The 2007-2008 Bay Cup season is nearing the end. And what a great season it is, especially for some event categories! Here are some details about the end of the season. Financially, The Bay Cup is in good shape with about $17.5K in the bank. We expect to end the season (before prizes) at just $17K. So we will get $14K worth of prizes.

Like previous seasons, we will offer gift certificates for prizes. As mentioned throughout the season with their sponsored ad, Wine Spies will also offer prizes to the top veteran fencers.

Speaking of prizes, let's now take a look at the current standings in some of the events.

In the youth events, Jarred Gou (M-TEAM) and Geoffrey Tourette (CFA-SJ) are neck and neck going into the last event of the season in Youth-10 Boys' Foil. A 2nd place finish or better for Jarred will guarantee overall first place for the season. Geoffrey needs to take 2nd or higher and finish ahead of Jarred to take first.

For Youth-12 Boys' Foil, Gabriel Chan has secured first place finish and it's a battle among the remaining top-8 fencers for places 2nd through 8th.

Youth-14 Boys' Foil also pretty much set for the top-3 fencers. The remaining slots in the top-8 will be determined by attendance and results at the last event.

Attendance certainly counts in Youth-12 Mixed Epee as the top-4 will virtually guarantee their places while the 5th through 8th place will be decided by whomever will attend the last event

Jeffrey Dalli (FIRST) holds a tenuous lead in Youth-12 Mixed Saber over Clarissa Perez (Coastside). Next weekend's event at CFA-SJ will determine the the final places for many of the fencers. It will be a fight for the top-12 fencers to stay in or break into the final top-8 places.

Youth-14 Boys' Saber also has a very tight race. The top-4 ranked fencers will basically decide how they want to finish the season in May. It is possible that first place will be tied among two fencers. Youth-14 Girls' Saber, however, is pretty much set for Elizabeth Jug (Coastside). Only a non-attendance at the last event will prevent Jug from taking over first place.

A Quick Note On Youth Girls' Foil

Because the youth girls foil events (Youth-10 Girls Foil, Youth-12 Girls Foil and Youth-14 Girls Foil) only have 4 events each, the final results will be determined by all four events, not just best three of four. Similarly, the cadet and junior women's foil will also be determined by the final results from all their events (four for cadet women's foil and two for junior women's foil). So among the youth girls' foil events, Youth-12 will pretty much finish with the top-8 ending there, unless lack of attendance knocks some out of the top-8. Similarly, the current top-8 in Youth-14 are firmly entrenched into their positions. The only question is how they will sort themselves among the top-8 places.

We'll look at the final places for other age categories in the following weeks.

Wine Spies, an internet-based wine shopping company from Sonoma has agreed to be a sponsor for the Veteran Bay Cup for the 2007-2008 season. End-of-year prizes will be some nice bottles worth fightin' for.

Feel free to click on the link to your right and maybe you can get some of the bottles before the end of the season. And for parents of youth fencers, here's your chance to sample what they can't win for you. Or, start fencing and maybe you'll get one too!

Oops. Was posted as Vet Mixed at 10AM and Vet Women's at noon. CORRECT TIMES ARE: Vet Women's at 10AM, Mixed at noon

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Section 1: Bay Cup Help

1. What is the Bay Cup?
2. Who can participate in the Bay Cup?
3. What is the USFA
4. How do I sign up for the Bay Cup?
5. What do I need to participate in an event?

Section 2: Web Site Help

1. How do I get a username & Password?
2. How do I sign up for events?
3. Do I have to sign up for events to participate?
4. My name doesn't show up in the list when I sign up for an event.
5. Can I sign up events for multiple fencers?
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How old can one be to compete in various age-restricted events? Here are the answers for the 2007-2008 USFA fencing season:

Event Category	Birth Years (inclusive)
Y10 (Youth-10):	1997-2000
Y12 (Youth-12):	1995-1998
Y14 (Youth-14):	1993-1996
Cadet (Und-17):	1991-1994* (may be younger with Y14 Nat'l pts)
Junior (Und-20):	1988-1994* (may be younger with cadet nat'l pts)
Senior events:	any-1994* (may be younger with junior nat'l pts)
Veterans 40+:	born before or in 1967
Veterans 50-59:	9/2/1948 - 9/1/1958
Veterans 60+:	born BEFORE 9/2/1948

Here's a list of armory and other fencing related services offered.  Feel free to advertise your own in the discussion thread for this article.

Lots of useful links to other websites; forms for running tournaments, governing bodies, commercial vendors and more. Add your own in the discussion thread below!

Here is a list of available referees for Bay Cup tournaments