In extreme circumstances, regional tournaments may be canceled, delayed or rescheduled by the
majority decision of a group composed of the Tournament Organizer, the USA Fencing Senior Events
Manager, the relevant Regional Manager and/or the CEO.
USA Fencing has the right to require any Regional Tournament Organizer to cancel, delay or reschedule a regional tournament in the best interest of the membership due to unforeseen extreme weather occurrences or other catastrophic circumstances. Organizers must include in their public tournament information page their refund policy in the case that a catastrophic event causes the cancellation, delay or rescheduling of their tournament.
Regional tournaments which are cancelled due to no fault of the organizer will be rescheduled, if possible, within the season for which the tournament was awarded.
Organizers may NOT cancel, delay or reschedule a regional tournament without the approval of the
aforementioned group. Tournament organizers cancelling an ROC, SYC, RJCC, RYC or IRC without
approval shall refund all monies paid by registered tournament entrants, including fees associated
with non-ROC, non-RJCC, non-RYC or non–SYC events.
If such cancellation is made unreasonably and/or on short notice, the tournament organizer
may additionally be held responsible for reimbursement of expenses incurred by tournament
entrants, and organizers are strongly encouraged to maintain general business liability insurance to
provide for such an eventuality.
In no event will USA Fencing be held responsible for the refund or reimbursement of any such fees or expenses, and by bidding, tournament organizers agree to hold USA Fencing harmless and to indemnify USA Fencing against any claims made by tournament entrants as a result of the cancellation of a tournament or as a result of the withdrawal of sanction by USA Fencing