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The New Mexico Division is a part of the United States Fencing Association (USFA) and is a non-profit
organization whose purpose is to promote the sport of fencing.
The New Mexico Division is a part of the Rocky Mountain Section. The Rocky Mountain Section includes Wyoming,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico and the Plain Texas Division.
2008 - 2009 elected officers for the N.M. Division are:
Clubs within the New Mexico Division include:
Los Alamos Fencing Club:
2008 -2009 New Mexico Events Calendar
New events, location info and start times will be added
Do you know about the Plains Tx/New Mexico Cup?
PLAINS TEXAS - NEW MEXICO CUP
COMPETITION GUIDELINES
for the 2008 - 2009 Fencing Season
PLAINS TEXAS - NEW MEXICO CUP PURPOSE
The purpose of the Plains Texas - New Mexico Cup is to recognize the best fencers who are members of the Plains
Texas and New Mexico Divisions. Only fencers born 1995 or earlier, who are members of the Plains Texas Division or New Mexico
Division, are eligible to earn points and compete for the Plains Texas - New Mexico Cup. Eligibility will be determined by
the official USFA competitive members roster for the two divisions.
PLAINS TEXAS - NEW MEXICO CUP AWARDS
A Cup will be awarded for the following:
- Senior Men’s Foil
- Senior Women’s Foil
- Senior Men’s Epee
- Senior Women’s Epee
- Senior Men’s Sabre
- Senior Women’s Sabre
The Plains Texas - New Mexico Cup winners will receive an appropriate recognition. The Cups will be awarded at the conclusion
of the last scheduled Cup tournament to those winners present. Otherwise, the Cups will be awarded as arranged by the Cup
Commissioners with the winners.
CUP ADMINISTRATION
The 2008-2009 Plains Texas - New Mexico Cup will administered by Chuck Slaughter from the Plains Texas Division and Andrew
Carey from the New Mexico Division as joint Cup Commissioners. The Commissioners will also be responsible for tracking the
points earned through the fencing season. A point chart will be made available to both divisions that may be posted on the
Division websites.
TOURNAMENTS
Senior Fencers will be able to earn points at the following Tournaments:
PLAINS TEXAS DIVISION
- Texas Tech Open Fencing Tournament, Lubbock, Texas
- Amarillo Open Fencing Tournament, Amarillo, Texas
- Crown of Texas Open Fencing Tournament, Amarillo, Texas
NEW MEXICO DIVISION
- New Mexico Open Fencing Tournament, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Nick Toth Memorial Fencing Tournament, Colorado Springs, CO
- Santa Fe Challenge Fencing Tournament, Santa Fe, NM
HOW TO EARN POINTS
Points will be awarded from the Senior Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Foil, Epee and Sabre competitions in the listed
tournaments. In the "mixed" events, all fencers earn the points assigned for their final place, regardless of gender. The
point schedule used will be the same schedule used for USFA Veteran Age Group competitions up to 64th place. Each fencer may
count ALL points earned in any eligible event for their total.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE: To win the Cup in any category, a fencer MUST compete in at least ONE event for that
weapon in EACH division. A fencer who competes only in tournaments in one division is not eligible to win the Cup at the end
of the season.
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