2020 BRENDOW-CUP

A valid DFB fencing pass is a starting requirement for German fencers. Adolescents under the age of 18 need a health certificate (not older than 365 days).

Referees are not required.

All referees must attend the referee meeting which will be hold 15 minutes before start of the first competition in the morning. In case of no show, the relative clubs will have to pay the penalty fee payable in case of missing referee.
All referees have to keep themselves available for the whole competition day.

All referees are payed 50 € (regional referees and higher) and 25 € (module 1 beginner referees). The paiement is done cashless. The paiement is only done if the referee attends the referee meeting in the morning and stays available during the whole competition day for the tournament.

Entries to: https://fencing.ophardt.online/
until Oct 22, 2020, 11:59:00 PM Central European Summer Time only by: Club
Cancel until Oct 28, 2020, 11:59:00 PM Central European Standard Time
E-Mail: fencing@web.de (nur mit kompletter Adresse und Telefon-Nr.)

Competition mode will be fixed by the technical directory.

Hygiene regulations
- Fencer from the North Rhine-Westphalia regional association have priority.
Remaining places can be filled up with fencers from other regional associations.
These can only register by email and not via Ophardt Online.
- Fencers from abroad may not participate.
- Entry to the hall and changing rooms is only permitted with mouth-nose protection.
- Changing rooms may only be used by a maximum of 4 fencers.
- Shower rooms may not be entered or used.
- At the venue, each fencer must take his assigned place (carpet tile).
- The distance rule of 1,50m must be followed at all times (see floor marking).
- All persons entering the hall must disinfect their hands.
- Warming up may be staggered.
- In order to keep the number of participants as small as possible and to avoid mixing with other referees, the referees are provided by the organiser.
- Parents and spectators are not allowed to enter the venue.
- Equipment check is run by referees at the track, they wear hygienic gloves.
- Referees and coaches are obliged to wear mouth and nose protection at all times.
- Fencingpass are not handed out, but only shown together with the health certificate.
- A maximum of one trainer/coach per club is allowed at the venue.
- The handshake and the signature in the tableau is waived.
- Eliminated fencers must leave the hall quickly.
- The Fencing hall may only be left via the emergency exit.
- Officials (trainers/coaches) and referees must be registered via Ophardt Online.
- The organizers ensures that the hall is constantly ventilated and regularly disinfects the sanitary facilities and rooms.

The instructions of the organizers/competition management must be followed. Violations of the hygiene regulations will be punished with a "black card".

The event takes place according to FIE regulations.

Any fencers registered as participants in the competition who don’t show up at check-in will have to pay the entry fee unless they revoked their participation on or before the Friday preceding the tournament (deadline 2 PM) through email addressed to the competition manager.

Organizer assume no liability. All participants are for responsible for the personal equipment.

The participants submit to the jurisdiction of the Rheinischer Fechter-Bund e.V.

The participants and their legal representatives declare that they agree to a publication of their names, clubs and year of birth as the as the competition data.. The fencer / legal representative declares his consent to the production, distribution and display of images, sound and film during the competitions. This consent is free of charge, has unlimited territorial and temporal validity and applies to the right to the image as well as the general right of personality. It includes all media, but in particular the right to reproduce recordings in print, TV shows and the Internet. There is the possibility, but no obligation, to give the name.

Equipment as specified by the DFB for the corresponding age group.
https://www.fechten.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Ausruestungsvorschriften_DFB_gueltig_ab_01.04.2024.pdf

As the judges are provided by the organisers, the entry fee is increased to 20€ to remunerate the judges. Interested referees can contact us in advance by mail.

Please note that the rule "no spectators and parents in the hall" is strictly enforced by the organiser.