2025-2026 Regional and National Tournaments

D1, Division 1, Senior (13+) A or B rating
D1A - Division 1A, Senior (13+), all ratings
DV2 - Division 2, Senior (13+), C, D, E, U Ratings
DV3 - Division 3, Senior (13+), D, E, U Ratings
Vet - Veteran (Born 1985 or earlier), all ratings

Tournaments have different ratings depending on how many people participate and what their ratings are.  Find the Tournament Classification Chart  here.

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Y8 - Youth 8 - Born 2017–2019
Y10 - Youth 10 - Born 2015-2018
Y12 - Youth 12 - Born 2013-2016
Y14 - Youth 14 - Born 2011–2014
CDT - Cadet - Born 2009-2012 (through JOs)
JNR - Junior - Born 2006-2012 (through JOs)
SNR - Senior - Born 2012 or earlier

​To earn Regional Points in D1, D1A, D2, or D3 fence at any ROC.  

ROC - Regional Open Circuit (13+) Regional Points, Earn Points in any Region 
RJCC - Regional Junior Cadet Circuit - Regional Points, Only Region 6
RYC - Regional Youth Circuit - Regional Points, Only Region 6 
SYC - Super Youth Circuit (National Points) 
SJCC - Super Junior Cadet Circuit (National Points) 
NAC - North American Cup (National Points)
National Points Have No Region

How to Qualify for Summer Nationals
Regional Points.  Junior/Cadets (Junior Olympics)=120 points (2 events) =75 points for the July Challenge, Y14=160 points (3 events), Y12=70 points (3 events),
Y10 = have points. ((Number in the Event - Your Result+1)/Number in the Event)*100=Regional Points
National Points. Have them.  Earn them by finishing in the top 40% of a SYC, SJCC or NAC
Division Events. Finish in the top 40% of a Regional Open Circuit (ROC) event
Virginia Division Qualifiers. Your last chance for Y14, Div2 and Div3 
Veterans - Fence at any ROC in any Event

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Key Dates
2026 Summer Nationals* - June 27–July 6, in Portland, Ore

October 2025 North American Cup* - Oct. 3–6, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah
Division I, Junior, Cadet, Parafencing

November 2025 North American Cup* - Nov. 14–17, 2025, in Fort Worth, Texas
Division I, Cadet, Y14, Cadet Team

2026 Junior Olympics*
Jan. 9–12, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo.
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March 2026 North American Cup*
March 6–9, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio
Y14, Y12, Y10, Division II

Battle at the Beach ROC/RJCC* - August 30 - August 3, in Jacksonville, FL
CDT, JNR, Division IA, Division II, VET
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The Southern* - October 11-13 in Myrtle Beach, SC
Y8,RYC, RJCC, ROC, VET, Division IA, Division II, Team

River City Rumble - October 25-26 in Richmond, VA
Y8, RJCC, RYC

The Sledgehammer 2025 - November 22-23 in Owings Mills, MD
RYC, RJCC

Fairfax Challenge SYC - December 27-28 in Fredericksburg, VA
SYC, RJCC

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Fairfax Challenge - January 2-4 in Fredericksburg, VA
RYC, RJCC, ROC, Division IA, Division II, VET

Capitol Clash SYC - January 17-19 in National Harbor, MD
SYC, RCC, Y8
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Cherry Blossom 2026 - March 14-15 in College Park, MD
Division IA, VET

Bull City Tournament* - April 4-5 in Durham, NC
RYC, RJCC (N.B. - This is Easter Weekend)

• Junior Olympics 2026
  
  • New Dates: The 2026 Junior Olympics will take place Jan. 9–12, 2026 (including Junior, Junior Team and Cadet events). This earlier date is a change from past seasons, so please mark your calendars!
    
  • Regular Fee Deadline: The regular fee deadline will be Nov. 5, 2025. As in recent seasons, the regular‑fee deadline will fall before the qualification window closes. This timing lets us release time schedules when members need them while keeping the qual window as wide as possible. Best practice: If you’re still chasing qualification after regular fees close, register anyway. Should you come up short, we’ll issue a full refund of your JOs event entry fee — the same flexibility we’ve provided the last couple of years.
    
  • Adjusted Qualification Window: To ensure fencers have plenty of opportunities to qualify and tune up before the rescheduled JOs, the qualification period will run from Dec. 11, 2024, through Dec. 10, 2025. All results from national and regional tournaments within this window will count toward qualifying for the 2026 Junior Olympics. (In other words, events in that timeframe are the ones that matter for earning your spot at the 2026 JOs.)
    
  • Age-Out Timing Change (Junior/Cadet): Beginning with the 2025–26 season, Junior and Cadet fencers will “age out” of those categories after the February 2026 NAC. Originally, age-out would have occurred right after JOs, but we’ve adjusted it to after the Feb NAC. This keeps the season’s timeline consistent with previous years – allowing age eligible fencers to compete in the February NAC of 2026 before they age out. It also means the number of national events counting toward Junior/Cadet World Team selection remains similar to the past.
    

• Mixed Age Eligibility for Regionals: To bridge the gap between the old schedule and the new one, there will be a mixed age eligibility period for regional events after the qualification window closes:
  
  • Regional events up to Dec. 10, 2025 will follow the current season’s age eligibility rules (often referred to as Schedule A).
    
  • Regional events from Dec. 11, 2025 until the Feb 2026 NAC will use a mixed age schedule. This means these regionals will be open to fencers who are age-eligible under either the current season (Schedule A) or the new season (Schedule B) for Junior and Cadet categories. In practical terms, for those couple of months, fencers can compete in whichever age groups they’re eligible for under either schedule.
    
  • Regional events after the Feb 2026 NAC will then follow the new season’s age eligibility rules (Schedule B only). After the February NAC, everyone will be on the new birth year schedule going forward.