The Canberra Tournament was held on the Canberra Day Long Weekend. The event incorporated the ACT Mens and Womens Foil, Epee and Sabre Championships as well as the ACT Novice Foil Chapmionships (kindly sponsored by JG Fencing). Fencers from 5 states took part and the results are part of the ACT, NSW and Victorian Rankings. Congratulations to all the medal winners and fencers that achieved Personal Bests. Results can be found in the Main Menu to the left, under ‘2011 Competition Results’. Comp entries were up 25% on 2010, and even higher in the Novice category.
The number of people to thank for their assistance over the 2 days is too long to list here. All ACT Fencing clubs were involved and most of the ACT Fencing community were involved in some way. Of course, a hugeThankyou goes to the DT team (Denise, Chris, Gordon and John), and our wonderful refs -especially Tony, Stephen, Ben, Ash and Wein that gave up their time to help the tournament. Also thankyou to all the people that helped to set up and pack up and Terry our Medical Officer.
The quality of the fencing on display over the weekend was truly of a VERY high level. To be an ‘ACT Champion’ means you have to be really, really good. But also the good sportmanship and freindly attitude displayed by all the fencers and spectators made the weekend a wonderful way to celebrate Canberra Day.