USA Fencing Corona Virus Update

USA Fencing has issued the following update with regards to the corona virus and its impact on fencing schedules and tournaments:

In prioritizing the health and wellness of all our members, USA Fencing will not be sanctioning any local, regional, national or international tournaments from March 16-April 6.

Divisions are directed to postpone all sanctioned competitions across the country through April 6, 2020.

In order to allow participants from postponed tournaments to still be eligible to compete at the National Championships and July Challenge, the deadlines have been extended as follows:

Division Qualifying Forms Submission Deadline: June 1
Petition Deadline: June 3
Regular Fee Deadline: June 3
Triple Fee Deadline: June 12
Withdraw Deadline: June 12
Classification Deadline: June 12
Check-In Times Posted: June 8

Clubs may still hold tournaments during the time period from March 16 – April 6, but they will not be sanctioned.

NOTE: At this time, the SC Division Qualifiers scheduled for April 25th are still ON. However, the situation is fluid and things may change as the situation warrants. Please keep checking back here or on the USA Fencing web site for updates related to this situation.