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Obtaining and maintaining this qualification is a requirement for coaches on the BF Coaching register and is recommended for referees and team managers.

Welsh Fencing have arranged this course for up to 12 members of Welsh Fencing and will be providing it FREE OF CHARGE.

Whitchurch Fencing Club held an Open Air Epee match on Sunday, 23 June, in Coity Castle.    A very closely fought and exciting event.   It was a Poule Unique of 8 fencers (so with a maximum score of 7 victories), and at the end of the match, three fencers had six victories  - so the placing was decided on ‘Indicators’, with only 1 point separating second & third places ! 

Results:

Full report on https://www.whitchurchfencing.co.uk/Summer_Shield_2024.htm

25/26th May saw the Cardiff Vets Open event, held at the Cardiff Academy of Fencing.

For a review of this event by Whitchurch fencing, follow the link: https://www.whitchurchfencing.co.uk/Cardiff%20Veterans%20Open_2024.htm

The full results can be found here: https://results.cymru/results/cardiffvets2024/

Welsh Fencing is proud to be supporting the Hay-on-Wye Festival (https://www.hayfestival.com/hay-on-wye/home) this May, as we offer taster and information sessions to members of the public as part of Hay’s Olympic Day on Wednesday 29th May (https://www.hayfestival.com/hay-on-wye/sports-day).

Congratulations to Sameer Sunder-Rajan for securing individual silver at the 2024 European Cadet Championships.

Ending a brilliant 2024 season ranked European No.1, Sameer has also won 2 EFC Cadet events in Novi Sad and Klagenfurt en route to the Euros.

BF event report: https://www.britishfencing.com/naples-2024-gbr-win-three-medals-at-european-championships/

Gold in Klagenfurt: https://www.britishfencing.com/efc-cadet-klagenfurt-2/

Gold in Serbia: https://www.britishfencing.com/sunder-rajan-gold-serbia-efc-cadet-epee/

Well done, Sameer!

It was the 35th outing for the O'Sullivan Cup, and with 17 entrants (including 3 from Jersey), there was loads of action and an exciting fence-off for second place.

Results:

Full report - whitchurchfencing.co.uk/sullivan  

British Fencing offer a full range of training courses to support fencing community, coving the following areas:

• Team Manager Courses
• Coaching Courses
• Welfare Courses
• Refereeing Courses

All upcoming courses can be found here: https://www.britishfencing.com/upcoming-courses/

Another busy evening for the club, as club members fought it out for the title of Club Champion.  The format was a Poule Unique, 5 hits, 3 minutes max per bout, and competition-style scoring against 'Total Victories', tied places being decided on Hits Scored minus Hits Received indicators.