Please make sure you have a read of the Fencing Victoria documents on the website link.

Congratulations to those Athletes selected for the Asian Cadet and Junior Fencing Championships

Moscow 31st March to 8 April 2012.

Cadet Mens Epee: Henry Mayall-Vandervelde

Cadet Womens Epee: Alex Hughes

Cadet Mens Foil: yet TBC

Cadet Womens Foil: Lishan Sung

Cadet Mens Sabre: Jasper Rowley

Cadet Womens Sabre: Mathilda Barnard, Kitty Simpson, Chelsea Taylor

Junior Mens Epee + Team: Daniel Alchin, Hemnry Mayall-Vandervelde.

Junior Womens Epee + Team: Deane Whitehead, Malindi Haggett, Diana Sher 4th team member Alexandra Hughes.

Junior Mens Foil: yet TBC

Junior Womens Foil: Emily Marotta, Lishan Sung.

Junior Mens Sabre: Jasper Rowley, Zak Leonhard.

Junior Womens Sabre: Mathilda Barnard, Kitty Simpson, Chelsea Taylor.

Coaches: Aleksey Danilov, Vlad Sher, Stephen Lim

The FIE has announced that the World Championships date will be changing timeslot from season 2012/13 onwards: to a window between July 15th – August 15th.

This will ultimately change the calendar in Fencing in various ways.

It may change Australian Fencing schedules…

Keep an eye out for updates…

Australian Fencing Federation Circuit Competitions for 2012:

Updated 4 June 2012 

Commonwealth Junior Championships St Helier, Jersey 12-17 February

AFF #1 Melbourne [DH McKenzie] March 23-25

Junior & Cadet World Championships Moscow, Russia 31 March – 8 April

Asian Zone Championships Wakayama, Japan 20-21 April

Senior Asian Fencing Championships Wakayama, Japan 22-27 April

AFF #2 Adelaide [Robin Chaplin] June 9-11

Schools Individuals: Brisbane June 16-17

Cadet U15 Nationals: Sydney June 30-5 July

Schools Teams: Brisbane August 4-5

AFF #3 Circuit : Perth August 17-19

Junior National Championships: Brisbane 22-25 September #note date change!!

Asian Junior / Cadet Championships: Indonesia Bali September 30-9 October #note date change!!

Australian University Games: Brisbane September 25-28

Commonwealth Veterans Championships : Singapore September 27-30

AFF #4 Open and Veteran National Championships : Canberra December 7-11

……updated 4/6/12… a few changes

Results 

Veterans Mens Foil: 1st Zoltan Vilagosh VIC, 2nd Adam Reynolds VIC (40+), =3rd Richard Purdie NSW (60+), =3rd Andrey Tyshchenko NSW, Volker Hrovat (70+).

Veterans Womens Sabre: 1 Alex Andre NSW, 2 Yoshiku Chibuku JAP, =3rd Harriet Jordan NNS, =3rd Min Yi Du NSW.

Veterans Womens Epee: 1st Sarah Osvath NSW, 2nd Abby Nutt NSW, =3rd Harriet Jordan NSW, =3rd Julie Seggie NSW (50+), Alison Blom NSW (60+).  

Veterans Men’s Sabre: 1st Steve Johnson WA, 2nd Charles Gwynn NSW, =3rd Tim McGill VIC, =3rd Mark Scully TAS, Gary Sudran WA (60+). 

Veterans Mens Epee: 1st Georg Mittermair ACT, 2nd Murray Thompson VIC, =3rd Frank Barrett VIC (50+), =3rd Richard Purdie NSW (60+), Peter Witkop NSW (70+).

Veterans Womens Foil: 1st Jenny Bonney-Millett QLD, 2nd 2 Yoshiku Chibuku JAP, =3rd Fiona Budniak NSW, =3rd Abby Nutt NSW.

For full results ausfencing.org Link:

Results
Men’s Foil: 1st Stephen Glaister VIC, 2nd Marek Jamrozy WA, =3rd Chris Jones VIC, =3rd Jeremy Hart QLD.

Womens Sabre: 1st Jess Brooks NSW, 2nd Sam Auty VIC, =3rd Cheryl Chan NSW, =3rd Caitlin Taylor VIC.

Womens Sabre Teams: 1st VIC, 2nd NSW, =3rd NSW B, =3rd SA.

Womens Epee: 1st Jo Halls VIC, 2nd Sarah Osvath NSW, =3rd Evelyn Halls VIC, =3rd Dianna Sher VIC.

Mens Foil Teams: 1st NSW A, 2nd QLD A, =3rd VIC A, =3rd VIC B.

Oceania Womens Epee Teams: 1st Australia, 2nd New Caledonia.

Mens Epee: 1st Romain Cortois NSW, 2nd Joe Slowiaczek NSW, =3rd Seamus Robinson VIC, =3rd James Lewis WA.

Womens Epee Teams: 1st VIC A, 2nd NSW A, =3rd VIC B, =3rd QLD.

Oceania Mens Epee Teams: 1st Australia, 2nd New Caledonia.

Mens Epee Teams: 1st NSW A, 2nd QLD A, =3rd VIC A, =3rd SA.

Women’s Foil: 1st Emma Ryan VIC, 2nd Lishan Sung NSW, =3rd Claire Daniel QLD,  =3rd Jenny Bonney-Millett QLD.

Mens Sabre: 1st James Walsh QLD, 2nd Frederick Jaccard NSW, =3rd Zac Leonard WA, =3rd Jasper Rowley NSW

Womens Foil Teams: 1st NSW A, 2nd QLD, 3rd NSW B.

Mens Sabre Teams: 1st NSW A, 2nd QLD A, =3rd QLD B, =3rd WA.

For full results-: ausfencing.org Link

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Catania, Italy.

Results

       Mens Sabre: 1 A. Montano ITA, 2nd N. Limbach GER, =3 B. Gu KOR, =3 L. Tarantino ITA.

    Womens Foil: 1 V. Vezzali ITA, 2nd E. Di Francisca ITA, =3 H. Nam KOR, =3 L. Keifer USA.

       Mens Epee: 1 P. Pizzo ITA, 2nd B. Verwijlen NED, =3 F. Kauter SUI, =3 K. Park KOR.  

Womens Sabre: 1 S. Velikaia RUS, 2nd M. Zagunis USA, =3 O. Kharlan UKR, =3 J. Gavrilova RUS.

         Mens Foil: 1 v A. Cassara ITA, 2nd V. Aspromonte ITA, =3 V. Sintes FRA, =3 G. Avola ITA.

 Womens Epee: 1 N. LI CHI, 2nd Y. Sun CHI, =3 A. Branza ROU, =3 A. Maroiu ROU.

Teams

    Womens Foil: 1 RUSSIA, 2nd ITALY, 3 KOREA.

       Mens Sabre: 1 RUSSIA, 2nd ITALY, 3 BELARUS.

        Mens Epee: 1 FRANCE, 2nd HUNGARY, 3 SWITZERLAND.

 Womens Sabre: 1 RUSSIA, 2nd UKRAINE, 3 USA.

 Womens Epee: 1 ROMANIA, 2nd CHINA, 3 ITALY.

          Mens Foil: 1 CHINA, 2nd FRANCE, 3 GERMANY.

World Champs Link 

Medal Table

World Championships Catania Italy, 8-16 October 2011.

Individual 

Mens Sabre: Frederic Jaccard 113th, Mitch Fox 127/136. Sutherlan Scudds went through to d/e finishing 105th,James Walsh 62nd, won 3/6 in poules and won his d/e’s through to the 64..

Womens Foil: Jenny Bonney-Millett 97th/106.

Mens Epee: Will Dolley 154th, Ross Austen 169th, Zac Casagrande 171st/214.

Seamus Robinson 31st!, won 4/6 in poules and won his d/e’s through to the 64 and then the 32..

Womens Sabre: Alex Carroll 93rd, Caitlin Taylor 104th, Jess Brooks 106th, Cheryl Chan 121st/121.

Womens Epee: Evelyn Halls 68th/155 won 5/6 in poules, had a bye into 96, but lost her d/e (15:13) to miss 64.

Mens Foil: Jo Slowiaczek went through to the d/e finishing 105th. Marek Jamrozy went through to d/e finishing 115th/164.

Team Events

Mens Sabre: 23/27.

Mens Epee: 25/41 (won first d/e)

Womens Sabre: 21/23.

Full Results Link

Watch Live Matches Link 

Results:

Mens Epee: 1st Henry Mayall-Vandervelde QLD, 2nd John Downes NSW, =3rd Daniel Alchin NSW, =3rd Felix Boyce NZL.

Womens Sabre: 1st Sam Auty VIC, 2nd Mathilda Barnard NSW, =3rd Anna Crawford QLD, =3rd Kitty Simpson QLD.

Womens Foil: 1st Lishan Sung NSW, 2nd Ania Kardas Vic, =3rd Emily Marotta Vic, =3rd Katherine Kwa NSW.

Mens Sabre: 1st Jasper Rowley NSW, 2nd Zak Leonhard WA, =3rd John Downes NSW, =3rd Andrew Scott WA.

Mens Foil:  1st Ned Fitzgerald Vic, 2nd John Downes NSW, =3rd Chris Hart QLD, =3rd Sam Mooney-Grand NSW.

Womens Epee:  1st Diana Sher Vic, 2nd Amy Reynolds Vic, =3rd Malindi Haggett WA, =3rd Annie Deveraux QLD.

Teams:

Womens Sabre: 1st VIC, 2nd NSW, 3rd QLD.

Mens Epee: 1st NSW ‘B’, 2nd NZL, =3rd VIC ‘A’, =3rd NSW ‘A’.

Mens Sabre: 1st WA, 2nd NSW, 3rd QLD.

Womens Foil:  1st NSW, 2nd Vic, =3rd QLD, =3rd SA.

Mens Foil:  1st Vic ‘A’, 2nd NSW ‘A’, =3rd NZL ‘A’, =3rd QLD ‘A’.

Womens Epee:  1st NZL, 2nd Vic, 3rd QLD.

For Full results Ausfencing Link 

World Veteran Championships 2011, Porec Croatia

Results

Womens Foil 50+: 7th Jenny Bonney-Millet, 17th Anna Slowiaczek, 22nd Julie Seggie.

Womens Epee 60+: 27th Alison Blom.

Womens Epee 50+: 10th Victoria Wilks, 23rd Julie Seggie, 27th Caryl Oliver, 34th Anna Slowiaczek.

Mens Epee 50+: 51st Bruno Charlesworth.

Womens Sabre 70+: 9th Leonie Shevlin.

Mens Epee 60+: 47th Duncan Fairweather.

Mens Epee 70+: 7th Volker Hrovat, 27th Anthony Gaskell.

Womens Sabre 50+: 7th Min Yi Du.

Mens Foil: 50+: 41st John Christodoulou.

Mens Foil: 70+: 20th Volker Hrovat.

Mens Sabre: 60+: 17th Alex Sherbakoff.

Medal Table Link

Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Canberra ACT.

Results 

Mens Sabre: 1st Sutherlan Scudds WA, 2nd Frederick Jaccard NSW, =3 Tony Harcourt QLD, =3 James Walsh QLD.

Women’s Sabre: 1st Jess Brooks NSW, 2nd Sam Auty Vic, =3 Harriet Jordan NSW, =3 Lisa Blyth WA.

Mens Foil: 1st Stephen Glaister Vic, 2nd Frank Bartolillo NSW, =3 Dean Williams Vic, =3 Marek Jamrozy WA.

Womens Foil: 1st Lishan Sung NSW, 2nd Sarah Berger VIc, =3 Emily Marotta Vic, =3 Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld.

Mens Epee: 1st Will Dolley Vic, 2nd Victor Lewith Vic, =3 Seamus Robinson Vic, =3 Romain Cortois NSW.

Womens Epee: 1st Jo Halls Vic, 2nd Sarah Osvath NSW, =3 Evelyn Halls Vic, =3 Abby Nutt NSW.

Sword Fighters Australia was proud to be involved in the Spice Market Pirate Party

(Beaney Lane off Russell St in Melbournes CBD)…

Thanks to Jamie Boyd and Kenneth Yuen for their awesome routine..

Link toYoutube 

 57 of the next generation of Victorian Epeeists and Foilists competed in the 

Annual Sword Fighters Australia Junior Competition. 6 Events ran smoothly and 

efficiently in a fun filled and friendly environment of the Victorian State Fencing Centre 24th July.

RESULTS 

U11 FOIL MIXED: 1st Matteo Passalacqua, 2nd Peter Cobb, 3rd Liam Panow, Girls Cert Lily Baker.

 U13 EPEE MIXED:  1st Sam Gilfillian, 2nd Domenic Yates, 3rd Ben Brown, Girls Cert Lily Baker. 

U13 FOIL MIXED: 1st Matteo Passalacqua, 2nd Felix Mallard, 3rd Noah Whiffen.

U 15 FOIL MIXED: 1st TC Reynolds, 2nd Matt Foster, 3rd Aron Snider.

 U 15 EPEE MIXED: 1st Arden Baker, 2nd Justin Tu, 3rd Sam Gilfillian, Girls Cert’ Harriet Moffat

U20 EPEE MIXED: 1st Ned Fitzgerald, 2nd Chelt Thompson, 3rd Stephen Schultz

See you all again next year!

Special thanks to all the referees and our D’T Adam Reynolds..

The Australian U15 and Cadet U17 NationalsPerth WA.
Individual Results: 
U15 Boys Foil: 1st Ned Fitzgerald Vic, 2 Doug Sholto NSW, =3 Matt Foster Vic, =3 Bryan Mok MAS.
U15 Girls Foil: 1st Qi Hui Lim SIN, 2 Tasia Lee SIN, =3 Min Hui Chua SIN, =3 Nicole Mae Wong SIN.
U15 Boys Epee: 1st Ned Fitzgerald Vic, 2 Sasha John WA, =3 Arden Baker Vic, =3 Chahaiya Kilpatrick WA.
U15 Girls Epee: 1st Alex Hughes Qld, 2 Samantha Kwong SIN, =3 Tasia Lee SIN, =3 Veronica Marrama Qld.

Cadet Womens Sabre: 1st Januice Hui En Tan SIN, 2 Tori Leonard WA, =3 Mathilda Barnard NSW, =3 Rose Crawford Qld.
Cadet Mens Foil: 1st Wei Yu Chan SIN, 2 Matthew Donald NSW, =3 Ned Fitzgerald Vic, =3 Lucas Webber Vic.
Cadet Womens Epee: 1st Annie Deveraux Qld, 2nd Tasia Lee SIN, =3 Jin Fan SIN, =3 Samantha Kwong SIN.
Cadet Womens Foil: 1st Liane Wong SIN, 2 Qi Hui Lim SIN, =3 Thalia Li SIN, =3 Nicole Mae Wong SIN.
Cadet Mens Epee: 1st Henry Mayall-Vandervelde Qld, 2 Mitchell Orwin Qld, =3 Reagan Clarke NSW, =3 Roy Groncki Vic.Cadet Mens Sabre: 1st Jadryn Dick WA, 2 Hamlyn Robb Qld, =3 Hamish Graham WA, =3 Bennett Hugall Qld.

Teams Results:
Mens U15 Foil Teams: 1st Vic A, 2 SIN, =3 NSW, =3 MAS.
Womens U15 Foil Teams: 1st SIN, 2 SIN 2, =3 NSW, =3 Qld A.
Womens Cadet Sabre Teams: 1st WA, 2 QLD, 3 NSW.
Womens Cadet Epee Teams: 1st SIN A, 2 QLD A, =3 SIN B, =3 QLD B.
Mens Cadet Foil Teams: 1st Vic A, 2 NSW A, =3 SIN A, =3 SIN B.
Mens Cadet Epee Teams: 1st Vic A, 2 NSW A, =3 QLD A, =3 WA A.
Womens Cadet Foil Teams: 1st SIN, 2 NSW, =3 QLD A, =3 SIN B.
Mens Cadet Sabre Teams: 1st NSW, 2 QLd A, =3 Qld B, =3 WA.

For Full Results ausfencing.org

The Australian Fencing Team competing at the Asian Championships.
Seoul Korea 7-13 July.
Congratulations to all who competed.
Womens Epee: Evelyn Halls 10th, Jo Halls 17th, Catherine McKay 23rd, Dianna Sher 28th / 65.
Mens Epee: Seamus Robinson 28th, Will Dolley 30th , John Downes 32nd, James Lewis 37th / 69.
Womens Foil: Jenny Bonney-Millet 22nd, Lishan Sung 27th, Claire Daniel 33rd, Sarah Berger 36th /42.
Mens Foil: Joe Slowiaczek 22nd ,Marek Jamrozy 23rd, Dean Williams 41st, Feng Yeng 56th /58.
Womens Sabre: Caitlin Taylor 23rd, Jess Brooks 25th, Alex Carroll 28th, Cheryl Chan 38th /42.
Mens Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds 17th, James Walsh 21st, Mitch Fox 45th, Adam Wilcock 48th /50.
Team Results:
Womens Foil Teams: Aussies Ranked 9th, won their first d/e to make the 8 (Indonesia?), they then unfortunately lost to Korea 45:9, then in the exhaustive Format, Singapore 23:45, then Thailand 36:45 finishing in 8th place.
1st Korea, 2nd Japan, 3rd China.

Mens Sabre Teams: Aussies Ranked 10th, won their first d/e to make the 8 (Singapore?), they then unfortunately lost to China 45;14, then in the exhaustive Format, Iran 30:45, then Malaysia 35:45 finishing in 8th place.
1st China, 2nd Korea, 3rd Hong Kong. 

Mens Foil Teams: Aussies lost their first d/e, they then beat Malaysia 45:20 in the exhaustive Format, but lost to  Thailand 34:45 finishing in 10th place.
1st China, 2nd Japan, 3rd Korea

Womens Epee Teams: Aussies Ranked 7th, won their first d/e to make the 8 over Qatar 45:13, they then unfortunately lost to (1) China 45:27, then in the exhaustive Format, they beat Chinese Taipei 45:34, then also beat Kyrgystan 45:28 finishing in 5th place! Fantastic Result…
1st China, 2nd Japan, 3rd Korea

Mens Epee Teams: Aussies Ranked 7th, won their first d/e to make the 8 over Qatar 45:24, they then unfortunately lost to (2) China 45:23, then in the exhaustive Format, they lost to Japan 45:31, then lost to Uzbekistan 45:44 finishing in 8th place…
1st Korea, 2nd China, 3rd Kyrgystan

Womens Sabre Teams: Aussies lost their first to d/e to finish in 10th / 11…
1st Korea, 2nd China, 3rd Japan

Asian Championships Web Link
For Full Results FIE 

Once again Sword Fighters Australia is proud to be associated with the Annual Warrnambool Childrens Festival.
The Festival has kicked off on a breezy sunny day.
Daily activites including 6 Fencing Sessions will be available everyday for the 8 Days.
The Festival is a huge undertaking for the Warrnambool City Council and all the staff involved plus all the performers and the fantastically involved South West Tafe Students.
Activity areas for 2011 include; The Scouts & Rock Climbing, Farm Yard Animals, Face Painting, Wooden Tool making, a huge Card-Board Box City, Beach Area for ball sports, Ten Pin Bowling, Clay Animation & Video Area, Mystery Musical Instrument playing and recording, the Workshop Stage for Dance, Drums, Circus Skills, Hip Hop, & the Main Stage for all the Performers Singers / Dancers etc.
For more information
Fun4Kids Link here                                           

Sword Fighters Australia Fencing Fitness Classes are becoming a popular alternative to a regular gym session.
With groups of people coming together for an hour of “fencing fun,” over a 4 week period.
Sessions can be tailored to suit, with add on options of massages from Professional Corporate Associates.

For your company to become involved : Sword Fighters Australia Card
Download Brochure: 
Sword Fighters Australia Fencing Fitness Sessions  
chris@swordfightersaustralia.com

The Womens Epee World Cup held in Sydney in June.142 Women in the last Challenge Individual,
Unfortunately no Aussies made the 64.. (Dianna Sher 65th, Evelyn Halls 93, Angie Darby 100th), more details: here 
Womens Teams (20 Teams) Aussies Ranked 19 and lost 45:31 to Canada 
D/E Here

Sword Fighters Australia is running numerous corporate events,
Would your company like the idea of Fencing at its next event.

Recent links 
Kidspot
AList Guide
Contact Chris 0409 013 171 

Results Robyn Champlin 2011 Adelaide:
Mens Foil: 1 Dean Williams Vic, 2 Saleh Safar Vic, =3 Simon Hannah Vic, =3 Chris Jones Vic.
Womens Foil: 1 Lishan Sung NSW, 2 Ania Kardas Vic, =3 Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld, =3 Anna Kovacs NSW.
Mens Epee:  1 Seamus Robinson Vic, 2 Ross Austen Vic, =3 Victor Lewith Vic, =3 Edward Fernon NSW.
Womens Epee: 1 Abigail Nutt NSW, 2 Kathryn Woodward Vic, =3 Leah Tausan Vic, =3 Angela Darby Vic.
Mens Sabre: 1 Sutherlan Scudds WA, 2 James Walsh Qld, =3 Mitch Fox NSW, =3 Frederic Jaccard NSW. 
Womens Sabre:  1 Jess Brooks NSW, 2 Samantha Auty Vic, =3 Cheryl Chan NSW, =3 Harriet Jordan NSW.
For more information and d/e results go to ausfencing.org

The Second Annual Victorian University Foil Competition held at the State Fencing Centre.
33 1st and 2nd year fencers from Monash Uni, Melbourne Uni, La Trobe Uni and RMIT competeted.
Final Poule Results
Gold: Tim Merritt – La Trobe Uni.
Silver: Rob Marsden – Monash Uni.
Bronze: Daniel Certoma – Monash Uni.
Blue: Michael Burke – RMIT.
Red: Michael Scollo – RMIT.
For more information follow the Link to Fencing Victoria

AFF #2 Adelaide Scotch College – Torrens Park.

Saturday, 11 June:

9-4 AFT Sabre Camp

09:00 Men’s Foil

10:45 Women’s Foil 13:30
Veteran Men’s Epee
14:00 Veteran Women’s Epee

Sunday, 12 June:

9-4 AFT Foil Camp

09:00 Men’s Epee
10:45 Women’s Epee
13:45 Veteran Men’s Foil
14:00 Veteran Women’s Foil

Monday, 13 June:

9-4 AFT Epee Camp

09:00 Men’s Sabre

10:45 Women’s Sabre

13:45 Veteran Men’s Sabre
14:15 Veteran Women’s Sabre
Weapons Check one hour before each Roll Call and 7:30-9:30 Friday 10th.

Brisbane April 16-18 

Results:

Veteran Men’s Sabre: 1 Alex Telegin Qld, 2 Tim McGill Vic, =3 Geoff Webber Vic, =3 Gary Sudran WA.

Veteran Women’s Sabre: 1 Alex Andre NSW, 2 Harriet Jordan NSW, =3 Jenny Bonney-Millett QLD, =3 Jane Menary SA.

Veteran Men’s Foil: 1 Adam Reynolds Vic, 2 Vince Newton NSW, =3 Gary Sudran WA, =3 Phil Mansfield NSW.

Veteran Women’s Foil: 1 Jenny Bonney-Millett QLD, 2 Alex Andre NSW,  =3 Harriet Jordan NSW, =3 Jane Menary SA.

Veteran Men’s Epee: 1 Luc Cartillier QLD, 2 Stephen Javens Vic, =3 Danny Robson Vic, =3 Duncan Fairweather NSW.

Men’s Sabre: 1 James Walsh QLD, 2 Alex Logatchov NSW, =3 Sutherlan Scudds WA, =3 Mitch Fox NSW.

Women’s Sabre: 1 Jess Brooks NSW, 2 Cheryl Chan NSW, =3 Sam Auty Vic, =3 Lisa Blyth WA.

Men’s Epee: 1 Will Dolley Vic, 2 John Downes NSW, =3 Victor Lewith Vic, =3 Luke Salter NSW.

Women’s Epee: 1 Joanna Halls Vic , 2 Evelyn Halls Vic, =3 Dianna Sher Vic, =3 Sarah Osvath NSW.

Men’s Foil: 1 Dean Williams Vic, 2 Marek Jamrozy WA, =3 Saleh Safar Vic, =3 Jeremy Hart QLD.

Women’s Foil: 1 Joanna Halls Vic , 2 Anna Kovacs NSW, =3 Lishan Sung NSW, =3 Margarita Sokolovskaya NSW.

Victorian Varsity Beginners Competition

Competition Details

The competition will be held on May 14 at the State Fencing Centre, Arden Street, North Melbourne.  
Roll call is at 3pm, with the competition starting at 3:30pm. 

How to Enter

Contact your University Fencing Club; once affiliated with Fencing Victoria you will just need to pay $5 on the day. 

Who is Competing?

Foil fencers from La Trobe, Monash, and Melbourne Universities who have under 2 years fencing experience.  
Fencers from other Universities are also welcome (see contact details below). 

Competition Format

A double round robin style, the first – seeding – round of the competition is run as mixed gender pools (usually 6-8 fencers per pool).  
At the conclusion of the pools, each fencer is given a ranking based on the number of bouts won, lost, and the hits in each bout. 
Then the ranked fencers are broken up into three groups, and allocated to a pool each (a Gold pool, a Silver Pool, and a Bronze pool).  
This means that there is a natural grouping in the second round of similar-skill fencers.  
Typically, this will mean that each fencer has up to 12-16 five-hit bouts as part of the overall competition.  
A nominal prize is awarded at the end of the second round to the winner of each of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze pools.

Uniform and Equipment Requirements

Details of the uniform and equipment requirements may be found on the FV website (click here). 
Please read these carefully (note: this is an “Novice Competition”). 
Please also note that conductive bibs will not be required for this competition.  
Universities will provide equipment for athletes if required.

More Information

If you need more information, please email chris@swordfightersaustralia.com.

One option for holidays is a fencing session!Sword Fighters is running sessions again at Gasworks Park in Port Melbourne.

Fencing – Sword Fighting

Learn the basic skills of fencing and sword fighting in an intensive class.  

Beginners – Try it just for fun, and maybe you’ll take it up as a sport.

If you wish, bring a friend your own age/height to spar with!

Advanced – NEW Next Level Class for children who have already done the basic workshop.

Dates Friday 15 April Times 9.45am – 10.45am or 11.15am – 12.15pm (Beginners),

12.30pm – 1.30pm (Advanced) Cost $22 Venue Garden Studio Age4+

Chris Nagle has furthered his reputation and results in combining wins for Harrow in the UK,
by winning all 3 Public School Boys Senior Foil, Epee and Sabre competitions!
Congratulations Chris, especially considering he won back to back in Foil in 2010.  
Obviously the coaching in the UK is paying off.  
Good luck for the rest of the year.

AFF #1 Brisbane Yeronga State High Indoor Sports Centre

Saturday, 16 April:

09.00   to 4.00 AFT Foil Camp 2011 # 2(Men & Women)
09:00 Men’s Sabre
10:45 Women’s Sabre
13:30 Veteran Men’s Sabre
14:00 Veteran Women’s Sabre

Sunday, 17 April:

09.00   to 4.00 AFT Sabre Camp 2011 # 2(Men & Women)
09:00 Men’s Epee
10:45 Women’s Epee
13:45 Veteran Men’s Foil
14:00 Veteran Women’s Foil

Monday, 18 April:

09.00   to 4.00 AFT Epee Camp 2011 # 2(Men & Women)
09:00 Men’s Foil
10:45 Women’s Foil
13:45 Veteran Men’s Epee
14:15 Veteran Women’s Epee

Weapons Check one hour before each Roll Call and 7:30-9:30 Friday 15th.

Sword Fighters Australia was proud to be involved in the Arty Farty Festival on Sunday.Hundreds of children and families attended the fantastic festival in the beautiful surrounds of Heidelberg.Congratulations to the organising committee on a very well run and attended event.Arty Farty Festival 1

Fencing Victoria Competitions continue on this season.
Check out the FV website link.
Fencing Victoria has initiated a Cups Competition.
Check the link 

For results follow the link to the AFF and the blogs prepared by the coaches attending the competition…
Special Congratulations to Leah Tausan for her fantastic results and medals in the individual and epee teams!
Link

Sword Fighters Australia runs Fencing Sessions for AASC (Active After-school Communities).   The Australian Sports Commission is organising sessions for Primary Schools to get children fit and active.      If your Australian Primary School would like to do sessions…Or if you would like to be involved in learning how to run a session…Please contact       chris@swordfightersaustralia.com

Link To Australian Sport Commission

If you’d like to learn more about refereeing and get your first level.FV will be conducting a course on Sunday May 29th.A brief overview of the session.

 Unit 1 – Overview,

Unit 2 – The Role of the Referee

Unit 3 – People Management

Unit 4 – Environment Management

Unit 5 – Self Management

Unit 6 – Decision Making

For more details go to www.Fencingvictoria.org

Australia Day 2011.
Fencing Victoria once again participated in the fantastic Alexandra Gardens RACV Australia Day Festival.
Surrounded by the festival atmosphere and Roulettes flying overhead, thousands of Melbournians perused the gardens and hundreds of children joined in the “Come and try Fencing Sessions.”
Some Photos of the Day.
    

Here is the link to Fencing Victoria’s Calendar for 2011, FV Site: Calendar

Download Flyer for the Canberra Day Tournament to be held on the 12th-13th March 2011 at the Southern Cross Stadium Tuggeranong ACT.Download Flyer : Canberra Day Tournament 2011

Brisbane 3-7 December 2010.
.Mens Foil: 1 Andrey Tyshcenko NSW, 2 Steve Johnson WA, =3 Adrian Quintarelli Vic, =3 James Hill Qld (Gold 50+), Gary Sudran WA (Gold 60+), Volker Hrovat NSW (Gold 70+).
.Womens Sabre: 1 Harriet Jordan NSW, 2 Alex Andre NSW, 3 Jane Menary SA.
.Mens Sabre: 1 Alex Telegin Qld, 2 Ninel Borka Qld, =3 Jaroslaw Janczewski Vic, =3 Gary Sudran WA (Gold 50+).
.Womens Épée: 1 Sarah Osvath NSW, 2 Caryl Oliver Vic (Gold 50+), =3 Harriet Jordan NSW, =3 Julie Seggie NSW, Alison Blom NSW (Gold 60+).
.Womens Foil: 1 Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld, 2 Ros Seeney Qld, 3 Daisy Drew Vic (Gold 60+).
.Mens Epee: 1 Luke Cartillier Qld, 2 Chris Betts Vic, =3 Bruno Charlesworth Vic, =3 Kyle Macdonald NZ,  Duncan Fairweather NSW (Gold 50+), Volker Hrovat NSW (Gold 70+).
Congratulations to all competitors and winners..

Australian Nationals Brisbane 2010.
. Womens Sabre: 1 Caitlin Taylor Vic, 2 Jess Brooks NSW, =3 Cheryl Chan NSW, =3 Catherine Tierney Vic.
. Mens Foil: 1 Joe Slowiaczek NSW, 2 Saleh Safar Vic, =3 Feng Yeng ACT, =3 Stephen Dooley NSW.
. Womens Sabre Teams: 1 NSW, 2 Vic, =3 WA, =3 SA.
. Womens Épée: 1 Evelyn Halls Vic, 2 Jo Halls Vic, =3 Dianna Sher Vic, =3 Catherine McKay Vic.
. Mens Foil Teams: 1 NSW A, 2 Qld A, =3 Vic A, =3 WA.
. Mens Épée: 1 Seamus Robinson Vic, 2 Luke Cartillier Qld, =3 Will Dolley Vic, =3 John Downes NSW.
. Womens Épée: 1 Vic A, 2 Vic B, =3 SA, =3 WA.
. Mens Sabre: 1 Sutherlan Scudds WA, James Walsh Qld, =3 Alex Telegin Qld, =3 Mike Harcourt Qld.
. Mens Épée Teams: 1 Qld A, 2 NSW A, =3 Vic A, =3 NSW B.
. Mens Sabre Teams: 1 Qld A, 2 Qld B, =3 NSW, =3 WA.
. Womens Foil: 1 Ania Kardas Vic, 2 Claire Daniel Qld, =3 Lishan Sung NSW, =3 Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld.
. Womens Foil Teams: 1 NSW A, 2 Qld A, =3 NSW B, =3 WA.

World Championships Team Events:
Results:  
Womens Sabre: 1st Russia, 2nd Ukraine, 3rd France, 4th USA.    
Mens Sabre:  1st Russia, 2nd Italy, 3rd Romania , 4th Belarus.   
Womens Foil: 1st Italy, 2nd Poland, 3rd South Korea 4th Germany.   
Mens Foil: 1st China, 2nd Italy, 3rd Japan, 4th Russia.  
Mens Epee: 1st France, 2nd USA, 3rd Hungary, 4th Russia.
Womens Epee: 1st Romania, 2nd Germany, 3rd South Korea, 4th China.  

for more information Link

Fencing Video World Championships Link  Paris 2010

Aussie Teams Results:   

Womens Sabre: ranked 21st and fenced Kazakhstan 12th, the Aussie Girls fenced fantasticly and almost pulled of a great win losing 41:45.  

Mens Sabre: ranked 23rd and fenced Germany 10th, Aussies started well 9:10, but the Germans got on top and ended up winning 45:23  

Mens Foil: ranked 28th and fenced Germany 5th, Unfortunately trailed all the way but plucky til the end losing 45:23 to the team including both the Current World Champion and Olympic Champion’s.  

Womens Epee: ranked 22nd and fenced Sweden 12th, but unfortunately lost 45:28.  

Mens Epee: ranked 25th and fenced Germany 8th, the Aussies trailed all the way eventually losing 45:25.
 
That meant all 3 Mens Teams fenced Germany in their D/E!!!  For full details Link

World Championships Individual Results Paris 2010.   

Mens Sabre: 1st Woo Won South Korea, 2nd Nicholas Limbach Germany, =3 Cosmin Hanceanau Romania, =3 Venjamin Reshetnikov Russia.  

Womens Sabre: 1st Mariel Zagunis USA, 2nd Olga Kharlan Ukraine, =3 Olena Khomrova Ukraine, =3 Sophia Velikaia Russia.  

Mens Foil: 1st Peter Joppich Germany (4th World Title), 2nd Sheng Lei China, =3 Yuki Ota Japan, =3 Gerek Meinhardt USA.  

Womens Foil: 1st Elisa Di Francisca Italy, 2nd Arianna Errigo Italy, =3 Valentina Vezzali Italy, =3 Hyun Nam South Korea.  

Mens Epee: 1st Nikolai Novosjolov Estonia, 2nd Gauthier Grumier France, =3 Jean-Michel Lucenay France, =3 Gabor Boczko Hungary.   

Womens Epee: 1st Maureen Nisima France, 2nd Emese Szasz Hungary, =3 Tatiana Logounova Russia, =3 Nathalie Moellhausen Italy .                
For more information and extensive results and photos… Link World Champs                                    
Medal Table:  Link

Some photos of the first few days of the World Championships in Paris at the Grand Palais. on the Champs Elysees.

its a great venue

plenty of packed seating

the great video screen replay

the dome

Mens Individual

the technology on show

early on in mens foil final

another championship

live on french tv

World Senior Championships 4-13 November Paris 2010.   Aussies fenced on the first day in the Hall Carpentier Southern Paris on 24 pistes.  All 6 events had weapons check over the 2 days so was horrendously long queue’s!.  Womens Epee:  Dianna Sher: (2/6) made the 128, but lost first d/e, Evelyn Halls (2/6) missed cut, Jo Halls (1/6).  Mens Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds (3/6) made the 128 but lost first d/e, James Walsh (1/6) missed cut, Adam Wilcock (1/6) missed the cut.  Mens Foil: Jeremy Hart (3/6) made the 128 but lost first d/e 15:14!~, Chris Jones (2/6) made 128 but lost d/e, Feng Yeng (1/5) missed the cut, Jo Slowiaczek (0/6).  Day 2 Mens Epee: James Lewis (3/6) made the d/e but lost, Zac Casagrande 2/6 made the d/e but lost, Alex Hunter 1/6 missed the cut, Ross Austen 1/6 missed the cut.  Womens Sabre: Jess Brooks (2/6) made the cut but lost her first d/e, Alex Carroll (1/6) missed the cut, Alex Andre (1/6) missed the cut.  Unfortunately no Aussies fencing in the individual 64’s at the Grand Palais, but will be in action for the teams…

The Australian Team has been selected for the World Championships.  
Paris, France.   November 4-13 2010.  

         Mens Epee:    Ross Austen,  Zac Casagrande,  Alex Hunter,  James Lewis.  
  Womens Epee:    Evelyn Halls,  Joanna Halls,  Diana Sher.  
           Mens Foil:    Jeremy Hart,  Chris Jones,  Jo Zlowiaczek,  Feng Yeng.  
       Mens Sabre:    Sutherlan Scudds,  James Walsh,  Adam Wilcock.    
Womens Sabre:    Alex Andre,  Jess Brooks,  Alex Carroll.  

Congratulations to all selected and good luck representing Australia…!

Australia has a new World Champion!

Victoria Wilks from Victoria competed in the Veterans World Championships in Porec Croatia (this week), and Won her event, Womens Epee.

Congratulations Vicky on a fantastic result and for putting Australia back on the map!!!!

For more information go to FencingVeterans2010.com link

Australian University Games Perth September/October 2010,
Results:

Mens Epee: Jeremy Shelley, Monash UNI

Womens Epee: Angie Darby, Melbourne UNI

Mens Foil: Anthony Gauke, UNSW

Womens Foil: Margarita Sokolovskaja, USYD

Mens Sabre: John Chow. USYD

Womens Sabre: 

Teams

Mens Epee T: Monash UNI

Womens Epee T:

Mens Foil T: SYD UNI

Womens Foil T:

Mens Sabre T: SYD UNI

Womens Sabre T:

for more information Link 

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.

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.

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

Following on from our Asian Championships……
The Europeans have their Titles in Leipzig, Germany 16/7/10-22/7/10

for more info www.fie.ch

http://www.eurofencing.info/tournaments/details/germany-leipzig-2010

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

Australian Team Members travelling to New Zealand 16-18 July 2010

Mens Epee:
Reagan Clarke, Patrick Daley, Nicholas Davies, Alex Hunter, Cosmin Mihailescu, Robert Snell
Womens Epee:
Ioana Mihailescu, Amy Reynolds, Dee Whitehead
Mens Foil:
Patrick Daley, Sam Mooney Grand, TC Reynolds, Robert Snell

All 3 weapons will have a team event

Team Coach: Cameron Smith
Volunteer Assistant Manager: Michelle McAuslan

Good Luck to all.

Seoul Korea     7-13 July     2010

Mens Sabre:  James Walsh 24th / 49 , Sutherlan Scudds 33rd, Adam Wilcock 45th, Mitchell Fox 49th.

Womens Foil: Jade Sarah 24th / 42, Sarah Berger 25th , Jenny Bonney-Millett 30th, Claire Daniel 38th 

Mens Foil:  Dean Williams 25th / 49 , Hugh Cotman 39th, Maxim Peek 44th, Matthew Donald 46th.

Womens Epee: Jo Halls 16th / 58, Vicki Wilks 44th, Catherine Mackay 47th, Emma Ryan 49th. 

Mens Epee: Zac Casagrande 19th / 62, James Lewis 48th, Ross Austen 52nd, Will Dolley 53rd.

Womens Sabre: Alex Andre 32nd / 39,  Cheryl Chan 34th, Jess Brooks 37.

TEAMS RESULTS

Mens Sabre: 11/12, Aussies seeded 8th lost to Qatar 45:44, then beat India (no.11) 45:44.

Womens Foil: 11/11. Aussies lost to Vietnam 45:32, then lost to Kazakstan 41:26. 

Mens Foil: 13/13. Aussies lost first d/e

Womens Epee: 11/15 Aussies seeded 14th lost to Philippines (no.15) 45:30,
Then they won their 11th place match 45:28 over Qatar who were seeded 9th but lost their first match.

Womens Sabre: 9/9 Aussies lost to Chinese Taipei (8)

Mens Epee 8/16 Aussies seeded 7th won their first d/e against Malaysia (10) 45:35, but then lost to China and 2nd seed 45:24, they then lost to Japan 45:27 and their final placing of 8th by unfortunately losing again to Iran 45:36.    But it was the best result of the Aussie teams

                                              for more info go to www.fie.ch

Here are some photos of the Asian Champs linked on the facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2379662241#!/group.php?gid=2379662241&v=photos

The Australian Cadet National Championships.Results U17 Cadet: 

Mens Foil:  1 Alasdair Dunham WA, 2 Michael Dzodzos SA, =3  Matthew Donald NSW A =3 Ned Fitzgerald Vic.

Womens Epee:  1 Ioana Mihailescu VIC, 2 Deane Whitehead WA, =3 Chantal D’Argaville Vic A =3 Jazmin Hopper NZ.

Womens Sabre:  1 Catherine Tierney VIC, 2 Lishan Sung NSW, =3 Anna Crawford Qld =3 Kitty Simpson Qld.

Womens Sabre Teams:  1 VIC, 2 NSW, =3 NZ =3 QLD.

Mens Foil Teams:  1 NSW A , 2 WA, =3 Vic =3 NZ A .

Womens Epee Teams:  1 VIC, 2 NZ, =3 QLD A =3 QLD B.

Womens Foil:  1 Ye Ying Liane Wong SIN, 2 Lishan Sung NSW, =3 Ania Kardas Vic =3 Catherine Tierney Vic.

Mens Epee:  1 Yuval Freilich ISR (NSW), 2 Roy Groncki Vic, =3 Felix Boyce NZ =3 Henry Mayall-Vandervelde QLD.

Womens Foil Teams:  1 SIN A, 2 NSW, =3 VIC =3 SIN B.

Mens Epee Teams:  1 NZ, 2 Vic, =3 NSW A =3 WA.

Mens Sabre:  1 Eoin Queen NZ, 2 Jasper Rowley NSW, =3 Jack Chen NZ =3 Alasdair Dunham WA.

Mens Sabre Teams:  1 QLD, 2 NSW , =3 NZ =3 WA.

Congratulations to Victoria for winning the overall Janet Haswell Cup by a close margin of 2 points.

Sword Fighters Australia was once again proud to be involved with the Fun4Kids Festival in Warrnambool.

Over 10,000 children and parents visited the event, with so much activity and so many different choices!.

A Full Days outing for the kids, and a great experience of shows, dance acts, play areas, entertainers, rides, prizes, animal petting, rock climbing, creative areas, woodwork, painting and toy making, balloon toys and of course Fencing!

Sword Fighter Fencing sessions were a very popular session and ran continuously 10-5pm daily.

Even some unexpected enthusiasts!  

Thanks to South West Tafe students for their great work during the festival week.

Fun4Kids Website: Link

The Australian U15 Junior National Championships 2010

U15 Results:

Mens Foil: 1 Lucas Webber VIC, 2 Ned Fitzgerald Vic, =3 Ossian Deigan NSW =3 Julius Herzhoff NZ.

Womens Foil:  1 Lishan Sung NSW, 2 Rosa Dyson Vic, =3 Denise Zhi Ying Fu SIN =3 Rachel Yu Wing Lam SIN.

Mens Epee:  1 Yuval Freilich ISR (NSW), 2 Jurgens Van Zyl NZ, =3 Julius Herzhoff NZ =3 Chelton Thompson Vic. 

Womens Epee:  1 Annie Deveraux QLD, 2 Stephanie Alexander NZ, =3 Samantha Kwong SIN =3 Hannah Ramsay NZ.

Mens Foil Teams:  1 VIC A, 2 NZ A, =3 NSW A =3 NZ B.

Womens Foil Teams:  1 NSW, 2 SIN A, =3 NZ =3 VIC.

Good Luck to all athletes participating…

Selected Athletes to represent Australia in Seoul Korea, 7-13 July 2010

Mens Foil: Matthew Donald, Maxim Peek, Dean Williams, Hugh Cotman

Mens Epee: Ross Austen, Zac Casagrande, Will Dolley, James Lewis

Mens Sabre: Mitchell Fox, Sutherlan Scudds, James Walsh, Adam Wilcock

Womens Foil: Sarah Berger, Jenny Bonney-Millett, Claire Daniel, Jade Sarah

Womens Epee: Joanna Halls, Catherine Mackay, Emma Ryan, Victoria Wilks

Womens Sabre: Alex Andre, Jess Brooks, Cheryl Chan.

Congrats and good luck to all.

Veterans AFF #2 Results, D. H. McKenzie

 Womens Epee:  1 Abigail Nutt ACT (40+), 2 Anna Sloziaczek NSW (50+), =3 Jane Menary SA, =3 Julie Seggie NSW 

        Mens Epee:  1 Luc Cartillier Qld (40+), 2 Nick Mihaelescu Vic, =3 Jay Mackley Vic, =3 Ian Watkins Vic (50+),
                                  6th Haluk Yeter (60+) Vic 

          Mens Foil: 1 Zoltan Vilagosh Vic (50+), 2 Peter Barry SA, =3 Douglas Thirkell Vic (40+), =3 Jacob Cybulski Vic  

  Womens Foil: 1 Abigail Nutt ACT (40+), 2 Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld (50+), =3 Harriet Jordan NSW,
                                  =3 Julie Seggie NSW, 6th Jane Allardice (60+)

Womens Sabre: 1 Harriet Jordan NSW, 2 Alex Andre NSW, =3 Jane Menary SA, =3 Joshi Pitman SA (50+).

       Mens Sabre: 1 Kim Moir Vic, 2 Shayne Pay SA, =3 Simon Auty Vic, =3 Jaroslaw Janczewski Vic .
                                   8th Roger Alcock (60+) 

For Full Tableau Results: LINK

AFF #2 Results, Robyn Chaplin, Adelaide

    Womens Foil:  1 Lishan Sung NSW, 2 Claire Daniel QLD, =3 Ania Kardas Vic, =3 Jade Sarah QLD. 

         Mens Epee:  1 Richard Lewith Vic , 2 Nicolae Mihailescu Vic , =3 Matteo Barchiesi SA, =3 Will Dolley Vic.

           Mens Foil: 1 Frank Bartolillo NSW (by abandon) , 2 Harry Huang Vic =3 Jo Slowiaczek NSW, =3 Feng Yeng ACT. 

 Womens Epee: 1  Evelyn Halls Vic, 2 Diana Sher Vic, =3 Sarah Osvath NSW =3 Kathryn Woodward Vic. 

Womens Sabre: 1 Alex Carroll Vic, 2 Sam Auty Vic, =3 Min Yi Du NSW, =3 Cheryl Chan NSW.

       Mens Sabre: 1 Simon Leitch Qld, 2 Michael Harcourt Qld, =3 John Chow NSW, =3 Alex Telegin Qld.

For Full Results go to LINK

A large contingent of Australian competitors fenced in the International Epee – Challenge Australia
                                                                                                      Sydney 22nd – 23rd May:
For full results details below and see the results link

Mens Epee: 1 W.Kelsey USA, 2 K.Sakamoto JAP, =3 T.Bajgoric CAN =3 J.Videira POR
(Best of the Aussies : James Lewis 16th).

Womens Epee: 1 I.Duplitzer GER, 2 S.Tol NED, =3 B.Heidemann GER =3 M.Sozanska GER 
(Evelyn Halls 8th, Jo Halls 10th, Sarah Osvath 13th, Abi Nutt 14th, Dianna Sher 15th).

Full List of Australian competitors.

Mens Epee: 30/71
Scott Arnold, Ross Austen, Justin Bewsher, Sam Blackman, Luc Cartillier, Zac Casagrande,Reagan Clarke,
Nick Davies, Will Dolley, John Downes, Bobby Emmanuel, Duncan Fairweather, Roy Groncki, Oscar Hargreaves,
Xavier Hicks, Alex Hunter, Marek Jamrozy, Stephen Javens, James Lewis, Richard Lewith, Alexander Lovell,
Luke Mansfield, Cosmin Mihailescu, Michael Nelson, Kristian Radford, Shannon Reid, Jeremy Shelley,
Robert Snell, Simon Summerfield, Benjamin Wilcock.

Womens Epee: 27/49
Frances Chow, Alice Cuddy, Angie Darby, Angela Dobson Block, Dianna Gu, Malindi Haggett,Evelyn Halls,
Jo Halls, Michelle Hawkins, Mita Hill, Laura Kent, Sarah MacFarlane, Catherine Mackay,Jane Menary,
Ursula Menz, Ioana Mihaelescu, Rowena Newcombe, Abi Nutt, Caryl Oliver, Sarah Osvath, Emma Ryan,
Julie Seggie, Diana Sher, Leah Tausan, Victoria Wilks, Seri Wilson, Kathryn Woodward.

Results to be posted on sunday: Official website for updates and top 64 D/E’s : link /

Following the success of this competition in 2008, with the largest number of Juniors turning out for the inaugral competition.  Sunday 23rd May 2010 was the day!

A large number of entries of 70+ competed on the day, at the Fencing Victoria “State Fencing Centre” in North Melbourne.

A large group of parents and athletes came to watch and compete, with a number of very helpful volunteers and referee’s on the day.

A good day was had by the participants, special thanks to Virtual Swords for an additional prize to each winner of the competitions.     
Results:

U13 Foil Boys 1 TC Reynolds, 2 Ned Fitzgerald, 3 Matt Foster

U13 Foil Girls 1 Edith Arc-Dekker, 2 Charlotte Hastings, 3 Orla Mundy

U15 Epee Boys 1 Ned Fitzgerald, 2 Gabriel Glatthor, 3 Chelton Thompson

U15 Epee Girls 1 Harriet Moffat, 2 Sara Block, 3 Genevieve Polic

U 15 Foil Boys 1 Matt Foster, 2 Gabe Spano, 3 Jack Duffy

U15 Foil Girls 1 Alana Scott, 2 Jenna Yelland, 3 Stephanie Wilson

U20 Mixed Epee 1 Santiago Ferdandez, 2 Jonathon Lim, 3 Luke W Bennet , 4th Amy Reynold (Girls Winner).

For full results see attached download File

If you have any photos please email me chris@swordfightersaustralia.com  

Happy Fencing…

Australian competitors are fencing in the International Epee Challenge Sydney 22nd – 23rd May:

Competition Results following on the website 23/5/10.

Nominations are open for Challenge International Epee in Sydney and the Commonwealth Championships for Veterans and Open in Melbourne.

Check out the links on the www.ausfencing.org website.

AFF #1 Results, D. H. McKenzie

Womens Sabre: 1 Min Yi Du NSW, 2, Harriet Jordan NSW, =3 Jane Menary SA, =3 Leonie Shevlin Vic.

Mens Sabre: 1 Shayne Pay SA, 2 Karol Andrzejewksi ACT, =3 Simon Auty Vic, =3 Geoff Webber Vic

Womens Foil:  1 Jenny Bonney-Millett Qld, 2 Fiona McDonald NZ, =3 Abby Nutt NSW =3 Julie Seggie NSW

Mens Epee:  1 Scott Arnold Vic, 2 Kyle Macdonald NZ, =3 Richard Purdie NSW, =3 Haluk Yeter Vic

Mens Foil: 1 Richard Purdie NSW, 2 Zoltan Vilagosh Vic =3 Phil Aitchison NZ, =3 David Quin Vic

Womens Epee: 1 Caryl Oliver Vic, 2 Carol Sullivan Vic, 3 Jane Menary SA, Angela Dobson-Block Vic

AFF #1 Results. D.H. McKenzie

Mens Sabre: 1, Sutherlan Scudds WA, 2, Simon Leitch Qld, =3 Andreas Bell GER, =3 Andy Jiang NSW

Womens Sabre: 1 Alex Carrol Vic, 2 Sam Auty Vic, =3 Min Yi du NSW, =3 Cheryl Chan NZ

Mens Foil: 1 Frank Bartolillo NSW, 2 Harry Huang Vic, =3 Jo Slowiaczek, =3 Michele Caporizzi ITA 

Womens Epee: 1 Evelyn Halls Vic, 2 Diana Sher Vic, =3 Sarah Osvath NSW, =3 Cheryl Fan NZ

Mens Epee: Scott Arnold Vic, 2 Bobby Cottam Vic/USA, =3 Liu Yang NSW/CHN, =3 Richard Lewith Vic

Womens Foil: 1 Jade Sarah Qld, 2 Ania Kardas Vic, =3 Sarah Berger Vic, =3 Lishan Sung NSW

Competition in Baku Azerbaijan 2-10 April 2010,

Day 1. Womens Cadet Epee: Diana Sher 16.!

Day 2. Womens Cadet Foil: Lishan Sung 42nd.

Day 3. Mens Cadet Foil: Chris Nagle 32 !, Alasdair Dunham 64th.

Day 4. Womens Junior Epee: Diana Sher 80, Mita Hill 86th.

Day 4. Mens Junior Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds 69th

Day 5. Mens Junior Epee: John Downes 28th !,  Nick Davies 86th, Alex Hunter 137th

Day 5. Womens Junior Foil: Lishan Sung 73rd.

Day 6. Mens Junior Foil: (Junior Womens Sabre) No Aussies involved.

Mens Cadet Epee: Australia had an adopted Bronze medalist…! Yuval Shalom Frielich (ISR) won a Bronze medal, Yuval is an Australian Citizen and lived in Sydney for a year… Congrats Yuval! Link
 

Check out the Youtube Video…….

 Video : Youtube FIE Link: Here

Medal Table…updated

Nation		gold	silver	bronze	Total
	Russia	3		2	5
	Hungary	2	1	1	4
	Germany	1	1		2
	Ukraine	1		1	2
	Egypt	1			1
	Estonia	1			1
	Suede	1			1
	France		3	2	5
	U.S.		2	2	4
	Italy		1	3	4
	South Korea		1		1
	Canada		1		1
	China			2	2
	Poland			2	2
	Czech Republic			1	1
	Tunisia			1	1
	Switzerland			1	1

Check out the Youtube Video…….

 Video : Youtube FIE Link: Here

26th March 2010.

Official Fencing Victoria State Fencing Centre Opening.

Let the Fencing Begin with a new era!

Opening Invitation download your invitation to the States Premier Fencing Venue

Friday 26th March

Opening Invitation flyer

If you or a friend have wanted to learn Sabre and are in the local area of Nunawading,

check out; Sabre Sessions

7-9pm Friday Night
Nunawading Community Centre
6 weeks Starting February 19th
More Details at : www.riposte.com.au  (7-9pm friday nights)

email:: lisa@riposte.com.au

CDL Foil Competition

To be held on a Saturday afternoon on a monthly basis.

Location: At the Fencing Victoria – Fencing Centre, Arden St North Melbourne.

Format:  3 poules in round robin format, followed by another 3 poules; Gold, Silver and Bronze

Entry: $5 entry for the Gold, Silver and Bronze poules.

Roll Call: 1:30 pm on the dot….. (Warm up 1:00)

Running Tally for an overall annual winner (top 6 results counting).

#1 February 27th     

#2 March 13th      

#3 April 10th

#4 May 1st                                        

 the “Lionheart” 

#5 May 29th

#6 July 10th

#7 August 14th

#8 September 18th

#9 October 23rd

#10 November 20th   

In 2010 there is a Sponsorship Prize for each division.

Gold $50 voucher

Silver $30 voucher

Bronze $20 voucher

proudly supported by A. Kaufman & Spartak Pty Ltd

Victorian State Weapons Squads:

Fencing Victoria has established State Weapon’s Squads, and information regarding these is now on the FV Website

          Epee Squad: M. Vlad Sher, Wednesdays 7pm – 9pm, & Saturdays 10am onwards

             Foil Squad: M. Lionel Gaiero, Tuesdays 7pm – 9pm, & Saturdays 1pm onwards

         Sabre Squad: M. Lionel Gaiero, Mondays 7pm – 9pm, & Fridays 7pm – 9pm

    Veterans Squad: Chris Jones, Thursdays 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Epee Devl’t Squad: M. Nick Mihailescu, Wednesdays 5:30pm – 7:30pm

  Foil Devl’t Squad: Rob Di Pasquale, Tuesdays 5:30pm – 7:30pm (starting in May 2010)

Join the Squads and Fence with the best in the state…..

Fencing in the Park

Tues 26th January 2010: King Domain Gardens Melbourne

Thousands of children and their families visited the RACV Rally in the Kings Domain Park in Melbourne on Australia Day.

Following heaps of entertainment, children lined up to have a go at the Fencing Vic Site, using Swordfighter plastic masks and foils.

A number of Clubs were represented, participating in Fencing Victoria’s position on the main grassy area.

Thanks to all for participating,

Photos:

Training Schedule for the State Veterans Squad

Training Time: Thursday Nights 6:30-8:30

Any athlete wishing to participate, please contact:
Chris Jones: 0409 013 171, veterans@fencingvictoria chris@swordfightersaustralia.com 

Come and Try Session:

Session 1: January 28/2010  completed 23 participants      Technique Skill: Distance Fencing

NB. These sessions are for all 3 weapons. You need only participate in your preferred weapon..

Next Session: Thursday 11/4/10    @  6:30  Level 1, 204-206 Arden St North Melbourne

Call for nominations are open for the Fencing Confederation of Asia (FCA)

Junior & Cadet Championships.  

Being held in Pasig City in the Philippines, (Metropolitan Manila) from the 5th – 14th March 2010.

Nominations to be made by close of business Friday 8th January 2010…

Good luck…

Nomination forms go to the AFF

Results for Sydney AFF #4 Australian Veteran Nationals 2009

Sydney 26 November – 2 December 2009

Veterans Mens Foil:

40+ 1. Nigel Nutt ACT, 2 Zoltan Vilagosh VIC, =3 Adam Reynolds VIC, =3 Jim Hill QLD

50+ 1. Zoltan Vilagosh VIC

60+ 1. Volker Hrovat NSW

Veterans Womens Sabre:

40+ 1. Harriet Jordan NSW, 2 Julie Seggie NSW, =3 Jane Menary SA, =3 Joshi Pitman ACT.

50+ 1. Julie Seggie NSW

70+ 1. Leonie Shevlin VIC

 Veterans Mens Sabre:

40+ 1. Ninel Borka QLD, 2 Zoltan Vilagosh VIC, =3 Richard Oldcorn NSW, =3 Shayne Pay SA. 

50+ 1. Zoltan Vilagosh.

60+ 1. Gary Sudran WA.

70+ 1. Richard Oldcorn NSW.

Veteran Womens Epee:

40+ 1. Sarah Osvath NSW, 2 Abby Nutt ACT, =3 Caryl Oliver VIC, =3 Julie Seggie NSW.

50+ 1. Julie Seggie NSW.

60+ 1. Alison Blom NSW.

Veteran Mens Epee: 

40+ 1. Georg Mittermair ACT, 2 Iain Davidson SA, =3 Duncan Fairweather NSW, =3 Paul Hentschel NZ.  

50+ 1. Paul Hentchel NZ.

60+ 1. Duncan Fairweather NSW.

Veteran Womens Foil:

40+ 1. Jenny Bonney-Millett QLD, 2 Abby Nutt NSW, =3 Fiona McDonald NZ, =3 Anna Slowiaczek NSW. 

50+ 1. Anna Slowiaczek NSW.

60+ 1. Alison Blom NSW.

FOR FULL RESULTS GO TO AUSFENCINGEVENTS.ORG

Venue:
Debbie & Abbey Borgia Community Recreation Centre (Steel Park Leisure Centre)
531 Illawarra Road
Marrickville 

Results for Sydney AFF #4 Australian Nationals 2009

                          Mens Foil: 1 Harry Huang VIC, 2 Frank Bartollilo NSW, =3 Marek Jamrozy WA, =3 Feng Yeng NSW.

              Womens Sabre: 1 Alex Carroll  VIC, 2 Min Yi Du NSW, =3 Jess Brooks NSW, =3 Ann Lee SIN.

Womens Sabre Teams: 1 VIC, 2 NSW A,  3, NSW B.

                Womens Epee: 1 Evelyn Halls VIC, 2 Sarah Osvath NSW, =3 Diana Sher VIC, =3 Emma Ryan VIC.

          Mens Foil Teams: 1 VIC A, 2 NSW A, =3 WA =3 NSW B.

                      Mens Epee: 1 Alex Burgun SA, 2 Will Dolley VIC, =3 Nic Mihailescu VIC, =3 Victor Lewith VIC.

Womens Epee Teams: 1 VIC A, 2 VIC B, =3 NSW A,  =3 SA

       Mens Epee Teams: 1 SA A, 2 NSW A, =3 VIC A,  =3 WA.

                Womens Foil: 1 Yuan Ping NZ, 2 Evelyn Halls VIC, =3 Ania Kardas VIC,  =3 Jade Sarah QLD.

                   Mens Sabre: 1 James Walsh QLD, 2 Sutherlan Scudds WA, =3 Simon Leitch QLD, =3 Mike Harcourt QLD.

 Womens Foil Teams: 1 QLD, 2 NSW A, =3 NSW B, =3 VIC.

    Mens Sabre Teams: 1 QLD A, 2 NSW A, =3 QLD B, =3 WA.

For full results go to Ausfencingevents.org

Venue:
Debbie & Abbey Borgia Community Recreation Centre (Steel Park Leisure Centre)
531 Illawarra Road
Marrickville 

NATIONAL RANKINGS PRIOR TO AFF #4 DOWNLOAD :RANKINGS

The Australian Team competed in Doha, Qatar in the Asian Championships 13.11-19.11.09

Results… SITE:

Link to Schedule : Link

For Aussies competing read the earlier article (16.10.09) on Sword Fighters Australia

                                              RESULTS

 Womens Epee: Jo Halls 13th, Evelyn Halls 18th, Victoria Wilks 33rd, Kathryn Woodward 45th / 49 entries

        Mens Epee: Ross Austen 16th, Zac Casagrande 17th, Will Dolley 44th, Alistair Sutherland 54th / 64 entries

Womens Sabre: Jess Brooks 20th / 31 entries

       Mens Sabre: James Walsh 23rd, Mike Harcourt 24th, Sutherlan Scudds 29th, Marc Oakes 37th /45 entries

   Womens Foil: Emma Ryan 18th, Jade Sarah 35th, Jenny Bonney-Millett 37th / 42 entries

          Mens Foil: No Aussie entries, which was won by the World No 1. Yuki Ota JPN.

Mens Epee Teams: Australia came 6th/14 losing to China 45:32, China lost to Korea who went on to win the event. 

Mens Sabre Teams: Australia came 9th / 11 losing to Hong Kong 45:35.

Womens Foil Teams: Australia came 7th / 10.

For full results and medal standings go to link:

Sword Fighters Australia was proudly involved in a Victorian Winery event in the King Valley located in North Eastern Victoria on the King Valley Road, Whitfield, this weekend.

Pizzini Winery [www.pizzini.com.au]  held their annual Food and Wine Festival on the 14th & 15th November.

Sword Fighters Australia ran numerous Fencing sessions for the children (and parents!), who attended the event in huge numbers.

It was a great weekend and the hot weather helped the social nature of the region fantastically, the food and entertainment was great and the cellar door tastings proved a huge success.

Photos

www.pizzini.com.au

Queensland  21 November  Mens Epee: 1 Zac Casagrande, 2 Kristian Radford, =3 Michael Nelson, =3 Todd Renfree.

Mens Epee: 1. Simon Summerfield Melbourne Uni, 2. David Cook VRI 3. Alex Hunter VRI, 4. Stephen Schultz VRI

Womens Epee: 1. Diana Sher VRI, 2. Catherine Mckay VRI, 3. Tina Thorburn VRI, 4. Leah Tausan VRI. 

Mens Sabre: 1. Anthony Snelling VRI, 2.Mark Bianchin Monash Uni, 3. Char Leung Latrobe 4. Marko Mendieks Latrobe.

Womens Sabre: 1. Alex Carroll VRI, 2. Sam Auty VRI, 3. Christina Logan-Bell VRI.

Mens Foil: 1. Harry Zhuang VRI (CHN), 2. Lionel Gaiero Brunswick (FRA), 3. Zoltan Vilagosh Blacklords, 4. TC Reynolds Blacklords.

Womens Foil: 1. Ania Kardas VRI, 2. Sarah Berger VRI, 3 Emily Marotta VRI, 4. Catherine Tierney VRI.

New South Wales 25 October, 11 October,

Mens Foil: 1 Feng Yeng TSC, 2 Ben Talbot-Wright Mtns,  =3 Daniel Osvath Uni Sydney =3 Max Peek S/H.

Womens Foil: 1 Lishan Sung UTS, 2 Sian Hicks Uni Sydney, 3 Jackie Budniak TSC, =3 Margarita Sokolovskaja Uni Sydney.

Mens Epee: 1 Nils Lemee FRA, 2 Justin Bewsher ACT, =3 Nick Davies UTS, =3 Oscar Hargreaves Uni Sydney.

Womens Epee: 1 Sarah Osvath Uni Sydney, 2 Sian Hicks Uni Sydney, =3 Katrina Cornelly ACT, =3 Julie Seggie UTS.

Mens Sabre: 1 James Walsh QLD, 2 Joshua Fox Uni Sydney, =3 Jonathon Pullen PAF, =3 Adam Wilcock Uni Sydney 

Womens Sabre: 1 Jess Brooks Uni Sydney, 2 Harriet Jordan Uni Sydney, =3 Cheryl Chan MU, =3 Zoe Tranter UTS.

South Australia 11 October,

Mens Foil: 1 Claude Mocellin, 2 Jahan Penny-Dimri, =3 Jackson Michael, =3 Adrian Murphy.

Womens Foil: 1 Seri Wilson, 2 Uschi Menz, =3 Rebecca Lloyd, =3 Natalie Betts.

Mens Epee: 1 Matteo Barchiesi ASC, 2 Iain Davidson ASC, =3 Stuart Marshall ASC, =3 Adrian Murphy ASC.

Womens Epee: 1 Rowena Newcombe ASC, 2 Uschi Menz ASC, =3 Jane MenaryFUFC, =3 Seri Wilson ASC. 

Mens Sabre: 1 Nick Betts, 2 Mike Hoeller, =3 Shayne Pay, =3 Russell Hartup.  

Womens Sabre: 1 Natalie Betts AUFEC, 2 Joanne Wilkins AUFEC, =3 Uschi Menz, =3 Kit Poon AUFEC.

WAFA results still to come.

Entry is available for athletes / officials for the Australian Team for the re-scheduled 2009 Oceania Senior Fencing Championships to be held in Noumea, New Caledonia, from 5 to 7th November, 2009. . These Championships are a wonderful opportunity for fencers to represent their country at an international tournament staged  in a nearby country that is a tropical, island paradise with a French cultural influence.Senior fencers, veterans and older juniors (17 years +) will find this a worthwhile and enjoyable competition experience.There is NO LIMIT on the number of fencers able to compete in the individual events. Team events will also be held. Nominations are to be received by close of business on Monday 31^st August 2009 at: 
  Alex Donaldson
  PO  Box 243
  BLAXLAND NSW 2774   Phone 0414 392895 or Fax: 03 9397 8113 or Email: secretary@ausfencing.org Please circulate this information to your local Fencing community, in particular your fencers and coaches. download : application from AFF
 
This information is available on the AFF website, along with the download application form.

AFF Tournament #1 (D H McKenzie Memorial Tournament)
Victoria

AFF Tournament #2 (Robyn Chaplin Memorial Tournament)
South Australia

Cadet (U17) and U15 National Championships
New South Wales

AFF Tournament #3
Western Australia

Junior (U20) and Schools National Championships
Victoria

Open and Veteran National Championships
Queensland

Yeronga TAFE Queensland 1-3 August 2009

Results:

Mens Epee: 1 Alexandre Burgun (SA) 2 Marek Jamrozy (WA) =3 Zac Casagrande (Qld), =3 Will Dolley (Vic)

Womens Epee: 1 Evelyn Halls (Vic), 2 Diana Sher (Vic), =3 Sarah Osvath (NSW), =3 Jade Sarah (Qld)

Mens Sabre: 1 James Walsh (Qld), 2 Michael Harcourt (Qld), =3 Simon Leitch (Qld), =3 Anthony Snelling (Vic)

Womens Foil: 1 Evelyn Halls (Vic), 2 Jade Sarah (Qld), =3 Ania Kardas (Vic) =3 Anna Kovacs (NSW)

Mens Foil: 1 Jo Slowiaczek (NSW), 2 Chris Markey (NSW), =3 John Downes (NSW), =3 Tim Stephens (NSW)

Womens Sabre: 1 Jess Brooks (NSW), 2 Alex Carroll (Vic), =3 Sam Auty (Vic), =3 Leila Min Yi Du (NSW)

Mens Veteran Sabre: 1 Zoltan Vilagosh (Vic), 2 Jim Hill (Qld), =3 Shayne Pay (SA), =3 Richard Purdie (NSW)

Womens Veteran Sabre: 1 Harriet Jordan (NSW), 2 Meredith Coleman (SA), =3 Jenny Bonney Millett (Qld), =3 Lindy Porter (WA)

Mens Veteran Foil: 1 Zoltan Vilagosh (Vic), 2 Richard Purdie (NSW), =3 Jim Hill (Qld), =3 Hans Dimpel (ACT)

Womens Veteran Foil: 1 Jenny Bonney-Millett (Qld), 2 Anna Slowiaczek (NSW), 3 Lindy Porter (WA),

Mens Veteran Epee: 1 Stephen Javens (Vic), 2 Duncan Fairweather (NSW), =3 Jim Hill (Qld), =3 Richard Purdie (NSW)

Womens Veteran Epee: 1 Caryl Oliver (Vic), 2 Jenny Bonney-Millett (Qld), =3 Meredith Coleman (SA), =3 Anna Slowiaczek (NSW)

for full results: Link

Brisbane Grammar, 9-13 July 2009.

Thurs 9/7/09

U15 Mens Foil: 1 TC Reynolds Vic, 2 Matthew Donald NSW, =3 Lucas Webber Vic, =3 Ossian Deigan NSW

U15 Womens Epee: 1 Leah Tausan Vic, 2 Amy Reynolds Vic, =3 Brittany D’Argaville Vic, =3 Kate Boys Qld. 

U15 Womens Foil: 1 Ania Kardas Vic, 2 Rosa Dyson Vic, =3 Jenna Yelland Vic, =3 Lishan Sung NSW

Fri 10/7/09

U15 Mens Foil Teams: 1st NSW, 2nd Vic, =3 Qld, =3 NZ

U15 Womens Foil Teams: 1st Vic, 2nd NSW, =3 Qld, =3 NZ

U15 Mens Epee: 1 Jackson Heilberg Vic, 2 Roy Groncki Vic, =3 Reagan Clarke NSW, =3 Henry Mayall-Vandervlede Qld

U17 Womens Sabre: 1 Alice Cuddy Vic, 2 Catherine Tierney Vic, =3 Simona Sarmiento Qld, =3 Sophie Chross WA

U17 Womens Sabre Teams: 1st Vic, 2nd NSW, 3rd Qld

11/7/09

U17 Mens Foil: 1 Maxim Peek NSW, 2 Alasdair Dunham WA, =3 Anthony Gauke NSW, =3 Hamish Chan NZ

U17 Womens Epee: 1 Ioana Mihailescu Vic, 2 Amy Reynolds Vic, =3 Alice Cuddy, =3 Chantal D’Argaville Vic, 5 Leah Tausan Vic

U17 Oceania Mens Foil Teams: Gold Australia 2nd New Zealand

U17 Womens Epee Teams: Gold Australia, 2nd New Zealand

12/7/09

U17 Mens Foil Teams: 1st NSW A, 2nd New Zealand, =3 Queensland, =3 Western Australia

U17 Womens Epee Teams: 1st Victoria, 2nd New Zealand, 3 Queensland

U17 Womens Foil: 1 Lishan Sung NSW, 2 Ania Kardas Vic,  =3 Catherine Tierney Vic, =3 Wai Ling Chan NZ,

U17 Mens Epee: 1 Roy Groncki Vic, 2 Daniel Alchin NSW, =3 Maxim Peek, =3, Joel Emery WA

U17 Mens Epee Teams Oceania: Gold Australia, 2nd New Zealand

U17 Womens Foil Teams Oceania: Gold Australia,  2nd New Zealand  

13/7/09

U17 Mens Epee Teams: 1st NSW A, 2nd Western Australia, =3 Victoria, =3 New Zealand

U17 Womens Foil Teams: 1st Victoria A, 2nd NSW A, =3 Victoria B, =3 Queensland

U17 Mens Sabre: 1 Andy Jiang NSW, 2 Will Cowper NZ, =3 Sam Liao Qld, Zak Leonhard WA

U17 Mens Sabre Teams: 1st NSW, 2nd Western Australia, =3 New Zealand, =3 Queensland 

U17 Mens Sabre Teams Oceania: 1st Australia, 2nd New Zealand.

AFF #3 Brisbane 2009

Yeronga Institute of TAFE, cnr Park and Villa St Brisbane

For full info go to Ausfencingevents

1st August: Womens Epee 9am, Mens Sabre 10:45, Veterans Womens Foil 1:30, Veterans Mens Sabre 2pm

2nd August: Mens Epee 9am, Womens Foil 10:45, Veterans Mens Foil 1:45, Veterans Womens Epee 2pm 

3rd August:  Mens Foil 9am, Womens Sabre 10:30, Veterans Mens Epee 1:30, Veterans Womens Sabre 1:30

Sword Fighters Australia School Holiday sessions, Warrnambool 

There will be external sessions run for interested School / Scout / Parent Groups & a Corporate Event for the local Hospital (South West Healthcare)…

28 June – 5 July

for more info contact chris@swordfightersaustralia.com

Fun 4 Kids Festival Map Download fun 4 kids

The festival site www.fun4kids.com.au  Program

To be held 20-25 September 2009 in Fremantle WA.

A great opportunity for all Fencers over 30, to compete against a contingent of Singapore fencers too!

for more info go to http://www.fremantlemastersgames.com.au/introduction09.html

The Australian Team for the Asian Cadet and Junior Championships,

16-21 July, Singapore 2009

Cadet Mens Foil: Alasdair Dunham, Michael Dzodzos, Robert Snell

Cadet Womens Foil: Emily Marotta, Lishan Sung, Catherine Tierney

Cadet Mens Epee: Robert Snell

Cadet Womens Epee: Alice Cuddy

Cadet Mens Sabre: Zak Leonhard

Cadet Womens Sabre: Catherine Tierney

Junior Mens Foil: Jeremy Hart, Alasdair Dunham, Robert Snell

Junior Womens Foil: Claire Daniel, Mita Hill, Lishan Sung, Catherine Tierney

Junior Mens Epee: James Lewis, Kristian Radford, Robert Snell

Junior Womens Epee: Mita Hill, Alice Cuddy

Junior Mens Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds, Zak Leonhard

Junior Womens Sabre: Samantha Auty, Catherine Tierney

Manager Coach: David Mok

Assistant Manager: Alex Carroll

Team Coach: Stephen Lim

Results of Robyn Chaplin Memorial Tournament 2009 

Saturday June 6th, 2008, 

Mens Epee: 1 Richard Lewith VIC, 2 Victor Lewith VIC,
=3 Will Dolley VIC, =3 Alexandre Burgun SA. Tableau Link

Womens Foil: 1 Monique Coleman NZ, 2 Jade Sarah QLD, 
=3 Emma Ryan VIC, =3 Lishan Sung NSW. Tableau Link

Veterans Mens Foil: 1 Alex Kaufman VIC, 2 James McAnna SA,
=3 Peter Harbin  WA, =3 John Timmons NSW. Ranking Link

Veterans Womens Epee: 1 Caryl Oliver VIC, 2 Jenny Bonney Millett QLD, 
=3 Julie Seggie NSW =3 Anna Slowiaczek NSW. Ranking Link

Sunday 7th June, 2008,

Mens Foil: 1 Harry Huang VIC, 2 Charles Hemery VIC, 
=3 Chris Jones VIC, =3 Ben Talbot Wright NSW. Tableau Link

Womens Epee: 1 Evelyn Halls VIC, 2 Diana Sher VIC,
=3 Catherine McKay VIC, =3 Isabel Dayman SA. Tableau Link

Veterans Mens Epee: 1 Iain Davidson SA, 2 Kirill Zhdanovich SA,
=3 David Brautigan SA, =3 Haluk Yeter VIC Ranking Link

Veterans Womens Foil: 1 Jenny Bonney Millett QLD, 2 Anna Slowiaczek NSW, 
=3 Alison Blom NSW, =3 Julie Seggie NSW Ranking Link

Monday 8th June, 2008,

Mens Sabre: 1 James Walsh QLD, 2 Michael Harcourt QLD 
=3 Simon Leitch QLD,=3 Sutherlan Scudds WA Tableau Link

Womens Sabre: 1 Sam Auty VIC 2 Jess Brooks NSW 
=3 Alex Carroll VIC,=3 Min Yi Du NSW Tableau Link

Veterans Mens Sabre: 1 Shayne Paye SA 2  Nick Pittman SA, 
3 Haluk Yeter VIC, Ranking Link  

Veterans Womens Sabre: Ranking Link

Photos of Robin Chaplin Memorial coming soon…

Photos of the  AFF #1 D.H. McKenzie Tournament in Canberra are available…

Link

Sydney, Australia held the Challenge Australia International again over the weekend.

For Results

Women Link

Men Link

Competition results for 16 & 17 May held at the Fencing Factory Brunswick.

Mens Sabre: 1 Anthony Snelling VRI 2 Rick Jiang VRI 3 Jay Mackley RMIT.

Womens Sabre: 1 Alex Carrol VRI 2 Sam Auty VRI 3 Christina Wu VRI. 

Mens Epee: 1 Nick Mihailescu PFA  2 Martin Camilleri 3 Richard Lewith.

VRI Womens Epee: 1 Catherine Mackay VRI 2 Diana Sher VRI 3 Kathryn Woodward VRI.

Mens Foil: 1 Cze Yang Melbourne Uni 2 Robert DiPasquale Blacklords 3 Julien Mouchet Brunswick.

Womens Foil: 1 Sarah Berger VRI 2 Emily Marotta VRI 3 Becky Lissenberg Latrobe Uni.

Congratulations to all competitors ! 

ACTFA has released a video of the DH McKenzie tournament in Canberra on Youtube.

Check it out: Video 

The first Eastern Region Competition for 2009 has gone off with a bang at Fioretto FC. On Saturday 18^th of April, 21 fencers from 4 clubs competed in this open foil event. It was fantastic to see such growth in this series and Fioretto is preparing itself for even bigger participation throughout the year, as many regulars could be there for this round!

What is the ERC? In a nut shell it is the ‘Eastern Region Competition’. It is open to all clubs in Melbourne’s east. Why regional competition? Regional level events are the next step above interclub events, and they are great for ‘neighboring’ clubs to get to know each other better.  ERC fills the gaps in the fencing calendar, and provides extra experience and practice to fencers in our region. For the first time in 2009 we have had to explain to fencers from the ‘central’ region of Melbourne why they can’t participate. I could cit a few good ones but after round 1 let’s just stick with this; practically speaking, our venue isn’t big enough to host more clubs. If a pot of gold falls on our heads and we can change that – we’ll let you all know!

Despite the limited capacity of the venue at Fioretto FC, the atmosphere at the ERC was as vibrant and enthusiastic as ever. Fencers that came along not only had a great time, but they were great sports. Everyone competed hard on the piste, and encouraged hard when off the piste. There was a new diversity in the competition, with many new faces taking on the challenge. Young fencers challenging (and beating in many cases) older and larger opponents, new fencers winning upset bouts over seasoned competitors. It was not only a great day for the fencers but an entertaining competition for all the family and friends that came to watch.

Congratulations to TC Reynolds from Blacklords Fencing Club who, as an under 15’s fencer, defeated an open field take gold in his first ERC appearance.  As the day went on TC continually lifted his game and energy to meet the rising challenges. Most memorable would be his effort against new fencer Alexander for Monash Uni – David vs Goliath. Despite barely reaching Alexander’s chest TC tenaciously fought his way inside Alexander’s impressive reach to score points and win their bout. Impressive confidence and commitment.

2009 will be the first year that the ERC championship will be decided by an accumulated points system. As such we are looking forward not only to a more competitive series, but as to more feedback on what fencers are looking for in local competition. So far regional competition has proved a great low cost way for fencers to get a taste for competition, and build their interest into going further and fencing at a State level. With that in mind we look forward to the future.The results. Please see below for the final standings. Please go to the championship page to check points allocation. If you are interested in being added to the mailing list to receive group notifications regarding ERC events (only), please email your details to info@fioretto.com.au

Tableau A: 1 TC Reynolds, 2 Yen Sen-Lee, 3 CJJ Hobbs,  

Tableau B: 1 Josh Lazarus, 2 Kenneth Yuen, 3 Emma Sun

If You would like your club competition details entered; email chris@swordfightersaustralia.com

Updated Open National Rankings after AFF#1 Canberra 2009

Rankings

The 1st Round of National tournaments took place in the ACT Canberra at the AIS institute in the best Australian venue in memory!.

Womens Epee: 1 Evelyn Halls Vic, 2 Diana Sher Vic,
=3 Catherine McKay, =3 Rowena Newcombe SA Full Results:

Mens Epee: 1 Victor Lewith Vic, 2 Nick Heffernan ACT,
=3 Chris Perkins WA, Georg Mittermair ACT Full Results:

Womens Foil: 1 Evelyn Halls Vic, 2 Jade Sarah Qld,
=3 Sian Hicks SA, =3 Georgia Wallis NSW Full Results:

Mens Foil: 1 Frank Bartolillo NSW, 2 Harry Huanh Vic,
=3 Charles Hemery Vic, =3 Nigel Nutt ACT Full Results:

Womens Sabre: 1 Alex Carroll Vic, 2 Jess Brooks NSW,
=3 LeilaMin Yi Du NSW, =3 Cheryl Chan NSW, Full Results:

Mens Sabre: 1 Sutherlan Scudds WA, 2 Mike Harcourt Qld,
=3 Joshua Fox NSW, =3 James Walsh Qld, Full Results:

For Veteran Results : Veteran’s FULL RESULTS 

Congratulations to all the medal winners in a very successful competition!

Next AFF in Adelaide, Queens Birthday Weekend, 6-8 June