Meet an Olympic Medallist

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 [...]

Excalibur WAFA Awards 2011

Excalibur fencers walked away with a swag of trophies at the Western Australian Fencing Association awards night on 10th December, including top club in both foil and sabre. Here are this year’s Excalibur state champions and other award winners: Men’s open sabre champion – Sutherlan Scudds Men’s junior sabre champion – Zak Leonhard Men’s cadet [...]

Sutherlan Scudds in WAIS News

Excalibur-trained fencer Sutherlan Scudds’ winning performance in last month’s Australian Championships has been highlighted by the WA Institute of Sport in their news item here. We wish Sutherlan all the best as he performs internationally this year in the lead up to next year’s Olympic Games.

Excalibur excels at WAFA awards

Excalibur fencers walked away with a swag of trophies at the Western Australian Fencing Association AGM on 12th December. This included three clean sweeps; there was an Excalibur champion in every women’s foil category, and every men’s and women’s sabre category. Men’s open sabre champion – Sutherlan Scudds Men’s junior sabre champion – Sutherlan Scudds [...]

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 12pm [...]

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 08:30 [...]

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 come [...]