Veteran Fencers

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Veterans' fencing competitions are open to any fencers who fit the age category - both those who have fenced from a young age and those who have taken it up more recently.

Both NSW Fencing and the AFF run Veterans' competitions. Other events that may be of interest to NSW veteran fencers include the World Veterans' Championships, the Commonwealth Veterans' Championships, the Oceania Veterans' Championships and various Masters' Games.

Age Categories

Generally, a "veteran" is defined as a fencer who is aged 40 or above on the day of the event. However, for World Veteran Championships, the minimum age is 50, and for Masters' events it is only 30.

Where age categories are applied to an event, they will normally be increments of 10 years. So a large tournament might have a 40-49 category, a 50-59 category, a 60-69 category and a 70+ category. Where age categories are combined in the one event, the event organisers may choose to apply a "handicap" system.

Competition Formats

Most veteran competitions are run to standard competition formats.

A key difference, however, is that Direct Elimination (DE) bouts in Veterans' events are normally to 10 hits, rather than the standard 15 hits.

Competition timetable

2008 Novice Competitions (last updated 16 June 2008)
Date	Event	Event Information	General Information	Icon
11/07	NSW entries due for AFF#3	Online entry form	NSWFA Comp Info
20/07	Veteran Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 13:00	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Veterans
27/07	Veteran Epee	Marconi Club - 12:00 (Women) - 12:30 (Men)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Veterans
01/08 to 04/08	W A International (AFF #3)	Perth Official website NSW entries closing date 11 July	AFF Comp Info AFF Veterans
31/08	Veteran State Championships Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 09:00 (Women) - 09:30 (Men)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Veterans
31/08	Veteran State Championships Epee	Ann Clarke Centre - 11:00 (Women) - 11:30 (Men)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Veterans
31/08	Veteran State Championships Sabre	Ann Clarke Centre - 14:30	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Veterans
21/09	Un-named Veteran Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 13:00 (Women) - 13:30 (Men)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Veterans
01/10 to 05/10	Veteran World Championships	Limoges, France Official Website Info Nomination	International Veterans' Competitions
02/11	Pre-Nationals Veteran Epee	Ann Clarke Centre - 12:30 (Women) - 13:00 (Men)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Veterans
07/11	NSW entries due for Open and Veteran Nationals	Online entry form	AFF Comp Info AFF Veterans
16/11	Pre-Nationals Veteran Foil	Ann Clarke Centre - 13:00 (Women) - 13:30 (Men)	NSWFA Comp Info NSWFA Veterans
28/11 to 02/12	Australian Open and Veteran National Championships	Ann Clarke Centre Timetable NSW entries closing date 7 Nov	AFF Comp Info AFF Veterans

Useful documents