Hi all,

The competitions on this Saturday (28/05/16) are:

• School Championships: U15 Boys Foil
• School Championships: Senior Boys Epee
• School Championships: Senior Boys Sabre

Please check the ‘Results – 2016’ page for the event start times, list of fencers and refs attending the competition.

A friendly reminder for all competing fencers to arrive 60 minutes before their start time to sign in, warm up and gear up. Be self motivated in preparing for your competition and try to get some warm up bouts going before all the pistes get taken up!

Refs should arrive no later than 30 minutes before the event start time and are not required to wear school uniform.

I wish you all the best in your bouts, boys!

Sunday 22/03/2016:

A big congratulations to James Siu (year 10) who represented Australia and won Gold in the Cadet Mens Sabre at the SEA Pacific Championships in Manila on Sunday! Well done, James!

Update: James won a 2nd Gold medal in the Cadet Mens Team Sabre!

Photo courtesy of the Australian Fencing Federation Facebook page.

Update: Congratulations to John Tian (year 11) who won Bronze in the Cadet Mens Team Epee event! Well done!

Photo courtesy of the Australian Fencing Federation Facebook page.

For more information, please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/ausfencing

Hi all,

This coming Saturday is the first ABC (Absolute Beginners Competition) for our year 7 fencers (under 13 years old category).

Please check the results – 2016 page for the list of fencers participating as well as the start time. A reminder that all fencers should aim to arrive at the venue at least 60 minutes before start time to sign in, warm up and gear up – ready to fence by the start time.

I have divided the year 7 fencers into two groups of 12. This first group of 12 students listed have registered and will be fencing this weekend. They will need to take home equipment after Thursday Sports training for the competition so please bring an extra sports bag on Thursday.

The other group of year 7 students will be entered into the next ABC U13 Foil competition later in the year.

A reminder to all students who haven’t already done so to pay for registration with NSWFA and enter your details into the Google Form so that we may enrol you into the school competitions. Click here for more information.

Borrowing equipment from the School Armoury:

Please note that all fencers borrowing equipment (masks, jackets and under-plastrons) are asked to clean/wash them before they return them to school at their first training session after a competition. The regular wash cycle (keeping whites separate) in the washing machine is sufficient.

Electric equipment such as foils, lamés and bodywires should be treated with care and avoid contact with moisture.

Lamés in particular are delicate and should be hung inside-out on a clothes hanger when in storage. If placed in a bag, they should be turned inside-out and folded no more than 2 times as the conductive fibres in the fabric may break when creased excessively. Please do not wash the lames as the conductive fibres will oxidise when exposed to excessive moisture.

Saturday 14/05/16 – School Championships: Senior Boys Foil – Poules & DE

Venue: PCYC Marrickville

Start time: 8:00am

Fencers:

• Edmund Pan (10)
• Harvey Luo (11)
• Joshua Ng (11)
• George Ge (11)
• Jonathan Tran (11)
• Ramachandran Kaniyur (11)
• Thisun Jayawardana (10)
• Jack Jiang (10)

Refs:

• Owen Zhang (8)
• Ben Bao (8)
• Marcus Nguyen (9)
• John Tian (11)

National School Teams Qualifiers – Senior Boys Foil Teams – DE round of 8

Start time: 11:30am

Fencers (Foil Team):

• John Tian (11)
• George Ge (11)
• Jonathan Tran (11)
• James Siu (10)

All the best to our fencers this weekend!

Results from Saturday have been updated on the ‘Results’ page.

Urgent Notice for Foil Team:

Please be advised of the following timetable updates for the Direct Elimination rounds: