Sussex County Fencing Union : News

Fencing Development Grants
Added on 17/05/10 at 02:05:07

If you want to apply for a fencing develpoment grant of up to £300 please download the attached form

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Regional Road Shows
Added on 17/05/10 at 02:05:08

British Fencing’s National Development Manager Ben Campion, is holding the fourth meeting of a series of ‘Regional Road Shows’ in the South East in May. These Road Shows are for those who have an interest in fencing in the South East and to discuss how British Fencing and England Fencing can assist fencing in the region.

With the advent of the National and Regional Academies, the fencing landscape will see some big changes over the coming years with the ambition to ‘Grow, Sustain and Excel’ and to achieve this will require greater collaboration with the fencing community.

The BF Road Show has been split into two sessions to enable focussed discussion with relevant partners.

Timetable – Friday 14th May 2010

Venue – Falmer House, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RH

1.30pm - 2.00pm – Arrival

2.00pm – 3.00pm– Regional fencing strategic partnership forum (fencing universities, Regional Committee, CSPs, CSNs)

3.00pm –3.30pm – Conclusions

3.30 – 4.30 – Break

4.30 – 5.30 – South East Clubs Forum

5.30 – 6.00pm – Wrap up

Refreshments will be available.

If there are any topics you wish to discuss and to confirm your attendance please contact Peter Huggins pjhuggins@tesco.net or Charlie Miller charlie.miller@britishfencing.com .

SE Intermediate Foil Results
Added on 13/01/10 at 03:01:41

Final Results

Tournament:     SE Intermediates
Location:       Crawley
Event:          Mens Foil
Date:           15 November 2009 - 10:00

Place Name                                    Club
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1      GANDOLFI, Miles    one-two six
2      KIRKMAN, Christopher  Worth School
3T     DEAMER, Luke        Crawley Sword Club
3T     PLUMB, Oliver       Worth School
5      INNES, Tim           Crawley Sword Club
6      WOODS, Colin       Salle Poisson d'Or                        7      FREEMANBIRCH, Josh  Streatham

8 BEADLE, Peter Chichester sword Club

9      FRUEN, John               Salle Poisson d'Or
10     HARMER, Gerad                   Brighto
11     GUERINNI,David                Worth                              12     MORRIS, Dia       Salle Poisson d'Or
13     GUERINNI, Christian             Worth Sch                     14     PITMAN, Dominic                 Unattached

Final Results

Tournament:     SE Intermediates
Location:       Crawley
Event:          Women's Foil
Date:           15 November 2009 - 09:00

Place Name                                Club
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1      IVES, Roseanne      Brighton & Hove
2      KNIGHTS, Jo          Gravesham
3T     DOVE, Olivia         Gravesham
3T     GUNNIG, Suzie      Gravesham
5      LEWIS, Hollie             Chichester sword Club

Sussex County Foil Result
Added on 06/05/10 at 04:05:10

Congratulations to Brian Causton on winning the Sussex County Foil 2010. After a close fought final with Tim Innes, Brian managed to win 15-13.

Full results and tableau available from the fixture page.

Tomorrow’s Achievers
Added on 06/05/10 at 03:05:16

Following recent consultation with the youth fencing community, it was clear that those involved in the past greatly valued the initiative, and called for its restoration.

Tomorrow’s Achievers (TA) training sessions are a chance for young fencers who have already reached a high standard in their age-groups to train together for intensive, day long sessions. These cover all aspects of fencing, including warm-up, footwork and bladework as well as a chance to fence peers at national standard, but outside of the pressure of competition.

From time to time TA includes additional sessions on related subjects of interest to both fencers and parents, including nutrition, sports psychology, career planning, refereeing and armoury work.

At every TA session there are opportunities to network with other fencing families, and to chat with England Youth coaches and officials about all aspects of the sport.

TA days are aimed at English fencers in the 10 – 14 year old* age bracket, and it is intended to act as a feeder to the newly established British Fencing Academy. Fencers should have been fencing for at least a year or two, be competing regularly and successfully, and aspire to fence at national and international level.

TA sessions are aimed at a high standard of young fencer, and the training is demanding of both skills and fitness, and so are not suitable for beginners. However, England Fencing recognises that in the target age groups, talent can emerge very quickly, and do not wish TA to be exclusive. All those with the talent and commitment are welcome.

Entry to TA can be achieved 3 ways.

By invitation. England Fencing invites fencers based on their performance at competition, and particularly based on the England U15 ranking lists.
By nomination. Coaches, club, county and regional officials may recommend a fencer to the TA organiser as being of an appropriate standard for TA
By application. Any English fencer of the appropriate age may attend a TA session for evaluation. If the TA coaching staff feel that the fencer is not yet of the requisite standard, they may suggest other avenues to explore before returning to TAs.

The first two TA training sessions will be at Rye St. Antony School, Franklin Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7SA, on 22nd May and 12th June 2010. Please contact Matt Thompson on 01235 532460 or matthew.thompson@englandfencing.org.uk for more details.

Older and younger fencers may be considered under exceptional circumstances. Please contact the organisers to discuss. Fencers resident in England, but affiliated to another home country can also attend subject to a small surcharge.