Recent News
3/02/2010 2010 Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships (Manila)
Congratulations to Michael Dzodzos who has been selected to represent Australia in Cadet Foil and Epee at the 2010 Asian Junior and Cadet Championships!
Congratulations also to Kira Zhdanovich who has been appointed as a coach to the team.
Good Luck!
Reported by Shayne Pay
19/01/2010 FencingSA Awards Lunch
The FencingSA end of year awards lunch will be held at the General Havelock Hotel (162 Hutt St) on Sunday 21st February at 12.30pm.
Included will be the awarding of medals to the 2009 ranking winners and the naming of the State Senior Squad for 2010.
Please advise attendance to secretary@fencingsa.org.au by COB Friday 12th February.
Hope to see you all there!
Reported by Rowan Beckworth
14/12/2009 New AFF Website
The AFF has launched a new website at http://www.ausfencing.org.
It's still under development but has many features you'll all appreciate.
The webmasters are looking for profile information from any South Australian Open or Veteran National Champions. Please email hans@futronics.com.au with your information.
Reported by Shayne Pay
7/12/2009 Anti-Doping Update
All fencers should take note of the recent ASDA anti-doping update.
These rules apply to ALL fencers.
Reported by Shayne Pay
2/12/2009 South Australia wins two GOLD medals at the 2009 Australian Open and Veteran's Fencing Championships
Fencing SA would like to congratulate all who went to the Nationals and especially our Gold medal winners:
Alex Burgun, GOLD, Men's Epee
Alex Burgun, Iain Davidson, Matteo Barchiesi, Rowan Beckworth, GOLD, Mens Epee Teams
Other notable results include:
Iain Davidson, Silver, Veteran Men's Epee
Rowena Newcombe, Seri Wilson, Uschi Menz, Jane Menary, 3rd, Open Women's Epee Teams
Matteo Barchiesi, 6th, Open Men's Epee
Rowena Newcombe, 8th, Open Women's Epee
Shayne Pay, 3rd, Veteran Men's Sabre
Jane Menary, 3rd, Veteran Women's Sabre
Well done to everyone who went.
Special thanks to State Coach Leon Thomas for his efforts all year and to Kira Zhdanovich for his coaching assitance to the State Team.
Reported by Shayne Pay
12/11/2009 Level 1 coaching & club refereeing courses
FencingSA is proposing to run another Level 1 coaching course (including re-accreditation for former coaches) plus a club referee course early in the new year. It is intended to run a mandatory reporting course in conjunction with the coaching course for those of you who haven't yet attended one.
In order for us to gauge viability, if you are interested in attending, please email secretary@fencingsa.org.au by the 7th of December to register your interest.
Reported by Rowan Beckworth
