Veteran Fencers

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

Download NSWFA Calendar (.pdf format)
NSWFA Calendar (last updated Apr 08)
 
Download NSWFA Competition Information Sheet (.pdf format)
NSWFA Competition Information Sheet
 
Open online Affiliation/Registration and AFF Competition Entry form (new browser window)
Online Affiliation/Registration and AFF Competition Entry form
 

 

 
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