Regional organizers will continue to be allowed to cap events in the coming season to keep sizes manageable, and the National Office will continue to monitor caps to review if they are being set equitably and according to data-based rationale.
For the 2024-25 season, there will also be added recommendations to organizers for how they should set their caps, particularly as it relates to gender-equity. This framework will be used to evaluate the caps being set for regionals in the coming season, and beginning in 2025-26, the recommended framework will be adopted as a requirement for those tournaments wishing to implement caps.
For organizers wishing to cap their events in the 2024-25 season, the recommended structure will follow the below chart. Initial caps for the event should be set within these parameters, and then, at four weeks our from the tournament, organizers may adjust their caps, based upon demand across the different events. Whenever possible, organizers are still encouraged to adjust their caps and add entries equally for the two genders in the same weapon/age category (i.e. JNRME and JNRWE).
*Assumes regional tournaments use pools of five to seven athletes, with a targeted goal of pools with six or seven athletes whenever possible.
**The recommendations for capping differential apply only to events of a different gender within the same age/weapon category. For example, a tournament with a Cadet Men’s Foil cap of seven pools could have a Cadet Women’s Foil cap of six, seven or eight pools (one pool maximum difference).