GBR National Championships Referee Exemption form


To be completed by any GBR referee seeking exemption from the respective National Championships. British Fencing will confirm that the exemption has been granted via a confirmation through Smartsheet. All granted and rejected exemptions will be published on the BF website so that these can be referenced by selectors and checked by BF staff when reviewing future selections. Typically, exemptions are only granted in exceptional circumstances. Senior referees living/training abroad will not be granted exemptions simply due to being an referee living/training abroad. BF will not consider exemption requests based on financial ability. For information about the selection policy, click here: https://www.britishfencing.com/members/referees-zone/gbr-referee-pathway-programme/gbr-referee-selection-procedures/

please provide your BFA membership number

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please selection all your referee qualifications

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Please select from the drop-down list theBritish Fencing national competition you are requesting exemption from. PLease note that as part of the Referee Pathway program Terms and Conditions you are expected to referee at a minimum of 5 BF national championships

https://www.britishfencing.com/members/referees-zone/gbr-referee-pathway-programme/ (see Appendix A)

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Please state your reasons for requesting an exemption for the National Championships indicated

In the event that you are requesting exemption as a result of injury/illness, please attach a letter from a medical professional confirming that the injury/illness will/would have prevented you from competing.

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please supply any additional information you feel is relevant to support your application for exemption

Data collected through this form will be held in accordance with the British Fencing Privacy Policy that can be found here: https://www.britishfencing.com/policy-zone/gdpr-data-protection/.


The personal data you have provided in this form will be used by BF for the following purposes: To contact you in relation to the information provided on this form. BF will store and retain the personal data you have provided in this form for up to 24 months after the date of the National Championship selected.


Under the Data Protection Act, 2018, you have rights as an individual which you can exercise in relation to the information we hold about you. BF tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We would also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures.


This Privacy Notice was drafted with brevity and clarity in mind. It does not provide exhaustive detail of all aspects of the BF’s collection and use of personal information. However, we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Any requests for this should be sent to the Data Protection Officer at the address below.


If you want to make a complaint about the way we have processed your personal information, you should also contact the Data Protection Officer at the address below. Access to your data BF tries to be as open as we can be in terms of giving people access to their personal information.


Individuals can find out if we hold any personal information by making a ‘subject access request’ under the Data Protection Act 2018. If we do hold information about you, we will:


• give you a description of it;

• tell you why we are holding it;

• tell you who it could be disclosed to; and

• let you have a copy of the information in an intelligible form.


Errors If we do hold information about you, you can ask us to correct any mistakes by, once again, contacting the Data Protection Officer as detailed below.


Erasure You can also ask us to delete the data we hold about you by, once again contacting the Data Protection Officer as detailed below.


How to contact us: If you want to see BF’s Privacy Statement and full Privacy Policy you can find these on the website in the Policies section at the foot of every webpage, https://www.britishfencing.com/policy-zone/gdpr-data-protection/, or you can request a copy by email from the BF Data Protection Officer who can be contacted by email or in writing, details below:

BF Data Protection Officer,

British Fencing Head Office,

1 Baron's Gate 33-35 Rothschild Road,

London W4 5HT or dataprotection@britishfencing.com


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