For each tournament we post on the website a table that shows how the rankings changed during the competition (access it through the Competitions page).  Our ranking system is based on the model that every bout is a competition between two fencers.  Every fencer starts in our system with a score of 700.  When a fencer wins a bout against a stronger opponent they earn more points than when they win against a lower ranked opponent.  And when a fencer loses to a stronger opponent they lose fewer points than if the lose to a lower ranked opponent. 

 

Throughout a tournament rankings change constantly.  Although this is a complicated book keeping problem for us, for the meet organizer it means that as fencers fence in more events, the quality of the rankings constantly improve.  That makes them more valuable for initial seeding, the process by which fencers are assigned to pools and to positions within pools.  Because these rankings are career rankings, they tend to dampen out the bad day at one end and the day you were on fire at the other, providing a consistent picture of fencer performance potential.

Posted under the competitions link on the website are the full range of last year's competitions, the 2008-2009 Rankings and Classifications, and this year's 2009-2010 Rankings and Classifications.  Results from the 14 November Rain or Shine Fence Dry! II at Amelia Steel have just been posted.

Salle Green 1 Touch Single Elimination

 

Salle Green will start its club fencing season with a single elimination open 1 Touch Epee tournament on Sunday, 29 November at 1:00 pm.  Entry fee is $2.00.  Ribbons will be awarded.  Preregistration on FRED is requested.