All the latest news in relation to the Irish Fencing Federation and the sport of Fencing in Ireland http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html en-uk Mon, 06 July 2009 09:00:00 GMT Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT IFF Training Day (foil and epee) will be held at Rathdown School, Glenageary, Co. Dublin on Sunday 14th March, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coach: Tristan Parris. Cost: 25 Euro to licensed fencers. Email applications to: secretary@irishfencing.net stating foil or epee http://www.moft.co.uk/ Feb, 28 2010 10:00:00 GMT The results of the recent Merseyside Open which was supported by a good contingent of Irish fencers can be found on the MOFT 2010 website below. http://www.moft.co.uk/ Feb, 23 2010 10:00:00 GMT Following qualification at Junior World Cups this weekend, Owen McConnell (ME), Raisa Greer (WE) and Brendan Cusack (MF) will join David Burnside (ME) at the Junior World Championships at Baku, Azerbaijan at Easter. Ulysse Coneys (ME) is the only competitor at Cadet level. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Feb, 21 2010 10:00:00 GMT Update of calendar - Five Nations 2010 will be held on 19 June, 2010 at the Hertfordshire Sports Village, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Venue is convenient to both Luton and Stansted. Estimated start time 1 p.m. finishing about 6.30 - 7 p.m. Therefore, travel possible on Saturday morning with only 1 night accommodation necessary. Date has been set on a once-off basis at this time due to Commonwealth Fencing Championships. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Feb, 7 2010 10:00:00 GMT Document below gives details of the Boyne Valley Fencing Club's new 10 week beginner course starting on 2nd Feb 2010 http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jan, 21 2010 10:00:00 GMT Dan Corcoran achieved a L16 in his first ever World Cup at Kish Island A-Grade in Iran. This is the best result from an Irish male sabreur in recent history. Andrew Fenwick equalled the result in Men's Epee. Well done to both! http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jan, 21 2010 09:00:00 GMT In connection with the hosting of the 2011 World Championships by the city of Catania, Sicily, the organisers are running a competition open to all fencers to submit their ideas for a mascot of the Championships. The prize for the winner will be an expenses paid trip to the World Championships in Catania in 2011 together with a cash prize of 10,000 Euro. For full details, follow the link .... http://www.siciliascherma.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=39&lang=en&Itemid http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jan, 19 2010 09:00:00 GMT Delighted to announce that Louth Sports Partnership has allocated Boyne Valley Fencing Club funding to buy a full set of scoring equipment. To date we have been gratefully using spools, box and leads from DkIT Sabre Club. However, this will really enable Boyne Valley to continue developing. BVFC has recently completed its inaugural ten week introductory course, teaching children and adults the basics of Sabre Fencing. Feedback has been very promising - the vast majority of the beginners are continuing in the club and we have scheduled for a new course to run in January. Boyne Valley Fencers make their first venture into competition at the Irish Open this week-end, preparation for which has been two friendly matches vs DKIT. Emma Foy and John McCabe are also continuing to teach Sabre in a number of schools in the Louth / Meath area and are getting involved with Louth Sports Partnership training courses. Marcos. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Dec, 2 2009 09:00:00 GMT Our team for the Junior Europeans in Denmark next week is: Raisa Greer, Derry - Women's Epee; David Burnside, Derry - Men's Epee; Brendan Cusack, New Jersey - Men's Foil. Both Raisa and David achieved top-64 results in Ponte de Sor recently, and Brendan reached the quarter-finals today in Montreal. Good luck! http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Oct, 29 2009 09:00:00 GMT For the information of those attending the Strategy meeting this Sunday, October 18: the primary purpose of the meeting is intended to be the start of the process to create a new strategy document for Irish Fencing. The last time a fully new strategy was developed was in 1998. This is an important document both for the future direction of the efforts of Irish fencing and those involved therein and in the processes of funding applications to the Sports Council. In the process of the creation of this vital document we welcome and encourage the participation of as many interested parties in Irish fencing as possible. Marcos Simpson and Stephen Concannon will be chairing/moderating breakout sessions in the course of the day. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Oct, 14 2009 09:00:00 GMT Ireland will participate at forthcoming Five Nations event to be held in the University of Ulster, Jordanstown on Saturday 21 November, 2009. More.. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Oct, 07 2009 09:00:00 GMT Andrew Fenwick from Derry, our sole competitor at this year's World Championships in Antalya, Turkey, exited the competition today in 121st place out of 162 fencers in Mens Epee. He had 2 defeats against Koh (Malaysia) and Font (Spain) before 2 victories against Hansen (USA) 5/3 and Tarkowski (Norway) 5/4 before taking 2 hits off Jeannet (France) and losing final match to Al Zamel (Kuwait). He progressed to last-128 but was defeated in his first DE match by Torkildsen of Norway (15/5). The final result will not be known until Sunday next when the last-64 will be held, following a change in this year's format. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Oct, 01 2009 09:00:00 GMT Training Camp - open to all fencers minimum standard Intermediate. Coaches: Tristan Parris and Marcos Simpson Saturday 17 October, 2009 from 10.00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Venue : Trinity College Gym Cost: 20 Euro each First come, first served - numbers limited Email to reserve place: secretary@irishfencing.net http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Sep, 28 2009 09:00:00 GMT Congratulations to Philip Lee who was narrowly beaten (10/9) at the quarter-final stage of the Mens Foil Veteran World Championships in Moscow today. He won just 1 match in his first round pool giving him a low seed going into the DE where he first beat the no. 5 seed Aubert of France and then went on to beat Prater of Germany in the top-16 before being eliminated in the top-8 by Galvan of Italy. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Sep, 27 2009 09:00:00 GMT The new Boyne Valley Fencing Club opens its doors on Tuesday 15th September in St Oliver's college, Drogheda. To raise the profile of the sport, fencers will be conducting a demonstration of the sport in Scotch Hall Shopping Centre around lunchtime Saturday 5th September. More.. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Aug, 26 2009 09:00:00 GMT Foil, Epee and Sabre Training Camp will be held from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September next. This is a valuable opportunity for pre-season training with highly qualified and experienced coaches. More.. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Aug, 25 2009 09:00:00 GMT New 2009 2010 Competition Calendar posted. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Aug, 24 2009 09:00:00 GMT Andrew Fenwick in Mens Epee, having defeated Beskin of Israel in his first round pool, subsequently suffered an injury to his ankle and had to withdraw from the competition. Siobhan Byrne in Womens Sabre got through to top-32 but was defeated by Marcos of Spain. This competition was very strong with some of the World Top-16 not getting through the first round pool, e.g. Nagy of Hungary who won the recent World Cup in Gent. Velikaia of Russia did not make it further than top-32. The competition continues. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jul, 17 2009 09:00:00 GMT Yesterday, Andrew Fenwick finished in 51st place out of 94 mens epeeists. In his preliminary round he had 3 victories and 3 defeats, got a bye into the top-64 but was defeated in the 64 by Spaniard Alvarado who later progressed to the top-8. Today, Siobhan Byrne got 5th place in her Womens Sabre event. In her first round she had 4 victories and 1 defeat and was seeded 9th out of 50 fencers in the competition after the pool round. She had a bye direct into the top-32 where she defeated Ostojska of Poland to go into the top-16 where she defeated Kozlova of Ukraine. In the top-8 she met no.1 seed Tan of China where she fought well but was beaten 15-8. All in all, good preparation for both fencers for the European Championships in Bulgaria next week. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jul, 06 2009 09:00:00 GMT The new FIE rules for the use of an electric bib on foil masks will be enforced in Irish competitions from 1 September 2009 onwards. All foil competitions after this date will require the new equipment. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jun, 30 2009 09:00:00 GMT The 25th World University Games gets underway this week in Belgrade, with the Irish team confident of success at the competition. The camp is in an upbeat mood in the Serbian capital ahead of the campaign kicking off on 30 June when the footballers take to the field to play their first round matches. The men taking on Uruguay at FC Indjija just outside the capitalm and the women, who made it to the semi-final in 2007, face Japan. Five Olympians from the 2008 Beijing Games feature in the 69-strong Colleges and University Sports Association of Ireland (CUSAI) squad - Fionnuala Britton and Joanne Cuddihy on the track, Melanie Nocher in the pool, Eileen O'Keeffe in the hammer, and Siobhan Byrne in fencing. More... http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jun, 29 2009 09:00:00 GMT Thanks to a personal pledge secured by our President, Tom Rafter, the Federation is in a position to assist ambitious young fencers willing to travel overseas for suitable training camps. There will be a total of EUR3,000 available per annum from the Federation on the basis of the fencers travelling spending at least EUR1,500 themselves. The Federation's contribution is being funded 50/50 between the donor and our own resources. The number of fencers supported in this fashion will depend on the quality of the applications and their suitability. The applications will be adjudicated upon by the Selectors, but we would envisage that we could assist about five such fencers. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jun, 06 2009 09:00:00 GMT For future communication with the Secretary of the Irish Fencing Federation, please use the following email address: secretary@irishfencing.net; And new phone/fax numbers: Tel: 01 - 298 4039; Fax: 01 - 298 4039; http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Jun, 03 2009 09:00:00 GMT Bronze for Grant Anderton in the European Veteran Championships in Hungary Bronze for Daniel Corcoran at Helsinki Satellite. 14th Place for Andrew Fenwick at Sydney A-Grade http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html May, 28 2009 09:00:00 GMT The IFF selectors are delighted to announce the Quad team for 2009. We would like to thank you for getting back to us so quickly with your availability. Where four or more fencers have confirmed their availability, the IFF rankings have been used to ensure impartiality. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html May, 05 2009 09:00:00 GMT David Burnside has been selected to represent Ireland at the Mens Epee Junior event. He will join Owen McConnell and Ulysse Coneys who will be taking part in the Mens Epee Cadet event. Owen and Ulysse will be fencing on Monday 6th April and David on Thursday 9th April. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Mar, 19 2009 09:00:00 GMT Owen McNamee won bronze in the Internation Satellite tournament in Orebro, Sweden. This moves him up the world ranking and is his first international medal of the season. He was seeded 7th after the opening two pool rounds, but he beat the Latvian 2nd seed to make the podium. More.. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Feb, 23 2009 09:00:00 GMT 20 Irish fencers took part in the Merseyside Open in Liverpool. Full results are on www.moft.co.uk . Highlights include NUIM's Fergal Martin in Men's Foil who got a quarter final place after seeding 2nd and not dropping a fight in the pools. NUIM also celebrated Noel McGlynn's "best begginer" award Sarah Steacy and Kate Harvey both got quarter final places in the Ladies foil, with Isabella Codd winning "best placed veteran" with her foil L16 in what is a British Veteran nominated event. Donna Donnelly reached the quarter-finals in the Ladies Epee. John McCabe lost just two bouts in the Mens Sabre pools and was seeded 12th before finishing 17th. Emma Foy, despite only fencing a year, beat a higher seeded fencer to equal Eimear Counighan's L16 in Women's sabre. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Feb, 23 2009 09:00:00 GMT Applications are invited for membership of Irish team - deadline 27th March. More.. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Feb, 18 2009 09:00:00 GMT OB Sports on on RTE2 will be showing highlights of the East of Ireland Fencing Championships on Saturday 21st February, at 1.55pm. Don't miss it!! http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Feb, 17 2009 09:00:00 GMT Owen McConnell from Foyle and Londonderry College and Ulysse Coneys from Saint Doulchard, France have been selected to take part in the Cadet European Championships which will take place in Bourges next month. Owen and Ulysse will both compete in Mens Epee. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Feb, 14 2009 09:00:00 GMT On Saturday 24th Jan 09 a demonstration day was held at the MCR Community Centre to introduce the art of fencing to the people of Sligo. This event was organised by Mark McEvoy, a certified fencing coach with over ten years of experience, with support from Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership. This event was co-hosted by guest coaches Dr Chris Gill and Mr Alistair Davidson, from the University of Ulster Coleraine fencing club. The purpose of the demonstration day was to find out if the people in Sligo had an interest in the sport of fencing, to show that a sustainable fencing club could be developed in the town. From this point of view this event was deemed successful. There was a lot of foot traffic throughout the day, and people who turned up at the demonstration got to find out about fencing and most got to try on the protective equipment and handle the blades themselves. More.. http://www.irishfencing.net/news/index.html Feb, 04 2009 09:00:00 GMT