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Post by fox on Aug 11, 2005 10:36:28 GMT -6
I have an epee question.
This happened a few months ago.
I was fencing in a smallish tournament. Basically, at one point I and my opponent closed in and we both hit each other (with our tips). I got a light and he did not.
There was SOME lag time after I hit him before his tip landed and I presumed I had locked him out.
Anyway, the ref calls halt and awards my touch. My opponent's non-weapon arm immediately goes back to feel where his body cord plugs into the reel cord and simultaneously asks the ref to check his weapon. The referee refused and carded him for handling his electronics (I did not hear the exact penalty phrase as uttered).
A month later I'm in another event (bigger). Same thing happens: double touch with only one light, mine. Ref calls halt and awards a touch for me. This other guy (older, but a one-time Olympian, no less) reaches for his connection too then asks the ref to test his weapon. The ref depressed the guy's tip. Nothing happened and my touch was annulled.
I do not wish to give my referees grief, but I'd like a clearer explanation of the rules on testing weapons and handling your connections.
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Post by Dan Gorman on Aug 11, 2005 11:19:30 GMT -6
If a fencer wants a touch annulled, he or she cannot do anything that can be construed as having effected the equipment. With tht in mind it sounds like the first referee was correct in not annulling the touch (but probably not in carding the fencer -- that's only during the action) and the second was incorrect in annulling it. Of course the referee could have seen what the fencer did and determined that it could not have effected the outcome of the test -- I wasn't there, so I couldn't say.
Dan
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