Team Events

[audiomyst]

I was wondering, since I've never been to one, how do team events/tournaments/whatever you want to call it work?

[peet]

The basics:

USFA team tournaments are run in what they call "team relay" format. It works much like a foot race relay:

Three person teams with an optional fourth alternate (substitute). Each fencer on each team fences each fencer on the other team in a 5 touch bout. That's 9 bouts, for a total of 45 touches. Here's the catch though: In each bout, the fencers are fencing up to the next multiple of 5 touches. So, the fencer that starts the bout behind can make up the deficit, even though that's more than 5 touches.

Example:
In the third bout, we are fencing to 15. Imagine that at the start of the bout, my team is losing 10-4. If i'm better than the other fencer, i may be able to score 11 touches before he can score 5 (or three minutes expires).

Then, in the 9th bout, the first to 45 touches wins (or whoever's ahead when time expires).


Cool?

[audiomyst]

Originally Posted by peet

The basics:

USFA team tournaments are run in what they call "team relay" format. It works much like a foot race relay:

Three person teams with an optional fourth alternate (substitute). Each fencer on each team fences each fencer on the other team in a 5 touch bout. That's 9 bouts, for a total of 45 touches. Here's the catch though: In each bout, the fencers are fencing up to the next multiple of 5 touches. So, the fencer that starts the bout behind can make up the deficit, even though that's more than 5 touches.

Example:
In the third bout, we are fencing to 15. Imagine that at the start of the bout, my team is losing 10-4. If i'm better than the other fencer, i may be able to score 11 touches before he can score 5 (or three minutes expires).

Then, in the 9th bout, the first to 45 touches wins (or whoever's ahead when time expires).


Cool?

Thanks for the info! And yeah, it does sound cool . Hopefully I'll get to go to one sometime.