August 9th will see Tassie’s fencers coming together to test their skills at the 2025 Tasmanian Epee Championships.
See the TFA website for key information: https://www.tasfencing.org.au/events/305183
2024 Brian Sibson State Foil Championships
Saturday, November 23rd, saw twelve Tasmanian Foilists come together at Tarremah Steiner School in the South of the state to compete in the Novice and/or Open Senior events.
DT’d by Karina Halys, and with volunteer referees (Emil, Daniel, Isaac and Tim), volunteer score-keeper (Jacqui), volunteer and photographers (Alma - 8 years old - and Avery), the tournament ran smoothly and had a lovely, friendly atmosphere.
The tournament’s namesake, Brian Sibson, stayed for the whole day both spectating and providing valuable coaching insight. Everybody shared a delicious cheesecake to mark his October birthday belatedly.
We had the pleasure of meeting friends and loved ones of some of our fencers. :)
Our Novices all fenced so well, with only a couple of points between places after their pool. Both semi-finals were close - won 10-9! In the end, Tom emerged as the 2024 Novice Champion - in spite of having begun fencing at the start of this term!
There were eleven entrants for the Mixed Open Seniors event. Three of our novices entered, putting up a good fight. After several hours of energetic and sometimes very tense fencing, Karina emerged as the 2024 Open Champion, having beaten Noah in their Finals match, and prior to that narrowly beating Quincy by one point in their Semi-final.
Final results:
Mixed Novice:
1st: Tom Galpin
2nd: Willem Harrison-Narraway
3rd: Newton Jones
4th: Vienna Rule
Mixed Open Seniors
1st: Karina Halys
2nd: Noah Clarke
3rd: Isaac Laredo
=3rd: Quincy Green Carlos
5th: Daniel Muller
6th: Tim Harvest
7th: Ashley Collison
8th: Titia Bohlken
9th: Newton Jones
10th: Vienna Rule
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October Update!
It’s been a busy few months for the club!
Quincy attended his first National event - the National Cadet (U17) Champs in Sydney.
Quincy attended his first Open Nationals - AFC #1 - in Perth.
Tim attended his first Fencing Victoria B-Grades Seniors Epee in Melbourne.
Coach Avery collected a pre-loved Tarago from Sydney. This will make transporting club equipment much easier!
Noah, Tim, Quincy, and Titia have been training hard to prepare for AFC #2 Nationals in Melbourne at the end of October.
This will be Tim and Titia’s first National tournament!
Abi, Quincy, and Noah have registered to attend the Sydney International Fencing Camp in January 2025 as athletes, and Coach Avery has registered to attend for coaching development.
Term Four details are out - if you didn’t receive an email please contact Coach Avery so he can send you one.
September/October Snaps
Some snaps from September & October; club footwork, Quincy at AFC #1 in Perth, Tim at Fencing Victoria B-Grades Senior Epee in Melbourne, and Max’s new Quokka friend, Floreat.
Term 4...
Well, Term Four was off to a lovely start with a hall full of fencers (new and experienced) fencing all three weapons.
The State Epee Championships were to be the first tournament in quite some time.
The tournament was scheduled for October 16th. It was precisely 18.5 hours before the first Epeeists were due to start bouting that it was announced that Southern Tasmania was going into lockdown for the weekend plus Monday.
Luckily fencers are adept at being flexible, handling sudden changes with grace, and making the most of any opportunity to get in a few more weeks of training before a big tournament, so they all got ready to focus on their footwork and target practice at home instead.
The State Epee Championships have been rescheduled to November 20th, 2021.
The next fencing tournament is the Brian Sibson Tasmanian Foil Championships which will be held on Saturday, October 30th, 2021.