Congratulations to all the medal winners at the Oceania Cadet Championships. This competition was on the 26th and 27th of September in New Caledonia.

There are several exciting fencing events coming up between now and the end of the year. Click the links for more information and to enter.
 

FENCING NORTH UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday 31^st October 2015

Book the date, this will be the last foil competition of the season.

We will have some fencers coming up from Wellington, so it will be a good opportunity to mix with the rest of the fencing stars out there and have some fencing fun.

A competition not to be missed for the young fencers heading to Australia in November for Under 15 and under 13.

Venue:                  Massey High School Hall, 274 Don Buck Rd, Massey West

Date:                     31^st October 2015

Start Time:            Registration at 9.30am for a 9.45am start

What event?        Individual Boys’ Foil and Individual Girls’ Foil

Who can enter?  Any fencer fully affiliated with Fencing New Zealand and born after 1^st January 2000 

Entry Fee:            $20 first weapon

National Open and Veteran Fencing Championships 2015 are being held in Wellington over Labour Weekend (24-26th October).  

For full details and the entry form, visit www.fencingcentral.org.nz

Please arrive 15mins before your event starts to complete registration.

You need to be affiliated to compete at this event. This year's affiliation form can be found here: Affiliation Form 2015

Fencing North U23 Champs 2015 Entry Form: Name*    Gender* Male Female Weapon(s)* Foil Epee Sabre Email* Phone* PREV NEXT RESET SUBMIT

Results available below - if you're using a phone browser use this link

The foil poules were run mixed and then split out into each gender for the DE events

Please arrive 15mins before your event starts to complete registration.

You need to be affiliated to compete at this event. This year's affiliation form can be found here: Affiliation Form 2015

Results available below - if you're using a phone browser use this link

Photos from the event are on Facebook here: Foil Poules and Sabre and Epee

Final placings for Foil Teams are:

See the application below for final placings in the epee and sabre competitions

Over the past weekend serveral of our fencers competed at President's Cup and National Under 23 Sabre Champs in Christchurch.

Congratulations to the following fencers on their results:

Full results from the event are available on the Fencing Midsouth Website

Secondary School Circuit 2015

Welcome to this year’s Secondary School Fencing Circuit! Fencing North are very excited to hold this event again and can’t wait to kick it off. This year in early September we will also be running the National Secondary School and Under 20 Championships, this circuit will be awesome training for nationals.

The 2015 Secondary School Circuit is due to start on the 9^th May. The circuit is split into two components, an individual series and a team series. The individual series runs across four weekends, 9^th May - 23^rd May - 6^th June - 20^th June, the teams series runs across two weekends, 1^st August and 15^th August. The circuit and is open to anyone currently at primary or secondary school and the weapons fenced this year will be foil, sabre, and epee.

We also have a competition for a female fencer to win a mask! Check out the details here: http://www.fencingnorth.com/270/win-a-fencing-mask

The Epsom Girls Grammar Fencing Club will be running a canteen at each event. There will also be some free food/drinks provided at the individual finals and team finals, friends and family are welcome to come along and enjoy this!

The format of the competitions are as follows & entry form is at the bottom of this page:

Individual:

The first three weekends are run as competitions with both poule and elimination rounds. The fourth weekend will run as an elimination competition - we use results from the first three weekends to determine rankings for the fourth. If you attend all of the competitions you have a better chance at getting higher rankings.

Team:

The school teams event will be run across three Saturdays in August

1st August: Foil Team Poules
15th August: Epee/Sabre Team Poules and Finals
29th August: Foil Team Finals

Teams must consist of a minimum of three fencers, but a fourth as a reserve is recommended. Fencers can be members of a Foil team and an Epee or Sabre team, but cannot be members of both an Epee and Sabre team as these are on the same day.

The entry fee is $100 per team. Entries can be paid on the day or we can invoice your school if the school is paying. If you want to pay online the account number is 01-0297-0024774-00 and should you choose to do this please reference the payment with your team name and SS15. You can enter by having a coach, captain or school teacher email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your team name, weapon and members. (eg. Hogwarts 1, Foil, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom). Entries close on 10th July so get in quick!

Event Details:

What:

Fencing North Secondary School Fencing Circuit 2015

When:

Individual: 

Team:

Venue:

Massey High School - Jack Adam Gymnasium, 274 Don Buck Rd

Registration Timetable:

Individual Events:

Team Events:

Registration cut off will be 5mins after the registration times. Event start times are expected to be 15mins after registration time.

Affiliations:

Competitors in this circuit need to be affiliated with Fencing North and Fencing New Zealand. Affiliation forms can be completed online or downloaded from this link here.

We will have affiliation forms at the event if you don't get a chance to do this ahead of the competition.

Gear Requirements:

You will need a fencing jacket, bodywire, lame jacket (foil/sabre), bodywire, weapon, mask (conductive bib not required for foil), chest protector (girls), and glove. If you don't have breeches you need to wear trackpants - you can't fence in shorts. 

Entry Fee:

Entry fees can be paid on arrival when you check in at the event

Fencers who compete at the first three individual events will get free entry into the individual finals.

Fill in the form below to enter, you can enter multiple individual events in one form. Please enter as early as you can, it helps us to organise referees.