Designing the spokeguards
& why you need them….
In order to fence Championships & Paralympic games, IWAS requires for each federation to have their own spoke-guards. They have to comply to specific rules (size of letters, flag etc), but allow enough freedom for design.
For the upcoming European Championship, The Netherlands needed to submit a design (for we had none) and request approval. I worked hard to finish the design and send it to my federation (KNAS) – who then submitted it to IWAS for approval. Luckily we got it all done in time!
![](https://parafencer.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PF-Spokeguard-design-1.jpg)
FINALISING THE DESIGN
![](https://parafencer.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Iris-Spokeguard-in-chair.jpg)
FITTED IN CHAIR
![](https://parafencer.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PF-Spokeguards-file-for-printer.jpg)
READY FOR PRINTER
![](https://parafencer.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Iris-Spokeguards-result.jpg)
RESULT
![](https://parafencer.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PF-spokeguards-approval.jpg)