Chairman (fencing)
In fencing, the referee who is entrusted with the management of the fight is referred to as chairman or chairwoman (plural: chairmen) .
Each tournament battle is led by a referee.
tasks
- call the fencers at the beginning of a bout (and at the beginning of a round)
- to direct the battle
- to check the fencer's weapon and equipment before each battle
- monitor the hit display device
- to oversee the judges, scorers and timekeepers This is no longer necessary with new competition techniques.
- Punish violations of the competition rules
- to decide on the hits
- to keep his path in order
Decision on hit
Today the chairman has a hit display device (detector) available. The detector indicates the occurrence of a valid or invalid hit. The chairman may not give any hits that are not displayed by the reporting device.
In the past four judges supported the umpire for this purpose, with two judges observing a fencer. In order to assess the occurrence of a hit, the referee asked the judges responsible for the fencer in question, who had to answer “Yes”, “Yes, invalid!”, “No, no hit” or “abstention”. The judges had one vote each, the umpire 1½ votes, so that the umpire could overrule the umpire if they both agreed.
Appointments
An appeal to the Technical Directorate is possible against decisions of the chairman , as far as rule interpretations are concerned. No appeal is possible against the factual finding, here the referee's decision is final.
positioning
The chairman stands on the opposite side of the fencing track from the signaling device so that he can see the signaling device and both fencers. He can and must move parallel to the lane with the fencers in order to continue to observe the signaling device and the fencer.
Judge
In battles without an electrical hit display, the chairman can be assisted by four judges.
task
- Hit display
- Indication when a fencer is using his or her unarmed arm / hand
- Monitor the obscuring or replacement of the valid target area
- In the sword hits that were placed on the ground, as well as in all weapons to report leaving the track sideways or backwards
- To report all other rule violations that are described in the regulations
positioning
The judges are set up on both sides of the umpire and on both sides of the track and follow the battle in its entirety. They watch the fencer standing opposite. The assistants must change sides after half of the bout or after each round so that they do not have to observe only one fencer at a time.
Web links
- The rules of fencing. Deutscher Fechter-Bund eV, accessed on February 20, 2015 .
swell
- ↑ FIE regulations. (PDF; 305 kB) t. 35, No. 2. Fédération Internationale d'Escrime , May 16, 2014, accessed on February 20, 2015 (German translation).
- ↑ FIE regulations , t. 35, No. 2f).
- ↑ FIE regulations , t. 36, No. 1.
- ↑ FIE regulations , t. 36, No. 3 and 4th