TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Running The Gauntlet Tournament!
Judging Guide and Semaphores
Images of how to represent each of the first stage calls:
Flow of Match from Judge’s View
• When you see any scoring action, yell “POINT” as loudly and clearly as you can.
• Once you or a fellow Judge has called point, return to your starting spot and lower your head, avoiding looking at the other Judges as much as possible.
• The Director will ask “Judges, what did you see?”
o At this point, please indicate the first stage of what you saw:
who hit whom and whether it was clean, had an afterblow, was a double, or you saw nothing of quality during the exchange.
CLEAN HIT STRUCK BY RED
HIT BY BLUE, AFTERBLOW BY RED
CLEAN HIT STRUCK BY BLUE
HIT BY RED, AFTERBLOW BY BLUE
DOUBLE HIT: BOTH STRUCK AT SAME TIME
NO EXCHANGE/NO QUALITY/DID NOT SEE
Stage 2: Scoring and Targeting
• After the Director has established what action was, they will ask “Target?”
• Judges who agreed with the Director’s call then indicate where they saw the scoring Fencer strike. If you saw nothing, no quality, or felt that the other Fencer scored a hit instead, you indicate “No Quality” for this portion of the scoring.
• For ease of scoring, targets are broken up into 2 categories only: high value and low value.
o High value targets are the head or body
o Low value targets are cuts/thrusts to the limbs, pommels to the head, or slices to the head or body
o If a scoring action landed on the head or torso AND the wounded Fencer’s weapon was suppressed such that they could not effectively counterstrike, then a Director will ask if there was Control. If yes, you signal this by waving the location indicator above your head in a circle.
o Semaphore indicators for the scoring can be seen below:
BLUE FENCER STRUCK RED, HIGH VALUE TARGET
RED FENCER STRUCK BLUE, HIGH VALUE TARGET
BLUE FENCER STRUCK RED, LOW VALUE TARGET
RED FENCER STRUCK BLUE, LOW VALUE TARGET
Judging and Scoring Best Practices and Tips
• If you are uncertain about what you saw, always indicate “No Quality.”
• If you call Point and immediately realize that it was a mistake, accept the mistake and indicate “No Quality.” There is no harm in keeping people safe by erring on the side of over-calling.
• Keep your batons pointed at the home corner for each color (always have blue baton pointed at blue corner, etc). This will keep you from getting confused.
• Your job is not to keep score or assess points, merely to tell the Director what action you observed.
• The Director will generally go with the opinion of the majority of Judges but may side with the minority if they feel strongly about the call.
• The Director may call all Judges in for a conference. Do your best to answer their questions succinctly and quietly.
• Keep moving. Be dynamic to keep the best view of the action.
• Watch your fatigue. If you find yourself getting tired or out of it, please call for a substitute Judge.
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