Excalibur Community Fencing Club

The Excalibur Masters Competition will be held on 27 and 28 April this year. This is an annual standalone event for all fencers 30 years and over. Medals will be awarded for overall places, and for each age group: 30s, 40s, 50s and 60+. This year, overall placings are eligible for WAFA Veteran ranking points [...]

Foil U13 Boys 1 Ignacio Dominguez 2 Lachlan Bunney 3= Felix North-Hickey 3= Tom Harvey 5 Antonio Ruffo 6 Seth Nylund 7 Luis Santos 8 Rafe Harrison-Murray 9 Drew Minto 10 Ethan Ellis 11 Joylon Harrison-Murray 12 Evan Blandin 13 Liam Ellis 14 Michael Vinsen 15 George Dale 16 Tom Smith U13 Girls 1 Melissa [...]

Foil Cadet (U17) Men 1 Darren Martin 2 Llewelyn Foley 3= Jay English 3= William Reynolds 5 Antonio Ruffo U15 Boys 1 Jay English 2 William Reynolds 3 Antonio Ruffo Cadet (U17) Women 1 Briana Martin 2 Sarah Mulhern 3 Louise Johnson 4 Melissa Bauer 5 Selene Hartas 6 Orlando Hadwin U15 Girls 1 Louise [...]

As the WAFA site is currently down indefinitely due to maintenance on the AFF server, the current WAFA rankings as of 8 September and the 2012 calendar have been posted in the WAFA Information section.

The U13 and U15/U17 epee events scheduled for this weekend will not be happening on 9 September as indicated in the WAFA calendar, but will now take place on the 15 September Activity Day instead. Here is the schedule of WAFA events over the next two weekends: 8 September – Belmont 9:00 U15/U17 Foil 1:00 [...]

This Saturday, the first of the year’s activity days/weekends will be held at Cavaliers Location ECU Cavaliers Fencing Club at the Mt Lawley Sport and Fitness Centre, corner of Learoyd and Woodsome Streets, Mount Lawley (Google Maps link). QR Code for smartphone navigation Schedule WAFA U/13 Foil and U/15 Foil only. 1:00pm Set up pistes [...]

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 [...]

Here is a wrap-up of the top-4 results by Excalibur fencers in WAFA open competitions this year: WAFA Open 1 Men’s Sabre: 1 Zak Leonhard, 3= Jadryn Dick, 3= Steve Johnson Women’s Sabre: 1 Tori Leonhard, 2 Lisa Blyth WAFA Open 2 Men’s Sabre: 1 Zak Leonhard, 2 Jadryn Dick, 3= Steve Johnson Men’s Foil: [...]

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 [...]

The Video section has been updated with footage from WAFA Open 2 and AFF 3 Canberra.

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 final WAFA rankings for 2010 can be found here. Here are the top 10 rankings for Excalibur fencers: Open Men’s Foil: Steve Johnson 6=, Mathew Williamson 9, Luke Mitchell 10=, Michael Mroz 10= Open Men’s Epee: Steve Johnson 9 Open Men’s Sabre: Sutherlan Scudds 1, Zak Leonhard 2, Andrew Scott 3, Jadryn Dick 5, [...]

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

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 [...]

The January 2011 WAFA Waffle newsletter can be found here.