Welcome

Dear friends of fencing, dear referee colleagues,

The Quality of our work is on the one hand reflected in our broad knowledge of rules and their enforcement and on the other hand in our regardful, responsible and of course fair contact with the participants. In the first place are the top-performing athletes. Aside there has to be someone to realise, analyse, judge, compare and evaluate their performance and in the end communicate the judgement verbally and visually to the athlete and the audience. In whatever sport there is a referee involved. He minds the keep of rules and dicides ultimately on win or defeat. No soccer match, no boxing match, no swimming competition or cycle race, no golf turney and no sailing regatta, no chess match and not the Formula 1 can do without the referees, can do without the “Men in Black”.

Without referee there is no competition and without competition there is no referee.

This symbiosis will last as long as there are people that want to match with each other within arranged rules. (Peter Brigola)