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So, lots of changes to our financials for this season, e.g. increased fees and dues. We understand that money is always a huge concern for clubs, and we are earnestly doing our best to minimize your costs per tournament. However, in order to maintain a sufficient operating budget, we need to become better at timely submitting invoice requests if SWIFA is to maintain a sufficient financial balance to operate tournaments. Requesting invoices the day or two before a tournament d

Do to rising costs of hiring officials and staff, the schools have voted for the following increase in Swifa Fees: Squad fees: $50 → $70 Administration fees: (Annual) $250 → $300 (Semester) $125 → $150 (Tournament) $75 → $80

A new series of tournament designed for beginners and smaller schools. Find out more information here!

Our new portal will allow officials to 1. maintain their own information profile so that they do not have to repeatedly enter their information and 2. select the tournaments they are signing up for easier.

All referees will now be rated L2 through N1 and meet USA Fencing standards. Send all squad rosters to Dillon via the Discord chat. Note the price change for squad entries has increased to $50.00 . This has to happen in order to afford paying for the more qualified referees.

The following requirements will be applied to all regular conference tournaments. Rising Star Circuit tournaments will have separate rules. Full length socks must be worn No jeans or sweats (even pocketless) Must have fencing pants or baseball pants without front pockets Hair must be up and off the back of the neck Masks must have two safety straps foil masks must have electric bibs Jackets and lames must be zipped on the correct side or in back 800N gloves (recommended) NO