http://www.ausfencing.org/feeds/rss.php The Australian Fencing Federation en-us http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=117 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached please find a detailed information circular for the AFF National Tournament #3, the 2008 WA International Tournament, to be held at at Kingsway International Sports Stadium in Madeley, Perth, Western Australia from 1 to 4 August 2008. Please note that entries from State Associations close with the WAFA (with copies also to the AFF) on Friday 18 July 2008. Where State Associations have set their own local closing dates for entries, they must ensure that entries are lodged with WAFA and AFF no later than 18 July 2008. Entry forms and instructions for lodging entries will be circulated separately to State Associations. The entry fees are $55 per individual entry for each event, except in Veterans events where one entry fee entitles a fencer to compete in other Veterans events. Late entry fees of $110 per individual entry for each event will be charged for entries received after the closing date and up to roll call on the day of the event. All States Associations are reminded that both the State Association and the individual fencer must be affiliated with the AFF before a fencer can compete. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=116 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached please find the updated AFF Selection System Points and Rankings for Cadets, Juniors, Seniors and Veterans following the recent 2008 AFF#2 Tournament (Robyn Chaplin Memorial Tournament) held in Adelaide. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=115 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached please find a circular inviting nominations for athletes and officials for the Australian Team for the 2008 Veterans World Championships to be held in Limoges, France, from 1 to 5 October. Nominations forms to be used by interested athletes and officials are also attached. Information about these Championships can also be found at: www.limogescrime2008.fr Athlete and officials nominations are to be received by close of business on Monday 30th June 2008. Nomination forms should be forwarded to:Mr Andrew IusAFF Director64 Princes StreetWilliamstown, Victoria, 3016 Fax: (03) 9397 8113 or Email: secgen@ausfencing.org Andrew Ius for AF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=114 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached please find the competition timetable for the 2007 Australian Cadet (U17) and U15 Championships together with information concerning local accommodation options (current as at November 2007). This information is provided to assist individuals and States with their travel arrangements. The Championships will be held at the Anne Clarke Netball Centre, in Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW from 5th July to 9th July. Please note that in U15 Men's & Women's there are individual and team events for Foil and individual events only for Epee. Affiliated State Associations may enter up to two teams for the U15 and U17 team events. Entries from State Associations will close with both the NSW Fencing Association and the AFF on Friday 20th June, 2008. All States Associations are reminded that the State affiliation fees and individual fencer capitation fees must be with the AFF before a fencer can compete. From 2007, the Australian Secondary School Championships have been moved alongside the Australian Junior (U20) Championships. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=113 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan The AFF congratulates the following winners of the 2008 AFF Tournament #2, the inaugural Robyn Chaplin Memorial Tournament, held in Adelaide from 7-9 June: Open Men’s Foil: Matteo CICCONE (Italy) Women’s Foil: Emma RYAN (Vic) Men’s Epee: William DOLLEY (Vic) Women’s Epee: Sarah OSVATH (NSW) Men’s Sabre: Simon LEITCH (Qld) Women’s Sabre: Min Yi DU (NSW) Veteran Men’s Foil: Richard PURDIE (NSW) Women’s Foil: Anna SLOWIAZCEK (NSW) Men’s Epee: Iain DAVIDSON (SA) Women’s Epee: Caryl OLIVER (Vic) Men’s Sabre: Zoltan VILAGOSH (Vic) Women’s Sabre: Harriet JORDAN (NSW) All final rankings, detailed results (pools, D/E tableaux, etc) are available from: www.ausfencingevents.org Congratulations also to FencingSA for their hosting of this inaugural event, in memory of Robyn Chaplin - the "First Lady" of Australian Fencing. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=112 Tue, 27 May 2008 22:30:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached please find the updated AFF Selection System Points and Rankings for Cadets, Juniors, Seniors and Veterans following the 2008 AFF #1 D H McKenzie Tournament in Melbourne. http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=111 Mon, 26 May 2008 15:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Due to the unavailability of the National Epee Coach, the national epee camp scheduled for 31 May and 1 June has been cancelled. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=110 Fri, 23 May 2008 13:30:00 -0600 Chris Ryan The Australian Fencing Federation (AFF) is extremely pleased to announce that the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has officially confirmed the selection of Joanna Halls and Amber Parkinson for the Fencing Section of the 2008 Australian Olympic Team. Jo will again be competing in the Women's Foil, having competed in this same event at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, while this will be Amber's first Olympics competing in the Women's Epee. On behalf of the Australian Fencing community, we congratulate both Jo and Amber for their passion, persistence and high level performances - which have formed the basis for this outstanding achievement in their Fencing careers. We wish them all the very best for the Beijing Olympic Games. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=109 Fri, 23 May 2008 13:30:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached please find an information circular and nomination form for the 2008 Olympic Solidarity Coaching Course to be held in Brisbane, Queensland, from 19 to 29 September. High level coaches interested in participating in this course are invited to forward both the completed nomination form and a current curriculum vitae (cv) to the National Coaching Director no later than 28 June 2008. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=108 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan ASADA's Fact Sheets have been updated on the ASADA website . The fact sheets are designed to provide athletes and support personnel with vital anti-doping information. For further information about anti-doping rules and regulations, please visit the ASADA website www.asada.gov.au or call the ASADA Anti-Doping Hotline on 1800 020 506. If you would like to provide ASADA with feedback about our Anti-Doping education products and services, email us at education@asada.gov.au http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=12 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:00 -0600 Andrew Harcourt The ASDMAC TUE application form was updated in February 2008 and the new form can be found on their website at http://www.asdmac.org.au/apply.htm If you have an FIE International licence you should access this form on the FIE website http://www.fie.ch Abbreviated Therapeutic Use forms (ATUE) can be accessed on the ASADA website for non-international fencers and sent to the AFF, or on the FIE website for International licence holders. In short, if you have an FIE International licence proceed to the FIE website for your forms. If not, you need to go to the ASDMAC website for a TUE, and to ASADA for a simple ATUE which is then sent to the AFF. http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=107 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan The AFF congratulates the following winners of the 2008 AFF Torunament #1 - the DH McKenzie Tournament, held in Melbourne from 28-30 March: Open Men’s Foil: Marcus BEST (Vic) Women’s Foil: Jade SARAH (Qld) Men’s Epee: Victor LEWITH (Vic) Women’s Epee: Catherine MACKAY (Vic) Men’s Sabre: Simon LEITCH (Qld) Women’s Sabre: Jessica BROOKS (NSW) Veteran Men’s Foil: Richard PURDIE (NSW) Women’s Foil: Jenny BONNEY-MILLETT (Qld) Men’s Epee: Richard PURDIE (NSW) Women’s Epee: Angela DOBSON-BLOCK (Vic) Men’s Sabre: Richard PURDIE (NSW) Women’s Sabre: Harriet JORDAN (NSW) All final rankings, detailed results (pools, D/E tableaux, etc) are available from: www.ausfencingevents.org Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=105 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:30:00 -0600 Chris Ryan The Australian Oympic Committee (AOC) had recently advised the Australian Fencing Federation (AFF) that following recent media reports regarding the use of colostrum by an Australian athlete, Dr Olivier Rabin, Director, Science of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) provided the following advice on 19 March: “WADA would like to take this opportunity to emphasize that colostrum contains Insulin Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) a substance prohibited under section S.2 of the 2008 WADA Prohibited List. Even if influence of oral intake of colostrum on plasma concentration of IGF-1 is still a matter of debate within the scientific community, WADA would like to alert that abnormal increase or level of blood circulating IGF-1 would be considered as potentially revealing doping practices (e.g hGH or IGF-1 intake) by athletes. WADA wishes to draw your utmost care in the use of colostrum by athletes.” Given WADA's cautionary advice, the AOC has recommended, in the strongest possible terms, that athletes and sports officials on the inherent risks of using colostrum as a supplement and counsels them against its use. With respect of WADA’s advice, it is appropriate to extend the AOC recommendation to all products containing colostrum, including Travelan. The AOC had initially recommended the use of Travelan by teams traveling to China as a traveller’s diarrhoea prevention agent. However, given this most recent advice the AOC does not now support its use by members of the Australian Olympic Team or AFF athletes. The AOC will now review other possible preventative measures for traveller’s diarrhoea and provide the AFF with further advice in due course. This information and recommended action is being drawn to the attention of all athletes on the AFF Weapon Squads and those competing at the upcoming Cadet & Junior World Championships and the Asian Senior Championships. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=106 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:30:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Modifications to FIE Rule t.47.2 which comes into effect as of 1st January 2009 and modifies the target area in Foil to include the bib of the mask. 'The target at foil excludes the limbs and the head. It is confined to the trunk, the upper limit being the collar up to 6 cm above the prominences of the collar bones; at the sides to the seams of the sleeves, which should cross the head of the humerus; and the lower limit following a horizontal line across the back joining the tops of the hip bones, thence by straight lines to the junction of the lines of the groin. It also includes the part of the bib below a horizontal line that is 1.5 - 2 cm lower than the chin and which, in any case, cannot be lower than the line of the shoulders.' The AFF intends to adopt this new rule as of 1 January 2009. Further details regarding the proposed new technology to cover the bib and make it part of the valid target will be supplied by the FIE during 2008. It is anticipated that this will involve a cover for the bib that is connected to the lame jacket, thus making it part of the valid target. http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=104 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:30:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached for your information, and circulation as appropriate within your local Fencing community, is the Australian Team for the 2008 Fencing Confederation of Asia (FCA) Senior Championships.The Championships will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 24th - 29th April 2008.On behalf of the Australian Fencing community, the AFF congratulates all team members on their selection and wishes each of them the very best for the Championships. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=103 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached please find an updated circular providing weapons check information and accommodation details for the 2008 AFF National Competition Circuit - Tournament #1 (DH McKenzie Tournament). Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=102 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:30:00 -0600 Chris Ryan Attached please find the competition timetable for the 2008 AFF National Tournament #2, the inaugural Robyn Chaplin Memorial Tournament to be held at Scotch College in Adelaide, South Australia from 7 to 9 June 2008.Please note that entries from State Associations close with the FencingSA(with copies also to the AFF) on Friday 23 May 2008. Where State Associations have set their own local closing dates for entries, they must ensure that entries are lodged with FencingSA and AFF no later than 23 May 2008.Entry forms and instructions for lodging entries will be circulated separately to State Associations.The entry fees are $55 per individual entry for each event, except in Veterans events where one entry fee entitles a fencer to compete in other Veterans events. Late entry fees of $100 per individual entry for each event will be charged for entries received after the closing date (23 May 2008) and up to roll call on the day of the event.All States Associations are reminded that both the State Association and the individual fencer must be affiliated with the AFF before a fencer can compete.An updated information sheet which will include advice on accommodation options will be circulated in the next few weeks. The attached timetable should allow interested fencers to plan and make necessary travel arrangements taking advantage of any available discounted travel otpions.Please distribute the competition information circular amongst your local Fencing community for the information of interested fencers. This information is also available on the Australian Fencing Events website (www.ausfencingevents.org) Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=101 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:30:00 -0700 Chris Ryan Attached please find an information circular and nomination forms for the 2008 Asian Senior Fencing Championships to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 23-29 April 2008.Nominations for selection for the Australian Team close with the AFF on Monday 3rd March 2008.Nomination forms should be forwarded to:Mr Andrew IusAFF Director64 Princes StreetWilliamstown, Victoria, 3016Fax: (03) 9397 8113 or Email: secgen@ausfencing.orgPlease circulate the attached information to your local Fencing community. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=100 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:00:00 -0700 Chris Ryan Attached please find an information circular (with timetable and venue information) for the first AFF national tournament for 2008 to be held in Melbourne from 28 - 30 March. The November 2007 AFF General Meeting agreed to re-name the AFF#1 Tournament the DH McKenzie Tournament, in light of the FencingSA request to name the AFF#2 Tournament the Robyn Chaplin Memorial Tournament. Please distribute the information circular amongst your local Fencing community for the information of interested fencers. Please note that entries from State Associations close with Fencing Victoria (copies to the AFF) on Friday 14th March 2008. State Associations should set set their own local closing dates for entries, so as to ensure that entries are lodged with Fencing Victoria and the AFF no later than 14 March 2008. Instructions for State Associations to lodge entries will be circulated closer to this date. Entries can only be received through an affliated State Association. The entry fees are $55 per individual entry for each event, except in Veterans events where one entry fee entitles a fencer to compete in other Veterans events. Late entry fees of $110 per individual entry for each event will be charged for entries received after the closing date (14 March 2008) and up to roll call on the day of the event. All States Associations are reminded that both the State Association must be affiliated with the AFF and all capitations paid for their fencers before a fencer can compete. Andrew Ius for AFF http://www.ausfencing.org/index.php?articleID=99 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:00:00 -0700 Chris Ryan Championships. Anyone interested in competing in these Championships, should respond directly to the Championships organisers. While these Championships do not provide the opportunity for points under the AFF Selection Policy, such events provide opportunities for those interested or seeking international experience. Andrew Ius for AFF