Australian Olympic Funding, will it be increased or decreased?

The A.O.C. has a decision to make and negotiations with the Federal Government will need to be strategic.

One article in the media at the moment is commentary from AOC President, John Coates,

Link: Reuters

More info available once the review has been completed.

What will be the result for Fencing?

The Logo’s and pictograms for each sport have been released.

Check them all out on the link to the Official Website

There is a nice info page on the website : http://www.london2012.com/sports/olympic/fencing.php

The Australian Team for Asian Champ’s in Doha:

Championship Information : Link

Womens Epee
Evelyn Halls (Vic)
Jo Halls (Vic)
Victoria Wilks (Vic)
Katherine Woodward (Vic)
 
Womens Foil
Emma Ryan (Vic)
Jenny Bonney Millett (QLD)
Jade Sarah (QLD) 

Womens Sabre
Jess Brooks (NSW)

Mens Epee
Ross Austen (Vic)
Zac Casagrande (QLD)
William Dolley (Vic)
Alistair Sutherland (NSW)

Mens Sabre
Sutherlan Scudds (WA)
James Walsh (QLD)
Michael Harcourt (QLD)
Marc Christian Oakes

Team Manager : Gerry Adams (Vic) (Epee Coach)

Assitant Team Manager / Sabre & Foil Coach: Antonio Signorello ITA (NSW)

More info to follow including the results!

Competition November 13-19. 2009

The World FIE Calendar is available on Site Link

Check it out…

A new Book has been released about a blacksmith Swordfighter Fantasy Novel.

for more info check out the blog on the Forum Page

Golf and Rugby 7’s have been added to the 2016 Brazil Olympics in Rio.

In an interesting IOC Vote both sports will be returned to the Olympic Program after having previously been removed.

All Olympic Sports are open to both genders; So will Rugby? and how many Nations will be able to organise a team?

Golf is a multinational Sport but is much stronger in traditional nations who already do well on the medal table.  How many golfers will represent a country and how many golfers will qualify.

Fencing is still in the program but will still be stuck with only 10 medals with 2 team events missing out, such a shame for those fencers in that 4 year cycle.  

World Fencing Championships 2009 Antalya, Turkey: 30.9.09-8.10.09

Link :  also a really nice little intro video.

Schedule Link

Results:

Mens Foil: 1. A Baldini ITA, 2. J Zhu CHN, =3. P Joppich GER, =3. A Sedov RUS.

Mens Epee: 1. A Avdeev RUS, 2. M Tagliarol ITA, =3. JL Abajo ESP. =3. J Jeannet FRA. 
           Ross Austen AUS 90th

Womens Sabre: 1. M Zagunis USA, 2. O Kharlan UKR, =3. C Vergne FRA, =3. O Nagy HUN. 

Womens Foil: 1. R Shanaeva RUS, 2. HS Jeon KOR, =3. A Errigo ITA. =3. E Di Francisca ITA.

Mens Sabre: 1. N Limbach GER, 2. R Dumitrescu ROU, =3. L Tarantino ITA,  =3. T Desci HUN.

Womens Epee: 1. L Shutova RUS, 2. S Schalm CAN, =3. S Tol NED. =3. A Pochkalova UKR.
           Amber Parkinson 55th AUS (in 64),
           Jo Halls AUS 81st 

Teams Events

Womens Sabre: 1. Ukraine, 2. France, 3. China  4. Russia.

Mens Foil: 1. Italy, 2. Germany, 3. Russia,  4. China.

Womens Foil: 1. Italy, 2. Russia, 3, Germany, 4. Roumania.

Mens Epee: 1. France, 2. Hungary, 3, Poland, 4. Germany.

Mens Sabre: 1. Roumania, 2. Italy, 3, Hungary,  4. Russia.

Womens Epee: 1. Italy, 2. Poland, 3, Germany, 4. France.

Full Results Link:

Medal Table Link:

Fencing.net has some nice articles on some of the matches:

• Mariel Zagunis Wins World Championship
• Dumitrescu rallies - takes sabre title from Italy
• Italy Wins Women’s Team Foil
• France Wins Men’s Team Epee
• Ukraine dominates in Women’s Team Sabre
• Baldini Takes Men’s Foil Crown
• Avdeev wins Men’s Epee Title
  More articles are available at the Fencing.net home page.

There is a bit of information on the international and local news boards.

Here are a few of them.

Olympic Fencing Medals to remain at 10: with 2 teams’ competitions to be rotated out for London. The FIE will determine fairly soon.

Fencing on US Television: Universal Sports Channel on NBC America, is planning on televising the 2009 World Championships. Check out NBC to see if you can view it.

New FIE Youtube Video Site: www.youtube.com/FIEvideo
Link 

Youtube Videos: There are now so many videos uploaded on Youtube that its very difficult to keep track of them. If you know of some “cant miss” videos please circulate! or post on the forum.

New Visor Masks: Fencing.net is advertising some new (to the market) clear visor masks for under $300 US, check them out..

Australian Fencing News:
Upcoming Competitons
                        
                                     Oceania Championships Noumea 5-7 November.                     
                         Asian Championships (Senior) in Doha 13-19 November. 
                              Australian Open National Championships in Sydney 26 Nov -1 December.

After School and Holiday Programs:  If you would like to organise or be involved in one, please contact chris@swordfightersaustralia.com

Gold Blades: Available from numerous suppliers, are they the best blades ever? feel free to discuss on the forum…

Rio de Janeiro has been voted the Olympic Hosts for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Chicago was widely fancied as the winner, but was voted out in the first round leaving Madrid, Tokyo and Rio to fight it out.  But Rio was a clear winner with Chicago’s votes seemingly all going to Rio in the final IOC vote.

Its the First time that South America will hold the biggest show on Earth and is very deserving, as it is the only one of the top 10 World Economies who hasn’t held the 2 week extravaganza.

Bring on the Surf, Sand and Samba of the Latin world!! 

U20’s 1-4 October, Brunswick, Fencing Factory, Melbourne

Full Results AFF Link

Mens Foil: 1 Dean Williams Vic, 2 Ben Talbot-Wright NSW,
     =3 Jeremy Hart Qld, =3 Max Peek NSW.

Womens Sabre: 1 Sam Auty Vic, 2 Zoe Tranter NSW,
     =3 Cheryl Chan NSW, =3 Alice Cuddy Vic.

Womens Sabre Teams: 1 Vic, 2 NSW, =3 Queensland, =3 WA.

Mens Foil Teams: 1 Vic, 2 NSW, =3 SA, =3 QLD.

Womens Foil: 1 Lishan Sung NSW, 2 Ania Kardas Vic,
    =3 Mita Hill WA, =3 Catherine Tierney Vic.

Mens Sabre: 1, Andy Jiang NSW 2, Dean Williams Vic,
    =3 Michael Nelson QLD, =3 A Wilcock NSW.

Mens Sabre Teams: 1 NSW, 2 QLD,

Womens Foil Teams: 1 Vic, 2 NSW, =3 Queensland, =3 WA.

Mens Epee: 1 Luke Mansfield NSW, 2 John Downes NSW,
    =3 James Lewis WA, =3 Chris Perkins WA.

Womens Epee: 1 Diana Sher Vic, 2 Mita Hill WA,
    =3 Alice Cuddy Vic, =3 Iona Mihailescu Vic.

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

Womens Epee Teams: 1 Vic, 2 QLD.