Post by kon on Oct 25, 2009 14:52:02 GMT -6
Hi
Connected to the earlier subject of club sanctioning of events is the new national schedule, which is available on the USFA site. A pretty good summary was posted on Fnet by "oiuyt", who is a coach at Temple. He said:
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There is a proposed calendar which would remove cadet, junior, division I, junior team, Y10, Y12, and Y14 events from Summer Nationals, reducing the tournament from ten to six days. It would retain veterans events, Div III, Div II, Div IA, and senior team.
Junior Olympics would be the National Championships tournament for cadets and juniors. It may become the National Championships tournament for junior team (team events are being run on a trial basis at JOs 2010).
The Division I National Championships and Division I Team National Championships would take place in late April, replacing the April NAC (Div I/Y10/Y12/Y14) that we currently have.
A Youth Festival will be run some time in June for Y10 and Y12 and as the National Championships in Y14. I believe it is anticipated that Y14 team events will also be included.
The proposal will be presented to the Board for a vote at the February meeting.
2010 Summer Nationals will have cadet, junior and youth events.
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and later added:
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Yes, the Division I National Championships will also take place at the 2010 Summer Nationals in Atlanta.
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I think this is a terrible idea. It cuts a Div I NAC, that's bad. It makes the Cadet season very short. It restricts opportunities for overturning the current Cadet points. This would likely have the effect of making the Cadet points pretty static, which would benefit the people at the current top of the Cadet list and their coaches, but hurt everyone else.
Cutting SN down and splitting it up would make the current family atmosphere a thing of the past. Right now SN is the only national level event many mid level fencers go to, it's the peak of the fencing season. This would end that. It's a bad idea.
You know, at least from my point of view. What do you think? If you think you don't know enough to have an opinion, trot over to Fnet and look at the forums there, there's pages and pages of it.
K O'N
Connected to the earlier subject of club sanctioning of events is the new national schedule, which is available on the USFA site. A pretty good summary was posted on Fnet by "oiuyt", who is a coach at Temple. He said:
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There is a proposed calendar which would remove cadet, junior, division I, junior team, Y10, Y12, and Y14 events from Summer Nationals, reducing the tournament from ten to six days. It would retain veterans events, Div III, Div II, Div IA, and senior team.
Junior Olympics would be the National Championships tournament for cadets and juniors. It may become the National Championships tournament for junior team (team events are being run on a trial basis at JOs 2010).
The Division I National Championships and Division I Team National Championships would take place in late April, replacing the April NAC (Div I/Y10/Y12/Y14) that we currently have.
A Youth Festival will be run some time in June for Y10 and Y12 and as the National Championships in Y14. I believe it is anticipated that Y14 team events will also be included.
The proposal will be presented to the Board for a vote at the February meeting.
2010 Summer Nationals will have cadet, junior and youth events.
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and later added:
**********************
Yes, the Division I National Championships will also take place at the 2010 Summer Nationals in Atlanta.
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I think this is a terrible idea. It cuts a Div I NAC, that's bad. It makes the Cadet season very short. It restricts opportunities for overturning the current Cadet points. This would likely have the effect of making the Cadet points pretty static, which would benefit the people at the current top of the Cadet list and their coaches, but hurt everyone else.
Cutting SN down and splitting it up would make the current family atmosphere a thing of the past. Right now SN is the only national level event many mid level fencers go to, it's the peak of the fencing season. This would end that. It's a bad idea.
You know, at least from my point of view. What do you think? If you think you don't know enough to have an opinion, trot over to Fnet and look at the forums there, there's pages and pages of it.
K O'N