Y12 Direct Eliminations

[fencerbunny]

My club will be running a Y12 pool and DE's in September. I wanted to get an opinion of how other clubs have conducted their DE's. I understand on the National Level they run 1 - 2 pools and then in DE's it is the best 2 out of 3, 5 point bouts. We are considering this or since everyone is already used to the standard "first to 15" perhaps sticking with it instead.

[counter riposte]

If you check out 1.7 of the athlete's handbook, all Y10/Y12 competitions are best two of three 5 touch bouts. If this is a qualifier event, then the competition must be run in the format.

If the competition is just for fun, pick your format and have fun.

[edew]

Qualifier events are not required to be run in the same format as the championship event that they're qualifying to. If you want, you may run 15-touch DE bouts in a Y12 event, even if it's a qualifier to some other event.

The most important thing to note is that the format should be clearly stated (and preferably prior to the event).

Some organizers of qualifying events like to run pools only. Some prefer to run the events as close as possible to the format used at the event being qualified for.