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National Fencing Tournament in Canberra, August 12-14

The Australian Fencing Federation, in conjunciton with the ACT Fencing Association, is pleased to announce that AFF 3 National Circuit Tournament  will be held at  the AIS, Main Arena, Canberra  from  Friday August 12 to Sunday August 14, 2011.  Please read the timetable below for more details.  Fencers must be a captiated member of their State Fencing Asociation to register.  Please also be aware of the equipment requirements  and also the AFF refereeing policy before nominating.

As part of the AFF High Performance Program, 3 Weapons training camps will also be run at the AIS during the tournament.  Limited places to train with the Australian Foil, Epee and Sabre teams are available. Contact committee@actfa.org.au  for more details.

Tournaments like this require the assistance of volunteers for them to be fun, friendly and efficient.  Please have a look at the Volunteer Form:  ‘Help out at AFF#3 2011, in the Main Menu to the left. It’s a great way to get involved in your community!

The Main Arena is Building 7 and the venue for the training camps is Building 13 on the attached map of the AIS

Thursday 11th August 2011
Weapons Check
16:00 – 18:00

Friday 12th August 2011
08:30 – 15:30 AFT Epee – Main venue
09:00 Open Mens Sabre
10:45 Open Womens Sabre
13:30 Veteran Mens Sabre
14:00 Veteran Womens Sabre
Weapons Check
08:00 – 10:30 & 12:30 – 13:45

Saturday 13th August 2011
09:00 – 16:00 AFT Sabre – Netball venue
09:00 – Open Mens Foil
10:45 – Open Womens Foil
13:45 – Veteran Mens Epee
14:15 – Veteran Womens Epee
Weapons Check
08:00 – 10:30 & 12:45 – 14:00

Sunday 14th August 2011
09:00 – 16:00 AFT Foil – Netball venue
09:00 – Open Mens Epee
10:45 – Open Womens Epee
13:45 – Veteran Mens Foil
14:15 – Veteran Womens Foil
Weapon Check
08:00 – 10:30 & 12:45 – 14:00