Cherry Blossom Open
March 22-23, 2014

Don't Miss Cherry Blossom Time In The Nation's Capitol!

Awards For Top 8 Places in Each Event!

Cynthia Carter Trophy to Top Fencer in Women's Epee Event

Saturday, March 22, 2014
Senior Mixed Foil	9:00am
Senior Women's Epee	11:00am
Senior Mixed Sabre	1:00pm
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Senior Mixed Epee	9:00am
Senior Women's Foil	11:00am
Senior Women's Sabre	1:00pm

AGAIN THIS YEAR: MINORS MUST HAVE A SIGNED WAIVER BY A PARENT/GUARDIAN! A University of Maryland policy requires that all minors (under the age of 18) bring a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Minors WILL NOT be permitted to fence in the absence of this waiver. We encourage you to bring this waiver with you to the event to give to the bout committee with your event fee. There will be copies available at the bout committee but we ask you to please have them completed before getting on the registration line to expedite our registration process. E-mails will be sent to all preregistrants periodically to remind you of this waiver. Thank you for your cooperation! Waiver for Under Age 18 Competitors

There will be an equipment check, and it will be staffed by at least two armorers at all times (plus some volunteers at busy times). For those arriving early (or local) there will be an equipment check Friday night (time to be announced).

Location: University of Maryland Reckord Armory, College Park, MD (Google Maps)

Online registration on http://www.AskFRED.net):

Registration Fee (on AskFRED): $20.00

Tournament Fees:

First Event Fee: $40.00 online, $75.00 at the door
Second Event Fee: $40.00 online, $75.00 at the door

PRE-PAYMENT MUST BE MADE COMPLETELY ONLINE FOR THE REDUCED RATE TO APPLY. With payment on AskFRED, if you fence one event, your total cost will be $60.00. If you fence two events, you will pay $60.00 for the first event and $40.00 for the second event.

Special Discounts:

The first four A-rated fencers who register in each right-of-way weapon will fence absolutely free. This will be processed as a refund at the time of check-in; to receive this discount, an A-rated fencer must pre-register and pay online. A-rated fencers who do not pre-register and pay completely online will not be eligible for this discount.

Graduate/undergraduate college students with a valid student ID are eligible for a $10 discount off of each event fee. This will be processed as a refund at the time of check-in; to receive the discount, students must present valid ID at the time of check-in. Students who do not pre-register and pay online are still eligible for this discount, but will be required to pay $75 for each event fenced.

REFUND POLICY: The registration portion of the entry fee and any AskFRED surcharges are non-refundable, however the event fees will be refunded for an athlete who needs to withdraw and does so in writing (or e-mail) on or before March 8, 2014. After this date, no portion of the entry fees will be refunded.

If you arrive after the close of registration, you may only fence at the discretion of the Bout Committee and you will be subject to additional fees.

Fencers can only fence one event per day!

Deadline: Registration closes at 11:59pm (Eastern Daylight Savings Time) on 3/21/2014.

Tournament Format: One round of pools with direct elimination and no fence-off for third place. In all events with more then 64 fencers there will be an 80% cut from pools into DEs. Tournament will be run in accordance with all USFA rules.

Onsite Equipment Vendor: Absolute Fencing Gear

Contact: cherryblossomopen@gmail.com