Apologies but we have just been notified that training tonight has to be cancelled.
This is due to St Bernard’s hosting a mass tonight. Please accept my sincerest apologies regarding this sudden change to our usual training session.
Please be aware that due to the amount training that has been missed these last couple of weeks that we will be hosting some catch up sessions in the first week of the school holidays. These sessions will run from our normal times, 7pm – 9pm on Monday and 6.30pm – 9pm on Thursday at St Bernard’s.
We at Hutt Valley Fencing Club wish you all the best and hope you have a pleasant evening.
We have received news from St. Bernards this evening warning us that the gym will be unavailable tomorrow evening. They are unfortunately preparing it for a funeral service that they will be running on Tuesday for an ex-staff member.
We apologize for the inconvenience. We will be running a catch-up session on Wednesday at Chilton St James. I have included a link here for instructions on how to get to this gym. The class runs from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
Please stay tuned as we try to work out some training sessions for the school holidays to make up for the double bookings.
Wellington Swords Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend the 2nd Fencing Central Secondary School Novice Competition 2023 on Saturday 9th September and the 3rd Fencing Central Under 11 and Under 13 Competition 2023 on Sunday 10th September.
Secondary School Novice is open to any fencer who is in Year 7 – 13 at school with less than 24 months experience in fencing. Under 11 is open to any fencer aged 10 or younger on January 1st 2023. Under 13 is open to any fencer aged 12 or younger on January 1st 2023.
Time Table
Secondary School Novice will be one round of Pools followed by a Direct Elimination round.
Under 11 and Under 13 may be two rounds of Pools or one round of Pools followed by a Direct Elimination round, the format will be clarified to fencers during registration.
Saturday 9th of September
Event
Registration
Start Time
Secondary School Novice Epee
1:00pm
1:30pm
Secondary School Novice Foil
2:30pm
3:00pm
Sunday 10th of September
Event
Registration
Start Time
Mixed U11 Foil
8:30am
9:00am
Mixed U11 Epee
9:00am
9:30am
Mixed U13 Foil
11:00am
11:30am
Mixed U13 Epee
12:00pm
12:30pm
*Please note that start times of events may be delayed due to previous events.
Equipment Requirements
Jacket: 350N Plastron: 350N Breeches*: 350N with long socks required for Epee Masks: 350N – Foil bib and head wires required for foil Weapons: Size 5s are allowed for Secondary School, Max size 3 for Under 13, and Size 2 for Under 11
*Foil doesn’t require breeches for any event. Please ensure that you are wearing track pants – No shorts or bare skin will be allowed at all.
Secondary School Individual Championship: $60.00 for first event. Additional Individual events: $30.00 for each additional individual event. Team entries: $100 per team entered, to be paid by the regions.
Entries due:
Friday 18th August. Entries received after this date will attract a $50.00 late fee.
Payment can be made by direct deposit to 02-0500-0025212-00 and is due at the time of entry. Please reference fencer’s full name and “NSS23” and ensure that the amount paid is accurate and includes late fees if applicable.
All individual events will be a round of pools followed by a direct elimination round.
All team events will be a round of pools if fewer than 5 teams have entered the event. If a team event has 5 or more teams entered, it will be a direct elimination round with rankings based on Individual results. This format is subject to change.
If numbers permit separate men’s and women’s events may be held concurrently. A minimum of 6 fencers will be required in individual events to split genders, any less and the event will be mixed.
Weapons control (weights and gauges) will be tested on the piste.
Saturday 26 th August
Event
Registration
Start Time
Men’s Foil
7:45am – 8:00am
8:30am
Women’s Épée
8:45am – 9:00am
9:30am
Men’s Sabre
1:15pm – 1:30pm
2:00pm
Women’s Sabre
1:15pm – 1:30pm
2:00pm
Men’s Foil Teams
11:30am – 11:45am
12:30pm*
Women’s Épée Teams
11:45am – 12:00pm
1:00pm*
Men’s Sabre Teams
3:00pm – 3:15pm
3:30pm*
Women’s Sabre Teams
3:00pm – 3:15pm
3:30pm*
Starting time may vary subject to the completion of preceding events. We cannot guarantee the finish time of any events or days. We strongly advise that return flights are booked after 7:00pm on the day of fencing or the day after.
Sunday 30th July
Event
Registration
Start Time
Men’s Épée
7:45am – 8:00am
8:30am
Women’s Foil
8:45am – 9:00am
9:30am
Men’s Épée Teams
11:30am – 11:45am
12:30pm*
Women’s Foil Teams
11:45am – 12:00pm
1:00pm*
*Starting time may vary subject to completion of preceding events. * We cannot guarantee the finish time of any events or days. We strongly advise that return flights are booked after 7:00pm on the day of fencing or day after.
Equipment Requirements
Jacket: Jacket & Plastron 1150N total Plastron: Jacket & Plastron 1150N total Breeches: 350N Masks: 350N Weapons: FIE / S2000
Teams Event Information and Application Details
Expressions of interest and nominations are invited for the Central Region teams for the 2023 National Secondary School Championship to be held 26-27 August in Wellington. The Central Region can submit a maximum of two teams per weapon and gender. If you would like to be considered, or would like to nominate a fencer for inclusion in one of the teams for the Central Region, please email the following details to: secretary@fencingcentral.org.nz by end of Friday 18 August:
We at Hutt Valley Fencing Club hope you all had a pleasant and relaxing holiday.
We are pleased to announce that fencing will resume as normal for this term from Monday the 17th of July. For a comprehensive list of our session times and which classes to attend, please check out the list below:
Monday: 7pm – 9pm – Senior class
Wednesday: 7pm – 9pm – High School & Individual lessons
Thursday: 6:30pm – 7:30pm – Beginner and Under 13
Thursday 7pm – 9pm – Open session (13+)
Saturday 10am – 11:30am – Under 13s and Beginner fencers
We look forward to seeing you all join us for term 3 2023.
Hutt Valley Fencing Club 