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The AFF#3 veteran ladies’ competitions are dangerously short of entrants and some weapons may have to be cancelled. Please, if you’re female, 40+ and can turn up on piste and hold up a sword of any description, contact Ben Peden ASAP and get your name down. Schedule: Friday 6th August 2010 14:30 Veteran Women’s [...] With AFF#3 just over 2 weeks away, the WAFA open may have slipped under people’s radar. It’s on this weekend, with Epee (9:00) and Sabre (1:00) on Saturday and Foil (9:00) on Sunday. Venue is the usual Belmont location. If you prefer the convenience of buying your fencing gear from a local supplier, check out Ben Peden’s pricelist here. Ben offers a range of equipment, and has many of the most popular items in stock so you can try before you buy! For more information give Ben a call on 0413 426 595. Entries for the ‘Be Active’ WA International Fencing Tournament (AFF #3) are due in this week. Team entries are due by Wednesday 14 July, individual entries by Saturday 17 July. Late entries will cost you double, so get in now. Here is the invitation document, but ignore the program of events in this document [...] There will not be a club session this Saturday 26 June, as we are hosting the Activity Weekend. Please come along and join in the fun! Timetable Note: the times given here are on-piste times, i.e. when actual fencing is going to commence. Please arrive, register and prepare 30 minutes before these times. Saturday [...] The final schedule for this year’s biggest WA fencing event has been made available: Friday 6th August 2010 9:00 Women’s Epee 10:00 Men’s Sabre 14:00 Veteran Men’s Epee 14:30 Veteran Women’s Foil 15:30 Club Teams: Women’s Epee 16:00 Club Teams: Men’s Sabre Saturday 7th August 2010 08:30 Men’s Epee 09:30 Women’s Foil 14:00 Veteran [...] The Federal Government offers grants to young athletes through the Local Sporting Champions program. This program is designed to provide financial assistance towards the cost of travel, accommodation, uniforms or equipment for participation in approved competitions. For more information please see the Australian Sports Commission website. The proposed schedule for this year’s biggest WA fencing event has been made available. Some times have changed and been edited: Friday 6th August 2010 9:00 Women’s Epee 10:00 Men’s Sabre 14:00 Veteran Men’s Epee 14:30 Veteran Women’s Foil 15:30 Club Teams: Women’s Epee 16:00 Club Teams: Men’s Sabre Saturday 7th August 2010 09:00 [...] Please check out the new Buying Guide for hints and tips on choosing fencing equipment. Big congratulations to Sutherlan Scudds for his excellent World Cup performance in Thailand, where he made the quarter finals. Full results here. Click here for WAIS article. Click here for Sutherlan’s biography. There’s a review of the FencingRef software for iPod/iPhone on Cavaliers’ web site. Check it out here. This site has now been moved to a different web host. That should be the end of the technical difficulties we have been experiencing for the past week or so. However, any emails sent to excalibur.org.au email addresses, including those sent from contact forms on this site, may have been lost forever. If you [...] As the WAFA site is down at the moment, there is no link to the WAFA membership registration system, so we have provided it here on a new WAFA page. FIE-qualified international-standard referee Steven Lim will be conducting basic refereeing sessions on the next couple of Tuesday sessions at Excalibur. This coming Tuesday 23 March, Steven will be covering Sabre. From WAFA President Ben Peden: Please note that mixed weapon State Squad Sessions will commence THIS THURSDAY from 6pm – 9pm at UWA Claremont (Goldsworthy Rd, near the corner of Princess Rd). Tuko Maia will be the head coach. Other weapons coaches will participate depending upon availability. The mixed weapon squad is to encourage [...] From the Cavalier site: WHAT: WAFA Activity Day WHEN: Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 1pm WHERE: ECU Cavalier School of Fencing, MT LAWLEY WHO: Anyone that is school age (primary and high school) The first schools competition of 2010 will be held at ECU Cavalier School of Fencing from 1pm on Saturday 27/3/10, as [...] From the WAFA site: Please note that Belmont City College is unavailable for competition in the morning of 13 Mar 2010. Accordingly we will trial using the Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre (next door) for the epee competition. The sabre tournament will continue as per usual at Belmont City College in the afternoon. This is [...] Several people asked recently about the actual location in Belmont where many of the WAFA competitions are held. This is the Belmont City College Gymnasium at 106 Fisher Street, Belmont. That’s between Alexander Road and Wright Street. Here is a Google Maps link. However, please see the above post for news of a change [...] Looking for fencing equipment? Got some for sale? Want to place a Wanted ad? Check out the new X-Mart page of this site. This service is free and open to all WA fencers, not just Excalibur members. If you want to place an ad, just send an email to the Webmaster with full details, [...] |
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