W. Dawn Memorial 2025

Happy New Year to all our Fencing Community and welcome to registration for our first open competition of 2025!

We’re excited to be up and running again and look forward to seeing you at the Netball Waitakere Centre, Te Pai Place, Henderson. 

This will be a non-ranking event and as this our first open tournament of the year, we will focus on an FUN & FRIENDLY OCCASION . If numbers permit we would like trial some variations on the traditional ‘Pool Round followed by Direct Elimination’ format employed in formal ranking competitions.

Depending on entry numbers in the various events we will use formats to try to maximise the amount of fencing for everyone. It will definitely mean lots of chocolate on offer.

Decisions about the format(s) will be made by the DT, and if possible communicated to fencers before the day.

12/2/25 UPDATE - Based on the numbers registered to date the plan is to base the tournament on a series of pool rounds, followed by friendly team matches. The team compositions will be derived from the primary compettion results and will be put together by the D T. 

Final format will ultimately be determined by the number of attendees on the day after new entries, withdrawals etc.

WE HOPE THIS WILL BE A FUN, ICE REAKER EVENT TO START THE YEAR!!

The objective for the day is to have fun!

Eligibility

You should  be over 13 years old on the day of competition…. BUT… 

(in special circumstances, and by agreement between a coach and the DT, students younger than 13 may be allowed to enter some of our Regional competitions) 

Please contact DT Fiona Campbell  at Fencingnorth.hot@gmail.com to ask 

Please see our competition entry agreement  HERE

Please click REGISTER (above) to enter the competition .

WHO’S COMING ?         (Entries will be updated regularly) 

Standard registration now available up to Thursday February 13th at 23.55h.

$30.00 plus booking and cc fees

Late entry is $50.00 plus booking and cc fees. Late entries are subject to availability and at the discretion of the DT.  Last entry 20.00h on Thursday 13th February. 

‘Out of Town’ Entries

This applies to any fencer from the FENCING NORTH REGION who does not reside in Auckland.
Our North Out Of Towners get a free standard registration. Please contact the DT for a discount code. 

Weapons Checking 

We will not be doing a full gear check before this competition, and there will be an element of self-refereeing throughout. 

COMPETITION TIMETABLE - DRAFT  SCHEDULE 

We will send you notifications of start times for each event when competitor numbers become clear.

MORNING EVENTS
 
Women’s Epee & Men’s Sabre or Mixed Sabre       8 - 8.15am registration       [ 9.00 start ] ??

 Men’s Foil        8.30 - 8.45 registration.        [9.30 start] ??
Please help with setup after registering.

MIDDAY/AFTERNOON EVENTS                                                                           

Men’s Epee        10.45-11.00am registration.   [11.30 start] ??      ##### THESE MORNING EVENTS 
Women’s Foil.    11.15- 11.30 registration.       [12.00 start] ??                 MAY START EARLIER  ######

FINAL START & REGISTRATION TIMES WILL BE NOTIFIED BY FRIDAY EVENING  WHEN ENTRIES KNOWN.

Please contact us first before entering multiple weapons.

Affiliation/Membership

To compete in Fencing North competitions you must be affiliated with Fencing New Zealand as a full competitive member. The FeNZ membership starts on 01/JAN  and lasts a calendar year. Please always sign up with the same name, otherwise we cannot find you and accredit ranking points.

FeNZ affiliation fees are additional to the competition entry. 

You can affiliate to Fencing New Zealand via the Sporty Portal      HERE

PLEASE NOTE: You will not be able to view the FeNZ affiliation number issued to you via Sporty at the moment, but as DT I can access this number via the FeNZ admin portal (Fiona)

Any questions re your FeNZ affiliation for this tournament should be directed to Fencing North Head of Tournaments