Mature ladies wanted!

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 [...]

WAFA Open 3 on 24 & 25 July

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.

AFF #3 Entries Due

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 [...]

Activity Weekend 26 and 27 June

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 [...]

Final Schedule for AFF#3

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 [...]

Proposed Schedule for WA International Fencing Tournament 2010 (AFF#3)

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 [...]

Dates for Term 2 2010

Club sessions recommence after the school holidays -

Tue 20 April, 7.00pm Fri 23 April, 7.00pm Sat 24 April, 1.00pm Sabre, 2.30pm Foil

Please note the following dates for your diary -

April 24-25 – WA Masters’ Games – Albany

May 15-16 – WAFA U15/Cadets 2 – Belmont (Sat: Epee/Sabre, Sun: Foil)

May 29-30 [...]

Refereeing Sessions

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.

WAFA Activity Day – March 27

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 [...]

WAFA Open 1 – Épée Venue Change

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 [...]

Belmont Fencing Location

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 [...]

Fremantle Masters Games Timetable

Saturday 19th September

1pm Individual Epee

          * Team Epee

Sunday 20th September

10am Individual Foil

             * Team Foil

2pm Individual Sabre

            * Team Sabre

* Team events will only be run if enough participants and time permitting. Teams will be selected by random drawing of names. Team events are for fun only, [...]

Change of venue WAFA Activity Weekend

The Sunday session of the WAFA Activity Weekend will be held in the old school gym. Entry to the school is via the driveway at the corner of Deering and Pass. I will post signs on Annie St, in the drive way and around the school to lead you to the gym.  See you there.

WAFA Activity Weekend

This coming weekend (4 and 5 April 2009) is the first Western Australian Fencing Association Activity Weekend. This will be hosted by Excalibur Community Fencing Club and held at South Fremantle Senior High School Gymnasium, Annie Street, Beaconsfield.

All fencers of all ages and skill levels from all WAFA-affiliated fencing clubs are welcome to [...]