Fencing North Meeting - June 2015
Fencing North Committee Meeting
Wednesday 6th June 2015, 7.30pm
Meadowbank Community Centre, Meadowbank
Present:
John Garelja (President)
Linda Boyd (Treasurer)
Oliver Agnew (Secretary) – holds proxy for Hamish Bulmer
Nelly Dyson – holds proxy for Gaylene Ongley
Jeremy Dyson
Laura Harvey – holds proxy for Chris Lear
Apologies:
Eric Buisman (Vice-President)
Judit Fliszar
Anya Kamynina
Hamish Bulmer
Gaylene Ongley
Meeting starts 7.30pm:
Minutes from previous meeting:
John Garelja moves that we accept the minutes, Jeremy Dyson seconds. All in favour.
Matters arising from previous meeting:
None
President’s Report:
John Garelja moves that we accept the President’s report, Oliver Agnew seconds. All in favour.
Treasurer’s Report:
Oliver Agnew moves that we accept the treasurer’s report, John Garelja seconds. All in favour.
Competitions Report:
Tournament sub committee provided reports on Ongley Open and Regional u20 Champs.
Event: Secondary School #1
Foil: 30 boys / 25 girls
Epee: 6 boys / 12 girls
Sabre: 10 (8 boys / 2 girls)
Total number of fencers: 71
Entry vouchers: 8 issued
Event: Macleavy Champs
Foil: 26
Epee: 14
Sabre: 8
Total number of fencers: 45
Entry vouchers: 5 redeemed
Event: Secondary School #2
Foil: 41 boys / 26 girls
Epee: 10 boys / 12 girls
Sabre: 12 (10 boys / 2 girls)
Total number of fencers: 87
Entry vouchers: 6 issued
Payments:
Jeremy Dyson moves we pay outstanding affiliations to Fencing New Zealand, ($3690.00) Laura Harvey seconds. All in favour. This brings the total paid so far to $6240.00 for 118 full members and 17 associate members.
Laura Harvey moves that we pay her $94 to cover prizes, Oliver Agnew seconds this. All in favour.
Laura Harvey moves that we pay Eric Buisman $217.71 to cover prizes, Linda Boyd seconds. All in favour.
Oliver Agnew moves that we pay John Garelja $460.00 to cover the cupboards he purchased to store equipment in. Jeremy Dyson seconds. All in favour.
Oliver Agnew moves that we pay Jess Gracie $225.50 for Fencing North’s canteen expenses at SS1 & SS2. Laura Harvey seconds. All in favour.
New Zealand Teams Competition:
We haven’t received any firm expressions of intent to enter a National Teams competition. We were hoping for at least 8 teams for any of the six events to go ahead, but unfortunately this didn't happen. We have called off the event and let the other regions know.
Assistance to Fencing North Fencers Competing Abroad:
We have decided to pay for the most expensive entry fee for each of our fencers competing overseas in June/July this year at Asian Champs/World Champs/Commonwealth Junior/Cadet Championships/World University Games. We expect that this will cost us $530, and we will need fencers to provide a receipt for their entry fee before we pay them back for this. Fencers benefiting from this are Alice Boyd, Chris Bell, Hamish Chan, Daniel Garelja, Darya Kharitonova, and Stephanie Wyllie. The motion to do this was moved by Jeremy Dyson and seconded by Oliver Agnew - John Garelja and Linda Boyd abstained, all others were in favour.
Catering for NZ Secondary Schools and U20 Championships:
Catering services at this event will be provided by Auckland High Performance Fencing.
July Fencing North Meeting:
We have cancelled the July Meeting. Our next meeting will be held on the 5th August.
Meeting closed at 9.10pm
Results from SS3 & Info for SS4
Thanks to everyone who competed at SS3 - it was really awesome! Results can be found here: http://www.fencingnorth.com/competitions-and-results/results/results-2015/298/secondary-schools-3-2015-results
The final event in the individual secondary school circuit will be on Saturday 20th June - this event is an elimination event where you fence off to your final placing (so if you lose your first match you still get plenty more fencing!). There will be medals for the top 4 placed fencers in each event, and we will be presenting the overall winning schools with a gear voucher - there is also a shield up for grabs for the school that shows the best sportsmanship.
Rankings for this round are based on your results at the first three events. Fencers who have competed in all of the first three events in the circuit you don't have to pay an entry fee (if you didn't fence at all SS1/SS2/SS3 the fee is $20).
It will be heaps of fun, and there will be lots of spot prizes and free food from midday onwards.
Secondary Schools #3 2015 - Results
If the results are too cramped on your screen, click this link to see the fullscreen version
North Island & National U23 Foil Champs Results
Over Queen’s Birthday Weekend a group of Aucklanders flew down to Wellington to compete at North Island Champs and National U23 Foil Champs. We had several podium finishes and we want to congratulate these fencers on their achievements!
North Island Champs:
Men’s Foil: 1st: Hamish Chan 2nd: Chris Bell 3rd= Clovis Dyson
Men’s Epee: 3rd= Oliver Agnew
Women’s Foil: 2nd: Stephanie Wyllie 3rd= Alice Boyd
U23 Foil Champs:
Men’s: 1st: Hamish Chan 2nd: Clovis Dyson 3rd= Daniel Garelja
Women's: 1st: Stephanie Wyllie 2nd: Alice Boyd 3rd= Nicola Buisman & Sara-Louise Williams
Photos from these events can be found on the Fencing New Zealand Facebook Page
Full results from the competition are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8Rxmrq1Vz0MU0RvLUdiOUFaNWM
Great day of fencing at Secondary Schools #2
We had our biggest turnout at an event in recent history over the weekend with 88 fencers competing in SS2!
Despite the appalling weather outside, we couldn't have asked for better conditions indoors with seven pistes under constant use. We've uploaded a whole bunch of pictures from the competition on Facebook
Congratulations to the winners of each event:
Boy's Foil:1st: Bruce Ng (Auckland Grammar School)2nd: Nicholas Miehlbradt (Kristin School) 3rd=: Stefan Oosthuizen (Owera College) Cesar Dyson (Sacred Heart College) |
Girl's Foil:1st: Jess Gracie (Epsom Girls Grammar) |
Boy's Epee:1st: Nicholas Miehlbradt (Kristin School) |
Girl's Epee:1st: Megan Wilkie (Westlake Girls School) |
Mixed Sabre:1st: Sean Thomson (Auckland Grammar School) |
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Click here for the full results
The next event in the circuit is SS3 on the 6th of June, because the event is so popular and we've had awesome growth across Epee and Sabre, we need to change the registration and start times for Sabre and Epee to 15mins earlier (8.30am registration and 8.45am start time). These changes will carry over to SS4 on the 20th June too.
Secondary Schools #2 2015 - Results
If the results are too cramped on your screen, click this link to see the fullscreen version
Fencing North Meeting - May 2015
Fencing North Committee Meeting
Wednesday 6th May 2015, 7.30pm
Meadowbank Community Centre, Meadowbank
Present:
John Garelja (President)
Linda Boyd (Treasurer)
Oliver Agnew (Secretary)
Chris Lear
Gaylene Ongley
Jeremy Dyson
Laura Harvey
Hamish Bulmer
Apologies:
Eric Buisman (Vice-President)
Judit Fliszar
Anya Kamynina
Meeting starts 7.25pm:
Minutes from previous meeting:
John Garelja moves that we accept the minutes, Laura Harvey seconds. All in favour.
Matters arising from previous meeting:
1. We are still waiting to hear about an event in Hamilton.
2. Oliver has one quote for equipment required for Project Kaipara. Jeremy Dyson is going to get another one.
Treasurer’s Report:
Linda moves that we accept the treasurer’s report, John Garelja seconds. All in favour.
We need to submit our financial statements from 2013 to the Companies Office.
Jeremy Dyson moves that the 2013 financial statements be filed with the companies’ office forthwith and the President of Fencing North (John Garelja) is instructed to sign the required paperwork on behalf of Fencing North. Laura Harvey seconds. All in favour.
Competitions Report:
Tournament sub committee provided reports on Ongley Open and Regional u20 Champs.
Event: Fencing North U20 Champs 2/5/15 Entrants
Foil: 30
Epee: 12
Sabre: 6
Total number of fencers: 45
Entry vouchers: 2 redeemed
Event: Ongley Open 19/4/15 Entrants
Foil: 18
Epee: 10
Sabre: 10 (held Wednesday 29th April)
Total number of fencers: 33
Entry vouchers: 5 issued
Payments:
Gaylene Ongley moves that we pay $40 to Auckland Swords for two fencers presenting free entries vouchers that competed at Ongley Open. John Garelja seconds. All in favour.
Chris moves that we pay $25 to University of Auckland Fencing Club for an entry that was paid to Fencing North that should have gone to the university club. John Garelja seconds. All in favour.
Secondary School Circuit:
We are going to roster schools on to the set up and pack up for each day of the SS Circuit.
Gear letter to Fencing NZ:
John is going to write a letter to FeNZ asking what equipment is being sent from the FIE this year.
Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships 2016:
Fencing North moves that if there is a financial risk involved then New Zealand should not run the 2016 Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships
New Zealand Teams Competition:
Oliver will email each of the regions requesting expressions of interest to enter for a NZ Teams competition. Deadline for entries will be 31st of May. If we don’t get enough expressions of interest we won’t run the event.
Meeting closed at 8.40pm
Secondary Schools - Running School Points Tally
-- Updated 13th June --
This running tally is calculated from the individual results at the Secondary School Circuit. The top eight boys and girls in each weapon are awarded points.
The top Boys and Girls schools at the end of the circuit will win equipment vouchers to spend at Mainland Fencing!
| Placing | Pts |
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3= | 6 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 |
The current scores are:
| Girls | SS1 Points | SS2 Points | SS3 Points | Total |
| Epsom Girls Grammar School | 34 | 46 | 47 | 127 |
| Kristin School | 16 | 15 | 18 | 49 |
| Diocesan School | 21 | 10 | 4 | 35 |
| Mount Albert Grammar School | 10 | 8 | 15 | 33 |
| Westlake Girls College | - | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Takapuna College | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| Long Bay College | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Saint Keitigern College | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Boys | SS1 Points | SS2 Points | SS3 Points | Total |
| Auckland Grammar School | 29 | 51 | 27 | 107 |
| Kristin School | 23 | 21 | 22 | 66 |
| Saint Kentigern College | 25 | 16 | 25 | 66 |
| Mount Albert Grammar School | 21 | 8 | 17 | 46 |
| Orewa College | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| Sacred Heart College | - | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Macleans College | 4 | - | 8 | 12 |
| Wentworth College | 6 | 3 | - | 9 |
Macleavy Championship 2015 - Info is up!
Macleavy is this weekend (16th May) at Massey High School! Details are here: http://www.fencingnorth.com/competitions-and-results/competition-info-and-entry-forms/289/macleavy-champs-16th-may-2015
This will be a great competition for secondary school fencers to come and fence against a group of more experienced fencers.