Saturday 31 January 2015

2016 International Fencing Calendar

2016 International Calendar

2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Fencing Championships
Al Khobar City, Saudi Arabia & Manama City, Bahrain

2016 World Junior & Cadet Fencing Championships
Bourges, France

2016 Olympic Asian Zone Qualifier
2016 Asian Senior Fencing Championships
TBA, China

2016 Asian U/23 Fencing Championships
Tokyo, Japan

2016 Olympic Games
Rio De Janeiro

Sunday 25 January 2015

2015 Junior & Cadet Commonwealth Fencing Championships - Cape Town, South Africa

The AFF will be inviting nominations in March from athletes for selection to represent Australia at the 2015 Junior and Cadet Commonwealth Fencing Championships. The Championships are to be held in Capetown, South Africa, from 11-17 July.

More information about this event will be available on this website as it becomes available. The schedule for this event is as follows:

	Time	Event
Saturday 11^thJuly	9:00am	Cadet Men’s Foil
	9:00am	Cadet Women’s Sabre
	pm	Cadet Women’s Epee
		Opening Ceremony
Sunday 12^thJuly	9:00am	Cadet Women’s Foil
	9:00am	Cadet Men’s Sabre
	pm	Cadet Men’s Epee
Monday 13^thJuly		Junior Men’s Foil
Monday 13^thJuly		Junior Women’s Sabre
Tuesday 14^thJuly		Junior Men’s Sabre
Tuesday 14^thJuly		Junior Women’s Epee
Wednesday 15^thJuly		Junior Men’s Epee
Wednesday 15^thJuly		Junior Women’s Foil
Thursday 16^thJuly		Junior Men’s Foil Team
		Junior Women’s Sabre Team
		Junior Women’s Epee Team
Friday 17^th July		Junior Men’s Epee Team
		Junior Men’s Sabre Team
		Junior Women’s Foil Team
		Gala Dinner

Athletes requiring further information regarding this event should email operations@fencing.org.au.

Friday 23 January 2015

New MVB Coach - currently training with AUS Men's Foil Team in Italy

AUS Men's Foil Team are now in Italy after training at INSEP in Paris and
competing in the Men's Foil WC CIP Paris. They will first train in Frascati and
then move to Jesi also in Italy, before going back to France for Junior WC.

While in Frascati they have been fencing - Mancini, Errigo, Trani, Simoncelli, Palumbo, Garrozo, Guerra and Rosatelli, to name a few.

NSW / AUS Fencers - Samuel MooneyGrand, Sholto Douglas & Simon Capon
NSW / AUS Coach - Hugh Cotman
also there - Lucas Webber & Matthew Foster

Photos from Frascati, Italy

Thanks Hugh!

Thursday 22 January 2015

Movie - The Fencer

Sunday 18 January 2015

Junior Sports Star Finalist - Sean Andrews (2014 Fencing Results)

NewsLocal Junior Sports Star Finalists

The finalists in the NewsLocal Junior Sports Star Awards sponsored by Rebel have been decided.

Congratulations to all our finalists in the 2014 NewsLocal Junior Sports Star Awards. The judging panel gathered together in November for the difficult task to select our finalists. A big thank you to our guest judges Adam Peacock from Fox Sports and Carissa Tombs, Netball - NSW Hall of Fame inductee 2005, for their contribution.

The winners and overall NewsLocal medal winner for 2014 will be announced at the gala NewsLocal Junior Sports Star Awards Presentation Evening on February 18, 2015 hosted by Adam Peacockfrom Fox Sports.

Mosman Daily Junior Sports Star Finalists
Emily Hopper
Sean Andrews
Kate Stanbridge
Will Neuhaus

Wednesday 14 January 2015

Last days in Tokyo - recovery & training

Last days in Tokyo

Australian Sabre fencers play soccer with the Japanese Sabre Teams.

Australian & Japanese Sabre teams

Last day at JISS

Tuesday 13 January 2015

Mosman Viking Blades - 2015 Reopening soon!!

2015 - Timetable for MVB

19 January
Monday - Marie Bashir Sports Centre
5:30 - 7:30

22 January
Thursday - St Luke's Hall
5:00 - 8:00

Wednesday & Saturday to be confirmed

Hope to see you there!