Congratulations and welcome to the SBHS Fencing program!

As a minimum safety requirement, all fencers must have their own fencing glove to protect their fencing hand during bouting.

New fencers will have a chance to purchase a glove from one of our school fencing equipment suppliers, Jeff Hardge, this Thursday 30/03/2023 at the start of the Development Training session in the cricket nets (3:30pm).

If you wish to buy a glove from Jeff Hardge, please bring $33 cash (no card facilities – exact change if you can).

If you prefer not to buy from Jeff or miss this opportunity, it will be your responsibility to source and buy your own fencing glove. You will not be permitted to fence without a fencing glove.

Please see www.sbhsfencing.com/uniform/where-to-buy-fencing-gear/ for more info on where you can buy gear.

Furthermore, I will be distributing the Equipment Loan Agreement form (link below) during training tomorrow that requires you to read and sign (by you and a parent) before you get access to borrow school equipment. The order that you return the form to me (you can leave it on my desk in my staffroom if you can’t find me), is the order you will get access to the gear to borrow.

If you wish to be at the front of the queue, print the form out at home, get it signed and returned to me tomorrow!

Once you have done so, please make sure you bring a sports bag to training that is big enough to carry a fencing mask, underplastron and fencing jacket. This gear will be under your responsibility for the whole season.

Please let me know if there are any issues or questions.

May the Force be with you,

Mr Dat Huynh
MIC Fencing

The Fencing Season starts this week with Foil Squad Try-outs on Monday (20/03) after school.

Make sure you bring your fencing gear and be ready for bouting from 3:30pm to 5pm at the COLA.

Senior Sport session on Wednesday (22/03) will be try-outs for our Senior fencing program.

All Weapons Squad tryouts are on Wednesday (22/03) after school (3:30pm to 5pm)

Junior Sport session on Thursday (23/03) will be try-outs for our Junior fencing program.

Year 7 and any other new junior students will continue with their try-outs after school on Thursday (23/03 – 3:30pm to 5pm).

Please check Clipboard for details.

Please contact Mr Huynh if there are any issues or questions.

Barker is hosting a pre-season U14 Foil Friendly competition on Saturday 18/03/2023. St Aloysius and Riverview have also been invited to attend.

Please contact Mr Huynh by email ASAP and by Tuesday 14/03 at the latest if you would like to attend or if you have any questions. This event is optional for keen U14 Squad Foil Fencers.

To all SBHS students,

If you intend to try out for the SBHS Fencing program this year, please complete the try-out form below:

https://forms.gle/9p5LDfN6CYR9U7Rr5

Please have this task completed by 3:15pm Friday 10/03/2023 as we need time to plan resources and set up pools for Squad try-outs.

Make sure you have also nominated Fencing on your Sports Selection Ballot. The Google Form is part of the try-out process and does not guarantee your selection.

Due to the demand and limited places, students who do not follow instructions to fill in the try-out form may be cut and will not be able to progress to physical try-outs.

May the Force be with you,
Mr D. Huynh
MIC Fencing

As per 2022 season, Monday afterschool will continue to be a Squad Training session in the COLA and Sprints session for Development Fencers during the 2023 season.

Definitions:

Squad fencers are selected based on merit during try-outs and represent the school at inter-school competitions.

Development fencers are beginner and recreational fencers who are not expected to compete at inter-school competitions but will participate in internal competitions.

You are invited to share your thoughts and vote for one of the following two options:

• A. Wednesday afterschool (3:30 – 5pm) as a Squad Training session and Thursday afterschool (3:30 – 5pm as a Development Training Session.
• B. Wednesday afterschool (3:30 – 5pm) as a Development Training session, Thursday afterschool (3:30 – 5pm as a Squad Training Session.

Please cast your vote via the Google Form below (must be signed in to Google account with your school login to prevent more than 1 vote per student):

https://forms.gle/oEs8R3DeYCmdJ7gU9

Thank you for your time and attention.

Cheers,
Mr D Huynh

Thank you for your interest in the Fencing program for the 2023 Winter Sport season.

Please fill in the Google form below to help us plan the program for next year:

Fencing 2023 – Expression of Interest for new students only

NOTE: Please only fill in this form if you are a new student to the school in 2023.

For current students, the sign up form for try-outs will be posted in term 1 next year before the start of the Winter Sport season.

Thanks for stopping by and welcome to Sydney Boys High School!

Mr Dat Huynh

MIC Fencing

On behalf of Bill Ronald and in support of the NSW Schools’ Fencing League, I’m forwarding information on a valuable Fencing Camp opportunity over the summer holidays. The event will be held at the University of Sydney – Bryden’s Stadium.

Dates: 9 Camp days between 3-13 January 2023, (with rest & tourism days on the 6th & 10th January)
Schedule: 10am-6pm typically — further information closer to the date
Camp fees: $850 The Camp (Fencers) $275 Professional Development (Coaches)
Designed For: Foil, Epee, Sabre fencers and Coach Professional Development. The Camp is for fencers of all capabilities but must be aged 12 & over (unless very fit/technically capable). Participants will be divided into weapon & competency groupings.
Format: The Camp is run as a collaboration of coaches from different clubs, states and countries. It is about bringing people together to work intensively and cooperatively, to develop skills, confidence and networks.

Please contact Bill Ronald to reserve your spot:

Bill Ronald deploy@tpg.com.au

More information can be found here:

Fencing photos will be taken during the co-curricular photo day on Monday 29/08.

Please wear full school formal uniform (blazers preferred for squad photos).

I will collect the Roberta Nutt Shield and NSWSFL Epee Team Premiership Plaque so we can have them in the relevant photos.

List of photos:

9:30am:
1st Grade Fencing Teams (if you fenced in the Senior National Teams event)

11:30am:
U14 Foil Squad
U14 Epee Squad (display Epee Team Premiership Plaque) 
U14 Sabre Squad

11:40am:
U16 Foil Squad
U16 Epee Squad (display Epee Team Premiership Plaque) 
U16 Sabre Squad

11:50am:
U19 Foil Squad
U19 Epee Squad
U19 Sabre Squad

12:00pm
Development Fencers Group (50 students)

12:10pm
Squad Fencers Group (50 students)(display Roberta Nutt Shield)

Please let me know if there are any issues or questions.

Cheers,
Mr Dat Huynh
MIC Fencing

PLEASE NOTE: This will be the last event for the program’s season as there is insufficient demand for further events and school supervision resources cannot be secured beyond this event.

This coming Saturday we have the NSWSFL U16 Foil Individual Event – hosted by Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview.

As this event runs outside the official Fencing training season, it is voluntary for our fencers to attend.

For the list of participating SBHS fencers, start times and additional details about the event, please visit:
https://sbhsfencing.com/2022-results/ and check the Fencing calendar: https://sbhsfencing.com/school-competitions/calendar/

Gear can be borrowed 1st half of Lunch on Thursday 18/08/2022. Wait for Mr Huynh at the COLA and don’t be late!

If you are running late on the event day or know you’re going to be absent, please contact/email Mr Huynh ASAP.

Please contact Mr Huynh if there are any issues or concerns.

Cheers,
Mr Dat Huynh
MIC Fencing

Forwarding information from Edwin Lapitan (SAC) regarding the upcoming NSWSFL Individual Foil Events:

Thanks to St Ignatius College, Riverview (c/o Andrew S) and Barker College (c/o Steve A), the NSWSFL is able to host the following Inter-school Individual Foil competition on these 3 weekends (Edwin Lapitan (SAC) is managing these individual events):

Start time will be 8:00am (we will send venue details a week before the events). So far, our school list is as follows:

• Barker College
• St Aloysius’ College
• St Ignatius College, Riverview
• Sydney Boys HS
• Sydney Grammar School
• Wenona School
• The Hills Grammar School

We are targeting a field of a maximum of 40 fencers for each competition day so it would be great to put an initial cap of 6 fencers per school. If some schools are not able to use the allocation of 6 fencers, we can hand over “unused” slots to other schools who wish to field more than 6 fencers. If you have a lot of Under 16 fencers, an option would be to send some to the first event on 20 Aug and then another set to the second event on 10 Sep. We would appreciate if you can please let me know your numbers and fencer names using the schedule above.

Format will be as follows:

• Mixed genders in both poules and DE
• Regular poules – 5 hits, 3 mins
• Depending on the numbers and timing, we may promote to the DEs only a complete tableau (e.g., if there are 40 fencers and we’re running late, we will only promote 32).
• U16 DEs will be 15 points, 3 periods x 3 mins
• U14 DEs will be 10 points, 2 periods x 3 mins
• No match for 3rd place (i.e., there will be equal thirds)

Please note: As the SBHS Fencing training season is over, this event is voluntary for our fencers.

Please email Mr Huynh ASAP and by Wednesday 3pm at the latest if you would like to participate and indicate which event you want to attend. If there are more fencers interested than the positions allocated, slots will be determined by internal ranking data. Gear can be borrowed from the COLA during Lunch 1 on Thursday.