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 2025.

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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*** EDIT ***
Saturday 12th April

0800 - 0815 Mixed Foil registration
0830 Mixed Foil starts

1000 - 1030 Women's Epee registration*

1100 Women's Epee starts (As soon as Women's foil final is completed)

1215 - 1245 Mixed Sabre registration*
1330 Men's Sabre 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:

****EDIT****
Standard Registration closes on Tuesday 8th April at 2359.

Team Entries Close on Tuesday 8th April at 2359

****EDIT****

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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:

Current equipment standards for FENZ competitions are available here.

Note: this is a New Zealand National competition so the New Zealand specific rules are in place. Not the FIE rules

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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.