On June 29th, Tassie’s competitive fencers will gather in Huntingfield to fence in the 2024 TFA Inc State Epee Championships.

Caterogies:

Open
U20
U15
U12
Veterans (40+)
Novice - U15
Novice - Open

Fencers can only fence in one age category, for example, if a fencer is eligible for U15 and they want to fence in U20, they must select which event they will compete in. This is in line with other states. and prevents the tournament from running late due to fencers attempting to compete in multiple categories that are being fenced at once.

1 x category: $25
2 x categories: $40

Entrants must also be financial members of the Tasmanian Fencing Association to enter:
U18: $20
18+: $40
Enter here: www.tasfencing.org.au

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.