ACT Fencing News
2017 ACT Fencing Rankings
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2017 National Open and Veteran Championships - start times
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2017 Australian Open and Veteran Championships.
AIS Arena
Bruce Canberra
8th - 12th December 2017
Day 0 – Thursday – 7th Dec
Equipment Control will be open 16:30 – 18:30.
Day 1 – Friday – 8th Dec
Equipment Control will open one hour before each event.
09:00 Australian Open Men’s Sabre
10:00 Australian Open Women’s Epee
Australian Open Women’s Epee Teams to immediately follow Individual Event
14:00 Australian Veteran Sabre
Australian Veteran Sabre Teams to immediately follow Individual Event
Day 2 – Saturday – 9th Dec
Equipment Control will open one hour before each event.
09:00 Australian Open Men’s Epee > 32
11:00 Australian Women’s Sabre
Australian Open Women’s Sabre Teams to immediately follow individual event.
13:00 Australian Open Men’s Sabre Teams.
13:30 Australian Veteran Men's Epee
14:30 Australian Veteran Women's Epee
Day 3 – Sunday – 10th Dec
Equipment Control will open one hour before each event.
09:00 Australian Open Men’s Epee <32
Australian Open Mens Epee Teams > 8 immediately to follow individual event
09:15 Australian Open Women’s Foil
Australian Open Women’s Foil Teams > 8 immediately to follow individual event
13:00 Australian Veteran Women's Epee Teams (After the Open Women's Foil Teams)
13:30 Australian Veteran Men's Epee Teams (After the Open Men's Epee teams)
Day 4 – Monday – 11th Dec
Equipment Control will open one hour before each event.
09:00 Australian Men’s Foil
Australian Open Men’s Foil Teams > 8 immediately to follow individual event
10:00 Australian Open Women’s Foil Teams < 8
13:00 Australian Open Men’s Epee Teams < 8
Day 5 – Tuesday – 12th Dec
Equipment Control will open one hour before each event.
09:00 Australian Veteran Foil
Australian Veteran Foil Teams to immediately follow individual events
12:00 Australian Open Men’s Foil Teams < 8
Notes – Where (but after xxxx event) is used, it means the event will commence at the indicated
time, unless the last competitor from the xxxx event who is on the roll call list for the
following same gender event has not yet finished their bouts, then event will be delayed until
that last competitor completes those bouts.
Upcoming ACTFA events
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Update: Registration for this weekend's training day has been extended until this Friday 24 November. See the flier attached for registration details.
Attached below are fliers for two upcoming events in ACT Fencing: a pre-Nationals training day with Olympian Frank Bartolillo, and a club-level referee course. The referee course would be worth re accreditation point for any coaches taking part. Please read the fliers for information on dates, locations and costs. Please bring a skipping rope to the training camp.
Can you help by volunteering at the National Championships?
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ACT Fencing will be hosting the National Senior and Veteran Fencing Championships at the AIS main Arena December 7-12.
To make the event the success is has been in previous years' we need volunteers to help with set up on the Thursday, for equipment control, selling t shirts and medal ceremonies. None of the roles require previous experience and you get to work with a fun team.
If you can help at the Championships, please follow the link below and fill out the volunteer registration form. Every person helping at the event makes it run smoothly and keeps costs down. Volunteers get a volunteer t-shirt and meals while they are there, as well as thanks from the ACTFA committee.
Timetable for 2017 AFF Open and Veteran Championships
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The timetable for the 2017 AFF Open and Veteran Championships is now available (below). The championship will be held at the Main Arena at the AIS 7-12 December.
To register for competitons, please see the news item on the AFF website. Normal registrations close 24 November, after that date a late fee will apply. It is important to read the FAQs on the AFF website and be aquainted with procedures and equipment requirements before registering.
2017 Veteran (40+) Epee Championships
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The 2017 ACTFA Veteran Championships series concluded with the Veteran Epee compettion at the Tuggeranong Archery/Multisport Cetnre on Friday 20 October. Congratulations to Cerri Murphy, Gold medallist in the Womens category, and to Grant McKay who won the Gold in the Mens Category. Grant had previously won Gold in the Foil and Sabre events as well. Congratulations to the the medallists and participants in the Vet series and thankyou to the helpers at the competitons. Full rankings and results can be found in the Main Menu.
ACT Veteran (40+) Epee and Foil Championships
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The ACTFA 2017 Veteran (40+ ) Foil Championships were held at 'Masters' Fencing club, at the Tuggeranong Archery Centre on the 13th October. Congratulations to Grant Mackay on his Gold medal in the competition. This win for Grant comes one week after he also won the Veteran Sabre Championships. Full results and updated rankings will appear on this website shortly. The Veteran Championships series continues on Friday 20th October with the Veteran Epee Competitions. Good luck to al lthe entrants.
Cancellation of U23 events at State Championships
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Important news: please note that the U23 Foil U23 Epee and U23 Sabre competitions have been cancelled at tomorrow's State Championships at the ANU. The remaining events (U20 Foil, epee and Sabre, plus Vet Sabre) will go ahead as scheduled. Please see the info flier for detaisl of times and equpiment requirements.
WADA list of prohibited substances
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WADA has released a list of prohibited substances for 2018. Fencers should read the attachment below: