Oliver Agnew
Location: Auckland Grammar School Old Gymnasium, 54 Mountain Rd, Epsom, Auckland
Weapons: Foil, Epee
Training Times: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 7.00 - 9.30pm
Contact: Kyle Macdonald, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 021 868 011
Website: www.aucklandswords.org.nz
Location: Epsom Girls Grammar School, Silver Rd, Epsom
Weapons: Foil, Sabre
Training Times:
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Monday, 6:30-9:00pm; Thursday 7:00-9:00pm.
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Children's Classes: Sunday 3:00-4:30pm.
Contact: Laura Harvey, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: http://nzacademy.wix.com/nzaf
Location: Rangitoto College Gym 2, North Shore
Weapons: Foil, Epee, Sabre
Training Times: Thursday: 7.00 - 9.00pm
Contact:
- Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Mobile: 0223827347
Website: www.sjl.org.nz
The International Fencing Federation (FIE), at their congress in Rome, has announced host cities for World Championships.
This year several Kiwi fencers represented New Zealand at World Champs in Kazan (Russia), Junior and Cadet World Champs in Plodiv (Bulgaria) and Veteran World Champs in Debrecen (Hungary), and had a fantastic time.
World Championships:
2015: Moscow, Russia
2016: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (same facilities as the 2016 Olympic Games)
2017: Leipzig, Germany
Junior and Cadet World Championships:
2015: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2016: Bourges, France
Veteran World Championships:
2015: Limoges, France
2016: Stralsund, Germany
2017: Maribor, Slovenia
For more information, see this article: http://fie.org/media/news/19
Fencing North Annual General Meeting - 2014
Wednesday 3rd December 2014, 7.30pm
Meadowbank Community Centre
Notice is given that Fencing North's AGM for the year shall be held on the 3rd December 2014 at 7.30pm in the Meadowbank Community Centre, 29 St Johns Rd.
All Fencing North members are encouraged to attend this meeting
If you cannot attend the meeting you can give your vote to another member to cast by proxy, but you need to email the Secretary (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) to inform who holds your vote.
Nominees for Executive Positions:
- President: John Garelja
- Vice President: Heather Claydon / Eric Buisman
- Treasurer: Linda Boyd
- Secretary: Oliver Agnew
Agenda:
- Present / Apologies
- Confirmation of minutes of the previous AGM
- Matters arising from previous AGM
- President's report
- Vice-President's report
- Secretary's report
- Treasurer's report
- Election of the Executive Officers
- Setting of fees for 2015
Description of Executive Officer Roles:
President:
The President presides at all Fencing North meetings. The President also represent's Fencing North at the Fencing New Zealand Board. The President shall ensure that all proper records of Fencing North's business are kept by the Secretary and that proper financial records are kept by the Treasurer. In situations where voting at Fencing North meetings is tied, the President will have the casting vote.
Vice-President:
The Vice-President acts on behalf of the President in meetings where the President cannot be present.
Treasurer:
The Treasurer is responsible for the financial affairs of Fencing North.
It is the duty of the Treasurer to file balance sheets and accounts with the Companies Office (Incorporated Societies) and to arrange for the IT manager to keep updated information about Fencing North held by Incorporated Societies.
Other duties include the banking of Affiliations, Entry fees, and any other monies coming to Fencing North eg Grants, Donations, Sales of equipment etc. All income must be recorded and the Treasurer is to keep a cash book and receipt book with detailed information on all deposits. The Treasurer is also responsible for maintaining an up to date record (the Fencers' Register) of all fencers affiliated to Fencing North.
The Treasurer must attend the monthly Committee meetings of Fencing North held on the first Wednesday of each month commencing in February 2015 until the AGM at the end of the year. The Treasurer's role at these meetings is to provide an updated financial statement for the organisation and to provide a breakdown of all income and invoices paid during the past month and to obtain instructions as to the disposition of financial matters for the month following. The Fencing Register must be available for these meetings.
All payments made from Fencing North accounts must be made by the Treasurer, no-one else.
At the Annual General Meeting the Treasurer is to present the Financial Report and Balance Sheet to the meeting and be prepared to answer any questions arising.
Secretary:
The Secretary shall keep a record of all Fencing North meetings. The Secretary shall also be responsible for proper keeping of all correspondence, and the records relating to the business and affairs of Fencing North.
Congratulations to Stephanie Wyllie from North Harbour Fencing Club on winning a University Blue Award!
This year Steph has competed at World Fencing Champs in Kazan (Russia), came 11th at Australian Fencing Champs #1 in Melbourne, won South Island Fencing Champs.
Steph at World Fencing Champs
Event times for Foil and Epee at Fencing North Open Champs (18th October) have switched, so some of us get to sleep in a bit longer! Epee now starts at 9am and Foil at 11am.
Details are here: http://www.fencingnorth.com/calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2014/10/18/29/-/fencing-north-regional-open-championships?filter_reset=1
The weekend of 18th - 19th October is full of fencing, with our regional championships on Saturday followed by a pre-national champs training camp on Sunday.
Click the links below for more info:
Fencing MidSouth welcomes you to the 71st New Zealand National Fencing Championships
Date: October 25th- 27th 2014
Full details and entry forms are available on the official information page here: http://www.fencingmidsouth.org.nz/Documents/71stNewZealandNationalFencingChampionships.pdf
Events this week:
1) Wednesday 17th - Feedback evening for Fencing New Zealand
2) Thursday 18th - TV Crew at North Harbour Fencing Club
Feedback evening for Fencing New Zealand:
In early October FeNZ are holding their annual planning meeting where they discuss their objectives and plans for next year. We will be holding a feedback night at New Zealand Academy of Fencing (216 Green Lane West) on Wednesday (17th Sept) at 7pm. Please come along and give us some feedback or ideas to take to the FeNZ planning meeting! You can also email feedback/ideas to Oliver, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
TV Crew at NHFC:
TV 1 is coming to Kristin School (360 Albany Hwy) on Thursday (18th Sept) to film some fencing and talk to fencers. If you're interested in maybe being on TV or helping to promote fencing, come along! There will be pizza too. Email Judit, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions.