Fencing Mid South Secondary Schools Championships 2026

Timetable 

Sunday 2 August

8am - 8.15am            Men's Epee Individual registration

8.30am                      Men's Epee starts

8.30am - 8.45am     Women's Foil Individual registration

9.00am                         Women's Foil starts**

11am - 11:15am          Mixed Sabre Individual registration

11:30am                     Mixed Sabre starts (or sooner if all competitors are available)

12pm - 12:15pm        Women's Epee Individual registration

12.30pm                    Women's Epee starts

12.30pm - 12:45pm      Men's Foil Individual registration

1:00pm                           Men's Foil starts**

 

Entries close Wednesday 29th July, 10pm.  (Late  registration will attract $10 late fee)

Eligibility: This competition is for Year 9 to Year 13 students who are enrolled in high school, correspondence school or are home schooled. If you are a year 8 student who is enrolled in a school that teaches up to year 13 please talk to your coach to see if you are eligible to fence in this competition. 

Participants must be current affliated members of Fencing New Zealand  (ie: have paid their membership fee for the 2026 year).

If you haven't renewed your membership yet, click on the link below or copy and paste into your browser...

https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/486859

** If there are not enough competitors for separate boys and girls events the mixed foil competition will start at the Women's foil time - Sunday 2nd August, 9am. Competitors will be notified by email of this change once entries have closed.

Format: 

This competition will have both individual and school team events.  Foil, Epee and Sabre will be fenced.

Individual Event: 

First Round: poules with bouts to 5 hits.

Second Round: Direct Elimination to 15 hits.  B rounds will be fenced if there is enough fencers. 

Separate events will be held for Boys and Girls as long as there are 4+ competitors in each gender. Encourage your school mates to come to this competition too.

Medals/Trophies:

Individual Competition: Medals will be awarded for first, second, third/ third equal depending on numbers.

Entry Fee:

Individual Competition: $30 per weapon. 

Gear Requirements

Minimum 350N jacket, 350N plastron,  350N breeches or tracksuit pants, 350N mask, 350N glove. Chest protectors are compulsory for girls. Lame Foil bibs are not required.  Standard (non-FIE) blades are acceptable.

350N+ Mask. All masks must have the new strapping system and have good quality elastic. Leon Paul Contour-Fit masks must have a secondary strap  security fitting at the back. Visor masks are not acceptable. 

Gloves- Must have no hole for body wires.

Bayonet and 2 pin body wires accepted.

Leon Paul SR-71 blades that are stamped 08-2012 to 06-2015 will not be accepted. Leon Paul V blade stamped 08-2012 to 06-2015 without a unique serial number will not be accepted. (currently banned by Fencing NZ). 

Sabre: S2000 or later required. Visor Masks will not be accepted. Curly mask wires are not accepted. 

Fencer Salute

FIE rule t.122 was revised in October 2023 for the 2023/2024 season and will be applied at this competition.

Drug Free Sport

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/ 

Results 

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Enquiries

Please email the organisers on registrations@fencingmidsouth.org.nz