2015 International Calendar - Dates confirmed

Date	2015 Events	Place	Remarks
Feb. 28 to Mar 8	Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships	Abu Dhabi, UAE	All Weapons
April 4-11	World Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships	Uzbekistan	All Weapons
June 25-30	Asian Fencing Championships	Singapore	All Weapons
July 13-19	World Fencing Championships	Moscow, Russia	All Weapons
September	Asian Under23 Fencing Championships	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	All Weapons

+    2015 Cadet & Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championships 

               Cape Town, South Africa 

         11 - 17 July 

+   2015 Oceania Cadet Fencing Championships 

              New Caledonia 

        26 Sept - 4 Oct

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2014 NSW State Sabre Championships

                MVB Fencer at the 2014 State Sabre Championships - Biggest number in years!!

  Men's State Sabre Championships

   Sean Andrews                                11
   Jame Boyd-Hoare                          18
   Christian Hely                                24

 Women's State Sabre Championships 

   Alexandra Hely                             16

Message from National Foil & Sabre Coach - Antonio Signorello

October 17, 2014
Sydney

The Head Coach Corner

Rise of a National Team
October 12, 2014. Sholto Douglas won the silver medal at the U23 Asian championship in Manila, Philippines. A "solo flight" from the initial pool, passing through a thrilling semifinal facing an athlete from South Korea and "landing" onto the grand final with another Korean who beat him by a hair's breadth, just 15/13
Undoubtedly a great result, something special, something to remember (let's not forget where we train, the conditions in which our guys work and most of all where we come from (our "closet", especially in foil and sabre, is hardly full of "gold").
But it is also something to understand, something to be de codified...and finally something to be shared.
Good performances and decent results in men foil have been "popping" out pretty regularly lately. Just to mention the most recent ones: Ned Fitzgerald 5th at the Youth Olympic Games, Matt Foster top 8 at the Asians u17 and top 16 at the Asians Seniors, Lucas Webber winner of 3 Junior Nationals, Matthew Donald winner of the last AFC Open and Uni Games, Sam Mooney Grand, Jesse Morris, Simon Capon and Pat Daley; all constantly improving and very talented. These guys are still very young; most are still juniors. They are ranked as our nation's best and they are fighting their way through the international

stage making Australia proud of them. Behind them there are at least another 8 talented prospects (Dall'Asen, Panow, Mentor, Whiffin, Lun, Spiteri, Black, Golan etc...) who will soon "bother" their predecessors and team mates. Congratulations to them (even the ones not mentioned here) , their coaches, their clubs, their club's colleagues, their states and to the Australian Fencing Team. Everyone together (including dedicated parents) have contributed to achieving this "important" level, a real bench mark for fencing Australia.
Long ago we said that "fencing is an individual sport practiced in a team environment" and "the best structure/environment has to be created by the coaches". The results achieved by the Men Foil Australian Team have been "produced" in our local "laboratory". Nothing fancy, simply the best training possible at home, polished by well chosen tours and competitions overseas. These guys have grown at home with their club's coaches, with their state's coaches and within the national structure. Their performances are the product of their lessons, the bouts with all their team mates at the club, the squads, the camps and the "fights" at our national events. Their spirit is showing pride for their national team, they are fighting for their colors and their country. Their pathway is an example that already other athletes are looking at and following.
Their success is everyone's success, well done Australia!
Antonio Signorello 

Congratulations Sholto!

Congratulations to Sholto Douglas and his Coach, Antonio

Sholto has taken SILVER 

at the U/23 Asian Championships 

in Manila, Philippines for Men's Foil. 

2014 U/9 Gilts Series Mixed Sabre

                           

                      Here are the results for the 2014 U/9 Gilt Series Mixed Sabre

         
U/9 Mixed Sabre 

 Jemima Robinson                       GOLD
 Nini Zhang                                 BRONZE


Many thanks to Peter Witkop for donating fantastic medals!!

NSW Fencing Association - State Mini Sabre Squad

                                            NSWFA Sunday Sabre Mini Squad

October

Sunday 12^th October                                    9:30 – 11:30 (MBSC)

Sunday 26^th October                                    9:30 – 11:30  (MBSC)

November

Sunday 9^th November                             

Sunday 16^th November                                11:00 – 1:30 (St Luke’s)

Sunday 23^rd November                                  2:00 – 4:30 (St Luke’s)

More dates to be announced  

Venue

St Luke’s Church Hall – Heydon St, Mosman

or

Marie Bashir Sports Centre – Cross St Mosman

This Session is Suitable for all Ages and Levels to Attend.

FEE

$15 per session

  - Squad fee can be added to invoice term invoice or casual

  - AFT / AFS Fencer payment made through HPP

Training in Hong Kong with National Team

                    In preparation for the upcoming competitions as well as organised special
                     invitational training, the NSW Fencers in Foil and Sabre will spend the
                  next 3 days at the Hong Kong Institute of Sport with the HK National Team.
                               NSW Fencers from UNSW, MVB & SSC are participating.

                                Birthday celebrations for 2 of our fencers


Day 2!

            Maxi poule fencing with U/14, Cadet and Junior Hong Kong National team fencers.

Day 3!

  All the NSW Fencers participated in a National Training 

Competition's with the HK fencers. These competitions 

are part of specific training that all weapons in the National 

Team do weekly so that the National and Assistant coaches 

can assess the fencers development in a competition environment. 

The Foilist competed with Cadet, Junior / Senior team, several 

of whom are preparing for World Cups and the upcoming U/23 Asian Championships.

The Sabreur's had a fantastic opportunity to compete against not 

on several U/15 fencers, but mainly cadets who are all trying for 

places on the National Team and had been invited by the National coach 

to specifically fence with our fencers and also that they could be 

viewed and assessed by the National Coaches.

The boys field was roughly 20 and the girls field was 5.

(The girls field were all cadets).

Boys Sabre 

  Top 8 

   James Siu, Jack Snell & Sean Andrews   

Jack had brilliantly close bout for the 4 going out 13/15.

 Top 16 

  Kai Hardge, Christian Hely & Finlay Jones

Kai and Christian were defeated by their own countrymen

Top 32 

 James Boyd-Hoare

Defeated by his countrymen

These training competitions were a fantastic experience for all the 

fencers. Even though there were no medals at the end of the day. All 

the HK fencers were there to seriously compete, so this was essentially 

as real and good as it gets!