Tobacco Free Sport
Approval Date: February 21, 2009
Revision Date:
The Ontario Fencing Association recognizes that exposure of non-smokers to environmental tobacco smoke is hazardous to health and that non-smokers should be protected.
Passive smoking can lead to serious illnesses in adults such as bronchitis, lung cancer and cardiovascular disease. Children can also develop chest illnesses and asthma from exposure to tobacco smoke. Accordingly the following policy has been developed by The Ontario Fencing Association to protect the health of all concerned.
ü The Ontario Fencing Association acknowledges its leadership role in the sport of fencing and aims to be a good role model for affiliated clubs. The move to go tobacco-free also complements the Ontario Fencing Association ’s desire to create a healthy family and community friendly environment.
The Ontario Fencing Association believes that such an environment and image will be advantageous in attracting new members and positively promoting our sport.
Who is affected by the Policy?
This policy applies to all Ontario Fencing Association members, administrators, officials, coaches, players, visitors and volunteers of the Ontario Fencing Association. This policy also applies when these groups are representing the Ontario Fencing Association or attending any Ontario Fencing Association facilities, functions, or events.
FIE Policy
The Ontario Fencing Association defers to the Policy of the world governing body of fencing, the FIE. The policy states:
PART 5. DISCIPLINARY RULES FOR COMPETITIONS
CHAPTER 1 APPLICATION
Persons Subject to these rules
t.81. The regulations laid down in this Part apply to all persons who take part in or attend a competition, including the spectators.
Maintenance of order and discipline
t.82. 4. Smoking in competition halls is forbidden. Smoking will be considered as a
disturbance of the smooth running of the competition (cf. t.83).
Any breach of these rules will be punished as laid down in Articles t.114, t.118, t.120.
CHAPTER 4. THE PENALTIES
AND THE COMPETENT JURIDICAL AUTHORITIES
The types (groups) of penalty
t.114. 1. There are three types of penalty to be applied in the cases indicated
in the table in Article t.120. If a referee has to penalise a fencer who
has committed several faults at the same time, he should penalise the
least serious fault first.
2. Penalties are cumulative and they are valid for the bout with the
exception of those indicated by a BLACK CARD, which means exclusion
from the competition, suspension for the remainder of the
tournament and for the following two months of the active season
(1 October – World Championships for the Juniors, and 1 January –
World Championships for the Seniors), whether current or forthcoming.
However, a team excluded from a tournament because of a BLACK
CARD imposed on one of its members is not excluded as a team
from the following competitions, but it may not select the penalised
fencer.
Certain offences can result in the annulment of the hit scored by
the fencer at fault. During the bout, only hits scored in circumstances
connected with the offence may be annulled (cf. t.120).
3. The penalties are as follows:
a) a warning, indicated by a YELLOW CARD with which the
Referee identifies the fencer at fault. The fencer then knows that
any further offence on his part will result in a penalty hit.
b) a penalty hit, demonstrated by a RED CARD with which the
Referee identifies the fencer at fault. A hit is added to the score
of his opponent and may, if the last hit is at stake, lead to the loss
of the bout. Furthermore, a RED CARD can only be followed by
another RED CARD or by a BLACK CARD, depending on the
nature of the second offence (cf. t.120).
c) Exclusion from the competition, suspension from the
remainder of the tournament and for the following two
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months of the active season, whether current or forthcoming,
demonstrated by a BLACK CARD by which the Referee
identifies the person at fault.
d) Expulsion from the competition venue (any person
disturbing the order of the competition).
4. All warnings (YELLOW CARDS), penalty hits (RED CARDS) and
exclusions (BLACK CARDS) must be noted on the score-sheet of
the bout, the pool or the match, together with the group to which
they belong.
Competence
t.115. The offences and their penalties which appear in different articles of
the Rules are summarised in the list that follows in Article t.120; they
are divided into four groups (cf. t.116–t.119). All these penalties are
within the competence of the Referee, although the Directoire Technique
still retains the right to intervene on its own initiative (cf. t.97.1–3).
The First Group of offences
t.116. The first infringement, in this First Group, is penalised by a YELLOW
CARD (warning). If during the same bout the fencer commits the same
or a different offence in this group, the Referee penalises him, on each
occasion, with a RED CARD (penalty hit). If the fencer at fault has
already been penalised by a RED CARD because of an offence listed in
the Second or Third Group, he receives a further RED CARD for his
first infringement relating to the First Group.
The Second Group of offences
t.117. Every offence in the Second Group, including the first infringement, is
penalised by a RED CARD (penalty hit).
The Third Group of offences
t.118. 1. The first infringement in the Third Group is penalised by a RED
CARD (penalty hit), even if the fencer at fault has already received a
RED CARD as a result of offences in the First or Second Groups.
2. If during the same bout the fencer commits the same or a different
offence in this group, he is penalised with a BLACK CARD (exclusion
from the competition, suspension from the remainder of the
tournament and for the following two months of the active season
(1 October – World Championships for the Juniors, and 1 January –
World Championships for the Seniors), whether current or forthcoming).
3. Any person not on the piste who disturbs the good order of the
competition receives:
a) On the first infringement, a warning, indicated by a YELLOW
CARD, valid for the whole of the competition, which must be
noted on the bout score-sheet and recorded by the Directoire
Technique;
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b) At the second infringement during the same competition a
BLACK CARD and/or expulsion from the competition venue.
4. In the most serious cases concerning disturbance either on or off the
piste, the Referee may exclude or expel the person at fault immediately.
The Fourth Group of offences
t.119. The first infringement in the Fourth Group, is penalised by a BLACK
CARD (exclusion from the competition, suspension from the remainder
of the tournament and for the following two months of the active season
(1 October – World Championships for the Juniors, and 1 January – World
Championships for the Seniors), whether current or forthcoming). However,
a team excluded from a tournament because of a BLACK CARD
imposed on one of its members is not excluded as a team from the following
competitions, but it may not select the penalised fencer.
Offences and penalties
t.120. See the Schedule of Offences and Penalties, pp. 58–59.
