Excalibur Community Fencing Club

From WAFA’s Ben Peden: Allan Jay, epee individual and team silver medallist at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games is in town for a few days. He will be dropping by UWA Fencing Club in Claremont (corner of Goldsworthy and Princess) on Wednesday from 7:30pm to say hello, and will be attending a WAFA barbeque on [...]

This Saturday we will have our AGM and annual awards presentation. Instead of the usual sabre/foil split, the session starts at 1pm for everybody. We will do a little fencing then start the meeting around 2:00 – 2:30pm, hoping to be finished no later thatn 3:30pm so people have time to go the WAFA AGM [...]

The next Activity Weekend will be held by UWA at UWA Claremeont on 17-18th September. Timetable Saturday 9:30am – 2pm 09:30am Under 13 Foil – WAFA (non electrical) 11:00am – Team Foil – Open – (electrical) First Time Parents Epee 3 hits – If you are a parent and never fenced before here is your [...]

The Darling Range Cup is an inter club epee competition hosted by Darling Range Fencing Club and Zen School of Fencing. There are U/13, U/15 and Open divisions, with medals and trophies awarded. The competition is taking place on the 11th of September. The venue will be Zen School of Fencing Academy, Unit#8-12 Stafford St, [...]

The main schedule for the forthcoming Activity Weekend can be found here, but please note the following additional information about this and Cadets, courtesy of Ben Peden at WAFA: 1. Refereeing. Steven Lim will host a refereeing workshop for all those volunteering to help out with the refereeing at cadets. This will be held from [...]

WAFA Activity Weekend 2 for 2011 is hosted by Excalibur Community Fencing Club and will be held on 18 and 19 June at South Fremantle Senior High School Gym. Schedule Saturday 18 June 12:30 for 1:00 start – WAFA Under 15 Foil (electric, lame bibs required) 1:00 for 1:30 start – WAFA Team Sabre – [...]

Open Foil #2 Venue Change Please note that the WAFA Open Foil #2, scheduled for Saturday 28 May, will be held at ECU Cavaliers, Mount Lawley with roll call at 11:30am. Please arrive early for warm up and preparation. Epee and Sabre competitions will continue to be held at Belmont on Sunday 29 May as [...]

We wish to advise that we will accept entries on the day for this weekend’s Excalibur Masters competition for age 30+ fencers. Please come along!

The Darling Range Cup is an Epee competition hosted by Darling Range Fencing Club and Zen School of Fencing. There are U/13, U/15 and Open divisions, with medals and trophies awarded. The date will be Sunday 15th of May. The venue will be Zen School of Fencing Academy, #7 Stafford St, Midland. Entry fee is [...]

The Australian Cadet Fencing Championships are being held from 9 to 13 July 2011 at Kingsway Stadium, Madeley, Western Australia. Please find attached important information for: Potential Competitors and their parents; Volunteers; Clubs Document link

The times and locations of this Saturday’s WAFA Open/U20 events (epee and sabre) have been changed because the Belmont venue is not available. The events are now as follows: Epee – Saturday 2 April on piste at 11:00 at UWA (changed again!) Sabre – Saturday 2 April 12:30 for on piste at 1:00 at Excalibur [...]

Next weekend, the first of the year’s activity weekends will be held at two locations: Saturday ECU Cavaliers Fencing Club at the Mt Lawley Sport and Fitness Centre, corner of Learoyd and Woodsome Streets, Mount Lawley (Google Maps link). 1:00pm Welcome and warm ups 1:30pm Under 13s foil comp (non-electric), Under 15s foil comp (electric) [...]

The Excalibur Masters Competition will be held on 30 April and 1 May this year. Previously part of the Fremantle Masters Games, this biennial event for fencers 30 years and over is now being run as a standalone competition. Medals will be awarded for overall places, and for each age group: 30s, 40s, 50s and [...]

The WAFA calendar for 2011 has been published and is available here.

With the start of the school year, fencing is about to restart at Excalibur. The first day the club will be open is Friday 4 February. The full set of term dates is listed in the Programme page.

The Australian Cadet Fencing Championships are to be held in Perth this year. The draft programme can be found here. In order to make this event a success, many volunteers will be needed. The details of the volunteer positions can be found here. A WAFA General Meeting is to be held on 29 January at [...]

WAFA is running a Summer camp from 10 to 15 January 2011 for Under 13s, Under 15s, and Under 17s. Full details are in this PDF file.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.