COMMONWEALTH VETERAN FENCING CHAMPS

Kiwi Fencers! The EARLY BIRD deal is running out on 31 August!
Enter and pay on or before 31 Aug and your FIE licence (usually $70) is included in the entry fee; as of 1 Sept it goes on top!
Go to http://www.cvfc2016.co.nz/ and enter!

Hey all! By popular demand we have created a unique t-shirt for National Secondary School Championships. This is a limited run and will sell out.

Pre-order pricing is available if you order using the form below before the 1st September. $30 per t-shirt pre-order or $35 on the day if any are left! Limited stock in each sizing (S/M/L). T-Shirts are 100% cotton.

Pre-orders to be picked up from and paid for at the event.

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Fencing North Committee Meeting

Wednesday 6th July 2016, 7.30pm

Meadowbank Community Centre, Meadowbank

Present:

Eric Buisman

Oliver Agnew

Linda Boyd

Daniela Ravera

Jessica Gracie

Hamish Bulmer

Apologies:

Jeremy Dyson

Laura Harvey

Isabelle Williams

Gaylene Ongley

Adrian Roberts

Meeting starts 7.30pm:

Minutes from previous meeting:

Eric Buisman moves that we accept the minutes from the previous meeting, Daniela Ravera seconds. All in favour.

Matters arising from previous meeting:

None

Treasurer’s Report:

Oliver Agnew moves that we accept the Treasurer’s report, Hamish Bulmer seconds. All in favour.

Payments:

Outstanding expenses to be paid for hall hire (Massey), catering (Jess Gracie), and misc receipts (Oliver)

Meeting Date Change:

Proposed meeting night change from Wednesday to Tuesday. Subject to room hire we will move to Tuesday nights.

Beginner’s Tournament:

Beginner’s competition – decided to move this out to early 2017 and position as introductory/how competitions work event for new fencers. Ideally located in Central Auckland

College Sport Meeting Follow Up:

College sport are evaluating which sports they cater for and re-defining their criteria for joining college sport, they have asked us to make contact with them again early next year.

In meantime Hamish to invite college sport to a SS Teams event.

Competitions Recap

Oliver to do a SS Individual Circuit Retrospective with Laura

Upcoming Competitions

Open competition this weekend – everyone is encouraged to compete (and ask their clubs members to compete)

Note about SS teams coming up.

NZSS Champs coming up in September – Daniela and Jess to organise.

Other Business

None

Meeting closed at 8.34pm

At the conclusion of the Individual Finals of the Secondary School Circuit we announced that Auckland Grammar School were the Top Boys School for 2016 edging out Kristin by one point. After recalculating this we found that we made a mistake and actually Kristin beat Auckland Grammar School by one point - it doesn't get much closer than this!  Congratulations to Kristin School on being the Top Boys School in the Individual Circuit.

Fencing North Committee Meeting

Wednesday 1^st June 2016, 7.30pm

Meadowbank Community Centre, Meadowbank

Present:

Eric Buisman

John Garelja

Oliver Agnew

Linda Boyd

Daniela Ravera

Jessica Gracie

Hamish Bulmer

Jeremy Dyson

Adrian Roberts

Apologies:

Laura Harvey

Isabelle Williams

Gaylene Ongley

Meeting starts 7.30pm:
 

Minutes from previous meeting:
Linda Boyd moves that we accept the minutes from the previous meeting, Oliver Agnew seconds. All in favour.

Matters arising from previous meeting:
No matters arising

Treasurer’s Report:
Adrian Roberts moves that we accept the Treasurer’s report, John Garelja seconds. All in favour.

Payments:
John Garelja moves that we reimburse Oliver ($1000 for petrol vouchers) and Eric ($139 for Ian Perry’s accommodation in Auckland). Hamish Bulmer seconds. All in favour.

Fencing NZ News
Eric has had discussions with Ian about our relative size and FeNZ board representation being at odds with each other

Strategic plan is slowly developing and Ian is looking at next steps in rolling it out

Fencing NZ Board Vacancy
FeNZ asked for regions to put forward candidates to be a youth representative filling the FeNZ Board Vacancy we have put Alice Boyd forward as our candidate.

Fencing NZ Affiliations
In May we paid $6,760 to FeNZ for affiliations year to date

Meeting With College Sport
Oliver and Hamish gave recap of meeting with Dave Currie from CS

Competitions Recap
Oliver gave recap of the tournaments in May

Upcoming Competitions
North Island Champs this weekend – everyone is encouraged to help out as much as possible during the event – we want to bring our A game

Beginner’s Competition
Thinking about options in July (16^th/23^rd), positioning between the Individual & Team Secondary School events. Aim is to get as many beginner fencers to come and compete.

Idea from Daniela to structure this so at the beginning we have an info session on how competitions work & what all the equipment does etc

Format etc to be confirmed by Jess & Hamish.

Jess and Hamish will find a venue & time that suits best

Other Business

None

Meeting closed at 8.35pm

See below for results from the 2016 Individual Secondary School Championships. Check out facebook page for photos: https://www.facebook.com/fencingnorth/

Special Prizes:

Top Boys School: Kristin School 
Top Girls School: Epsom Girls Grammar School

(Points are calculated based on placings in the top 8 across all events. Eg - 1st place = 8 points, 8th place = 1 point.) 

Shield for School Sportsmanship: Macleans College

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Boys' Epee

Girls' Epee

Mixed Sabre

Boys' Foil

Girls' Foil

Boys' Epee

Girls' Epee

Mixed Sabre

Boys' Foil

Girls' Foil

Event info & entry forms are out for President's Cup 2016. This competition also includes the Veteran Epee Challenge and National U23 Sabre Champs.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TSDOUCx6y1MZXJ02jpO-X1jobV0V_G63AS6MxTLDs7o/

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Find the event photos on our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/fencingnorth

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Find the event photos on our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/FencingNewZealand