Sword Fighters Australia is proud to be a Bronze sponsor for the Commonwealth Fencing Championships to be held in Melbourne September 2010.      Good luck to all participating Athletes!link:  http://www.cfc10.org/

Schedule for the Commonwealth Senior and Veteran Championships.Link Schedule

The Australian National Rankings have been updated (provisional) after AFF #3.Rankings Link from Ausfencing.org.

The inaugral Australian Fencing Team has been selected.National Coaches: Epee- Vlad Sher, Sabre- Antonio Signorelli, Foil- David Mok.Womens Epee:  Alice Cuddy (Jnr) Evelyn Halls, Amber Parkinson, Diana Sher, Leah Tausan (Cdt).Mens Epee: Ross Austen, Zac Casagrande, Alex Hunter (Jnr), James Lewis, Henry Mayall-VanderVelde (Cdt).Womens Foil: Jenny Bonney-Millett, Ania Kardas, Emily Marotta (Jnr), Jade Sarah, Lishan Sung (Cdt), Catherine Tierney (Jnr).Mens Foil: Dylan Devendish (Jnr), Alasdair Dunham (Jnr), Jeremy Hart, Chris Jones, Joe Slowiaczek, Dean Williams.Womens Sabre: Chantal D’Argaville (Jnr), Samantha Auty, Jess Brooks, Alex Carroll, Cheryl Chan, Rosheen Kaul (jnr).Mens Sabre: Mitchell Fox, Zak Leonhard (Jnr), Sutherlan Scudds, James Walsh, Adam Wilcock.Congratulations to all selected!, a new era for Australian Fencing?!

Australian Fencing Federation AFF #3 ”Be Active Tournament” 2010

Results
INDIVIDUAL

Mens Sabre: 1. Sutherlan Scudds WA, 2. James Walsh Qld, =3. Mitchell Fox NSW, =3. Aoning Li WA.

Womens Epee: 1. Leah Tausan Vic, 2 Mita Hill WA, =3. Dianna Gu Vic, =3. Jenny Jackson NZL.

Womens Foil: 1. Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld, 2. Emma Ryan Vic, =3. Claire Daniel Qld,=3. Anna Kovacs NSW.

Womens Sabre: 1. Jess Brooks NSW, 2. Lisa Blyth WA, =3. Alex Andre NSW, =3. Rosheen Kaul Vic.

Mens Epee: 1. Alexandre Burgun SA, 2.James Lewis WA, =3. Matteo Barchiesi SA, =3. Mathieu Meriaux ACT.

Mens Foil: 1. Marek Jamrozy WA, 2. Dean Williams Vic, =3. Jahan Penny Dimri SA, =3. Feng Yeng ACT.

TEAMS

Womens Epee Teams: 1st Virtual Swords, 2nd UWA

Womens Foil Teams:  1st Sydney Uni, 2nd Excalibur WA,

Mens Epee Teams:  1st Southern Highlands NSW, 2nd Adelaide Swords Club,  3rd UWA, 4th Sydney University.

Womens Sabre Teams:  1st Sydney Uni, 2nd Excalibur WA, 3rd Caviliers WA.

Mens Foil Teams:  1st Sydney Uni NSW, 2nd UTS NSW,  =3rd UWA WA, =3rd Virtual Swords.

Mens SabreTeams:  1st UNSW, 2nd Sydney Uni NSW,  3rd Excalibur WA, 4th Caviliers WA.

VETERANS

Womens Veterans Epee: 1. Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld, 2. Kylie Caunt WA, 3. Anne Johnson WA.

Mens Veterans Sabre: 1. Steve Johnson WA, 2. Francis Kwong SIN, =3. Maxim Lebedev WA, =3. Gary Sudran WA.

Mens Veterans Epee: 1. Richard Purdie NSW, 2. Adam Reynolds Vic, =3. Stephen Javens Vic, =3. Adrian Paxman WA.

Womens Veterans Foil: 1. Olena Polyakova WA , 2. Jenny Bonney-Millet Qld , =3. Alex Andre NSW, =3. Mandy Fimmel WA.

Mens Veterans Foil: 1. Adam Reynolds Vic , 2. Jacob Cybulski Vic, =3. Richard Purdie NSW, =3. Steve Johnson WA.

Womens Veterans Sabre: 1. Alex Andre NSW, 2. Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld, =3. Kylie Caunt WA, =3. Anne Johnson WA.

The Australian Team has been selected for the Commonwealth Veterans Team:

The Commonwealth Championships will be held in Melbourne
at the State Fencing Centre in North Melbourne.
September 29th - 5th October

There are still a nmber of places available, please go to the AFF to nominate http://www.ausfencing.org/home

Congratulations to 

Mens Foil:
40+ Nigel Nutt, Adrian Quintarelli, Adam Reynolds, Douglas Thirkell, Andrey Tyshchenko. 
50+ James Black, Jacob Cybulski, Tom Danby, Rowan Turner, Geoff Webber.
60+ David Hubbard, Alex Kaufman, Richard Purdie, Gary Sudran.
70+ Peter Harbin.

Womens Foil: 
40+ Harriet Jordan, Jane Menary, Abby Nutt.
50+ Jenny Bonney-Millett, Julie Seggie. 
60+ Jane Allardice, Daisy Drew.

Mens Epee:
40+ Scott Arnold, Luc Cartillier, Stephen Javens, Nicolae Mihailescu, Marcus Pesman.
50+ Frank Barrett, Danny Robson, Rowan Turner, Ian Watkins.
60+ Richard Purdie, Gary Sudran.
70+ Peter Harbin.

Womens Epee: 
40+ Jane Menary, Abby Nutt, Sarah Osvath, Carol Sullivan. 
50+ Jenny Bonney-Millett, Julie Seggie.
60+ Daisy Drew.

Mens Sabre:
40+ Derek Flood, Tim Magill, Shayne Pay.
50+ Norman Campbell, Terry Melbourne, Kim Moir, Geoff Webber.
60+ Roger Alcock, Gary Sudran.

Womens Sabre:
40+ Alex Andre, Harriet Jordan, Jane Menary, Melissa Yeung.
50+ Min Yi Du. 

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Please note that this is an Australian Team and thus Australian Tracksuits are available to purchase by selected members.

Please Contact Graham Markey at treasurer@ausfencing.org

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The next Victorian Veterans Squad is on
Thursday 15/7/10    @  6:30  Level 1, 204-206 Arden St North Melbourne

Australian Team Results New Zealand 16-18 July 2010

Mens Epee:
2nd Cosmin Mihailescu, 7th Alex Hunter, 10th Nick Davies, 14th Reagan Clarke, 18th Robert Snell, 19th Patrick Daley.

Womens Epee:
1st Ioana Mihailescu, =3rd Amy Reynolds.

Mens Foil:
1st Sam Mooney Grand, 2nd Robert Snell, 5th TC Reynolds, 7th Patrick Daley.

Mens Sabre:
=3rd Nick Davies.

Team Events:
Mens Foil 1st.
Mens Epee 1st.
Womens Epee 1st (Combined Team)

Congrats to all.

Australian Selected Team

World Veteran Championships to be held in Porec, Croatia: 29/9/10-3/10/10 

Mens Epee: 50+ Nick Pittman.
                  60+ Duncan Fairweather,   John Timmins,    Haluk Yeter.
                  70+ Anthony Gaskell,    Volker Hrovat.

Womens Epee: 50+ Caryl Oliver,   Anna Slowiaczek,    Victoria Wilks.
                       60+ Alison Blom.

Mens Foil: 50+ Zoltan Vilagosh.
                60+ John Timmins. 
                70 Volker Hrovat.

Womens Foil: 50+ Anna Slowiaczek.
                     60+ Alison Blom

Mens Sabre: 50+ Zoltan Vilagosh.
                   60+ Alex Sherbakoff.

Womens Sabre: 50+ Joshi Pittman.
                        70+ Leonie Shevlin.

Congratulations and good luck to all..

Please note some important information for athletes competing at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships in September 2010. (NEW UPDATES BELOW)

The use of conductive foil bibs is required for both the Veteran and Senior events. 
As an international event recognised by the FIE, all competitors must hold an FIE Licence.

Commonwealth Veteran’s Fencing Association – Competition Handbook
The following information is provided to assist Home Country Fencing Federations in the running of Commonwealth Veterans Fencing Championships (CVFC).
All fencing should be conducted according to current FIE rules and regulations with the exceptions noted below.

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Individual events are open to all fencers who qualify under current Commonwealth Fencing Federation (CFF) rules and are over 40 on the first day of the event. Fencers need to be members of Commonwealth countries who are in good standing with the CFF and have paid their subscription to the CVFA.

Format
2 rounds of pools – everyone to qualify
DE ranking over the 2 rounds
Complete DE – 10 hits (2 x 3 minutes)
(sabre break at 5 hits)
Gold, silver and 2 bronze medals awarded
Age Group Gold’s will be awarded for the best over 40, over 50, over 60 and over70.
Age Group fight-offs will be between the two best-placed fencers in the final ranking.
Should the overall gold and silver medal winners be from the same age group they will not fight again.

Here are the links for further information:

http://www.commonwealthfencing.org/docs/CFFChampionshipRules.pdf 

http://www.commonwealthfencing.org/docs/CVFACompetitionHandbookDRAFT.pdf

and another http://www.cfc10.org/docs/CFCEntryByNumber.doc

this was posted overnight http://www.cfc10.org/docs/bulletin2.pdf

AFF #3 Perth. 6-9 August 2010.

Location Kingsway Indoor Sports Stadium in Madeley turn North from Hepburn Avenue. 

Note special encouragement for the Teams Events…and a Dinner on sat night.

Download Document: File Be Active WAFA Timetable