Upcoming Classes & Age and Classification Eligibility Explanation

Beginner Classes

Starting in September HoF will be holding our beginner introduction to fencing classes.

The adult class starts on September 10th from 7pm to 8:30pm and can be found here

The youth class starts on September 7th from 9am to 10am and can be found here Please tell your friends and family. Please post it on your facebook, we will post again on the HoF facebook and you can do the facebook thing to get it to your facebook friends. You are the best ambassador to fencing and to Hooked on Fencing.

Upcoming NAC's, ROC's, SYC's & RYC's

Leading up to Nationals this email newsletter was full of dates, links and info. But after all this, the number of our fencers who did not attend nationals because of missing the dates was unbelievable. This truly bothers me because I get upset with myself, I should have known better, I should have spoken with everybody, I blame myself. Which is wrong, you must take responsibility for your fencing, for your planning travel etc etc etc. Hooked on Fencing will try and remind you, encourage you, show you the way, but in the end, you must be the driving force.

October North American Cup in Milwaukee is Oct 11 -13, EVENTS Cadet, Div 2 , Y14

Entry deadline is September 9, to register for National USFA events you have to do it through their website .

Ages for this year

Y10 1999-2002

Y12 2001-2004

Y14 1999-2002

Cadet 1997-2000

Junior 1994-2000

Seniors born 2000 or earlier

Veteran categories, over 40 born 1974 or earlier

If you are born in 2000 or earlier, you can fence in opens, mixed opens (men and women) if you are born in 2001 or later, you can only fence in age group events. Now on to divisions, Div 3 is for D rated fencers and below, Div 2 is for C rated fencers and below, Div 1 is for C and above, Div1A is for all fencers who meet the age requirements.

Lets take the upcoming HoF Donkey Open, it is an open, which means you must be born in 2000 or earlier, it is mixed, meaning men and women. so if your are 12 years old or younger you cannot fence.

Back to the October NAC, Div 2 C rated fencers and below born in 2000 or earlier, Cadet born 1997-2000 and Y14 1999-2002

Examples, Timmy is born 2000, and is a B rated fencer, he can fence in Y14 and cadet, Mary is born 2002 she can fence Y14, cadet IF Mary is on the National Youth 14 point standings at the time of the entry deadline for that tournament.

UPCOMING SYC RYC

The SUPER Youth Circuit, and Regional Youth Circuit events are listed on askFRED . A super is a higher level then regional, carries more weight, has to meet certain standards. Regional ones can be quite a show in its own right. A super usually draws the top of the point standings and more fencers will travel from further away. WE have some of our fencers who will be traveling to Texas over labor day for a SUPER. A list of SYC can be found here as well as a list of ROC, Regional OPEN circuit, which means you must be born in 2000 or earlier I highly recommend that we go to the following SYC's: Gutenberg in Rochester, NY late October Sobel in New Jersey in November Capital clash in Baltimore in late January

As for ROC, our older fencers should go to as many as they can, they are listed on the USFA and sign up on askFRED

USFA Membership

2013/2014 Season started August 1, 2013 so it is time to renew our USFA membership. Remember USFA membership is required for insurance purposes. There is the 5 dollar membership for non-competitive members and the higher one for competitive members. Parents if you are signing your child up for a competitive membership, please think about adding 10 dollars more so that you get voting rights. Under 18 years old the fencer cannot vote, but the parent can vote if you pay the extra 10 dollars. To register for t the new season, visit

6-7-8 Year olds fencing

We will be continuing the bucaneer group. So just plan on keeping coming. More news to follow. A great discount will be in affect for our younger ones as well as the forever discount..

Upcoming tournaments at HoF

It is of extreme importance that you put your name on the list now. The more that sign up from HoF early the better chance we have of getting others from other clubs and further away.

On August 31, 2013 The Donkey open where we have a round of pools then form teams, to fence in this event, you must be born in 2000 or earlier, you must be a USFA competitive member and you must have a full uniform.

To register for t the Donkey open, visit

Friday night pre-national fencing was a huge success, in fact such a success that we will be doing it once per month as a USFA tournament and we are inviting the world to join us. This will be the cheapest tournament you can attend, it is free for our members and $5 for non-members. The tourneys for September 6th is now on askFRED and ratings can be obtained. So go a ahead and register at

Club Championships

For the 2013/2014 Season Hooked on Fencing will institute the HOF Club Championships! A Champion will be crowned in both men and woman and in the following categories

Y10, Y12, Y14 Juniors, Seniors and veterans. Format, we will hold 4 or 5 tourneys throughout the year. points will be awarded for all places, the Champion will be the person that has the highest point total, ties will be fenced off.

Fencing demonstrations at schools

We are looking in having a few fencing demonstrations, if you think your school might be interested & your son or daughter could participate & help, please let me know.

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~Walt