Excalibur Community Fencing Club

The Excalibur Masters Competition will be held on 27 and 28 April this year. This is an annual standalone event for all fencers 30 years and over.

Medals will be awarded for overall places, and for each age group: 30s, 40s, 50s and 60+. This year, overall placings are eligible for WAFA Veteran ranking points for those fencers aged 40 and over. Level 2 FIE equipment is not required. Conductive bib is required for foil. Entry fee is $25 plus $10 per weapon up to a maximum of $50.

Saturday 27 April

Foil 12:30 pm
BBQ at Richie’s home at 1/16 Mather Rd, BYO drinks

Sunday 28 April

Sabre 9:00 am
$2 sausage sizzle for lunch
Epee 2:00 pm

Team events to follow individual events, subject to numbers and time permitting. Teams drawn by random selection.

Entries close on 19 April 2013. Full details are provided on the entry form.

At the 2012 Australian Fencing Circuit Championships held in Canberra, the top results for WA were dominated by Excalibur fencers.

The crowning glory was victory for WA in the Men’s Sabre Teams event on Tuesday, the first time WA has won a national team championship.* WA’s A Team was an all-Excalibur affair, comprising Sutherlan Scudds, Zak Leonhard, Andrew Scott and Jadryn Dick.

This was Sutherlan’s second gold of the tournament, having won the Open Men’s Sabre Championship the day before. Zak also received a top 8 medal for his 6th position in the same event.

Steve Johnson was another double medal winner, with silver in the Veteran Men’s Sabre and bronze in the Veteran Men’s Foil, which are both Australian and Oceania Championship events.

All Excalibur Results

Full results can be found here. Medal winners are shown in bold.

Open Men’s Sabre – 1 Sutherlan Scudds, 6 Zak Leonhard, 9 Andrew Scott, 10 Jadryn Dick, 16 Hamish Graham, 24 Steve Johnson
Open Women’s Sabre – 10 Lisa Blyth, 13 Tori Leonhard
Veteran Men’s Sabre – 2 Steve Johnson, 12 Gary Sudran
Men’s Team Sabre – 1 WA A (Sutherlan Scudds, Zak Leonhard, Andrew Scott, Jadryn Dick), 5 WA B (inc. Hamish Graham, Steve Johnson)
Women’s Team Sabre – 3 Excalibur (inc. Lisa Blyth, Tori Leonhard)

Open Men’s Foil – 23 Alasdair Dunham, 43 Zak Leonhard, 49 Steve Johnson, 51 Luke Mitchell
Veteran Men’s Foil – 3 Steve Johnson, 9 Gary Sudran
Men’s Team Foil – 5 WA A (inc. Alasdair Dunham, Zak Leonhard), 11 WA B (inc. Steve Johnson, Luke Mitchell)

Veteran Men’s Epee – 12 Gary Sudran

* This is an interstate team championship, as opposed to the club team championship which Excalibur also won earlier in the year.

The final day for Excalibur this year will be this Saturday 15 December, not 18 December as previously indicated in the “Welcome” post.

This Saturday is the AGM and trophy presentation, so will all members please attend from 1 PM.

We will be voting on proposed changes to the Club Constitution which can be seen here. Please see Jon if you wish so see the whole Constitution document.

Here are all the results for the four Excalibur fencers who competed in the Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships 2012, held in Singapore from 27 to 30 September.

Men’s Sabre Individual
9 Steve Johnson
11 Gary Sudran
12 Paul Jewell
19 Max Lebedev

Men’s Sabre Teams
2 England (Steve Johnson)
4 Australia (Gary Sudran, Paul Jewell)

Men’s Foil Individual
17 Steve Johnson

Men’s Epee Individual
39 Gary Sudran

Men’s Epee B and Mixed Teams (unofficial)
1 Australia B (Gary Sudran)
2 England B (Steve Johnson)

There will be no fencing at Excalibur during the last week of the current school term, due to caretaker availability issues. Therefore the only days left this term are Friday 21 and Saturday 22 September.

Foil

U13 Boys

1 Ignacio Dominguez
2 Lachlan Bunney
3= Felix North-Hickey
3= Tom Harvey
5 Antonio Ruffo
6 Seth Nylund
7 Luis Santos
8 Rafe Harrison-Murray
9 Drew Minto
10 Ethan Ellis
11 Joylon Harrison-Murray
12 Evan Blandin
13 Liam Ellis
14 Michael Vinsen
15 George Dale
16 Tom Smith

U13 Girls

1 Melissa Bauer
2 Louise Johnson
3= Munica Sanchez
3= Orlando Hadwin
5 Emily Siggs
6 Tatiana Kurniawan
7 Emma Johnson
8 Lauren Siggs
9 Elyse Caminschi

Epee

Cadet (U17) Men

1 Thomas McCracken
2 Lachlan Bunney
3= Francesco Contardo
3= Matthew Simmonds
5 Luis Santos
6 Josh Berthold
7 Juri Hammi
8 Ignacio Dominguez
9 Ethan Ellis

U15 Boys

1 Lachlan Bunney
2 Matthew Simmonds
3= Luis Santos
3= Josh Berthold
3= Juri Hammi
3= Ignacio Dominguez
7 Ethan Ellis

Cadet (U17) Women

1 Briana Martin
2 Alanah Maclaurin
3= Louise Johnson
3= Melissa Bauer

U15 Girls

1 Alanah Maclaurin
2= Louise Johnson
2= Melissa Bauer

U13 Boys

1 Ignacio Dominguez
2 Lachlan Bunney
3= Luis Santos
3= Andrey Zatselyapin
5 Matthew Simmonds
6 Ethan Ellis
7 Rafe Harrison-Murray
8 Liam Ellis
9 Kit Brigg
10 Thomas Overmeire
11 Bruce Acosta
12 Joylon Harrison-Murray
13 Flynn Warner-Stanton
14 Michael Vinsen

U13 Girls

1 Louise Johnson
2 Isabelle Longbottom
3= Emma Johnson
3= Clemmie Smith
5 Elyse Caminschi
6 Emily Overmiere
7 Laura Overmiere
8 Tatiana Kurniawan
9 Lauren Siggs
10 Emily Siggs

The WAFA rankings have been updated accordingly.

Foil

Cadet (U17) Men

1 Darren Martin
2 Llewelyn Foley
3= Jay English
3= William Reynolds
5 Antonio Ruffo

U15 Boys

1 Jay English
2 William Reynolds
3 Antonio Ruffo

Cadet (U17) Women

1 Briana Martin
2 Sarah Mulhern
3 Louise Johnson
4 Melissa Bauer
5 Selene Hartas
6 Orlando Hadwin

U15 Girls

1 Louise Johnson
2 Melissa Bauer
3= Selene Hartas
3= Orlando Hadwin

Sabre

Cadet (U17) Mixed

1 Jadryn Dick
2 Cameron Gregg
3= Llewelyn Foley
3= Tori Leonhard (1 Women)
5 Sian Webster (2 Women)
6 Lohrrin Foley
7 Aiden Morecambe
8 Sean Vinten

U15 Boys

1 Aiden Morecambe
2 Lohrrin Foley
3 Sean Vinten

As the WAFA site is currently down indefinitely due to maintenance on the AFF server, the current WAFA rankings as of 8 September and the 2012 calendar have been posted in the WAFA Information section.

The U13 and U15/U17 epee events scheduled for this weekend will not be happening on 9 September as indicated in the WAFA calendar, but will now take place on the 15 September Activity Day instead. Here is the schedule of WAFA events over the next two weekends:

8 September – Belmont

9:00 U15/U17 Foil
1:00 U15/U17 Sabre

15 September – UWA

9:00 U13 Foil
9:30 U15/U17 Epee
12:00 U13 Epee

The AFF national rankings have just been updated and can be found here. There are 58 top-50 Australian rankings for Excalibur fencers, including 20 top-10 positions and 4 top-ranked fencers in their age categories.

Open

Men’s Sabre: 3 Zak Leonhard, 8 Sutherlan Scudds, 14 Andrew Scott, 20= Jadryn Dick, 20= Steve Johnson, 26= Hamish Graham, 40= Paul Jewell, 49= Richie Kuhaupt
Men’s Foil: 34= Luke Mitchell, 45= Steve Johnson
Women’s Sabre: 18= Lisa Blyth, 25= Abigail Lee, 30= Tori Leonhard
Women’s Foil: 27= Kate Duff, 27= Abigail Lee, 41= Gabrielle Sumich

Veteran

Men’s Sabre: 2 Steve Johnson (1 40+), 8 Gary Sudran (1 60+), 9 Paul Jewel (4 40+), 15= Richie Kuhaupt (6 50+)
Men’s Foil: 5= Steve Johnson (3= 40+)
Men’s Epee: 27= Gary Sudran (4 60+), 39= Steve Johnson (21= 40+), 45= Richie Kuhaupt (14 50+)

Under 23

Men’s Sabre: 1 Zak Leonhard, 5 Sutherlan Scudds, 9 Andrew Scott, 11= Jadryn Dick, 13 Hamish Graham
Men’s Foil: 22= Luke Mitchell, 48= Zak Leonhard
Men’s Epee: 33= Simon Shook
Women’s Sabre: 16= Lisa Blyth, 18= Abigail Lee, 22= Tori Leonhard
Women’s Foil: 17= Abigail Lee, 22= Kate Duff, 30= Gabrielle Sumich
Women’s Epee: 23= Abigail Lee

Junior (U20)

Men’s Sabre: 1 Zak Leonhard, 5 Hamish Graham, 6 Jadryn Dick
Men’s Foil: 31 Zak Leonhard, 47= Jay English
Men’s Epee: 26= Simon Shook
Women’s Sabre: 7= Tori Leonhard, 14 Abigail Lee
Women’s Foil: 9 Abigail Lee, 20= Kate Duff, 27= Gabrielle Sumich
Women’s Epee: 19= Abigail Lee

Cadet (U17)

Men’s Sabre: 2 Hamish Graham, 3 Jadryn Dick
Men’s Foil: 30= Jay English
Women’s Sabre: 6= Tori Leonhard, 9 Abigail Lee
Women’s Foil: 7 Abigail Lee
Women’s Epee: 7= Abigail Lee

At the recent Australian Fencing Circuit 3 event held at Kingsway Stadium, the stand-out performance by a WA team was the Excalibur A team’s win over a very strong University of NSW team in the Australian Sabre Club Team Championships. For Sutherlan Scudds, it was his second gold of the day, following his victory in the open sabre event. The Excalibur B men’s team and the Excalibur women’s each also made it to the podium with a 3rd placing, in both cases finishing above all other WA teams.

All Excalibur Results

Full results can be found here.

Open Men’s Sabre – 1 Sutherlan Scudds, 3 Zak Leonhard, 7 Andrew Scott, 10 Hamish Graham, 13 Steve Johnson, 15 Jadryn Dick, 25 Paul Jewell, 27 Richie Kuhaupt
Open Women’s Sabre – 3 Lisa Blyth, 8 Abi Lee, 14 Tori Leonhard
Veteran Men’s Sabre – 2 Steve Johnson, 3 Paul Jewell, 5 Richie Kuhaupt, 6 Gary Sudran (1 in 60+)
Men’s Team Sabre – 1 Excalibur A (Sutherlan Scudds, Zak Leonhard, Andrew Scott, Hamish Graham), 3 Excalibur B (Steve Johnson, Jadryn Dick, Paul Jewell, Gary Sudran)
Women’s Team Sabre – 3 Excalibur (Lisa Blyth, Abi Lee, Tori Leonhard)

Open Men’s Foil – 30 Steve Johnson, 31 Luke Mitchell, 33 Jay English
Open Women’s Foil – 14 Kate Duff, 20 Gabrielle Sumich
Veteran Mixed Foil – 6 Steve Johnson
Men’s Team Foil – 5 Excalibur (Luke Mitchell, Jay English, Zak Leonhard)
Women’s Team Foil – 4 Excalibur (Kate Duff, Gabrielle Sumich, Abi Lee)

Open Men’s Epee – 54 Gary Sudran, 56 Simon Shook
Veteran Men’s Epee – 7 Steve Johnson, 13 Richie Kuhaupt, 16 Gary Sudran

A Female Fencing Day is being held at Excalibur next Sunday. For existing fencers, there are competitions for all weapons in the morning. For beginners, there is a session at 11 AM. Then there is a BBQ lunch at 1 PM. Please promote this event among your friends and colleagues and participate to make this event a success! Please contact Lisa as advised on the flyers to let her know who’s coming.

Flyer for beginners
Flyer for existing fencers

WAFA needs volunteers to ensure the forthcoming national event goes according to plan and is a success. There are many volunteers required and many of them require no fencing knowledge. Please have a look at the DOCx or PDF versions of the information document and see where you can help!

The AFF national rankings have just been updated and can be found here. There are 27 top-50 Australian rankings for Excalibur fencers, including 16 top-10 positions and three top-ranked fencers in their categories.

Open

Men’s Sabre: 3= Zak Leonhard, 6= Sutherlan Scudds, 14 Andrew Scott, 24= Hamish Graham, 35= Steve Johnson, 44= Jadryn Dick
Men’s Foil: 45= Luke Mitchell
Women’s Foil: 25= Abigail Lee
Women’s Sabre: 20= Lisa Blyth

Veteran

Men’s Sabre: 1 Steve Johnson (1 40+), 6 Gary Sudran (1 60+), 13= Paul Jewel (5= 40+)
Men’s Foil: 8 Steve Johnson (5= 40+), 32= Gary Sudran (4= 60+)
Men’s Epee: 36= Gary Sudran (5 60+)

Junior (U20)

Men’s Sabre: 1 Zak Leonhard, 4 Hamish Graham, 11= Jadryn Dick
Men’s Foil: 30= Zak Leonhard
Women’s Sabre: 11 Tori Leonhard
Women’s Foil: 7 Abigail Lee

Cadet (U17)

Men’s Sabre: 2 Hamish Graham, 3 Jadryn Dick
Men’s Foil: 32= Eden Rokich
Women’s Sabre: 6 Tori Leonhard
Women’s Foil: 6 Abigail Lee
Women’s Epee: 9= Abigail Lee

In anticipation of severe weather conditions, the gym will be closed tonight, so there will be no session at the club tonight. Hopefully we will be back to normal by Friday.

WAFA Activity Weekend 2 for 2012 is hosted by Excalibur Community Fencing Club and will be held on 26 and 27 May at South Fremantle Senior High School Gym.

Schedule

Saturday 26 May

12:30 for 1:00 start – WAFA Under 15 Foil (electric, lame bibs required)
1:00 for 1:30 start – Team Sabre – inter-club competition

Sunday 27 May

9:00 for 9:30 start – WAFA Under 13 / School Foil (non-electric)
9:30 for 10:00 start – Team Epee – inter-club competition

Sausage sizzle – hot dogs and soft drink; vegetarian option available; low cost lunch for fencers and parents.

1:30 for 2:00 start – Team Foil – inter-club competition

The event flyer can be found here. Please note that although it says 2011 on the flyer, that is just a typo and this is the correct flyer for this year’s event!

Excalibur sabre coach, photographer, educator and all-round extraordinary man Frank Kocsis is having a retrospective of his work displayed as Life – An Adventure. This is at the Moores Building contemporary art gallery at 46 Henry Street, Fremantle. The opening night is on Friday 20 April from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and the exhibition continues until 6 May. The gallery is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and entry is free, although donations are appreciated.

This Saturday, the first of the year’s activity days/weekends will be held at Cavaliers

Location

ECU Cavaliers Fencing Club at the Mt Lawley Sport and Fitness Centre, corner of Learoyd and Woodsome Streets, Mount Lawley (Google Maps link).

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Schedule

WAFA U/13 Foil and U/15 Foil only.

1:00pm Set up pistes
1:00pm Roll Call for U/15 Foil (Electric)
1:15pm Commence U/15 Foil
1:20pm Roll Call for U/13 Foil (Steam)
1:30pm Commence U/13 Foil.

Note: although the U13 and U15 competitions will run concurrently, it will be possible for keen fencers who qualify to do both, as some flexibility will be shown by the organisers.

COMPUTER SYSTEM – There will be an opportunity for fencers to learn how to use the computer system.

REFRESHMENTS will be available.

HAPPY HOUR at the Bowling Club.
Cavs regular Happy Hour is rostered for this particular Saturday. As usual, all Cavs fencers (and visiting friends) are welcome to join us for a drink and social gathering at the neighbouring bowling club (walking distance) after the fencing session. Usually from 4.45 to 5.45ish.

Excalibur Club Session

The Saturday sessions at Excalibur will still be run as normal. Although we would expect the numbers of young foilists to be significantly reduced, the club will still be open for those who wish to turn up.

The Excalibur Masters Competition will be held on 21 and 22 April this year. Previously a part of the biennial Fremantle Masters Games, this is now being run as an annual standalone event for fencers 30 years and over. Medals will be awarded for overall places, and for each age group: 30s, 40s, 50s and 60+. Level 2 FIE equipment is not required. Conductive bib is required for foil. Entry fee is $25 plus $10 per weapon up to a maximum of $50.

Foil Saturday 12:30 pm
Sabre Sunday 9:00 am
Epee Sunday 2:00 pm

Team events to follow individual events, subject to numbers and time permitting. Teams drawn by random selection.

Entries close on 15 April 2012. Full details are provided on the entry form.

The AFF rankings for 2011 can be found here. There are 26 top-50 national rankings for Excalibur fencers, including 15 top-10 positions and one top-ranked fencer. Veteran rankings are not included because AFF did not update them at the end of the year; a separate post will be made for the updated veteran rankings later.

Open

Men’s Sabre: 2 Sutherlan Scudds, 7 Zak Leonhard, 12 Andrew Scott, 23= Jadryn Dick, 32= Hamish Graham, 32= Steve Johnson
Women’s Foil: 5= Sarah Berger, 17= Abigail Lee
Women’s Sabre: 7 Lisa Blyth

Junior (U20)

Men’s Sabre: 1 Zak Leonhard, 4 Andrew Scott, 8 Hamish Graham, 10 Jadryn Dick
Men’s Foil: 34= Zak Leonhard
Women’s Sabre: 15 Tori Leonhard
Women’s Foil: 5= Abigail Lee
Women’s Epee: 14 Abigail Lee

Cadet (U17)

Men’s Sabre: 2 Jadryn Dick, 3 Hamish Graham, 10= Peter Lebedev, 24= Simon Shook
Men’s Foil: 40 Eden Rokich
Men’s Epee: 22= Simon Shook
Women’s Sabre: 5 Tori Leonhard
Women’s Foil: 3 Abigail Lee
Women’s Epee: 6 Abigail Lee