Policy for Appointment of Referees
For national tournaments in 2008 the AFF adopted a new policy for the appointment of referees. This policy was reviewed and, with some minor modifications, was adopted by the December 2008 AFF General Meeting to apply for all open and veteran national tournaments from 2009.
The key updates for that policy are that:
- fencers are no longer required to notify and pay with their competition entry via State Associations of their non-involvement in the scheme. They must do so however at the time of roll call for their events at the national tournament, together with the required payment of the premium payment for not refeering.
- the red card penalty for initial refusal to participate and a black card penalty for subsequent refusal will apply from the first national tournament in 2009. From 2010, the refusal will incur a black card penalty.
An updated policy is attached for information and circulation.
This information will also be available from the AFF website: www.ausfencing.org
Last Modified on 11/03/2009 09:33