Swordplay Fencing club invites you to come and try Fencing! It's fun, exciting and good for you! All equipment is provided, and almost anyone can do it. For more info on where, when, what time and how much, please read the attached flier.
Learn to fence in CanberraSwordplay Fencing club invites you to come and try Fencing! It's fun, exciting and good for you! All equipment is provided, and almost anyone can do it. For more info on where, when, what time and how much, please read the attached flier. Lancaster U17/U15 Foil Tournament
Congratulations to Lancaster Fencing Club for hosting such a successful, smooth and friendly U17/U15 Tournament on Wednesday Sept 1. Fencers from 4 differant clubs in the ACT took part. The standard of fencing is going up at each Junior Night, but it's great to see everyone having such a good time. A special 'Thank You!' to the Club organisers, the referees and the volunteers that set-up and packed-up the equipment. And of course Gordon, who was running between Results entry, Refereeing and Weapons-repairs! The next U17/U15 Night will be at Engarde Monday Oct 18.
Urgent Notice-Change of dates for ANU CompsThe ANU Annual Sabre competition will be held on Sunday 5th September, with registration closing at 9:45 am. Entry cost is $15. Medals will be awarded to place-getters. There will be no team event. Minimum equipment is long pants and jacket.This competition will replace one of the ANU Monthly Sabre comps and the ANU monthly Epee will be rescheduled to Sunday 3rd October. The fate of the U20 monthly has yet to be decided.
New Coaches
ACT Fencing congratulates Justin Bewsher and Chris Sadler on being the latest coaches to succesfully complete the Level 1 Coaching Accreditation process - a process that can take up to 12 months and includes exams, assignements and supervised coaching. The number of accredited coaches has tripled in the last 5 years and has lead to more clubs operating throughout Canberra.
Australian U20s and Secondary Schools Championships
The Australian U20s and Secondary School Championships will be held in Melbourne, Victoria October 6 -10 2010. Entry fee is $60 per competition. Entries + payments must be in to ACTFA by September 13. To enter, please email
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by that date. After September 13, late-entry Fees are $120. Details on the venue, timetable, weapons check times and accomodation options are in the attached Flier.
ACT Foil CompetitionsSwordplay FC invites Foilists to their Foil Club comp this Thursday September 26.The venue is the Woden Basketball Courts. Registration closes at 6.55pm. Entry fee is $2 for Swordplay members and $10 for non-Swordplay members. The following week on September 1, Lancaster FC is hosting an U17/U15/U13 Foil Round Robin tournament at Lancaster Hall in Barton. Fencing will be electric. Please arrive promptly at 6.30pm to register, warm-up and get ready. Entry is free! 2010 SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PARIS, FRANCE, 4th– 13th Nov 2010CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – ATHLETES ATHLETES NSW Fencing Regatta Weekend
NSW FA is hosting a 'Regatta Weekend' on on 18th/19th September and there is something for everyone!. The weekend will start at midday on Saturday, at Sydney Uni club, with an armourers course and a referee workshop followed by general fencing where the referee skills can be practiced. Dinner and a bit of socialising and budget accomodation overnight. Early start at Marrickville PCYC at 7am for a coaching course and the Novice State Championships at 10am. There is also a club teams event on that day. These should finish by mid afternoon which gives a reasonable time to drive home again. The courses and workshops are worth re-accreditation points for Level 1 Coaches at the rate of approx. 1 point per hour. See the attached flier for details.
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| ANU Open Annual Sabre competition - Sun, Sep 5th |
| ADFA Annual Tournament - Novice Foil - Sat, Sep 11th |
| ADFA Annual Tournament - Open Foil - Sun, Sep 12th |
| Swordplay Monthly - Thu, Sep 23rd |
| ANU Monthly Epee / U20 Foil - Sun, Oct 3rd |
| Engarde U17 Foil Comp - Mon, Oct 18th |
| Swordplay Monthly - Thu, Oct 28th |
| ACT Fencing Annual General Meeting - Wed, Oct 6th |
| NSW Open Epee Championships - Sun, Oct 24th |
| NSW State Foil and State Sabre Championships - Sun, Oct 31st |
| Commonwealth Fencing Championships - Wed, Sep 29th |
| Australian National School Championships - Wed, Oct 6th |
| Australian Junior (U20) Fencing Championships - Thu, Oct 7th |