Tournament Resources

Open Tournament: 

Formatted like a USFA tournament, with a preliminary round of pools and then a direct elimination round until 1 fencer remains. The host school is responsible for hiring a bout committee or for managing the event with tools like AskFred and Fencing Time.

Team Meet:

Formatted like an NCAA meet. Each school fields two teams of 3 squads:

• a men’s team with a Foil, Epee, and Saber squad &

• a women’s team with a Foil, Epee, and Saber squad.

Each squad is made of three fencers, with places for alternates. The squads from each school fence against one another in a match. Each match is made of 9 encounters (3 people vs. 3 people = 9 total bouts). In any encounter, the victor is the squad who wins the greater number of bouts in the match. In the case of a tie, the victor is determined by indicators first, and by touches scored second. If scores are still tied, then the match is a double defeat. Double defeats are not counted in the overall season scores.

The winning team is the one who wins 14 of the 27 total bouts. i.e. if UC Riverside beats UC San Diego in Mens Foil 8-1, but then loses in Men’s Epee 4-5 and Saber 2-7, then UCR is still the winning school (14-13).

All teams fence each other twice during the season. The total victories are calculated to crown a conference champion.

When a school does not field a squad, or a team, then that school automatically forfeits all those matches.

-- As of 28 May 2015

Referee Pay Rate Schedule

Referees at IFCSC meets can expect morning coffee and a lunch (provided by the host school, but paid for by the Conference). AskFRED is the official source for verifying referee ratings.

• Referees with ratings of N1 - $180 per service day

• Referees with ratings N2 - $165 per service day

• Referees with ratings R1 - $150 per service day

• Referees with ratings R2 - $135 per service day

• Referees with ratings L1 - $120 per service day

• Referees with ratings L2 - $105 per service day

• Passed written exam - $90 per service day

• Unrated referees - $75 per service day

• Additional compensation may be available for those really, really long days.

Additional Travel Reimbursement (proposed for 2023):

• Close distance (>50 mi RT) – $15
            e.g. 20-30 min drive through LA.

• Middle distance (>100 mi RT) – $25
            e.g. Pasadena to Irvine.

• Long distance (>200 mi RT) – $45
          e.g. LA or OC to San Diego or Santa Barbara, and vice versa.

Referee Development 

• Talk to us about being observed for improved ratings at IFCSC meets

updated: 28 Jan 2023