Competition Rules

The FIE Competition Rules may be found here.  Please note that the 2009 AGM  agreed that the AFF will not require a fully conductive bib on masks in foil at national tournaments (for all age groups) in Australia before 1st January 2010 and that the AFF will give at least six months notice before the introduction of such a requirement.

Black Card Penalty

A fencer penalised by a black card (which carries the penalty of exclusion from an event, suspension from the rest of the tournament and exclusion for the following two months of the current or following FIE season) at any international competitions or AFF national competitions, shall be excluded from competing:

• in official FIE competitions - for two months, from the date of the offence, in the age group competition season in which they are eligible to compete in the current or following FIE season; and
  
  
• in all other international competitions - for two months from the date of the offence; and
  
  
• in the next AFF national tournament in which they would have been eligible to compete; and
  
  
• at the state level - all state and interstate level competitions from the date of the offence to the conclusion of the next AFF national tournament in which they would have been eligible to compete.
  

The AFF will take responsibility for advising State Associations as to which registered fencers are penalised in accordance with the above policy.

Referee Appointment

This policy for the appointment of referees can be downloaded below, and applies to all open and veteran national tournaments from 2009.

[228] AFF Referee Appointment Policy v3.1 (Dec08).pdf