/12	05/27/12
05/28/12	08/28/12	Memorial Day
06/02/12	06/02/12	SAT
06/02/12	06/03/12
06/07/12	06/07/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
06/09/12	06/09/12	ACT
06/09/12	06/10/12
06/16/12	06/17/12
06/17/12	06/17/12	Father's Day
06/21/12	06/21/12	Thursday Night Throwdown	NTFA
06/23/12	06/24/12	School's Out Open and Youth  - Warm up for Nationals	FIT
06/29/12	07/08/12	Summer National Championships and Y10, Y12, U16, U19 NAC	Dallas, TX
06/30/12	06/31/12
07/04/12	07/04/12	Independence Day - 4th of July
07/07/12	07/08/12
07/14/12	07/15/12	Beat the Heat Open and Youth  (foil, epee, sabre)	FIT
07/20/12	08/18/12	Ramadan (depending on the moon)
07/21/12	07/21/12	Beat the Heat "D and Under" 3-weapon Open	FIT
07/29/12	07/29/12	Get Your Olympics On! Team Tournament - fencers will be teamed by country, not clubs - not a USFA team event	FIT
07/27/12	08/12/12	2012 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES	London, England
08/04/12	08/04/12	Summer's End Foil and Sabre - Open and Youth	FIT
08/11/12	08/11/12	Summer's End "D and Under" 3-weapon Open	FIT
08/25/12	08/25/12	Summer's End Epee Open and Youth	FIT
2012-2013 Planning Calendar Dates and events subject to change
08/10/212	08/10/12	Krishna Janmaashtami
08/19/212	08/19/12	Eid al Fitr
08/29/12	09/09/12	2012 SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES	London, England
09/03/12	09/03/12	Labor Day
10/05/12	10/08/12	Division II, Division III, Cadet NAC	TBA
11/09/12	11/12/12	Junior, Cadet Youth 14 NAC	TBA
11/15/12	12/13/12	Al-Hijra/Muharram (depending on the moon)
12/07/12	12/09/12	Division I, Veteran NAC	TBA
01/18/13	01/21/13	Division I, Junior NAC	TBA
02/15/13	02/18/13	Junior Olympic Championships	TBA
03/08/13	03/11/13	Division II, Division III, Veteran NAC	TBA
04/19/13	04/22/13	Division I, Youth 10, 12, 14 NAC	TBA
07/28/13	07/07/13	Summer National Championships	TBA
2013-2014 Planning Calendar Dates and events subject to change
10/11/13	10/14/13	Division II, Division III, Cadet NAC	TBA
11/08/13	11/11/13	Junior, Cadet, Youth 14 NAC	TBA
12/06/13	12/08/13	Division I, Veteran NAC	TBA
01/17/14	01/20/14	Division I, Junior NAC	TBA
02/14/14	02/17/14	Junior Olympic Championships	TBA
03/14/14	03/17/14	Division Ii, Division III, Veteran NAC	TBA
04/25/14	04/28/14	Division I, Youth 10, 12, 14 NAC	TBA
06/27/14	07/06/14	Summer National Championships	TBA

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All National tournament entry forms may be downloaded from the USFA Web site forms page.
(Current USFA members, individuals and clubs, are sent these forms in the National Newsletter.)

An athlete may fence in an age category IF:  1) the athlete's birth year falls in that age bracket OR 2) the athlete is on the national point standing in the next younger age bracket.  For example, if a fencer is 9 years old, he/she can fence in Youth-10 and Youth-12 but can fence in Youth-14 ONLY IF he/she has earned points in Youth-12 and is listed on the current Youth-12 point standings.  For that same fencer to be eligible to fence in a Cadet event, the fencer must have earned points at a Youth-14 competition and be listed on the current Youth-14 point standings.
Points are awarded to places in the top 60% of the field to a maximum of 32nd place.  At all National Championships points are awarded for places 1 to 32 regardless of the size of the field:  Junior Olympic Championships, Division I Nationals, Junior, Cadet and Youth 14 at the Summer National Championships.  Points for Youth 12 and Youth 10 at the Summer Nationals are given to the top 60% of the field down to 32nd place.

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Age and Classification Criterion for 2011-2012 NAC Entries
CATEGORY	Division I	Division II	Division III	VET OPEN	JR (U20)	CDT (U17)	Y14	Y12	Y10
CODE	DVI	DVII	DVIII	V40	U20	U17	Y14	Y12	Y10
AGE	Born in or before 1998	Born in or before 1998	Born in or before 1998	Born in or before 1971	1992 - 1998	1995 – 1998	1997-2000	1999-2002	2001-2004
CLASS	C, B OR A	C, D, E OR U	D, E OR U	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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