NZ National Junior Championships 2025

Fencing South and Fencing New Zealand invite you to attend the NZ National Junior Championships 2025 to be held at Claymore Swords Club in Dunedin on 12-13 April 2025

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Venue: Claymore Swords Club, 106 Bond Street, Dunedin 9011
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Eligibility:

To fence in the competition fencers must be under 20 years old on 1 January 2026.

Participants must be affiliated members of Fencing New Zealand who have paid their membership fee for the 2025 fencing year.

If you are not yet a member you can click on the link below to join Fencing New Zealand

FENZ MEMBERSHIP FORM

Affiliations of all competitors will be checked at time of entry

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Timetable for NZ National U20s 2025
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Saturday 12th April

0800 - 0815 Men’s Foil registration
0830 Men’s Foil starts

0815 - 0830 Women’s Sabre registration

0845 Women's Sabre starts

1000 - 1030 Women's Epee registration*

1100 Women's Epee starts*

1215 - 1245 Men's Sabre registration*
1330 Men's Sabre starts*

1300 - 1315 Women's Foil Registration

1400 Women's Foil Starts*

Men's Foil, Women's Sabre & Women's Epee Teams events are expected to start after individual events. Starting times will vary depending on completion of individual events.

Sunday 13th April

0730 - 0745 Women's Foil & Men's Sabre teams event registration

0800 Women's Foil & Men's Sabre teams event starts

0830 - 0900 Men’s Epee registration

0915 - 1000 Men’s Epee starts (Staggered start depending on availability of pistes)

Men's Epee Teams to start immediately after completion of individual event

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*Event start times will be released once final registration numbers are known
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For a current list of entrants and up to date timetable please see fencing time live here

Registrations:

Standard Registration closes on Sunday 30th March at 2359.

Team Entries Close on Sunday 6th April at 2359

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Late entry closes on Sunday 6th April at 2359 and will attract an additional fee of $50. Late entry will be at the discretion of the Head DT and Head Referee.

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Entry Fees
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Individual Event: $75 per weapon + booking fees.
Team Event: $100 per team + booking fees.

For each weapon and gender combination there is an allowance for a maximum of 2 teams per region. Regions may combine only if neither could field a team on their own.

Team nominations need to be sent to DT by Sunday April 6th. Please ensure contact details of team manager are supplied

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Competition Format
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Individual events: One round of poules (bouts to five points) followed by direct elimination rounds (bouts to 15 points). There will be no fence-off for Third Place.

Separate gender events will run except when a minimum of six participants in a gender is not achieved, in which case a mixed event will be fenced. 

Team Events:  Relay Matches to 45 points (Team members: min. 3, max. 4 per team)

Multiple Discipline Entry: If you are entered in multiple disciplines and the next discipline is scheduled to begin while you are still competing, it may be necessary for the event to start. In this event you may be expected to choose whether you continue competing in the ongoing discipline or withdraw to start the next event.

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Awards
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Medals: Gold, Silver and two Bronze medals will be awarded in each event.

Trophies:  A number of National Trophies are awarded at this competition.  Weapon related trophies will be presented during the medal ceremony for that event.   

Attention Previous Winners and fencing community *** We are on a TROPHY HUNT *** Please return all trophies previously awarded, otherwise we cannot give them out.

Equipment Standards:

Clothing: All clothing must be in a good state of repair. Fencers’ equipment & whites must be clean and recently washed.

Minimum of 1150N protection for torso, Made up of 350N jacket with an 800N plastron, or 800N jacket with 350N plastron

350N Breeches

350N Mask bib. The 2018 FIE mask fastening requirements are compulsory at all FeNZ competitions from 1st September 2021.  These are outlined in rule m.25.7.f and here

 m25.7.f

The mask must contain two different safety systems at the rear of the mask, with the two ends of the straps of the systems firmly affixed to the two sides of the mask. All masks must fit well and be in good condition. The elastic strap shall be in good working order with elasticity and be able return to its original position after stretching, without deformation. The hook and loop securing the elastic shall be capable of retaining the elastic and resisting removal. Leon Paul X-Change Masks must have a secondary Strap/Bar. Visor Masks are strictly prohibited for all 3 weapons.

The FIE 2018 strapping system requirements are now compulsory.

Gloves- Must be in good condition and have no hole for body wires. 800N gloves are required for Sabre.

Chest Protectors for Women are compulsory and optional for men and are to be worn beneath the plastron

Weapon Specific:

Foil: Lame Bibs (Curly mask wires are not permitted) and FIE blades required, 2 pin body wires are required.

Epee: FIE blades required. Leon Paul SR-71 epee blades dated 08-2012 to 06-2015, and Leon Paul V epee blades 08-2012 to 06-2015 without serial numbers - are currently banned by Fencing NZ.

Sabre: Maraging Sabre blades are required . Curly mask wires are not permitted.

All body wires must have clear plugs at both ends of the body wire.

Socks:

Fencers must wear socks which cover the leg right up to the breeches. These socks must be held up in such a way that they cannot fall down.

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Weapons Control
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Thursday 10th April

Venue: Claymore Swords Club,

106 Bond Street, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016

Time: 6:00pm to 7.30pm All weapons

Friday 11th April

Venue: Claymore Swords Club,

106 Bond Street, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016

Time: 6:00pm to 7.30pm All weapons

Additionally Weapons Control will be open one hour before the registration time of each event. Priority will be given to out-of-town fencers at this time. South fencers are expected to have had their weapons checked on Friday night at the.

Control marks: It is the fencer’s responsibility to ensure that all equipment that goes through weapons control has control marks. It is the fencer’s responsibility to ensure control marks are still present every time they go to the piste.

Video Refereeing:

Video Refereeing will be used for the final bout of all events. In all cases it will be used at the discretion of Head DT & Head Referee.

FIE rule t.122, is as amended and fencers will instead be required to salute each other, by way of acknowledging their opponent.

Drug Free:  By participating in this event, you agree that you have been warned of the potential of being selected for anti-doping testing and you will comply with anti-doping testing if required. The testing process and your rights and responsibilities as an athlete are outlined in the Drug Free Sport NZ website here: https://drugfreesport.org.nz/for-athletes/introduction-to-anti-doping/the-anti-doping-rules/ , global drug reference list

Piste Allocations and Results:  Live results will be posted To FencingTimeLive.com and QR codes containing the link will be posted at the venue.

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Podium Protocol
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All Fencers must wear a School, Club or National Tracksuit Jacket and either breeches or tracksuit pants together with Fencing Socks and Shoes while on the podium. No hats, sunglasses or other casual attire are to be worn on the podium during the presentation.

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Food
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A small food stall will be run at the venue and there are a number of cafes in the vicinity of the venue which will open later in the morning. It is still advised that packed lunches and snacks are brought to the venue for competitors to ensure they are on site whilst competing.

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Accommodation & Billets
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Most accommodation in Dunedin central is within drivable distance of the Claymore Swords Club Rooms.

Please Google “Dunedin Central accommodation” to find an up to date list of accommodation, though as noted above most accommodation within Dunedin will be close by.

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For any inquiries:
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Please email Heather Claydon officiating@fencing.org.nz or Sam Parish fencingsouth@gmail.com if you have any questions about this event.