Junior Fencers

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A Junior Fencer is anyone under the age of 20, as at 1 January of the current calendar year.

The NSW Fencing Association, and its subsidiary the NSW Schools Fencing League, offer a variety of individual and team fencing competitions to juniors. At the elite level, the Australian Fencing Federation (AFF) and Federation Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) also run events for junior fencers.

In order of experience level recommended, these are:

• NSW Schools Fencing League (team foil)
  
• NSW Fencing Association Schools Competitions (individual and team foil)
  
• NSW Fencing Association Age-based Competitions (individual foil for Under-11, Under-13 and Under-15; individual foil, epee and sabre for Under-17 and Under-20)
  
• Australian Fencing Federation Age-based and Schools Championships (team foil for Schools National Championships; individual and team foil and epee for Under-15 National Championships; individual and team foil, epee and sabre for Under-17 and Under-20 National Championships)

Eligibility to compete in age categories is determined by the fencer's age on 1 January of the year of the competition. It is always permissible to fence "up" an age category (i.e. a 14 year old may fence Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20 if desired) if the fencer feels that they have sufficient experience for this. Similarly, a fencer may compete in an Open event when they feel ready for it (a NSW Novice competition may be a good introduction to fencing open events).

There are also training camps (and, occasionally, tours) specifically designed for Junior fencers.

Competition timetable

2008 Novice Competitions (last updated 16 June 2008)
Date	Event	Event Information	General Information	Icon
05/07 to 09/07	Australian Cadet (U/17) and U/15 Nationals	Ann Clarke Centre Timetable NSW entries closing date 20 June	AFF Comp Info AFF Age-based and Schools
20/07	U/15 Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 14:00 (Boys) - 14:30 (Girls)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
26/07	A. J. Rae and Roseanne White Schools Teams	Newington College - 09:00 (A J Rae - Boys) - 10:30 (RoseAnne White - Girls)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Schools Fencing
09/08	Schools League Qualifying Week 1	Newington College Fixture list to be issued after all entries received. Entry forms will be sent out closer to the date.	NSWFA Comp Info NSW Schools Fencing League
16/08	Schools League Qualifying Week 2	Newington College Fixture list to be issued after all entries received. Entry forms will be sent out closer to the date.	NSWFA Comp Info NSW Schools Fencing League
17/08	Junior (U/20) State Championships Sabre	Ann Clarke Centre - 14:30	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
23/08	Schools League Qualifying Week 3	Newington College Fixture list to be issued after all entries received. Entry forms will be sent out closer to the date.	NSWFA Comp Info NSW Schools Fencing League
30/08	Schools League Qualifying Week 4	Newington College Fixture list to be issued after all entries received. Entry forms will be sent out closer to the date.	NSWFA Comp Info NSW Schools Fencing League
31/08	Junior (U/20) State Championships Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 09:00 (Men) - 09:30 (Women)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
31/08	Junior (U/20) State Championships Epee	Ann Clarke Centre - 13:00 (Men) - 12:30 (Women)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
13/09	Schools League Final	Newington College Qualifying schools will be advised of timetable.	NSWFA Comp Info NSW Schools Fencing League
24/09 to 28/09	National Junior (U/20) Epee Camp	National High Performance Fencing Centre	Training camps
28/09	U/11 & U/13 Gilt Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 12:30	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
01/10	Australian Schools Team Championships	Brisbane Timetable TBA School teams will be invited to enter by the NSW selectors	AFF Comp Info AFF Age-based and Schools
02/10 to 05/10	Australian Junior (U/20) Nationals	Brisbane Timetable TBA NSW entries closing date 12 Sept	AFF Comp Info AFF Age-based and Schools
26/10	U/13 State Championships Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 09:00 (Boys) - 10:30 (Girls)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
26/10	U/11 State Championships Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 11:00 (Boys) - 11:30 (Girls)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
02/11	Pre-Nationals Cadet (U/17) Epee	Ann Clarke Centre - 09:00 (Boys) - 09:30 (Girls)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
02/11	End of Season Cadet (U/17) Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 13:00 (Boys) - 13:30 (Girls)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Age Comps
09/11	Gregory Blaxland Shield	Blaxland High See Blaxland timetable

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