Excalibur Community Fencing Club

The following trophies were awarded to our club fencers at the Excalibur AGM on 4 December. Congratulations to all! Foil Club Championship Junior Female – Olivia Coker Junior Male – Josh Berthold Senior Female – Sarah Berger Senior Male – Simon Lovell Sabre Club Championship Junior Female- Tori Leohard Junior Male – Zak Leohard Senior [...]

The AFF is seeking input from all parties interested in the development of the sport in Australia. Please see this post on the AFF site for a description of what input the AFF is after, and a link to a survey seeking your views.

The Darling Range Cup will be held next weekend. It is an epee competition and the divisions are U15 and Open. The times are 9:00-12:00 AM for the U15s and 12:30-3: PM for the Open. Fencers of any level are welcome to participate. The entry fee is $10 and medals will be awarded. The address [...]

There are various items, large and small, missing from the Excalibur armoury. If you have borrowed any gear and forgotten to return it, please do so as soon as possible.

On 23 and 24 October, the final WAFA Under 15/Cadet competition will be held, plus the Inter-Club Sabre Teams competition (all ages and genders). The schedule is: Saturday 23 October: 9 AM U15/Cadet Epee, 1 PM U15/Cadet Sabre Sunday 24 October: 9 AM U15/Cadet Foil, 1 PM Club Sabre Teams This is at the usual [...]

The WAFA site is currently at http://wafa.futronics.com.au. Hopefully, WAFA will regain control of its domain soon and will be able to revert to its usual address of http://www.wafafencing.org.au. In the meantime, please check out the new site, which is the result of a lot of hard work by Isobel Duff. Edit: The WAFA site is [...]

Next Saturday, 11 September, will be the final Saturday session held at the club this term, and the usual end-of-term club competitions will be held. The following Saturday, 18 September, will not be held at the club. Instead, we encourage you to participate in the Activity Weekend and its associated competitions.

The final Activity Weekend of the year, including State U13/U15/U20 foil competitions, will be held on 18 and 19 September, at UWA Claremont Campus Gym, Goldsworthy Road, Claremont. The schedule is as follows: 18 September 2010 – Saturday 9am Under 13 Foil (to ~11am); 11am Under 15 Foil (to ~1pm); 12 noon BBQ / BYO [...]

WAFA is holding a free referee course at 6pm-9pm on 16 September at UWA Fencing Club, Goldsworthy St. Full details are in this PDF file.

The Video page has been split into sub-pages, with a sub-page for each event. A new sub-page has been added for the “Be Active” WA International Fencing Tournament (AFF#3), containing seven videos featuring veteran Excalibur fencers in action and a “personalities” video – can you spot yourself?.

Next Saturday 28 August at 1 PM, the WAFA U15/Cadet Foil and Club Team Epee competitions will be held at Cavaliers, Mount Lawley Sport & Fitness Centre, Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley (Google Maps link). The U15/Cadet Epee (9 AM) and U15/Cadet Sabre (1 PM) events on Sunday 29 August will be held at the [...]

Epeeists are wanted for the forthcoming state Club Team Epee competition, 1 PM or shortly thereafter Saturday 28 August at Cavaliers (not Belmont). Any gender may compete. Trainee epeeists, this is a great chance to gain some experience.

The usual Belmont location is unavailable for the WAFA U15 / U17 #3 competition on Saturday 28 August. The weekend’s times and locations are now as follows: Saturday 28 August Cavaliers, Mt Lawley 1 PM Foil Sunday 29th August Belmont College 9 AM Epee 1 PM Sabre

Draft updated national rankings have now been published on the AFF site, including the results from the recent AFF#3 tournament. Draft Rankings AFF#3 Results Top 30 national rankings for Excalibur fencers include: Open Men’s Sabre: 1, 11=, 26=, 26=, 26=, 26= Open Women’s Foil: 7, 24=, 24= Open Women’s Sabre: 12, 14=, 23=, 23= Veteran [...]

WAFA is having technical difficulties posting updated results to its web site at the moment, but thanks to Mike Dunham we are able to have them here. Please see the WAFA Information page for the latest State rankings, which take into account the recent results from AFF#3. There are a host of top 10 rankings [...]

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 Foil [...]

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 which [...]

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 12pm [...]