NSWFA MARCH BULLETIN

2023-01-02

1 March 2017

 

THE OFFICIAL STATE VENUE IS NOW OPEN!

All NSWFA’s equipment has now been transferred from Marrickville PCYC to the NSW Fencing Centre in Alexandria. The Centre is happy to have you! Work is still being done to install a wheelchair-accessible lift, and it should be completed soon. Plans are also underway for an official opening later in March so stay tuned.

 

 

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEER MOVERS

A big thank you to the band of volunteers who moved all the gear across from Marrickville to the new venue – Antonio Signorello, Caitlin Taylor, Alex Andre, Scott Hull, Simon Capon, Hugh Cotman, Jasper Rowley, Sholto & Alexandre Douglas, Jeff Hardge, Duncan Fairweather and Nigel Cotman. Caitlin Taylor deserves a medal for wading through our storage room at Marrickville to sort out and cull mounds of outdated equipment and stored items.


AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO SIMON JIN

Coach Simon Jin generously donated a team of painters led by Edison Cai to paint the new amenities block at the NSW Fencing Centre. Thank you, Simon. The job itself was quite tricky with very high walls to tackle.

OPERATING AT THE NEW CENTRE

From now on, all competitions, programs and events (including NSW squads training) will take place at the NSW Fencing Centre, as the Official State Fencing venue for epee, foil, and sabre! Here is some helpful information about getting there:

 

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

 Trains:

  • The NSW Fencing Centre is close to Mascot, Green Square, and St. Peters Stations.

 

Buses:

  • There are also several Sydney bus routes (305, 309, 310, 418) that will get you close to the Centre:
  • 305 (Bourke Road)
  • 418 (Gardners Road)
  • 310 / 309 (Botany Road)

 

Parking:

 

Nearby Cafes:

Neighbourhood eateries include The Grounds of Alexandria; Sonoma Cafe Alexandria; Astori’s Cafe; Rock’s Brewing Co.

We also plan to provide light refreshments during competitions and large training sessions at the Centre.

We look forward to seeing you there. Please contact the NSW Fencing Centre Manager, Caitlin, on 0416333117 if you have any other queries.

 

 FREE COACHING CLINIC AND COMPETITIVE FENCING WORKSHOP

 This year the NSW Fencing Centre will be running four Competitive Fencing Camps and four Coaching Clinics. Part of the coaching clinic courses will be scheduled to coincide with the competitive fencing camps so that coaches and fencers can have time to work together.

What are Competitive Fencing Camps?
Competitive camps are specifically aimed at fencers who are competing at state and national level. They focus on technical, mental and strategic approaches to competitive fencing. The camp is suitable for all competitive fencers (minimum recommended age of 14). Competitive Fencing Camps are free for those enrolled in a NSW Fencing Centre Program and $50 per camp for others.

What are Coaching Clinics?
These are clinics are for accredited coaches and are aimed at:

  • technical knowledge
  • providing the foundations for state level coaching
  • increasing knowledge and experience in coaching in weapons that the coach does not normally teach.

WHEN IS THE FIRST CAMP AND CLINIC?

Competitive Fencing Camp: Sunday 12 March

Coaching Clinic:  Sunday 12 March

 

NSW GOVERNMENT GIVES $50,000 TO NSW FENCING CENTRE

 The NSW Government is supporting the new NSW Fencing Centre with a $50,000 grant under the Sport Development Grant Program. This money will go towards the capital cost of fitting out the NSW Fencing Centre.

NSWFA President, Kaye Mahoney, has written to the Minister for Sport, Hon Stuart Ayres, to thank him for the Government’s support for fencing and to invite him to attend the opening of the new Fencing Centre. The Minister has taken a keen interest in our plans to develop fencing in NSW. In 2015, he officially opened the Australian Under15-Cadet Championships hosted by NSWFA and spoke about the importance of sports like fencing in encouraging greater participation in sport and competitive ambition.

 

2017 NSW Annual Membership

Memberships for 2017 can now be renewed via our website. As announced recently, some membership and competition entry fees have been increased. Others are unchanged. Please see the website for details.

 

POLICY CHANGES

As previously notified, the selection and rankings policy and the medals policy have been amended. Amended policies can be found by visiting our website.

 

SYDNEY JUNIOR OLYMPIC CUP

Congratulations to Sydney Olympic Cup medalists:

Under 20 mens épée:

John Tian (gold)

William Zeng (silver)

Jonas Dowson (bronze)

 

Under 20 womens épée

Katherine Wang (gold)

Karen Nonis (silver)

Emily Principe (bronze)

 

Under 20 mens foil

Yves Fontaine (gold)

Robert Ciccarelli (silver)

Matthew Dallasen (bronze)

 

Under 20 womens foil

Beatrice Hay (gold)

Violet Hull (silver)

Caitlyn Trussell

 

Under 20 mens sabre

Jack Snell (gold)

James Boyd-Hoare (silver)

Matthew Tadros (bronze)

 

Under 20 womens sabre

Alexandra Hely (gold)

Hahhah Shen (silver)

Natasha Jones (bronze)


THE ROBERTA NUTT SHIELD

 The 2017 Schools Fencing Program kicked off last weekend with the Roberta Nutt Shield. Information on individual results and medalists is on our website.

Congratulations to the overall shield series winners:

Boys: Sydney Boys High School

Girls: Pymble Ladies College

 

FAREWELL TO MARRICKVILLE PCYC

The Roberta Nutt Shield and the Sydney Olympic Cup were the very last fencing competitions to be held at Marrickville last weekend. The staff at the PCYC send their regards and we thanked them for all their support over the years.

 

GLADIATOR TOUR TO VICTORIA

Fencers are invited to join the 2017 Gladiator’s Tour to Melbourne on 15-16 July as part of the Australian Minime Circuit.

U9 (foil), U11 (foil & epee) and U13 (foil, epee & sabre) fencers will be competing in the Joseph D’Onofrio Victoria Challenge.

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