Youth Armoured Combat Draft:Divisions

Divisions

1. Youth armoured combat in Lochac has three divisions, based on age, with different calibration, armour, and weapon standards. The age ranges are:
   • Division 1 : Ages 6-9
   • Division 2: Ages 10-13
   • Division 3: Ages 14-17
   1. The listed age ranges for each division is not absolute. We recognise that some youth will be very small or very large for their age, and that some will mature earlier or later than others.
   2. Younger combatants may be moved to a higher division or older combatants may be allowed to remain in a lower division, on a case-by-case basis, at the request of the parent and with the approval of the marshals.
2. As there will often be a small number of youth combatants at an event or practice, combatants can fight others in another division if they have permission from the combatant's parent or nominated caregiver, and the youth armoured combat marshal-in-charge.
   1. Older combatants must fight to the weapon standards, calibration, and rules of the younger combatants being fought. E.g. A Division 2 combatant may fight a Division 1 combatant at Division 1 calibration with Division 1 weapons.
3. Minors may continue to fully participate in youth armoured combat while training for adult combat.
4. When minors become authorised in adult armoured combat, they have graduated from youth armoured combat and are no longer eligible to participate in youth armoured combat tournaments, except as bye fighters (i.e. not eligible for prizes). They can still participate in youth armoured combat training activities and are encouraged to become youth armoured combat Sparring Partners, and then youth armoured combat Marshals once they are 18. What about adult fencing? Note: being a marshal requires you to be 18 for all activities - you're acting as an officer of the org, you also need to be a member.
5. Parents and nominated caregivers may always spar with their own children. See Adult Participation for more information.