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British Youth Championships Qualifier – Yorkshire & North East Regions
8th February 2025
York Railway Institute, 24 Queen Street, YORK, North Yorkshire, YO24 1AD
Registrations closes 1st February 2025 12:00 AM
This event is classified also as Yorkshire Youth Championship for U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 – only Yorkshire affiliated fencers.
Two rounds of poules for both regions together and split for Direct Eliminations will be separate for Yorkshire and North East. Seeding will be based on combined results from two rounds of poules.
This is closed event for fencers with BF membership affiliated Yorkshire or North East FOIL only.
Please refer to British Fencing website for rules and equipment requirements.
Provisional check in times below. Check in times will be revised based on final entry numbers and fencers notified by email.
10:00 – U10, U12, U14
12:00 – U16, U18
The Year of birth for the different age groups are –
- Under 12 – 2013, 2014
- Under 14 – 2011, 2012
- Under 16 – 2009, 2010
- Under 18 – 2007, 2008
Entry: bf.sport80.com
Organiser: Yorkshire Fencing
Organiser Telephone: 07500760057
Organiser Email: gemminix@gmail.com
In order to enter fencers who are not currently members of British Fencing will need to join. For this, go to – britishfencing.com/become-a-member/ . Select ‘Compete’ membership category. Under 14 membership costs £37 and Under 20 costs £48 for the year.
If there are any problems with either membership or entry contact me on 07761284378 or info@adamblight-fencing.com
Adam Blight
(Head Coach)
Foil Coaching Workshop with Adam Blight
The workshop run on behalf of the British Academy of Fencing will demonstrate and explore individual lesson exercises in foil with a strong consideration of movement and it’s tactical implications. This will be a ‘sword in hand’ workshop open to BAF and non BAF coaches and also capable fencers who wish to receive lessons as part of the coaching practice. Recurrent themes in the different topics will be –
- Developing a good intuitions for – when to go, when not to go.
- Performing actions with – a good prospect of success.
- Performing actions in the context of tactically meaningful movement scenarios.
The day will work through the following topics –
Effective Simple Attacks – Following the mantra that – simple attacks are not simple, this practice will demonstrate a movement based approach to coaching simple attacks within individual lessons in a way which aims to ensure a fencer can develop – a good intuition for when to go and when not to go and perform simple attacks which have – a good prospect of success.
Movement Based Exercises – A series of predominantly choice reaction exercises where movement is a dominant factor and forms the basis for choice and decisions. The aim is that a fencer makes tactically appropriate decisions based on what is happening with the movement on the piste.
Pressing Actions – The use of pressing actions is a key component of today’s foil fencing. Exploring this topic will look at developing the capability for a fencer to effectively use and fence against pressing actions and for the coach to deliver lessons that enable this. In this topic the many different tactical and priority considerations are explored, and an approach on how to develop and deliver comprehensive pressing action based lessons and exercises is presented and practiced.
There will potentially an opportunity for club fencers to get the lessons from coaches taking part in the workshop and also learn more about fencing. To contact Adam, email:info@adamblight-fencing.com or mobile: 07761284378
The venue for this workshop is – The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP. The Workshop will run from 10:00am till 4:00pm on Saturday 28th December. The cost for coaches will be: BAF Members – £25, Non BAF Members – £30. Coaches can bring a fencer and capable fencers can attend subject to available places. There will be a short break for lunch and those attending should bring something to eat and drink. Places are limited and there are already some good coaches signed up. Any coach who want to sign up for the course should go to – Foil Coaching Workshop.
Fencing at Mount St Mary’s College on Mondays
We will be running Monday night club sessions from 7:00pm till 9:00pm at Mount St Mary’s College beginning on 12th October. These sessions will be conducted in accordance with British Fencing’s Covid Safe guidelines. Those participating will need to register prior to the session. This can preferably be done via Playwaze.com (link below)which is the activity registration service partnered with British Fencing, alternatively by text or email. Each session will cost £7.00 per session, payment for one or more sessions is payable by bank transfer to Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club, A/c No – 21215272, Sort Code – 40-41-37 (It says ‘free’ in the Playwaze portal as the website wouldn’t let me enter details). There will be no cash or cheque collections on the night. There will be a maximum group size of 18 selected on a first come first serve basis and training will take place in bubbles of six fencers. Those taking part are expected to have their own fencing equipment and all British Fencing Covid protocols will be followed. All those taking part should familiarise themselves with these guidelines from the British Fencing website. Parents not performing welfare or covid officer roles will be expected to remain outside the fencing salle. For any other details contact Adam at buccaneers@adamblight.plus.com or 07761284378.
Some key covid safe measures
- Masks to be worn when not actively engaged in training
- Training to take place in bubbles of up to 6 fencers, there will be no mixing between bubbles
- 2 metre social distancing to be observed in all practical circumstances
- Fencers should have their own gel and wipes
- Individual bouts will be for a maximum of 20 minutes
- No close quarter actions, referees to stop bouts where distance closes
- No handshakes but salutes at the beginning and end of bouts
- Individual lessons can only be provided to one bubble as a coach is classed as part of a bubble, this bubble will therefore have a maximum of 5 fencers. Any fencer who will want a lesson should let me know, Alternatively, I shall supervise the whole session
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