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Event Update: Thursday Class & Discovery Lesson Thu 24th November 2023

This week's Thursday class is still on (Thu 24th November 2023) -- but we have been advised that we cannot enter through the front of the building.

When you get to the main car park -- drive round the edge of the car park to the green gates on the far right of the building/car-park where you will see the Westminster school car-park.

Please enter through the "Westminster School" entrance towards the bottom of this rear car-park -- the class will be in the Westminster Studio.

Hopefully the sports staff will be on-hand to avoid any confusion this may cause.

- Sat. 7th January "Ludobury & Workshops"

- Sat. 4th February "Reignite the Light 2.0! - Open Tournament"

- Sat 18th February "Form I Technico Course"

- Tue. 21st February "Form I Instructor Course"

- Sat. 25th February "Duelling Day & Referee's Training Day"

And the LudoSport Midlands tournaments

- Sat. 4th March - Order of Regis Tournament

- Sat. 13th May - LudoSport Midlands Tournament

• Download ITR v3.2 (Competition Rules)

Competitors (& Officials) might want to note the following:

Changes to saber color/sound provisions. Cannot be disruptive or confusing. Rewritten blue blade rule (§2.1.4). Rearranged general provisions for hilts (§2.1.5). Changed expiration of blades (§2.1.6). Minor changes to combat pants details (§2.2). Minor changes to gloves and knee pads details  (§2.3.2, §2.3.7). Removed rule about disallowed weapon matches (was: §3.2.1) to implement Act 2022/05. IH declaration section improved for clarity (§3.4.2) and to implement Act 2021/04. Clarified when penalties for disturbance can be applied (§3.7.2).

Officials will want to have a detailed look at these points, especially the changes to the signals:

Improved vocal signals section to better reflect current practice (§3.3.1). Added “card?” gesture to dialoguing signals (§3.3.3). Some edits for clarity in §3.3.2 and §3.3.3.  Added examples of hits for proximity in change of target case (§9.3.13). Clarified that medical staff can intervene for injuries, sickness, apparent confusion or any other medical issue (§7.6.3.1). 

We recommend to Event Managers, Rectors, Deans, etc. (& Officials!) to have a look at these changes:

Clarified leaderboard paragraph (§7.3.2.3). Extended to A brackets (with exceptions) the rule about Head Officials not being able to act as Officials in multiple arena tournaments (§7.4.4). Added requirement of having a circular arena to B brackets (§7.6.1). Changed times of tournament public announcement and communication to ONBOARD/INCOM and involved entities (§7.7.1). The person performing the draw cannot be a competitor (§7.7.3). Draw can be performed using yearly rating as a sorting criteria (§7.7.4).  Changed table at §9.7.2 consequentially to other changes.

Comments or requests for clarification should be addressed to commission@ludosportincom.org
Thanks and have fun out there!

Afterwards we headed out to Geek-Retreat Birmingham to play some games, where the staff made us really welcome.