Fencing Draft:Types Of Marshalling

1. There are five kinds of activities that come under marshalling:
   • supervising combat
   • inspecting equipment
   • being the Marshal-in-Charge of the field or event
   • authorising participants
   • holding an office for a group or the Kingdom.
2. There are three types of people who can do some or all of these activities:
   • authorised fencing combatants
   • Fencing Marshals
   • Authorising Fencing Marshals
3. The requirements are set out in table 3.1.

Table 3.1 Summary of roles

	Authorised combatant	Fencing Marshal	Authorising Fencing Marshal	Group Fencing Marshal	Kingdom Fencing Marshal
Subscribing membership required	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Standard fencing authorisation required	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Inspect equipment	No	Yes	Yes	if Fencing Marshal	Yes
Supervise combat	Yes	Yes	Yes	if Fencing Marshal	Yes
Be Marshal-in-Charge	No	Yes	Yes	if Fencing Marshal	Yes
Authorise fighters	No	No	Yes	if Authorising Fencing Marshal	Must be Authorising Fencing Marshal
Authorise Marshals	No	No	Yes	if Authorising Fencing Marshal	Must be Authorising Fencing Marshal