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Membership

Information

2024-25 Forms and Fees

Our Membership Form is LIVE!

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You can access the form directly here if you have not received our email.

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You can update the contacts for your school and your club here.

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As a reminder, there are a few components to membership and attendance for USACFCs:

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Membership—Fill out the member form and pay the $150 membership fee by December 2, 2024. This is required for tournament attendance and encouraged for schools that can’t attend this year to maintain a good standing in our organization and receive US Fencing benefits for the 2025-2026 school year. 

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Tournament Entry - Fill out the roster form (to be sent out closer to the event date) and pay a fee of $600 per gender team. The number of weapon squads is irrelevant.
 

For example, if you send men’s foil and men’s epee, the fee will be $600. If you send foil, epee, and saber for both men and women, the fee will be $1200. If you send foil, epee, and saber for women but just epee for men, the fee will also be $1200.

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Once the member form is complete, you will receive an invoice for your school by January 2025. Entry fees are due by March 7, 2025.

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There is a late fee of $50 per week, and all payments must be made before the competition. If you need an invoice earlier to allow for slow processing times by your university, email us ASAP at officers@usacfc.org.

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US Fencing x USACFC 

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As stated during the end of last season, USACFC will be partnering with USA Fencing to provide our membership with complimentary USA Fencing club membership along side complementary access memberships. You should have received an email from USA Fencing last week with instructions on how to receive these benefits. If you have not gotten these emails, please email us at officers@usacfc.org so that we can quickly resolve the issue. 

 

In summary, you should now be able access your collegiate club portal by going through your individual membership account and clicking on clubs on your dashboard. More instructions on this can be found HERE.

 

For your access memberships, you will need to fill out the bulk upload form (found on your club portal) with all the members who require access memberships and send this form to information@usafencing.org. If you have any issues with the upload process, please email Brad Suchorski at b.suchorski@usafencing.org.

 

Finally, for the Safe Sport compliance, please have at least two members of the club prioritize receiving Safe Sport training by the end of September. This is to ensure that your club remains a safe environment for all new and returning fencers as we foster a welcoming sport environment. 

Policies

ALL TEAMS MUST BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING RULES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE USACFC:

  1. Teams MUST have full squads of three (3) or more fencers. Teams MAY NOT participate with partial squads

  2. Graduate students may participate if they are eligible (see below)

  3. If teams miss deadlines to submit forms and fees, their squads may be cut if the events are over-enrolled. Late forms and fees incur a $25 per week late fee.

  4. If teams don't bring complete scoring equipment to the event, THEY WILL NOT FENCE

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Teams are responsible for maintaining up-to-date contact information and reporting any changes and formal withdrawals by email/phone are REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN GOOD STANDING IN THE USACFC. Any team not honoring the withdrawal policy will not be allowed to compete in future events

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All participating teams are REQUIRED to bring (1) complete electrical strip PER GENDER that includes:

  • (1) Scoring Machine (CURRENT TIMING)    

  • (2) Floor cords and (2) Reels

  • (1) Stop watch or WORKING remote control     

  • (1) Set of weights and shims

  • (1) Multi-plug splitter or power strip         

  • (1) Extension cord (extras always helpful)
     

Any team failing to bring (1) complete, working electrical scoring set PER GENDER will not participate, NO EXCEPTIONS. All equipment must be available UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE EVENT. Teams with no scoring sets may borrow or rent them from local clubs, divisions, sections, vendors, or other teams

ELIGIBILITY

A fencer will be limited to 5 years of competition at any college level. This is 5 years in which a fencer competes for any team(s) in any intercollegiate competition (NCAA and/or club) for even one bout in a given year. There will be no prior vetting of any fencers but adequately substantiated challenges will be verified. If the board determines that a fencer has exceeded their eligibility then a one year suspension from USACFC will be given to the fencer's team. That team and all of its fencers, coaches, and staff will be black carded / disqualified from the event IMMEDIATELY, NO DISCUSSION, and its results for that entire event will be vacated. That team will be ineligible to compete in any USACFC event through the end of the following calendar year and will have to re-apply to the USACFC (forfeiting all incumbency priorities, if any) to resume participation thereafter.

BLACK CARD POLICY

The USACFC follows the rules of the USFA and NCAA, including the black card policy. Any behavior by any team, individual fencer or coach which meets the criteria for a black card will be issued one. Examples include but are not limited to any harassment or threatening of referees, bout committee workers, athletes, coaches, or USACFC officers.

As the event has grown and received more attention, all involved in the championships must continue to work to make it a positive competition.

Current USACFC Members (2024-2025)

Binghamton University
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College 
Carnegie Mellon University
Clemson University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Drexel University
George Mason University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Miami University 
Michigan State University
Northeastern University
Rowan University
Rutgers University
Smith College
Stony Brook University 
Swarthmore College
Texas A&M University
The College of William & Mary
The George Washington University
The University of Chicago
The University of Rhode Island 
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Virginia
Tufts University
United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
University of Alabama
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Connecticut
University of Florida
University of Maryland-Baltimore County 
University of Maryland-College Park
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Michigan
University of New Hampshire
University of Pittsburgh 
University of Rochester
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Xavier University

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