Fencing North Committee Meeting

Wednesday 4^th June 2014, 7.30pm

Meadowbank Community Centre, Auckland

Present:

John Garelja - President (holding proxy for Anya Kamynina)

Oliver Agnew - Secretary

Johann Ryu - Treasurer

Gaylene Ongley

Laura Harvey

Jeremy Dyson

Chris Lear

Apologies:

Anya Kamynina

Meeting starts 7.30pm

Notes:

Minutes from previous meeting (7^th May) approved. Moved by Laura Harvey and seconded by Chris Lear. All in favour.

Oliver moves that we accept the Treasurers report. John seconds. All in favour.

Oliver moves that costs for referees travelling to assist with FeNZ events run by Fencing North must be pre-approved by the North committee. Chris Lear seconds. All in favour.

Minutes from recent FeNZ meetings haven't been sent out, John to get these from Vicci Lamb (FeNZ Secretary).

John to talk to Vicci Lamb about funding situation for fencers attending Asian and World Champs.

John to talk to Vicci Lamb about lack of correspondence about Russian Visas for athletes competing at World Champs.

North Islands Feedback/Questions:

Competition jurisdiction for seeding and pool sizing (among other issues). FeNZ should give a ruling and notify which rule is applicable.

How many fencers is enough to run separate Championship events? Do we have a national standard for this?

Disorganisation at setup on Friday night. This needs to be much better organised.

Explore options for including some sort of setup jobs in the entry form for Aucklanders.

Fencing North would like to express their appreciation to Heather Claydon all her hard work at North Islands over the weekend.

Fencing North would like to express disappointment in numbers of fencers attending from other regions.

Catering at North Islands was fantastic. We’d like to thank Auckland High Performance Fencing for the effort they put into providing this.

Level of competition at the event was outstanding for Epee and Foil. Events were particularly top heavy in terms of most top ranked fencers competing.

Numbers in sabre were disappointing.

North Secondary School Circuit:

Oliver to organise petrol vouchers for referees at the Secondary School event this weekend.

Affiliation Cards:

Affiliation cards, Oliver will produce cards on paper card and laminate them.

Meeting closed at 9pm

Fencing North Committee Meeting

Wednesday 7^th May 2014, 7.30pm

NZAF Clubroom, Greenlane, Auckland

Present:

Oliver Agnew

Gaylene Ongley

Laura Harvey

Jeremy Dyson

Chris Lear

Heather Claydon

Johann Ryu

John Garelja

Apologies:

n/a

Meeting starts at 7.30pm

Notes:

Confirmation of previous minutes. Laura Harvey moves that we accept the minutes, Heather Claydon seconds.

Confirmation that NZ SS and NZ U20 are booked at Massey School Gym at 4^th-7^th September

Gaylene has managed to organise the medowbank community centre for our monthly meetings and will cost $13/night. This venue will be large enough for the AGM. Gaylene will confirm this booking.

Gaylene will book the AGM for the 14^th December at the medowbank community centre. Gaylene will get an invoice for this and other meetings to be held there.

Heather is going to organise a list of events for next year in as a draft tournament calendar.

Oliver is to organise Fencing North medals. Jeremy moves that we purchase a year’s worth of medals, Laura seconds. Cost is estimated to be ~$800

Secondary School Circuit will be catered by EGGS. North Islands will be catered by Auckland High Performance Fencing.

Laura Harvey will approve presentation of cards for referees that they will need for food at Secondary Schools and North Islands.

Fencing North will endeavour to set up 4 pistes minimum at regional events.

Oceanics 2013 Outstanding Expenses:

$264.79 for airfares $398.50 for accom to be paid to Steve Clarke. $663.29 total. Laura moves that we pay this, Gaylene seconds.

$733.13 needs to be paid to St Johns, Jeremy moves that we pay this, Oliver seconds.

Hall Hire:

$525.00 needs to be paid to Massey High School for hall hire. Oliver moves that we pay this, Laura seconds.

Annual Accounting Expenses:

$287.50 needs to be paid to Drew Accounting; Laura moves that we pay this, Oliver seconds.

Meeting Hall Hire Expenses:

We expect the invoice from Meadowbank community centre to be $78. Jeremy moves that we approve this payment when we receive the invoice. Laura seconds.

Meeting closed at 8.40pm

Fencing North Committee Meeting

Wednesday 2nd April 2014, 7.30pm

Citizens Advice Bureau, Remuera, Auckland

Present:

Oliver Agnew

Gaylene Ongley

Johann Ryu

Laura Harvey

Jeremy Dyson

Chris Lear

John Garelja

Heather Claydon 

Apologies:

Judit Fliszar

Anya Kamynina

Meeting starts at 7.35pm

Jeremy moves that we accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Oliver seconds.

Matters arising from the previous meeting:

Waitakere netball’s invoice was indeed incorrect and was corrected and we paid the correct amount. John constructed two particleboard strips, which can host pistes.

Notes from this meeting: 

We will book Massey High for North Islands. John to organise.

Laura will DT North Islands

John has paid medal invoice to Oceanic Federation

Jeremy Dyson moves that we pay John 673.00 for reimbursement for oceanic medals. Laura seconds.

We need to confirm availability of FeNZ medals with Ken Claridge (FeNZ President) for North Islands.

Gaylene to book CAB for monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of each month

Instead of sponsoring training camps financially North will supply scoring equipment.

John to look into organising a competition next year in one of the provinces.

Referee mentors will assist the coaching of referees at comps

A reasonable amount of gear control should occur at competitions.

Secondary school circuit:

Fencers must have plastrons, electric bibs not necessary. 

North Islands to do list:

Organise catering

Organise referees

John to organise hall on Friday night

Oliver to organise info and entry form

Oliver to organise control marks, Dan to organise weapons control

Steph to organise brochure

Johann to do prizes

Gaylene will organise trophies

NZ Under 20/Secondary Schools Planning

Run on September 4^th-7^th 

Trophies:

Gaylene wants to replace missing trophies.

Gaylene will put together a list of missing trophies and Oliver will put out a call for sponsors.

Meeting closed at 9pm

Fencing North AGM

Wednesday 13^th December 2013, 7.30pm

Harcourts, 320 Remuera Rd, Auckland

Present:

John Garelja (President)

Oliver Agnew (Secretary)

Gaylene Ongley

Anya Kamynina

Nelly Dyson

Heather Claydon

Laura Harvey (Holding proxy for Judit Fliszar)

Anna Powell

Jeremy Dyson

Isabelle Williams

Rex Hefferen

Johann Ryu

Chris Lear

Apologies:

Judit Fliszar (Vice-President)

Daniel Garelja

Meeting starts at 7.35pm

Confirmation of minutes of the previous meeting:

Laura Harvey moves we accept the minutes from the previous AGM, seconded by Vicky Fan. All in favour.

Matters arising:

None

President’s report:

Rex Hefferen moves that we accept the president’s report, seconded by Heather Claydon. All in favour.

Secretary’s report:

Gaylene Ongley moves that we accept the secretary’s report, John Garelja seconds. All in favour. 

Treasurer’s report:

Treasurer’s report presented on behalf of David Grieg by Oliver Agnew.

 Laura Harvey moves that we accept the treasurer’s report, Heather Claydon seconds. All in favour.

Nomination of officers:

Thank you to David Grieg and Judit Fliszar for their work as treasurer and vice president this year, and best of luck to the elected executive for 2014.

President:

Rex Hefferen nominates John Garelja, Vicky Fan seconds. All in favour.

 Vice President:

Rex Hefferen nominates Heather, Anna Powell seconds. All in favour.

 Secretary:

      Gaylene Ongley nominates Oliver Agnew, Rex Hefferen seconds. All in favour

Treasurer:

Heather Claydon nominates Johann Ryu, Gaylene Ongley seconds. All in favour.

Setting of fees:

Gaylene moves that we set fees for associate members to $30, and full members to $40. Seconded by Anna. Passed by majority.

Meeting closed at 8.34pm

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Our main purpose is to provide competitions for the region as well as national and international events. We provide services to fencing clubs and schools to facilitate the growth and enjoyment of the sport. 

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Auckland foil coaches Judit Fliszar, Anya Kamynina, and guest epee coach Paul Hentschel, would like to invite you to the next Fencing North training camp. This training camp will have a specific focus on upcoming New Zealand National Champs. 

To sign up for the training camp on 19th October, complete the form at this link:

http://www.fencingnorth.com/index.php?option=com_chronoforms&chronoform=2014TrainingCamp5

Venue:

Gym 2 at Rangitoto College : 564 East Coast Rd, Mairangi Bay, Auckland 0632.

Cost: 

$35

Dates and time:

19th October(the day after North Open Champs) 

The camp will run from 10 am till 4 pm. There will be a break for lunch around midday.

Welcome to 2014 Fencers!

Results from New Zealand Under 20 Fencing Championships:

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Boys Foil

Girls Foil

Boys Epee

Girls Epee

Mixed Sabre

Boys Foil Teams

Girls Foil Teams

Boys Epee Teams

Girls Epee Teams

Mixed Sabre Teams

Boys' Foil

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

Girls' Foil

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

Boys Epee

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

Girls Epee

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

Mixed Sabre

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

Boys Foil Teams

Girls Foil Teams

Boys Epee Teams

Girls Epee Teams

Mixed Sabre Teams

Results to date from New Zealand Secondary School Fencing Championships:

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Boys Foil

Girls Foil

Boys Epee

Girls Epee

Mixed Sabre

Boys Foil Teams

Girls Foil Teams

Boys Epee Teams

Girls Epee Teams

Mixed Sabre Teams

Boys' Foil

Round #2 - Direct Elimination

Girls' Foil

Round #2 - Direct Elimination