Rules

• All challengers must register by the deadline indicated below.

• Each residence may register multiple challengers.

• Challengers must have no prior fencing experience. All participants will receive one hour of training in fencing safety and basic skills before the public event - to be scheduled after the close of registration. All equipment will be provided.

• This event is intended to be an exciting and fun experience for everyone involved. To ensure a level playing field, challengers must not seek coaching or instruction from anyone in their residence, or elsewhere, who has prior fencing experience. In the future, once we have experienced fencers in all residences, we'll explore introducing a new skill level to the competition.

• Personalized awards will be presented to both the champion and their residence, with the residence’s award to be proudly displayed in the residence for years to come.

• The top two competitors will receive a free club membership for the year.

• Any participant whose behavior indicates that they may be under the influence of a substance, who poses a risk to themselves or others, or behaves inappropriately, may be eliminated from the competition.

Competition

This competition will follow the standard rules for Epee, including but not limited to: full body target, and double touches score a point for both competitors. Duration of matches has been limited to insure a reasonable length event.

• Non-Public Pre-Competition

Challengers may need to participate in a pre-competition against others from their own residence to determine the residence's representative who will advance to compete against the other residences. This will depend on the number of challengers from their residence, as follows:

• 1 Challenger: The challenger advances as the residence's representative.

• 2 Challengers: Challengers will compete against one another in a best-of-3 format. The first challenger to win two bouts advances as the residence's representative.

Bouts will be to 5 points or a maximum of 2 minutes. If the score ties at 5-5, the bout will reset to 4-4 and continue with no time limit until only one competitor scores a point.

• 3+ Challengers: All challengers will compete in a simple round-robin, with each challenger dueling every other challenger from their residence.

Bouts will be to 5 points or a maximum of 2 minutes. Tied scores are permitted.

The challenger with the highest total number of points scored across all bouts will advance as the residence's representative. In the event of a tie, the tied challenger who has had the fewest total points scored against them will advance. If a tie remains, the tied challengers will compete in another round-robin to determine which competitor advances.

NOTE: To provide residences with fewer challengers a fairer bouting experience compared to residences with more challengers, organizers may arrange additional bouting opportunities for those challengers during the pre-competition period. These additional bouts will not affect who advances as described above.

• Public Championship

All challengers will be "seeded" based on their performance in the pre-competition.

The top challenger from each residence will compete in a double-elimination format. Challengers will progress through an upper bracket while they continue to win. A challenger who loses a bout in the upper bracket moves into the lower bracket, where they continue to compete for the opportunity to advance. A loss in the lower bracket eliminates the challenger from the competition.

The winner of the lower bracket, having one loss, will ultimately advance to compete against the winner of the upper bracket, who will have no losses, for the championship.

Bouts will be to 5 points or a maximum of 2 minutes. If the score ties at 5-5, the bout will reset to 4-4 and continue with no time limit until only one competitor scores a point.

Championship Final

The championship final bout will be to 10 points or a maximum of 4 minutes. A 1-minute break will be allowed once either competitor has reached 5 points, if requested by either competitor. If the score is tied at the end of the 4-minute time limit, a 1-minute break will be offered, after which the bout will continue with no time limit until one competitor scores a point.

If the upper-bracket winner loses the championship final bout, both challengers will then have one loss and an additional bout will be held using the same format to determine the champion.

  * Rules are subject to change at the discretion of the event organizers 

Registration

DEADLINE: Tuesday, September 19

REGISTER: Residences Registration  * Closed