Strip Requirements

Minimum Requirements
Tournament organizers must run an adequate number of strips to accommodate the size of their tournament and maintain the safety of athletes and/or referees.

Strip Specifications

• Each fencing strip must include 2m (6.5ft) of empty space on either end that is designated as a safety zone.
• The strip layout must also provide an adequate amount of space for the referee on the side of each strip. Referees should have a minimum of 1.4m (4.5ft) of their own space stripe side. For regionals using a strip layout where officials are back-to-back, this means a minimum of 2.7m (9ft).
• The scoring box to be placed approximately 1 meter out from the center of the opposite side of the strip.
• At least four strips must be grounded, unless otherwise approved by the National Office.

Requirements by Circuit
ROC/RJCC/RYC
A minimum of four grounded strips are required to accommodate an event final from the round of eight fencers

• Note: tournaments with a combination category (ROC/RJCC, SYC/RJCC, etc.) will need to provide additional grounded strips to accommodate multiple event finals that occur at the same time unless otherwise approved by the National Office.

SYC
At a minimum, SYC tournaments must have enough grounded strips to accommodate two simultaneous event finals from the round of eight fencers

RPC
At a minimum, RPC’s need to have at least one grounded frame. It is strongly encouraged that all parafencing frames being utilized are grounded. The minimum number of recommended frames to parafencers is as follows:

• 0-4 parafencers = 1 frame
• 5-8 parafencers = 2 frames

10-14 parafencers – 3 frames