RULE CHANGES
DECISIONS AT THE 2003 FIE CONGRESS
The FIE Congress in Leipzig last
November decided that proposed changes to foil
and sabre are to be subjected to testing, probably
in the 2004-5 season junior A-grade competitions
(awaiting confirmation of details):
Foil
• blocking time reduced to 300ms (currently
750ms)
• impact time increased to 15ms (currently
1-5ms)
• point weight increased to 750g (currently
500g)
• blade bend limited to 1cm (currently
2cm) + use of Mangiarotti (mini-epee) point
Sabre
• blocking time reduced to 120ms (currently
375ms)
FROM JANUARY 2004
Anti-doping
The FIE has adopted the WADA (World Anti-Doping
Association) anti-doping code.
Also, fencers will be suspended on a positive
A sample. If a fencer is disqualified for doping,
others move up a place in the results. If a fencer
is doped and fences in a team, the team is disqualified.
Adverts on clothing
Area of adverts on fencer is increased from 4
by 75 sq. cm to 4 by 125 sq. cm. Colours on masks/pictures
on trellis will be allowed but these must be submitted
to the FIE Executive Committee.
Referees at A-grades
The fine for not bringing requisite referees to
an A-grade competition (€500 if organisers
are warned over 14 days in advance, otherwise
€1000) is to be given to the organisers who,
if they find a substitute, can keep it rather
than handing it to the FIE.
Non-presentation (Article t.86)
The same penalty for non-presentation for individual
DE bouts, bouts in match, etc, will be applied
as for start of pool, DE, match (three calls,
then thrown out).
Passivity (t.87)
Now applies to team matches, with analogous rules
as for DE. No passivity in last minute of 3rd
period/9th team bout.
Judges change end (t.36)
In team matches after each bout.
For the following offences, any hit scored by
the fencer at fault will now be annulled (t.120):
• corps a corps at foil/sabre (t.20)
• protecting/substitution of valid target
(t.22)
• seizing electrical equipment ((t.22)
The offence ‘inversion of shoulders at
foil’ is removed (it is covered by ‘covering’).
Red-card penalties are confirmed for non-use of
names and national colours. This refers to name
and country on back, in dark blue and of the required
size, for all FIE competitions (A-grades, satellites,
World Championships at all levels), and to national
colours, which must be of the approved design,
worn on the leg or sleeve in all World Championships,
Senior World Cup (A-grade/Grand Prix) events from
the last 64 (previously the last 32) and team
World Cup events throughout.
Hit deliberately scored off opponent becomes a
red-card offence.
Receivers inside masks allowing trainers to coach
during bouts will attract a black card (t.43).
The warning for disturbing good order by a person
off the piste will be signalled by a yellow card.
Referees cannot combine role (t.34) with any
other activity (team captain, etc).
Any A-grade cancelled less than 4 months ahead
will be removed from the calendar the following
year (except in cases of force majeur) and, if
less than 2 months ahead, will also pay a €5000
fine.
The number of women required on the FIE Executive
Committee and each FIE commission is increased
to two.
FROM MAY 2004
At World Championships (senior and junior) the
organisers will pay for all referee costs (o.68/o.69),
but keep the entry fees.
FROM OCTOBER 2004
World Cup events
The number of individual senior World Cup events
will be reduced to 14 per weapon (of which five
will be Grand Prix). World Cup team events will
take place in combination with the Grand Prix
events. A maximum of three competitions per continent
can contribute to individual senior FIE points
(currently four).
Entries for Grand Prix events are to be limited
to eight (20 for the organisers).
Final named entries (+ reserves) for Grand Prix
events must be made 15 days in advance; other
names must be refused by organisers, as must fencers/refs
without a licence. There will be fines on organisers
for non-compliance.
In World Cup team events, the tableau will be
drawn by lot in pairs except for the first four
teams. Conversely, in Senior World Championships,
lots will no longer be drawn in pairs to establish
the tableau.
In World Cup team events, places will be fought
out to 16th place only (17th-32nd get 8 points).
Coefficient multipliers for FIE points (individual
competitions only) will be changed to 2 for Grand
Prix, 3 for World Championships.
FUTURE EVENTS
2004 European Olympic Qualifiers, all weapons
– Ghent, Belgium, 17 April
2004 Vets WC – Krems, Austria
2004 FIE Congress – Paris
2005 Junior/Cadet WC – Linz, Austria
2005 Vets WC – Tampa, Florida (will include
women’s sabre)
2005 Senior WC – Leipzig
2005 FIE Congress – Doha, Qatar
2006 Senior WC – Turin
RULES UPDATES
Update texts for the Rules are available on the
BFA website. A new English version of the Rules
for Competitions is planned for later in 2004.
|
