Hi all,

We have made some changes to event dates through to the end of the year.

Pickworth Champs was postponed from 18th July and will now run on the 22nd August

Fenton Champs has been moved from the 29th August to the 3rd October

Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions

Pickworth Chanps is being postponed to the 22nd August (Foil & Epee) and 26th August for Sabre

Coaches Kyle Macdonald and Judit Fliszar are running a training camp on the 19th July for foil and epee fencers - click through to our training camp page for more details: http://www.fencingnorth.com/training-camps

Information for Fencing North SS Teams is up! 

http://www.fencingnorth.com/competitions-and-results/competition-info-and-entry-forms/305/fencing-north-secondary-school-teams

Fencing North are now taking entries to the Secondary School Teams competition

The competition will be run over three weekends, in all 3 weapons. The dates and the weapons are as follows:

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

Event registrations will be at 8.45am each day, with the event starting at 9am.

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.

It would be great to see all of your fencers attend, so feel free to enter as many teams as possible- If gear is an issue, We can organise the lending of some!

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 July the 10th, so get in quick!

Fencing New Zealand have two board member vacancies that they need to fill - links to a position description and nomination form for these are below. If you're interested in the position or know of anyone that would be a good candidate, please take a look and pass these on!

Nominations close 31st July 

Board Member Position Description

Board Member Application Form

Final placings from the Fencing North Secondary School Finals 2015

Boy's Foil
Boy's Epee
Girl's Foil
Girl's Epee
Mixed Sabre

Boy's Foil:

Boy's Epee:

Girl's Foil:

Girl's Epee:

Mixed Sabre:

National Secondary School Championships and National Under 20 Championships

Dates:

3rd & 4th Sept: New Zealand Secondary School Championships
5th & 6th Sept: New Zealand Under 20 Championships

Venue:

Jack Adam Gymnasium, Massey High School, 274 Don Buck Rd, Massey West, Auckland

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

Fencing North and Fencing New Zealand Present:
National Secondary School and Under 20 Championships 

***CHECK OUT THE EVENT UPDATE HERE***

Dates:

3rd & 4th September: New Zealand Secondary School Championships
5th & 6th September: New Zealand Under 20 Championships

Venue:

Jack Adam Gymnasium, Massey High School, 274 Don Buck Rd, Massey West, Auckland

If you're travelling from the Airport, look into booking a shuttle to save money. Talk to other fencers and see if they want to share! https://www.supershuttle.co.nz/Default.aspx

Timetable:

Weapons control will open at 8am each day. There will also be a weapons control session on Wednesday night from 7pm  See HERE for information about weapons control on Wednesday night (and also Monday night for Aucklanders)

Format:

Individual events: Poules followed by an elimination round. Initial seedings for the poules will be based on NZ U20 rankings.

Team events: Elimination, teams will be ranked based on results from the individual round. Secondary school team members should be from the same school. If your school cannot make a team then you can enter as part of a composite team (teams of the same gender made up from fencers who attend different schools). Regional teams for U20s need to be made up from fencers of the same region. Team members must be same gender.  Regions can enter 2 teams per event and Schools can enter as many teams as they can

Entries:

Entries Close: 30th August

Please note that the New Zealand Secondary Schools and New Zealand Under 20 Championships are separate events and entry fees are to be paid at each event (eg, fencing one weapon at each event will cost $80 total). 

To pay by Internet Banking, please deposit your entry fee to 01-0297-0024774-00 - reference the payment with your name and NZ15.
You can also pay your entry fee when you arrive at the event.

Age Applicability for NZ U20s:

NZ U20s is open to any fencer who was under 20 on the 1st Janurary this year.

Gear Requirements:

Check out the list here for Fencing NZ Gear Requirements. 

Queries:

Organiser: Oliver Agnew: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Individual Entry Form:

Fencing North Committee Meeting

Wednesday 6^th 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

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.