NSWFA Schools Competitions

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The New South Wales Fencing Association thanks Newington College for its generous sponsorship of the NSW Schools Championships and Schools League.

 

NSWFA runs the Schoolgirl/Schoolboy Fencing Championships (individual and team) from April to June each year. They would be suitable as the next level of competition for a student who had fenced in the Schools Fencing League the previous year.

Information and entry forms for the 2010 Annual Schools Fencing Championships have been sent out to schools. They are also available for download from this page of the website.

Venue: The Schools Fencing Championships will be held in the gymnasium at Newington College in Stanmore.

Other school events run by NSWFA are the invitiational A J Rae and Roseanne White Shields, the Roberta Nutt Shield and the Gregory Blaxland Shield.

Registration

Entrants in NSW Schools competitions must be either registered or affilated with the NSWFA Inc. Registration is a less expensive option, but only entitles the fencer to compete in NSW Schools, Novice and Under-13 competitions. Registration can be upgraded to affiliation if the fencer later decides they want to compete in a broader range of events.

Online registration/affiliation (secure credit card payment) can be done at any time.

Full details of affiliation/registration (including current costs) are available on the separate Membership page of this website.

Entries

Entry fees are:

• $20 per person for individual competitions
• $45 per team for team competitions

Roberta Nutt Shield and the Gregory Blaxland Shield

The Roberta Nutt and Gregory Blaxland Shield events can be entered and paid for on the day. To ensure eligibility to fence, all competitors must enter by the published roll call time.

A J Rae and Roseanne White Shields

The A J Rae and Roseanne White Shields are invitational events , based on results in preliminary rounds of the Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Team events. Invitations will be sent directly to schools.

Schoolgirl/Schoolboy Fencing Championships

Completed Entry Forms must be returned by fax on the dates shown.

Senior Individual Entry Form

U15 Individual Entry Form

U13 Individual Entry Form

U11 Individual Entry Form

Senior Team Entry Form

U15 Team (Boys Only) Entry Form

U13 Team Entry Form

Equipment

All NSWFA Schools competitions are fenced using electrical apparatus.

All competitors must wear full fencing uniform, with the exception that tracksuit pants may be worn instead of fencing breeches. For a detailed explanation of fencing uniforms, see the Equipment Requirements page of this website.

Competitors are encouraged to wear long socks in school colours.

NSW Fencing has equipment available for hire at Schools competitions. If you require eqipment hire, please complete and return the Equipment Hire form in advance. It is expected there will not be spare equipment available at the venue on the day.

Please note that the NSWFA will not be able to invoice schools for hire equipment. The options are therefore for the children to pay as they go themselves, or for the school to pre-pay by cheque. Any additions will be paid by the child at the event.

If your school makes any or all of the payments, a cheque can be sent to the above address with copies of the forms.

Competition format

Individual Events

Individual school competitions are fenced using the standard competition format, with a round of pools, followed by a Direct Elimination leading to an overall winner. Medals are awarded to the top four fencers.

Please note that the Roberta Nutt shield and Gregory Blaxland Shield are individual events, but all results are collated to identify the best overall school (separate boys' and girls' shields).

Team Events

Teams consist of three fencers (with an optional reserve).

All preliminary rounds of the Schoolgirl/Schoolboy Fencing Championships team events are competed using the best of nine bouts format. The finals of the Under-13 Schoolgirl/Schoolboy Fencing Championships team events will also be fenced in this format.

The A J Rae and Roseanne White shields are competed using the 45-hit relay format. This format is also used for the finals of the Senior and Under-15 Schoolgirl/Schoolboy Fencing Championships team events, as this is the as this is the format to be used at for the National Secondary Schools event in September.

For full details, see the Competition Format page of this website.

Competition timetable

Web version of 2010 timetable coming soon!