The school will provide all the safety gear and equipment that the athletes The equipment they will need:
Fencing Mask
Fencing Jacket
Plastron
Chest protector (required for women, optional for boys)
Glove
Fencing Pants for competition
Fencing Socks for competition
Body-Cords and Fencing Swords for practice and competition
When an athlete selects the equipment they will be using for the season they will store it in a personalized bag at the school. The equipment will not be used by anybody else (except in an emergency).
About your fencing equipment
Buying your equipment
After students have decided that fencing is for them, they often want to buy their own equipment.
For starters I strongly recommend that athletes go to Absolute Fencing in Bridgewater. The staff there can help with fitting and making sure that everything fits and is appropriate.
High School Fencing in NJ is organized under the NJ Interscholastic Fencing Association (NJIFA). This organization of HS Fencing coaches is the liason to the NJ Insterscholastic Athletics Association (NJISAA)
Fencing in the US is organized under the US Fencing Association USFA. The USFA is the sport's governing body and the liason with the international organization the FIE)
Under the USFA the Referees Commission trains and certifies referees and manages the rules. When the FIE passes rules changes the US Referees Commission determines how the US will implement those new rules.
For High School fencing the NJIFA and NJISAA will discuss rules changes being adopted by the USFA and how high school fencing will adopt those rules.
