March 02, 2012 to March 04, 2012 - Columbus , Ohio, United States
Tournament information will be posted as it becomes available.
Super Youth Circuit (SYC): Youth fencers may participate in one or more Super Youth tournaments, however, only the competition where the fencer earns the most points will be included in the revised point standings published after the last SYC. These competitions are one of the possible qualification paths for Youth 10 and Youth 12 events at both the April and/or July NACs.
Y12 & Y10: Fencers must fence in at least one Regional or Super Youth Competition in the current season to be eligible to enter the same category and weapon at the April and July NACs.
Y14 - please refer to the qualification paths in Chapter 2 of the Athlete Handbook for more details
Points – The Super Youth Circuit competitions will award points to the top 40% of the field regardless of where the cut-off occurs be it within a pool round or a direct elimination bracket. Only the best SYC result counts toward point totals on a rolling point basis SYC; points can only be updated once results and program service fee are received by the National Office from the SYC tournament organizer. Please refer to Chapters 3 & 4 of the Athlete Handbook for more details on points.
Classification Changes - For classifications to be awarded for a youth tournament, the event must meet the criteria of a Group C1 or better. If the criteria is met, classification changes can only be updated once results and program service fee are received by the National Office from the SYC tournament organizer. While many tournament organizers make use of askfred.net for processing entries and posting of results, currently askfred.net is not linked to the USFA website and tournament organizers must submit results of each competition to the USFA National office.
RYC/SYC Tournament Organizer Resources
Super Youth Circuit (SYC): Youth fencers may participate in one or more Super Youth tournaments, however, only the competition where the fencer earns the most points will be included in the revised point standings published after the last SYC. These competitions are one of the possible qualification paths for Youth 10 and Youth 12 events at both the April and/or July NACs.
Y12 & Y10: Fencers must fence in at least one Regional or Super Youth Competition in the current season to be eligible to enter the same category and weapon at the April and July NACs.
Y14 - please refer to the qualification paths in Chapter 2 of the Athlete Handbook for more details
Points – The Super Youth Circuit competitions will award points to the top 40% of the field regardless of where the cut-off occurs be it within a pool round or a direct elimination bracket. Only the best SYC result counts toward point totals on a rolling point basis SYC; points can only be updated once results and program service fee are received by the National Office from the SYC tournament organizer. Please refer to Chapters 3 & 4 of the Athlete Handbook for more details on points.
Classification Changes - For classifications to be awarded for a youth tournament, the event must meet the criteria of a Group C1 or better. If the criteria is met, classification changes can only be updated once results and program service fee are received by the National Office from the SYC tournament organizer. While many tournament organizers make use of askfred.net for processing entries and posting of results, currently askfred.net is not linked to the USFA website and tournament organizers must submit results of each competition to the USFA National office.
RYC/SYC Tournament Organizer Resources
