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.