Fencing Central Junior Championships 2025

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Wellington Swords Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend the 2025 Central Junior Championships.

Date: Saturday 5 April to Sunday 6 April 2025.
Venue: Main Gym, Rongotai College, Tirangi Road, Wellington (entry to the driveway is by 84, Tirangi Road).
Entries Due: Thursday 3 April. Late entries will be accepted but fencers may need to pay a late entry fee.
Eligibility: All competitors must be aged 19 years or younger as of 1 January 2025.

EventRegistration Start Time
Saturday 5 April
Men’s Foil9:30am10:00am
Women’s Foil10:30am11:00am
Sunday 6 April
Men’s Epee8:30am9:00am
Women’s Sabre9:30am10:00am
Women’s Epee11:30am12:00pm
Men’s Sabre12:00pm12:30pm
Entry Form

NZ Under 15 and Cadet Championship 2025

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Fencing Central and Fencing New Zealand invite you to attend the National Under 15 and Cadet (Under 17) Championships from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 April 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Date: Saturday Friday 18 to Sunday 20 April 2025
Venue: Tindall Gym, Wellington High School, 249 Taranaki Street, Wellington
Entries Due: Friday 11 April 2025. Late entries after this date are at the discretion of the DT and Tournament Organisers and will incur a $50 late fee.

Entry Form and Information
EventRegistrationStart Time
Friday 18 April
U15 Men’s Foil7:45am8:30am
U15 Women’s Epee8:00am8:45am
Cadet Men’s Sabre8:30am9:15am
Cadet Women’s Sabre8:30am9:15am
Cadet Women’s Foil10:30am11:15am
Cadet Men’s Sabre Teams11:15am12:00pm*
Cadet Women’s Sabre Teams11:15am12:00pm*
U15 Men’s Foil Teams12:15pm1:00pm*
U15 Women’s Epee Teams12:45pm1:30pm*
Cadet Women’s Foil Teams2:15pm3:00pm*
Saturday 19 April
U15 Men’s Epee7:45am8:30am
U15 Women’s Foil8:00am8:45am
Cadet Men’s Foil8:30am9:15am
U15 Men’s Sabre9:45am10:30am
U15 Women’s Sabre9:45am10:30am
Cadet Women’s Epee10:15am11:00am
U15 Men’s Epee Teams11:45am12:30pm*
U15 Women’s Foil Teams11:45am12:30pm*
U15 Men’s Sabre Teams12:15pm1:00pm*
U15 Women’s Sabre Teams12:15pm1:00pm*
Cadet Men’s Foil Teams12:45pm1:30pm*
Sunday 20 April
Cadet Men’s Epee7:45am8:30am
Cadet Womens Epee Teams9:45am10:30am
Cadet Mens Epee Teams10:45am11:30am

*Start time of team event dependent on timing of individual event.

2025 Central Under 9, Under 11 and Under 13 #1

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Wellington Swords Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend the Fencing Central Under 9, Under 11 and Under 13 competition #1 on Sunday 23 March 2025.

Date: Sunday 23 March 2025
Venue: WSC Club Rooms, 8 Tanera Crescent, Brooklyn
Entry fee: $20.00 for one event, $30.00 for 2+ events.
Entries due: Entries are due by Friday 21 March

Eligibility

  • Under 11 is open to any fencer aged 8 or younger on January 1st 2025.
  • Under 11 is open to any fencer aged 10 or younger on January 1st 2025.
  • Under 13 is open to any fencer aged 12 or younger on January 1st 2025.
Sunday 23 March
EventRegistrationStart Time
Mixed U11 Foil8:30am9:00am
Mixed U13 Foil11:30am12:00pm*
Mixed U9 Foil12:30pm1:00pm*
Mixed U9 and U11 Epee10:30am11:00am*
Mixed U13 Epee1:00pm1:30pm

*Start time may be delayed due to previous events.

Entry Form

Fencing Central U15 & Cadet Championship 2025

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Wellington Swords Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend the Central Under 15 and Cadet Championships 2025.

Date: Saturday 8th March to Sunday 9th March 2025
Venue: Main Hall, Rongotai College, 170 Coutts Street, Wellington
Entries due: Thursday 6th March 2025. Entries received after this date will attract a late entry fee.
Entry fee: $40.00 for one weapon. $50.00 for 2+ weapons.

Saturday 8th March
EventRegistration Start Time
Cadet Men’s Foil8:30am9:00am
Cadet Women’s Foil9:00am9:30am
U15 Men’s Foil11:30am12:00pm
U15 Women’s Foil12:00pm12:30pm
Sunday 9th March
EventRegistration Start Time
U15 Men’s Epee8:30am9:00am
U15 Women’s Epee9:00am9:30am
U15 Men’s Sabre10:00am10:30am
U15 Women’s Sabre10:00am10:30am
Cadet Men’s Epee11:00am11:30am
Cadet Women’s Epee11:30am12:00pm
Cadet Men’s Sabre1:30pm2:00pm
Cadet Women’s Sabre2:00pm2:30pm
Registration Form

Trefoil 2025

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Victoria University of Wellington Swords Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend Trefoil 2025 from 22nd to 23rd February 2025. Trefoil is a ranked competition for 2025.

Please note the Fencing Central Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 23rd February between the Epee and Sabre events at Trefoil.

Date: Saturday 22nd February to Sunday 23rd February 2025
Venue: Victoria University of Wellington Recreation Centre, Waiteata Road, Wellington
Entries due: Thursday 20th February 2025

Saturday 22nd February
EventRegistrationStart Time
Individual Epee9:15 – 9:30am9:45am
Sunday 23rd February 11:30 – 11:45am
Individual Foil9:15 – 9:30am9:45am
Fencing Central AGM12:00pm
Individual Sabre1:00 – 1:15pm1:30pm
Entry Form

Notice of Fencing Central AGM 2025

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Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Fencing Central Inc. for the financial year ending 31 December 2024, is to be held on Sunday 23rd February 2025 in conjunction with the Trefoil Competition hosted by VUWSC.

Date: Sunday, 23rd February 2025
Time: 12:00pm start
Location: Victoria University of Wellington Recreation Centre, Waiteata Road, Wellington

Affiliated members of Fencing Central Inc for 2024 financial year, aged 18 years and over, are eligible to vote on matters arising at the AGM. Nominations for the management committee and notices of motions have closed. No notices of motions were received.

Please find below links to the key documents for the 2025 AGM, including the agenda, the Annual Report (including the President’s report and Secretary’s report) and the Treasurer’s report.

Election of new committee members
A total of one nomination was received for each of the positions of President, Secretary and Treasurer. Seven nominations were received for the positions of General Executive member (there may be up to seven General Executive members on the Central Committee). Please note that this means that there will be no voting for the committee members for 2025 as all positions are uncontested. This means a proxy voting form will not be circulated.

A video link will be made available for those attending the AGM via Video conferencing. For any questions, please contact secretary@fencingcentral.org.nz

Notice of 2025 AGM
2025 AGM Agenda
Annual Report 2024
Treasurer’s Report 2024
Minutes from 2024 AGM

Fencing Central Awards 2024

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Fencing Central invites you to attend the Fencing Central Annual Awards 2024. At the end of every year, the Fencing Central community comes together to celebrate success both on and off the piste.

We invite you to complete the nomination form below. You can make nominations for some or all award categories. For all nominations, please briefly state your reason for the nomination.

While some awards are determined by competition results, there are also several awards for which you can nominate members of the Fencing Central community to acknowledge their contributions to the sport.

Date: Saturday 7 December 2024, 7pm
Venue: WSC Club Rooms, 8 Tanera Crescent, Brooklyn
Nominations close on Friday 6th December. Please only complete the nomination form once.

Nomination Form

Fencing Central Veteran Championships 2024

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Wellington Swords Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend the Central Veteran Championships 2024 on the 1st of December.

Date: Sunday 1 December 2024
Venue: WSC Club Rooms, 8 Tanera Crescent, Brooklyn
Entry fee: $40.00 for one event, $50.00 for 2+ events.
Entries due: Entries are due by Friday 29 November.

Eligibility:
To be eligible to compete in Veteran events in 2024, the fencer must be aged 40 years or older this year (if the fencer starts the year as 39 years old and turns 40 before 31 December 2024, this is acceptable). 

Sunday 1 December
EventRegistrationStart Time
Veteran Individual Foil9:00 – 9:15am9:30am
Veteran Individual Epee11:30 – 11:45am12:00pm
Veteran Individual Sabre2:00 – 2:15pm2:30pm
Entry Form

Fencing Central First Aid Course 2024

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Fencing Central is funding a First Aid course to help ensure our community are prepared and appropriately skilled for the unlikely event of emergency. The course will be run by St John.

This course is free to take part in, however, registration is limited to the first 20 applicants.

Date: Saturday 7th December 2024, 8:30am – 5:00pm
Venue: Wellington Swords Club, 2 Tanera Crescent Brooklyn, Wellington
Registration due: by 10:00pm, Sunday 1st December 2024. For any queries or withdrawals, please contact secretary@fencingcentral.co.nz
Entries due: Entries are due by Friday 15th November. Late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the tournament organiser.

Registration

Central Under 11 & Under 13 #4 2024

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Fencing Central invites you to attend the fourth Under 11 and Under 13 competition on Sunday 17th November 2024.

Date: Sunday 17th November 2024
Venue: Upper Hutt College Gym, Moonshine Road, Trentham, Upper Hutt
Entry fee: $20.00 for one event, $30.00 for 2+ events.
Entries due: Entries are due by Friday 15th November. Late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the tournament organiser.

Eligibility:
Under 11 is open to any fencer aged 10 or younger on January 1st 2024.
Under 13 is open to any fencer aged 12 or younger on January 1st 2024.

Sunday 17th November
EventRegistrationStart Time
Mixed U11 Foil8:30am9:00am
Mixed U11 Epee9:00am9:30am*
Mixed U13 Foil10:30am11:00am*
Mixed U13 Epee11:00am11:30am*
*Please note that start times of events may be delayed due to previous events.
Registration form