Important Changes to the 2020 Austin Challenge
As many of you have seen, USA Fencing made the determination on Nov 24 to roll back the "Return to Competition" phase until January 31, 2021. This means that fencers are no longer allowed to compete outside their own region.
As a result, the Austin Challenge SYC/RCC has been downgraded to an RYC/RCC, and fencers outside of region 5 have been removed from the tournament.
The tournament will still take place but with these changes:
If you have questions about the event, or need to change your registration, please contact Cathy Mallet at afc.secretary@gmail.com
We appreciate your support of our event. As a reminder, COVID protocols for the event are here.
EVENT SCHEDULE CHANGES
Youth 10 Men's Foil: Saturday 1:30 p.m.
Cadet Men's Foil: Sunday 10:00 a.m.
Youth 10 Men's Epee: Sunday 2:00 p.m.
Youth 12 Men's Epee: Saturday 2:00 p.m.
Youth 14 Men's Sabre: Sunday 8:30 a.m.
Youth 14 Women's Foil: Saturday 8:30 a.m.
Youth 10 Women's Epee: Saturday 9:00 a.m.
Cadet Women's Epee: Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Youth 12 Women's Sabre: Saturday 2:00 p.m.
As a result, the Austin Challenge SYC/RCC has been downgraded to an RYC/RCC, and fencers outside of region 5 have been removed from the tournament.
The tournament will still take place but with these changes:
- The event will run on Saturday and Sunday only. Monday events have been moved to Saturday or Sunday, according to the schedule below.
- Youth 10 Men's Epee has been moved from Saturday to Sunday at 2 pm, to better space out the Men's Epee events and allow fencers to more easily participate in multiple events.
- All other events stay on their original schedule.
- Blue Gauntlet, our equipment vendor, is unable to make the trip to Round Rock due to quarantine concerns. We are working on booking another vendor, but fencers should plan to bring full equipment as it may not be possible to purchase new gear at the Austin Challenge.
- Because Blue Gauntlet won't be attending, we will not be able to provide grounded pistes at every strip. We expect to have 5-6 grounded strips, with the other strips being
- All Region 5 fencers who were waitlisted have been moved into their events.
- We have extended regular-fee pricing through December 5, to encourage Region 5 fencers who may not have felt comfortable at national event to participate.
If you have questions about the event, or need to change your registration, please contact Cathy Mallet at afc.secretary@gmail.com
We appreciate your support of our event. As a reminder, COVID protocols for the event are here.
EVENT SCHEDULE CHANGES
Youth 10 Men's Foil: Saturday 1:30 p.m.
Cadet Men's Foil: Sunday 10:00 a.m.
Youth 10 Men's Epee: Sunday 2:00 p.m.
Youth 12 Men's Epee: Saturday 2:00 p.m.
Youth 14 Men's Sabre: Sunday 8:30 a.m.
Youth 14 Women's Foil: Saturday 8:30 a.m.
Youth 10 Women's Epee: Saturday 9:00 a.m.
Cadet Women's Epee: Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Youth 12 Women's Sabre: Saturday 2:00 p.m.
