As of mid 2018.

The most center of the bar needs to be well padded up to the corners, effectively eliminating the corner being a point of contact for other players knees.  We don’t want to ID a specific manufacturer as the culprit as all chairs need to follow the same guideline. 

A rounded bar should be padded in the center portion of the bar.

This is to clarify that the ENTIRE back rigid bar does not have to be padded.

Darren Roberts

Technical Comissioner, IWRF