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There are four candidates for the three Board vacancies so an election will be held.  The qualifying date for eligibility to vote will be 5 February.  So if you want to vote make sure your membership is paid up. (All categories of members aged over 16 can vote except the free three-month 'Introduction to Fencing').  

Congratulations to the following fencers for their selection to represent Scotland at the 2019 Challenge Wratislavia tournament in March.

U15s Boys Foil

Jamie Cook

Nye Ulferis Kilpatrick

U13s Boys Foil

Callum Penman

David Kelly

Joseph Cox

U15s Girls Foil:

Ellen Buckley

Milenka Zadora

U13s Girls Foil:

Zoe Wagstaff

Ann-Emma Hu

Caroline Schmautz

U15s Boys Epee

Callum McGhee

Archie Tyler

Last year running four six-weapon events across one weekend was a considerable effort and only just manageable. Any oversubscription of entries for example or equipment failures could have made the event run late. This prompted the events director to consider how to reduce the overall number of events. 

Given we have an extremely busy weekend Scotland-wide for fencing on February 2nd/3^rd and athletes keen to participate at more than one event in more than one location it is critical for us to maintain a lean championships.

Scottish Fencing uses members' e-mail addresses for various purposes including team selection, information about grant applications, and importantly at the moment, the election of directors.

Would all members please make sure that the e-mail address listed on the Sport80 website is current and refers to an account which is checked routinely.  Otherwise, important messages may be delayed or not received at all.

The latest and final U13 rankings for Challenge Wratislavia are published below.

Full details on selection for CW were published earlier in the year. As a reminder this is what was set as criteria for selection: http://scottish-fencing.co.uk/fencers/2018/06/01/2019-challenge-wratislavia-outcome-feedback

For U15 fencers you can check the latest British Fencing cadet rankings here

Scottish Fencing’s Board comprises seven elected and two independent directors.  The Board appointed Morven Shaw in October to fill a casual vacancy arising from a resignation and two other vacancies arise in February when Billy Steele’s and Sheila Anderson’s terms of office expire.  The Board intends to seek nominations for three Elected Director posts, to serve for four-year terms, and hold an election in February if necessary.

Please complete the 2018 Equality Survey here. If you already have - thank you! The information collected is confidential and it only takes 1 minute to complete the survey.

The anonymised data helps Scottish Fencing (and the other home nations) make fencing more equitable and accessible.

#THISGIRLCAN Lara and Fleur's story

‘I’m a Woman’.. ‘Phenomenally.’. ‘Phenomenal woman’.. ‘That’s me’.

These lines, taken from the late Maya Angelou’s* poem Phenomenal Woman and, narrated by her, play over a video for the #thisgirlcan campaign (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoXyIxqFRc) which is encouraging girls and women to play sport, using “real” women role models.

Chloe Dickson, at 22 years old, has been fencing competitively for half her life. Her journey began by accident, when at the age of 10 she found a bag of her Dad’s old fencing gear under a bed. After being shown the basics at home, it was not long before she had persuaded her parents to take her along to the local fencing club.

Scottish Fencing has appointed the following as weapon captains for the Commonwealth Championships:

MF Keith Cook

WF Chloe Dickson

ME Calum Johnston

WE Alex Stewart

WS Sarahjane Hampson

MS Julian Ghosh