People Development Consultation

Scottish Fencing recognise that People Development is a key area to the development of the sport. A strong and resilient workforce is essential to the future growth and sustainability of fencing in Scotland. As part of our 2022-2025 strategy, we have committed to undertaking a People Development consultation with the fencing membership. 

We have created a short survey which is open for anyone with an interest in the development of the sport to complete and have your say. The findings from the consultation will be used to develop an action plan for the delivery of education and support which meets the needs of the fencing community. The survey will only take 5 minutes to complete and we would love to hear your thoughts! 

To complete the survey, Click here.

The survey will remain open until midnight on 12th March.

Scottish Youth Championships 2023

The Scottish Youth Championships took place over the weekend at Salle Holyrood Fencing Club. Over 70 fencers competed across all weapons and age-groups throughout the weekend. Congratulations to everyone who took part.

Scottish Fencing would like to extend our thanks to all of the volunteers who came along to help with DT, Refereeing, Floor Manager throughout the weekend and helped to make the event a success.

Full results can be found below.

Epee

Under 15 Women’s Epee

Under 17 Women’s Epee

Under 20 Women’s Epee

Under 13 Men’s Epee

Under 15 Men’s Epee

Under 17 Men’s Epee

Under 20 Men’s Epee

Foil

Under 13 Women’s Foil

Under 15 Women’s Foil

Under 17 Women’s Foil

Under 20 Women’s Foil

Under 13 Men’s Foil

Under 15 Men’s Foil

Under 17 Men’s Foil

Under 20 Men’s Foil

Sabre

Under 13 Women’s Sabre

Under 15 Women’s Sabre

Under 17 Women’s Sabre

Under 13 Men’s Sabre

Under 15 Men’s Sabre

Under 17 Men’s Sabre

Under 20 Men’s Sabre

Veterans Home Nations 2023

The Scotland team has been finalised for this year’s Veterans Home Nations match in Dublin on 25 March. The weapon teams are:

Women’s Foil

Sheila Anderson, Ruth Davidson, Louisa Dawson, Helen Pitt

Men’s Foil

Ian Fielding, Mike McKay, Paul Stanbridge

Women’s Epee

Karen Grant, Lorna Smith, Maggie Tait

Men’s Epee

Andrew Brown, Hugh Kernohan, George Liston

Women’s Sabre

Silvia Brown, Viv Frith, Roz Graham, Michele Narey

Men’s Sabre

Keith Davidson, Richard Foster, Mo Mansoori, Kev Milne

Para-Fencing Coach CPD

We will be running a para-fencing coach CPD weekend on 11-12 March. The session will be at Forrester High School, 212 Broomhouse Road, EH12 9AE, Edinburgh.

The weekend is aimed at anyone who is interested in developing their knowledge and confidence to support para-fencers. You don’t have to have a coaching qualification to attend but you must be a member of Scottish Fencing. We welcome fencers who would like to support their club to develop it’s offering to para-fencers.

Attendees can attend both days or just one day, it is not necessary to attend both days but the content will be different on each day so attendance at the two days is recommended.

Timings for the weekend

Saturday 11th March - 11am-5pm

Sunday 12th March - 11am-5pm

Venue

Forrester High School, 212 Broomhouse Road, Edinburgh, EH12 9AE

More information

Places are free, however the number of places are limited so we will require a £10.00 per day deposit to secure your place which will be refunded after the weekend. If anyone has to cancel in advance of the weekend, their deposit will be refunded as long as they inform us by emailing clare.queen@scottish-fencing.com. No shows will not be refunded.

To register, please click here.

BYC - regional qualifiers

There are only qualifiers in East and Central Region. Fencers can check their region; this is shown on your sport80 account. The qualifiying event must match the region listed on sport80 or fencers will not be allowed to fence in the finals in Sheffield.

 Scotland East BYC Qualifiers

The 2023 British Youth Championships are in Sheffield 29 April to 1 May.

Entering the qualifiers is mandatory for participation in the National Finals. Parents of any fencers hoping to take part are invited to contact Don McKenzie on 07732 781464 who is coordinating the qualification process for Scotland (East).

Don will need the fencers' British Fencing membership number, the contact details of a parent or guardian and to know which event (sex, weapon and age-group) is appropriate. The qualifier fee is £11 and the closing date for entering is Wednesday 22nd February.

Information about the Finals can be found at https://www.britishfencing.com/2023-british-youth-championships/

Scotland Central BYC Qualifiers

Entries will be live on sport80 in the coming days.

Election of Directors

Three proposals were received to stand for election to the Board. As there are three vacancies no ballot is required. Sam McLellan and Moya Nelson will succeed Sheila Anderson and Adam Szymoszowskyj as Elected Directors, on 24 February and Paul Vaughan will continue to serve for a second term four-year term.

Hugh Kernohan, Electoral Officer

Proposals for Election as Director - update

Proposals for election as a Director have been received from Sam McLellan (proposal form), Moya Nelson (proposal form) and Paul Vaughan (proposal form ),

Further proposals must be made before 1800 on Friday 3 February and will be published here once validated.

Proposals for Election as Director

Proposals for election as a Director have been received from Sam McLellan (proposal form) and Moya Nelson (proposal form).

Further proposals must be made before 1800 on Friday 3 February and will be published here once validated.

Election of Directors - 2023

Scottish Fencing is seeking nominations for three Elected Director posts, to serve on the Board for four-year terms from March 2023.

The terms of office of Sheila Anderson, Paul Vaughan and Adam Szymoszowskyj come to an end on 23 February 2023. Sheila has completed a second four-year term as a Director and cannot stand for a third consecutive term. Adam has indicated that he will not be standing again. Paul Vaughan does intend to seek re-election.

If you want to help lead Scottish Fencing and you have the time to commit please return a completed Proposal Form by 1800 Friday 3 February 2023. Nominees must be current members of Scottish Fencing.

Click here for the Proposal Form.

Submitted Proposal Forms will be published on the Scottish Fencing website as soon as they are validated. An election will be held if more than three valid nominations are received by the deadline of 1800 Friday 3 February 2023.

The Board’s role is to provide strategic leadership for fencing in Scotland, to oversee the activities of Scottish Fencing's staff and volunteers, to maintain its ethical standards and legal obligations, and to safeguard the mental and physical well-being of everyone fencing here.

If you would like to find out more you can speak to Scottish Fencing’s COO, Clare Queen or any of the current Board – email clare.queen@scottish-fencing.com to arrange a call back. You can read a description of the directors’ roles here.

 You can find Scottish Fencing’s Articles of Association, Bye-Laws and other key documents about the Board's work here https://www.scottish-fencing.com/meeting-minutes-strategies.

As part of our commitment to being an equality driven organisation, we strive to provide equality of opportunity for members, volunteers and staff and we will promote a work culture that values diversity.

If you have a disability or have any difficulty in completing the application process please reach out via email to admin@scottish-fencing.com or telephone on 07803207349.

Hugh Kernohan
Electoral Officer (elections@scottish-fencing.com)

2022 Scottish Fencing Award Winners

Congratulations to all our 2022 Award Winners. Stan Stoodley, President of Scottish Fencing, at the 2022 AGM added that it was very hard to single anyone out as there were so many fantastic performances and improvements made this year. Scottish Fencing will make the award presentations in the coming weeks. Check our social media channels to see the presentations.

Our 2022 winners are:

Crosnier Coaching Award

Phil Carson

Phil’s Nomination

His record this last year speaks  for itself. He had:

·       21 members in Commonwealth teams 

·       9  members in British  teams 

·       gold medallist  in u12  British  championship 

·       British members in the cadets juniors senior and veteran teams

And he kept coaching online during the lockdown and beyond.

picture by d bryden

“I’d like to thank Stephen Rennie for nominating me for this award in what has been a challenging but rewarding year.  We have an amazing coach community in Scotland and I’m delighted to accept the award on behalf of all our coaches at Salle Ossian and across the coaching community who work tirelessly to give people the opportunity to participate in our amazing sport"

Crosnier Quaich – Performance

Callum Penman

Callum’s Nomination

Callum Penman for his continued stellar attitude, sportsmanship, and hard work. His achievements this year have been outstanding. Domestically he is the current Men’s Foil Scottish Open Champion. Internationally he won multiple medals including: 2022 commonwealth silver senior team, silver junior individual, and gold cadet team events. On the European circuit he won the Cadet event in Manchester and team Silver at the European Championships. Most recently he was selected to compete in his first Senior World Cup in Bonn, making it out of the pools and placing 149th. Peter Pan has nothing on this guy!

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“I would like to thank Scottish fencing very much for this award and I’m very happy to receive it. Also would like to thank Paul Stanbridge for nominating me and would really like to show my appreciation to my coach Keith Cook who’s been coaching me since I was 6 years old and who’s helped me get to where I am today. Lastly I would like express my gratitude to Salle Holyrood for being the sort of club that encourages me and other fencers to reach their full potential.”

Sword of Merit

Sean Walton

Sean’s Nomination:

Sean has been a stalwart of Scottish Fencing for at least 40 years, as fencer, team member, coach to a variety of high achieving fencers, selector and founding member of Salle Holyrood.

In recent years he has been recognised by BF for his innovative work on the Fencing podcast and is well known from commentating on fencing competitions worldwide, with his own personal style. It has been an impressive contribution.

It has culminated this year, in his creation of the Commonwealth Experience Video.  As I look at how we will celebrate 100 years of SF next year, the video offers me a personal memory of this years’ Commonwealth competition and SF a historical record. Thank you

“Delighted to win this award. Like an early Christmas present but much bigger and more difficult to wrap.”