Newsletter October 2013On Target

Newsletter of Fencing NSW February 2013supplementary

NSW squad fencers triumph in Australian Cadet Championships

NSWFA is gearing up for one of the biggest competitions of the year - the U9, U11 and U13 State Championships and Friendship Cup. The events kicks off with a camp at Marrickville PCYC on Friday 22 November, then the Friendship Cup teams competition on Saturday 23 November and the State Championships on Sunday 24 November.

Young fencers are expected from NSW, all other States, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore.

Online entries for the individual events are now open on the NSWFA website. We need volunteers to help manage such a big event so if you can assist with:

+ refereeing

+ equipment hire

+ front desk

+ set-up on Saturday night from 8pm-10.30pm please contact Alex Andre at alexandreandre70@gmail.com

A reminder to competitors that weapon requirements are:

U13s - size 0-5 (full size) in foil, epee and sabre

U11s and U9s - size 0-3 (mini) in foil and epee and 0-5 in sabre

Marrickville Council Chips In For New Pistes

Big Weekend Coming Up - Help Wanted

Open Air Fencing for Super 8

With the 2013 NSW Open Championships now concluded, the State Champions are:

Men’s Foil - Wei Ting (Edison) Cai (UTS)

Women’s Foil - Margarita Sokolovskaja (Sydney Uni)

Men’s Epee - Jeremy Shelley (ACT)

Women’s Epee - Amy Reynolds (VFA)

Men’s Sabre - John Chow (Sydney Sabre Centre)

Women’s Sabre - Priscilla Del Castillo (Sydney Sabre Centre)

And the No 1 ranked Open fencers for 2013 are:

Men’s Foil - Wei Ting (Edison) Cai (UTS)

Women’s Foil - Margarita Sokolovskaja (Sydney Uni)

Men’s Epee - John Downes (Southern Highlands)

Women’s Epee - Sarah Osvath (Macquarie Uni)

Men’s Sabre - Adam Wilcock (UniNSW)

Women’s Sabre - Priscilla Del Castillo (Sydney Sabre Centre)

Hail the Champions AFF General MeetingThe AFF General Meeting planned for 3 November will not be going ahead because of an issue over the timing of the notice of motion. Instead a Delegates Workshop will be attended by each State Delegate. Any motions arising from the workshop will then be put to a mail ballot. NSWFA members can view the agenda and papers for the Workshop should go the the AFF Portal where the meeting papers can be found under Documents. Please note the AFF’s request that these papers should not be circulated beyond the fencing community.

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On Target Newsletter October 2013

U13/U11 Weapon Sizes Clarified

U/9 Mixed Sabre

1. Oliver Bardsley (MVB) 2. Ethem Evecek (MVB) 3. Max Anderson (MVB) & Lucas Apte (MVB)

U/11 Mixed Sabre

1. Alex Tressider (MVB) 2. Adem Evecek (MVB) 3. Max Anderson (MVB) & Alastair Fried (MVB)

U/13 Mixed Sabre

1. James Sui (SSC) 2. James Boyd-Hoare (MVB) 3. Sean Andrews (MVB) & Jack Snell (MVB)

U/15 Girls Sabre

1. Ellie Jordan (SHFC) 2. Kristy Bergmark (Manly) 3. Nora Campbell (UNSW) & Zoe Turner (SSC)

U/15 Boys Sabre

1. James Sui (SSC) 2. Sean Andrews (MVB) 3. James Boyd-Hoare (MVB) & Vincent Zheng (SSC)

Open Mixed Sabre

1. Mitch Fox (UNSW) 2. Natalie Molen-Grigull (UNSW) 3. Mathilda Barnard (UNSW) & Cheryl Chan (UTS)

2013 Norse Beach Sabre Championships

Competition Report:

Many thanks to all the fencers and families who came to the Norse Beach Sabre Championships on such a brilliant day.

We had nearly 60 entries overall from all around Sydney. Thanks to Manly Fencing Club, Marrickville Marauders, UTS,

Polish Australian, Sydney Sabre Centre, Southern Highlands and UNSW for attending.

Alex Andre The Results