Post by schlager7 on Feb 16, 2007 12:48:53 GMT -6
This is copied from the FIE "Letter of information" of 8 February 2007. This an excerpt. The full text is at www.fie.ch/download/letters/2007/info/2/en/Lettre%20information%202-07%20ANG.pdf
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The Executive Committee at its meeting dated 2 and 3 February 2007 in Lausanne, took the following decisions :
The wireless apparatus at three weapons from the Ukrainian Company STM was homologated by the SEMI Commission.
Further to the tests achieved on 4 October 2006 in Turin, the following junior competitions were held with the wireless aparatus :
Kiev, women’s epee, September 2006,
Bratislava, women’s epee and foil, October 2006
Laupheim, men’s epee, November 2006
Burgsteinfurt, men’s foil, December 2006.
The Executive Committee thus decided to make compulsory (from the table of 32 onwards), from the 1st of March 2007, the use of the wireless apparatus at Grand Prix competitions at foil, as well as at World Championships, and optional at Grand Prix competitions at epee.
This technological innovation going together with the use of transparent mask, any organizing federation of Grand Prix, whose national fencers will wear masks with transparent visor (at all stages of the competition), will be exempted from paying expenses (except for the accommodation of the technicians)
linked to the use of the wireless apparatus. The FIE will pay directly the STM company.
Should the national fencers of the organising federation not wear the mask with transparent visor (at all stages of the competition), the expenses linked to the use of the wireless apparatus will be at the charge of the organizing federation.
These financial measures are applicable to Grand Prix competitions at both foil and epee. The organizing federations facing difficulties to get hold of masks with transparent visor must urgently contact the FIE. The FIE will lend the amount of the order, which will have to be reimbursed by the organising federation at a date to be settled.
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The Executive Committee at its meeting dated 2 and 3 February 2007 in Lausanne, took the following decisions :
The wireless apparatus at three weapons from the Ukrainian Company STM was homologated by the SEMI Commission.
Further to the tests achieved on 4 October 2006 in Turin, the following junior competitions were held with the wireless aparatus :
Kiev, women’s epee, September 2006,
Bratislava, women’s epee and foil, October 2006
Laupheim, men’s epee, November 2006
Burgsteinfurt, men’s foil, December 2006.
The Executive Committee thus decided to make compulsory (from the table of 32 onwards), from the 1st of March 2007, the use of the wireless apparatus at Grand Prix competitions at foil, as well as at World Championships, and optional at Grand Prix competitions at epee.
This technological innovation going together with the use of transparent mask, any organizing federation of Grand Prix, whose national fencers will wear masks with transparent visor (at all stages of the competition), will be exempted from paying expenses (except for the accommodation of the technicians)
linked to the use of the wireless apparatus. The FIE will pay directly the STM company.
Should the national fencers of the organising federation not wear the mask with transparent visor (at all stages of the competition), the expenses linked to the use of the wireless apparatus will be at the charge of the organizing federation.
These financial measures are applicable to Grand Prix competitions at both foil and epee. The organizing federations facing difficulties to get hold of masks with transparent visor must urgently contact the FIE. The FIE will lend the amount of the order, which will have to be reimbursed by the organising federation at a date to be settled.