Wheelchair Fencing

2024 World Cup Wales - Great Britain

City

Cardiff / Wales
Sport Wales National Centre
Sophia Cl, Pontcanna, Cardiff CF11 9SW

Nation

Great Britain

Date

Jan 11, 2024 - Jan 14, 2024

Timezone of venue

Europe/London (GMT 0)

Participation

INTERNATIONAL OPEN
The number of participants is unlimited.

For each individual event:
Minimum six fencers from four World Abilitysport countries are needed to be an official event.
A fencer without an official international classification is not allowed to participate in an World Para Fencing competition.
The placing of competitors within each category is strictly according to the decision of the official classifiers authorities who have examined and classified each competitor before the competition.

Licence required

International licence	License level 1	Participants Referees Officials (e.g. coaches, accompanying persons)

Quota

None

Referees

Referee qualification:

International referee license is required

IWAS A/B/ (P)

Athletes per nation	4 - 7	8 +
Mandatory referees	1	2
Fine Per tournament	£1,500.00	£1,500.00

Referees must be provided based on the total number of athletes per tournament.

The required number of qualified referees must be entered into the inscription system before athletes can be added to the competition.

The referees activity is not paid by the organizer.

The referees of the delegations must always attend the Competitions, Tournaments or Championships from the beginning until the end of the last bout/match of the competiton. A penalty fee will be applied if they arrive too late or leave too early.

Federation

World Para Fencing (governed by World Abilitysport)

Organizer

British Fencing

Contact

Evie Millar
evie.millar@britishfencing.com

Further information

https://iwas.ophardt.online/en/widget/event/516
View entries and results

Entries

Entries to: https://iwas.ophardt.online/
until Dec 24, 2023, 11:00:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time only by: National federation
Cancel until Dec 24, 2023, 11:00:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time
E-Mail: wheelchairfencing@iwasf.com AND evie.millar@britishfencing.com

Day	Entry desk close	Begin	Competition					allowed	Entry fee
11.01.	08:30	09:00	Foil	female	A	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
			Sabre	male	B	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
	13:30	14:00	Foil	female	B	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
			Sabre	male	A	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
12.01.	08:30	09:00	Epee	male	A	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
			Sabre	female	B	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
	13:30	14:00	Epee	male	B	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
			Sabre	female	A	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
13.01.	08:30	09:00	Foil	male	A	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
			Epee	female	B	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
	13:30	14:00	Foil	male	B	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
			Epee	female	A	I	Senior	1925 - 2011	£50.00
14.01.	08:30	09:00	Foil	male		T	Senior	1925 - 2011	£0.00
			Epee	female		T	Senior	1925 - 2011	£0.00
	13:30	14:00	Sabre	open		T	Senior	1925 - 2011	£0.00

Equipment check

Day	Time	Day	Time	Competition
10.01.	09:00 - 18:00	11.01.	08:00 - 09:00	Foil female Senior Individual A
				Sabre male Senior Individual B
			13:00 - 14:00	Foil female Senior Individual B
				Sabre male Senior Individual A
		12.01.	08:00 - 09:00	Epee male Senior Individual A
				Sabre female Senior Individual B
			13:00 - 14:00	Epee male Senior Individual B
				Sabre female Senior Individual A
		13.01.	08:00 - 09:00	Foil male Senior Individual A
				Epee female Senior Individual B
			13:00 - 14:00	Foil male Senior Individual B
				Epee female Senior Individual A
		14.01.	08:00 - 09:00	Foil male Senior Team
				Epee female Senior Team
			13:00 - 14:00	Sabre open Senior Team

Referee meeting

Day	Time	Day	Time	Discipline
		12.01.	08:15	Epee
11.01.	08:15			Foil
11.01.	08:15			Sabre

Fee for officials

£50.00 Per official

Delegation meeting

10.01. 19:00

Payment

Payment	Surcharge		Remarks
Invoice	-	-	The invoices are generated after the event based on actual results

Late entry surcharge

£150.00 Per late entry

Discounts

£50.00 Per double entry
£50.00 Per triple entry

Tournament officials

TD - Alberto Cruz
Referee Delegate - Chris Farren
SEMI Delegate - Gregory Gross
Classifier - Anita Maria Laszlo

Format

According to World Para Fencing rules.

Rules and legal

According to World Abilitysport and World Para Fencing rules.

Anti Doping

World Abilitysport retains the right to conduct random Anti-Doping testing at any World Para Fencing competition.

Equipment

According to World Para Fencing rules.

Latest submission of equipment to equipment control latest 30min before the closing time.

Booking options

Accreditation Rate - obligatory for participation (without accommodation, transportation, food)	£175.00
Cardiff Marriott Hotel 4* (double room, per person, per night)	£234.20
Cardiff Marriott Hotel 4* (single room, per night)	£298.20
Clayton Hotel Cardiff 4* (double room, per person, per night)	£190.20
Clayton Hotel Cardiff 4* (single room, per night)	£250.20
Hilton Cardiff 4* (double room, per person, per night)	£219.70
Hilton Cardiff 4* (single room, per night)	£284.20
Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa 4* (double room, per person, per night)	£222.70
Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel & Spa 4* (single room, per night)	£307.20
Park Inn Cardiff City Centre 3* (double room, per person, per night)	£177.70
Park Inn Cardiff City Centre 3* (single room, per night)	£237.20
Radisson Cardiff 4* (double room, per person, per night)	£196.70
Radisson Cardiff 4* (single room, per night)	£257.20

Catering

Cafeteria is done by a commercial food service.

Remarks

VISA

If any teams need to apply for visa, please follow the instructions for the visa application process on the following link:
https://wheelchair-fencing.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Visa-Application-Advice-Cardiff-World-Cup-v1.0.pdf

ENTRIES & REGISTRATION

All entries for athletes, referees, coaches and staff has to be done via the Ophardt system: https://iwas.ophardt.online/
DEADLINE: 24 DECEMBER 2023 (by noon CEST)

The data from the entry form and Ophardt system must be consistent and current. It is responsibility of national federations to inform both, IWAS WF and LOC about any changes and keep all data up-to-date.

ACCOMMODATION AND ACCREDITATION PAYMENTS

Please complete the booking form for Transport and Accommodation from the following link or our website and return this to contactus@nirvanaeurope.com
https://wheelchair-fencing.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Accommodation-Airport-Transfer-Booking-Form.xlsx

A member of the team will then be in touch to arrange payment for the accommodation rates and accreditation rates.

Further information on the transport and accommodation for the event can be found here:
https://nirvanaeurope.com/events/british-fencing/2024-wheelchair-fencing-world-cup/

The submission deadline for accommodation and accreditation is 30 NOVEMBER 2023

The accreditation rate will allow competition accreditation only.
Airport transfers, travel to venue, accommodation and food is NOT included.

The room rates will include accommodation and food in the official hotels, airport transfers to the hotels and between the hotels and the venue.
Day rates start from the dinner on the day of arrival and continues until breakfast on the day of departure.

INSURANCE

All members of attending delegations should insure themselves in case of accidents, injuries or illness. The organizer will not accept any responsibility or financial loss or any other responsibility incurred by any of the participants whatsoever.

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Please send your federation's national anthem to evie.millar@britishfencing.com
by 23 DECEMBER 2023 in mp3 format.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The World Abilitysport Registration Fee (50 GBP per person), a possible Late Entry Surcharge (150 GBP per person after the entry deadline and until 3 days before the competition, 250 GBP until the head of delegation meeting), the fine for missing referees (1.500 GBP per missing referee before and 2.000 GBP after the entry deadline) and possible other fines must be paid directly to World Para Fencing.

Please note that all fees and penalties payable to World Para Fencing will be invoiced AFTER THE COMPETITION.

START TIMES

The start times of individual and team events may be subject to change to another time on the same day after the final entry deadline, when the entry numbers of athletes and teams are known.