2025 Australian Youth Circuit (AYC#3)
December 5, 2025 - December 7, 2025
Tournament Schedule
Thursday – 4th December
Equipment Control will be open 17:00-19:00
Friday – 5th December
Equipment Control will open 08:00-09:00 & 10:00-11:00
09:00 AYC Boy’s Foil
AYC Boy’s Foil Teams
11:00 AYC Girl’s Epee
AYC Girl’s Epee Teams
Saturday – 6th December
Equipment Control will be open 08:00-09:00 & 10:00-11:00 & 12:00-13:00
09:00 AYC Boy’s Sabre
AYC Boy’s Sabre teams
11:00 AYC Girl’s Foil
AYC Girl’s Foil Teams
13:00 U13 Boys’ Foil*
Sunday – 7th December
Equipment Control will be open 08:00-09:00 & 10:00-12:00
09:00 AYC Boy’s Epee
AYC Boy’s Epee Teams
11:00 AYC Girl’s Sabre
AYC Girl’s Sabre Teams
12:00 U13 Girls’ Foil*
* Trial Events – Open to fencers who are under the age of 13 as of the 1st Jan 2025, and over the age of 8 as of 5th Dec 2025.
The AYC Special Teams events are 4 teams of 4 fencers made from the top fencers from the individual events. Fencers will be asked if they want to participate at time of entry via Register Now. The top 16 fencers in the individual results that agree will be selected. The 4 teams will be formed along the following principle:
| Team | Ranked fencers |
| Team 1 | 1,8,9,16 |
| Team 2 | 2,7,10,15 |
| Team 3 | 3,6,11,14 |
| Team 4 | 4,5,12,13 |
If there are less than 16 fencers these numbers will be adjusted utilising the above principle. This will be determined by the DT at the time.
Location
Victorian State Fencing Centre
204-206 Arden Street
North Melbourne,
Victoria
3051
Australia
Acknowledging the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation people
The Australian Fencing Federation acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land where this tournament is being held, and pays respect to ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
Registrations open: October 14, 2025
Early bird closes at 4:00pm (Syd Time) on November 8, 2025
Registrations after this time attract a higher registration fee.
All registrations close 4:00pm (Syd Time) on November 22, 2025
No registrations will be accepted after this time.
Entry Management
to confirm your entry has been correctly received, please check the Fencers List below one hour after you have registered. If there are any issues with the recorded entry please email [email protected]
If you are no longer able to attend the tournament, please email [email protected]
Important
Fencers are required to be present at the venue and checked in with the DT no later than 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of their event. Failure to do so may result in removal from the event.
It is strongly recommended that equipment control be completed the day before your event. Please be aware that processing times at equipment control may exceed 30 minutes, depending on demand.
Additional information
Important:
Equipment standards for the Under 13 events is the same as the national schools events.
However, equipment standards for the AYC events is FIE standard equipment.
Fees and charges:
Note, some states may add a state levy to cover team management and other state-related costs. These levies are in addition to AFF tournament charges and are collected at the time of registration. Please check your state association website for more information.
IMPORTANT - Entries via JustFence
Entries for this event must be made by accessing the AFF JustFence system. YOu need to have an account in JustFence, with your membership from your state added.
If you have not accessed JustFence before, you will need to create an account. Fencers in ACT, QLD and WA are able to purchase memberships for their state within JustFence. Fencers in NSW, SA and VIC need to ensure they have purchased their membership in their states system, and their state needs to transfer the membership to JustFence.