Welcome to fencing at the World Outgames 2013!
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Type of tournament

A one-day tournament, with preliminary rounds and finals. We will host a competition in the three weapons: foil, epee and sabre.

Categories and divisions

A competition in three weapons (foil, epee and sabre), possibly with categories according to skill or ages. This depends on the number of participants.

Categories will be determined on the day itself by the Directoire Technique. This applies only if there are enough people to make categories.

We strive to make pools of four players so that we can play a preliminary round with finals afterwards. However, this also depends on the number of participants and it will be decided by the tournament leader on the day itself.

Anticipated number of participants

50

Remarks

- Everyone will have to bring his/her own weapons and equipment, we will not provide any!
- You are responsible for your own equipment and the storage of it. We can not provide a place to lock this up.
- A repair stand will be available at the venue.

Schedule

Timespan: 1 day, Monday 5 August.

09:00: Registration & accreditation at the Directoire Technique.
09:30: Announcement of the schedule for each weapon.
10:00: Start of the competition. Depending on the number of participants for each weapon: preliminary rounds or first-leg matches of the pool.
12:30: Break.
13:30: Continuation of the competition; completion of the preliminary rounds or return matches.
16:00: Finals.
16:45: End of the competition, preparation of the awards ceremony.
17:15: Awards ceremony for each weapon.
17:30: Casual meetings with each other, time for some talking, free fencing if you'd like, completing the competition day.

Governing and sanction rules*

Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE)

We will use the rules of the FIE, you can download them here: fencing rules woga.

Venue

The address of the fencing venue is Sporthal Rode Loop:

Rode Loopstraat 2,
2170 Merksem.

Public transport

This location is accessible by public transport. Once the travel times from the bus company for 2013 are known, this information will be communicated on our website.

Accommodation for wheelchairs

No.

Awards ceremony

Bronze, silver and gold medals for each weapon.

What is fencing?

If you like to play with weapons in a legitimate way or you just want to imitate one of the three musketeers, then fencing is the sport for you! A good condition, a strong eye-hand coordination and quick movements are indispensable to excel at this sport. Short but intense games will make it very attractive to do and to watch. Don't miss this unique chance to be part of the first fencing competition during a worldOutgames!

Contact

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