TimeTable

Please read the timetable below carefully: you must be present at the venue in time for the registration for your event.

Weapons check will open approximately one hour before each event. Make sure that you arrive with enough time to complete weapons check before your event.

*The start time for team events is an estimate – the team event will begin after the individual event for that weapon has finished.

**The Boys' Foil teams will begin after the Sabre teams have finished. 

Location

Mount Albert Grammar School, Alberton Ave, Mount Albert, Auckland. The tournament will be held in the two gyms, at the north end of the school by the Aquatic Centre.

Who am I Fencing?

Individual Entries

Team Entries

Late Entries/Withdrawals

Late entries may be accepted at the organisers' discretion, and with payment of an additional late fee of $20. Late entries and withdrawals should contact Leasa Ogilvie: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 027 478 3456. 

Payment of $50 per event plus $20 for late entries should be made online by internet banking. 

• Bank Account: 01-0297-0024774-00
• Name: Fencing North
• Reference: Your Name + NZSS19

More Information

See this page for the full event information.

If you have any questions or issues, email Katie Logan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Feel free to email if you want to offer help as well!

Fencing North Meeting – 26^th August 2019

Meeting opened: 7:10pm

Present: David Elder, Amanda Hopkins, Katie Logan, Sunnie Sun, Ainslie M^cGuire-Barnes, Murray M^cGuire-Barnes.

Apologies: Kyle Nankivell.

Confirmation of the Previous Minutes: Ainslie moved that the minutes from July be accepted. David seconded. Motion carried.

Matters Arising: In the previous meeting the committee discussed how half and full days of refereeing should be counted and agreed to consult the FeNZ policy. However, FeNZ does not have a set policy on this matter. Therefore Amanda proposed that up to four hours be considered a half day and five hours or more a full day. Katie seconded. Motion carried. The referees will be paid as soon as possible.

Health and Safety: Sunnie reported that at the SS4 competition a fencer was seen using a sabre with the wrong handedness and that this was potentially quite dangerous. The committee agreed that referees should be empowered to turn away fencers who present with wrong-handed weapon.
  There were three injuries reported from North Islands.

Treasurer’s Report: Amanda gave her report to the committee. Unfortunately we will make a loss on North Islands, due to low entries and a number of unexpected expenses. Expenses are also expected to be relatively high at NZSS, and North is paying a number of insurance premiums this year. She noted that the end of our financial year is the end of September, at which point the committee will have to discuss how the books can be balanced next year.
  David seconded Amanda’s report. Motion carried.

Competitions: The upcoming competitions for September are the National Secondary Schools on the 6^th-8^th, and the North U20s/23s on the 21^st.

Macleavy Open: The Macleavy Open competition, which was meant to be held on the 31^st of August, has been cancelled this year. The normal organisers have unfortunately been too busy organising the National competitions to devote any time to the Macleavy, and there were no good opportunities to postpone it. Fencing North would like to apologise for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.

Regional Open Competitions: David presented to the committee a suggestion that may improve participation and reduce the difficulty of organising regional open competitions. He suggested that Fencing North might ask the larger clubs to run some of these competitions, as has been the norm in the past. David will talk to clubs about this and see whether there is any interest.

NZ Secondary Schools: The committee discussed the preparations for NZSS. With only two weeks to go there is still a huge need for volunteers for set-up and pack-up, first aid and referee billeting. Anyone who is willing to help, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

NZSS – North Teams: Following the decision at last month’s meeting, Katie has been selecting school teams based on the National rankings. Despite some requests, no composite teams have been selected, as there was neither a mandate nor a mechanism for doing so.

Fencing North would like to congratulate these schools for being selected to enter teams:

• Boys’ Foil: St Kentigerns, Macleans
• Girls’ Foil: Diocesan, Kristin, Macleans, Epsom Girls Grammar
• Boys’ Epee: Mt Albert Grammar, St Kentigerns
• Girls’ Epee: Mt Albert Grammar
• Sabre: Macleans, Auckland Grammar

Feedback from North Islands: The committee discussed some feedback about the organisation and operation of North Islands.

• Some feedback was received from Heather Claydon, the North Islands DT; this will be taken in account when running NZSS and future competitions.
• Fencing North would like to express its gratitude to everyone who helped out at that competition. In particular, thank you to Felix Lun for the very smooth operation of weapons control.
• On the other hand, David expressed his disappointment at the North fencers who consciously avoided the set-up and pack-up at North Islands. The low rates of volunteerism in our region force us to constantly rely on the goodwill of guests from other regions and make it very difficult to effectively run any successful event.
• Katie reported that throughout the process of organising both North Islands and NZSS, she and David experienced considerable communication issues with representatives of the national body. The expectations for the competition organisation are very high and extremely difficult to manage as inexperienced organisers; further, there is no unified document where all of the different factors were explained. This feedback will be passed on to the Officiating Commission following the NZSS.

FeNZ News: Amanda and David reported the FeNZ news.
  Nicola Shackleton recently resigned as head of the NZ Officiating Commission, and Bryan Clark was appointed as the new commission head. Following this, there were some issues surrounding the selection of new commissioners. Following an open call for nominations, selections were made and ratified by the FeNZ board; however, despite a very good candidate putting their name forward, no one from the North region was selected.
  Katie moved that Fencing North write to FeNZ expressing our concern about the process of selecting the Officiating Commission, insofar as there is to be no representative of the North region on this important board. Murray seconded. Motion carried.

Other Business:

Condolences: Fencing North would like to express our condolences to the FeNZ President Mark Rance for his recent family misfortune.

Thanks: Following Ainslie’s suggestion, the committee expressed its thanks to Katie for all of the organisational work she has done over the last months.

Dinner: David mentioned that he is planning a shared dinner event for Fencing North members and volunteers in October.

Meeting Closed: 9:12pm.

Check whether you have entered for the NZ Secondary Schools comp (and who your competition will be!) at this link. Remember that entries close Friday 30th of August!

We are sorry to announce that we have cancelled the Macleavy Open competition which was to be held on the 31st of August. In between North Islands and NZ Secondary Schools it's just too busy a time of year for organisers, fencers and volunteers. 

If you would like to help us out with anything - whether administration, billeting volunteers, heavy lifting or just doing a coffee run - please get in touch via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Check out these live results from the North Island champs, currently being fenced at Trusts Arena!

If you're using a phone browser to view the results, use this link

If you're using a phone browser to view the results, use this link

Fencing North Meeting – 29^th July 2019

Meeting Opened: 7:04pm.

Present: David Elder, Katie Logan, Amanda Hopkins, Mary Black, Murray McGuire-Barnes, Ainslie McGuire-Barnes, Sunny Sun, Ryan Yan, Kyle Nankivell.

Confirmation of the Previous Minutes: Katie moved that the minutes from June be accepted. David seconded. Motion carried.

Matters Arising: The Fencing North survey requires only a final review before it is circulated. It was agreed that it should be sent to previous fencers as well as those affiliated this year so that we can capture the opinions of those who have dropped out.
  The waiving of entry fees for out-of-towners was very well-received at the Pickworth Open, with several entrants from outside of Auckland.
  The tracksuit specifications are ready to be publicised to fencers.

Health and Safety: There are no incidents or safety issues to report this month.

Treasurer’s Report: Amanda gave her report. Fencing North is still showing a loss to date, due mainly to increased hall hire and decreased entries in competitions. However, we still have one more North Secondary School competition, North Islands and the National Secondary School Championships. With plenty of entries, we should be in positive territory by the end of the financial year. The committee discussed how to increase revenue this year and in following years, and the need to fund new equipment such as pistes.
  Katie seconded Amanda’s report. All in favour.

Competitions: The upcoming competitions this month are Secondary School Individuals #4 (4^th August) and the North Island Championships (17^th-18^th August).

Referee Fees: There was some confusion following the previous schools competition about what constituted a ‘full day’ and ‘half day’ for the purposes of paying referees. David will contact FeNZ to ensure that Fencing North conforms with FeNZ rules.

Pistes: Trusts Arena has expressed concern about the use of tape for fabric pistes on their international-quality netball courts. David has designed a new piste layout that keeps fabric pistes off the main court, and is looking into acquiring more metal pistes (potentially second-hand from another region).

North Islands: In the past month there has been a lot of activity organising operations for the upcoming North Islands Championships. The committee various aspects of the organisation of this competition, including assignment of organisational roles.

NZ Secondary Schools: Fencing North is hosting the NZSS competition on September 6^th-8^th. There had been some hold-ups in the organisation of the competition (in particular the venue and timetable), and the committee discussed some key aspects of the event and created an action plan for getting the details finalised as soon as possible.

NZ Secondary School Teams: This year FeNZ has decided that the NZSS Teams event will again be run with two teams allowed per region, and both school and composite teams permitted (following the resolution from the FeNZ meeting in August 2018, although without the extra Men’s Foil teams permitted in that resolution). The committee discussed how best to select teams for the North region. Katie proposed that Fencing North use the same system that was agreed on last year (see the minutes from August 2018): School teams would be selected on the basis of the school-level national rankings of individual fencers. Murray seconded. Motion carried.
  Katie will spearhead the selection process, including: ensuring that the national rankings are up-to-date; calculating school team rankings; contacting schools for expressions of interest; and accepting final team entries.

FeNZ News: David reported that FeNZ has launched its new website.
  FeNZ has solicited expressions of interest for the NZ Olympic long list in preparation for the upcoming 2020 Olympics.
  The national insurance policy has been renewed, now including cheap travel insurance for international travel. The details will be circulated soon.
  FeNZ has finalised a privacy policy for protecting the data of affiliated members. This will be circulated soon.
  There is some concern in FeNZ about decreasing National competition numbers. It has been suggested that Auckland fencers (the largest group in NZ) are reluctant to travel to other regions for events, leaving numbers low.

Other Business:

Sponsoring Residency: A foreign national who is currently fencing and coaching in Auckland has asked Fencing North to sponsor their New Zealand residency. David proposed that we agree to sponsor their residency. Katie seconded. Motion carried.

Meeting Closed: 9:15pm.