1938-39

FENCING
the conditions for which are given in the extract from Royal
Tournament Rules
(vide
page 2'74.).
An Inter-Unit Team Competition in the three light weapons is
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held every year under the following conditions. In addition to the
challenge trophy, the winning team receives a small statuette of a
fencer. Medals are given to the members of the first and second
teams.
ARMY INTER-UNIT TEAM FENCING CHAMPIONSHIP
I.
An Inter-Unit Team Fencing Championship will - be held
annually for a Challenge Trophy. There will be an entrance fee
of
£,1
per team.
2. Prizes. Winners: The Inter-Unit Team Fencing Challenge
Trophy, small replica and medals. Runners-up: Medals.
The Challenge Trophy remains the property of the Army Fencing
Union and cannot be won outright, and it shall not be taken out of
the British Isles without permission of the General Committee.
3. For the purpose of this Championship the Definition of a Unit
shall be as laid down for all Army competitions. (See pages 43
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(N.B.—A " Unit " may enter more than one team, but no fencer
may fight in more than one team.)
4. Teams shall consist of three fencers in each weapon
-i.e.,
Foil,
Epee and Sabre, with a minimum total of six fencers. No member
of a team shall fence with more than two weapons. No fencer may
be excused duty for training purposes.
5. Officers seconded for service with the A.P.T. Staff or Warrant
and N.C.O's. of the A.P.T. Staff shall be ineligible to compete as
members of a team.
6. Each Command and. Department and the London and
Northern Ireland Districts shall find its best Unit team by April
15th of each year.
7. The best teams of Commands, etc., will then fight off as
follows
Northern Command v. Scottish Command.
Eastern Command v. London District.
Southern Command v. Aldershot Command.
Western Command v. Northern Ireland District.
These matches will be completed by May 1st each year. Place of
match to be mutually arranged.
The four teams left in will fight off in London or Aldershot
during May or June on the pool system
-i.e.,
each team will fence
the other three. In the event of there only being three teams
qualified for the final round, the Committee or Sub-Committee
(see Rule
12)
have the power to nominate another team.
8. (a) All matches and bouts will be fought under the Royal
Tournament Rules for Dismounted Combats in force for the time
being.
(b) When three or more teams are competing in a pool, the scoring
shall be by weapons, the winner of each weapon receiving a number
of points equal to the number of teams competing, the second one
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