Start the new year off with a bang at the first tournament of 2025, the Carleton Invitational!
We look forward to seeing you in January at the 53rd (ish?) Carleton Invitational!

Registration

https://ontariofencingassociation.wufoo.com/forms/mla5wa21dufi3v/
• $135 per team before 11:59 on Tuesday January 7 th , 2025, or $300 per team thereafter.
• Bulk Registration form available on http://rideauswords.ca/.
• Bulk registration will be invoiced instead of paying through the OFA registration system.

Check-in

ALL team members must present themselves at the registration table just inside the door to the Norm Fenn gymnasium.
Events will start as soon as possible after the close of registration.

Format

• FIE team relay format
• Pools of 3 or 4 teams with all teams promoted to direct eliminations*

Date

January 11 & 12, 2025

Schedule

Saturday
8:30 MF
10:00 WE
12:30 MS

Sunday
8:30 WF
9:30 ME
12:30 WS

Above times are close of registration.

Venue

The Norm Fenn Gym in the Ice House at Carleton University.

Parking

Paid Parking is available in multiple parking lots around the facility. Free parking is available across Bronson Avenue in Brewer Park.

Vendor

There will be no vendor present.

Food

• Tim Hortons, Carleton Athletics.  8:30am – 3:00pm
• Teraanga Commons Dining Hall, 3rd floor of Teraanga Commons offers an all-you-care-to-eat dining hall.  7:30am – 10:00pm.

Tournament Support

Please bring 1-2 complete, working sets of scoring equipment to help us setup all our pistes.

Athletic Therapy

Coverage will be provided from 8am – 8pm each day.

Referees

If you are not already hired but are interested in refereeing at our tournament please contact wesley.ross@gmail.com.

* DT reserves the right to change the amount of promotion from the first round to ensure that we finish the tournament before our gym rental ends.

The OFA is pleased to welcome you to the second tournament of the 2024/2025 season at Durham College in Oshawa on February 1 and 2, 2025.

The youth categories (U9 to cadet) are on the program.

License

All participants are required to have an active Competitive CFF/OFA Fencing License or an equivalent license from the participant’s home federation. All Canadian fencers are expected to hold a Canadian license. You may purchase/renew your license via the Canadian Fencing Federation website in real time.

All international participants are required to present documentation confirming that they hold an active membership with their home federation, or a current, active FIE license.

Venue

Campus Recreation & Wellness Centre
21 Avenue of Champion, Oshawa, ON, L1G 8G3

Vendor

IMEX sport will be there.

Event Fees

$50 Administration Fee
$50 Youth 9 (Born between 2016 and 2019)
$50 Youth 11 (Born between 2014 and 2017)
$50 Youth 13 (Born between 2012 and 2015)
$50 Youth 15 (Born between 2010 and 2013)
$55 Cadet (Born between 2008 and 2011)

Registration

https://ontariofencingassociation.wufoo.com/forms/m134oxwc0ugk07y/
Registrations close on Sunday, January 26th, 2025, at 11:59pm.

Dates and schedule

Event summary

The OFA Circuit Youth #2 is the second event of the season.

The format of the Youth competitions

The U11 and U9 will be mixed up resulting in 2 events in total.

The format of the competition will be one round of pools (8 fencers or +) with 100% promotion. Advancement into Direct Elimination will be ranked on the results from the pools.

OFA rankings will be used for pools seeding.

Pool bout in 5 points / D.E bout in 8 points for U9 and 10 points for U11.

The results will count in the OFA rankings.

U13 and U15 events with greater than six (6) competitors will be separated by gender.

The format of the competition will be one round of pools with 100% promotion.

Advancement into Direct Elimination will be ranked on the results from the pools.

OFA rankings will be used for pools seeding.

Pool bout in 5 points / D.E bout in 15 points.

The results will count in the OFA rankings.

The format of the Cadet competitions

Seeding into pools of 6 or 7 will be based first upon HPP rankings and OFA rankings for Cadet, Junior and Senior categories.

OFA rankings will be used for athletes not registered with the CFF HPP, with adjustments to be made only by the Directoire Technique (DT) based upon exceptional circumstances (e.g. former national team member without a ranking, foreign fencers). In cases where pools of 6 or 7 are not possible, the DT will determine the most practicable format, while ensuring to optimize competition.

All events will have one round of pools, with all participants promoted. Any events above 64 registrants may have an imposed cut of between 10-20% if necessary to ensure projected finish times, however, at least 64 fencers will be promoted if there are more than 64 competitors. In cases where cuts will be necessary, an announcement and posting will be made before the start of the event. Advancement into Direct Elimination will be ranked on the results from the pools in accordance with FIE rules.

Events are planned as separate events but may be combined if there are fewer than 6 registrants in one gender. If combined, both a combined and separate women’s DE will be held.  Should the events occur on separate days, participants of the later event will be notified no later than 7 days before the event and given the option of combining with the other gendered event, or a refund of event fees.

Medals will be awarded to the four top spots of the event.

No fencing for third place.

The results will count in the OFA rankings.

Equipment

Please refer to the CFF domestic competition equipment standards.

Note – Blades

U9 – size 0 – 2 blades required for Epee and Foil / Sabre – Plastic Sabre (provided by organizers)
U11 – size 0-2 blades required
U13 – no special rules regarding the maximum blade length
U15 – no special rules regarding the maximum blade length

SR / Team

SR / Team

U9 / U11 / U13 / U15 / Vet

U9 / U11 / U13 / U15 / Junior