News and Events

8 Dec 2011	Many of our top fencers went to Sydney over the weekend to compete in the Australian and Oceania Open National Championships. Open Men's Foil: Michael Dzodzos (22nd), Michael Hoeller (47th) and Louis Ritchie 63rd. The gents also made up the SA foil team, and came 9th. Open Women's Foil: Georgie Barratt (14th) Open Men's Epee: Matteo Barcheisi (5th), Sam Blackman (14th), Alex Lovell (38th), Stuart Marshall (46th), Leighlan Doe (59th), Peter Demaria (76th). Peter had to leave early, so unfortunately we couldn't have two SA teams composed entirely of ASC members, but our team that did compete came a respectable =3rd. Open Women's Epee: Ursula Menz (8th) Open Men's Sabre: Russell Hartup (23rd), Matteo Barcheisi (27th) A bit belatedley, congratulations also to the junior fencers who competed in the Junior National Championships in October! Junior Men's Epee: Leighlan Doe (24th) Junior Women's Epee: Rachel Aistrope (12th) Junior Men's Foil: Michael Dzodzos (29th), Henry Hondros (45th), Alex Davey (51st) Team result: 11th Junior Women's Foil: Georgie Barratt (8th), Gulsara Kaplun (13th) Rachel Aistrope (15th) Team result: =3rd

30 Sept 2011	Fencing SA School-Age Foil Team League Over the last term, Ursula and Leon have organised and run a team league for school-age children from the fencing clubs and schools in SA. 10 teams registered and fenced a poule over 9 weeks. 7 of the teams had fencers who are members of the club (and we've had a few visitors since then, too!), and the club itself fielded two teams. 1st: Scotch A (undefeated!). 2nd: Adelaide Swords Club A. 3rd: Pembroke. 4th: Adelaide Hills Fencing Club. 5th: Marryatville High School. 6th: Glenunga A. 7th: Scotch B. 8th: Adelaide Swords Club B. 9th: St Johns. 10th: Glenunga B. For more detailed results, check out the School Teams page . Good luck to the teams, all of which have registered for the Knockout Challenge this term.

14 August 2011	Congratulations to all the club members who competed at the open national tournament in Canberra over the weekend! It was a fantastic set up for the competition, held in the main arena of the Australian Institute of Sport. Thanks to Leon Thomas for being the State Coach. Open Women's Epee: Ursula Menz, 8th Open Men's Epee: Leighlan Doe, 28th; Stuart Marshall, 30th; Nick Pittman, 53rd; Peter Demaria, 54th Open Men's Foil: Michael Dzodzos, 37th; Peter Demaria, 56th Veteran Men's Epee: Nick Pittman, 9th

26 July 2011	More media! In addition to the stories atound AFF 2 (see 14 June, below), we had two more articles and a news story about fencers in our club. Ursula Menz and Seri WIlson were photographed and interviewed by the Adversiter at the Robyn Chaplin, but I have been unable to locate an electrronic copy of the article. You'll just have to take my word for it that the photo was incredibly flattering and the quotations were accurate. Jahan Penny-Dirmi and Michael Dzodzos were in the Eastern Courier: http://eastern-courier-messenger.whereilive.com.au/news/story/fencing-rivalry-up-to-a-point/ Most excitingly, the ABC's kids news show, Behind the News, got in touch with the club about doing a story on fencing. About 15 of our juniors came to Scotch one afternoon last week and shot the following story: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3277521.htm Looking good, everyone!

14 July 2011	Congratulations to all the club members who went to Perth recently to represent South Australia and compete in the Under 15 and 17 National Championships: Rachel Aistrope, Oliver Pring, Will Besanko, Lachlan Oerman, Jordan Pappalardo, Alex Davey, Henry Hondros, Rhona Hamilton, Louis Ritchie and Leighlan Doe. (I think I got everyone, sorry if anyone got left out!). Also to Michael Dzodzos, who was South Australia's refereeing delegate, and Leon Thomas for coaching everyone. For a full list of results, please visit http://www.ausfencing.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=145:2011-cadet-and-u15-national-championships&Itemid=48&layout=default

14 June 2011	AFF #2 Wrap-up Over the weekend our club members showed just how much they contribute to the state and national fencing community. A huge thankyou to all our members who volunteered at set up, pack up, refereeing, scoring and weapons check. We also ran the canteen for one and a half days of the tournament, so well done to eveyone who donated food and man hours towards the canteen. ASC also had a huge amount of members entering in the competitions, many of whom made their open national debut, and several coming away with medals. Congratulations to the following medallists from the club: Matteo Barcheisi (8th, Open Men's Epee), Seri Wilson (5th, Open Women's Epee), Jahan Penny-Dimri (5th, Open Men's Foil), David Brautigan (1st, Veteran Men's Epee) and Bruce Dawson (3rd, Veteran Men's Epee and winner of 50-59 caterogy). There was also media coverage of the event: check out this story about Georgie Barratt (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/fencers-out-to-prove-their-point/story-e6frecj3-1226069050220) in the Advertiser, and this clip of Jahan and Kira on Channel 10 news (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-c-BEoJZM)!

1 June 2011	We've got a big month ahead! The Robyn Chaplin Memorial Tournament is coming up on the June long weekend, Sat 11 - Mon 13 June, being held at Scotch College. The club will be closed, but come and spectate and watch some of the club's and nation's best fencers battle it out for national titles! June is also a big training month for our junior fencers, with the Under 15 and 17 National Championships happening in Perth at the start of July. Squad training is being offered to anyone who wishes to attend, Thursday nights at Scotch College, $10/session. Check out the Fencing SA website for more information.

29 May 2011	A big thanks to eveyone who came to the Fencing SA lunch today! It was great to have such a large cross-club event. Awards were given out to the fencers who received the highest number of points in their categories in 2010. Congratulations to the following ASC members: Nate Camatta (U11 Boys' Foil), Jordan Pappalardo (U13 Boys' Foil), Brooke Miller (U13 Girls' Foil), Leighlan Doe (U15 Boys' Foil), Georgie Barratt (U15 Girls' Foil), Michael Dzodzos (U17 Men's Foil, U17 Men's Epee, U20 Men's Foil, U20 Men's Epee), Gulsara Kaplun (U17 Women's Foil, U20 Women's Foil), Oliver Pring (U17 Men's Sabre), Matteo Barcheisi (Open Men's Epee), Ursula Menz (Open Women's Epee), Jahan Penny-Dimri (Open Men's Foil), David Brautigan (Veteran Men's Epee) and Lise Jensen (Veteran Women's Foil). Special thanks were also given to club members Stuart Marshall and Ursula Menz for their extra effort in supporting Fencing SA.

19 April 2011	Congratulations to the club members who fenced at AFF 1, achieving the following results: Men's Foil Jahan Penny-Dimri, 6th Michael Dzodzos, 25th Men's Epee Sam Blackman, 26th Nick Pittman, 38th Congratulations also to Jahan, who has been selected to fence in Shanghai next month in a Men's Foil Grand Prix World Cup!

16 April 2011	Well done to everyone who fenced today in the Term 1 Tournament! 1st Louis (U17 boys winner) 2nd Lachie (U13 boys winner) 3rd Will (U15 boys winner) 4th Rachel (U13 girls winner) = 5th Jordan = 5th Rhona (U15 girls winner) =7th Ollie =7th Connor 9th Bill (U11 winner) 10th Chung =11th Nate =11th Mitch

April 2011	ASC has a busy month ahead! Saturday 16th there will be a kids' foil competition like the one we did in December - one massive poule and everyone fencing everyone! During the school holidays there will be no Saturday classes, they resume 7th May. The club is closed on Easter Saturday and Monday as well. Saturday 16th also sees the first of three days of national competition at the D.H. Mackenzie Tournament in Brisbane. Good luck to our fencers! Wednesday 27th - Friday 29th is the Junior Development Camp. 8:30-3:15 daily at Scotch College, the camp is aimed at increasing fitness and fencing skills in our younger members, and is open to all fencers under 16, from all clubs! Email us for more details. Friday 29th at 7pm we're having a social dinner at Mesa de Osteria, 205 Glen Osmond Road. RSVP at the club.

March 2011	9 March We would like to say farewell to Alex Burgun! He is a French fencer who has been studying his PhD in Adelaide for the last few years, and has been training at ASC. During his time here he has been National Champion, been part of the gold-medal winning team for National Championship Team Epee, Australian University Champion and State Champion. He has been fantastic to have around and we hope to see him again one day! We will miss you, Alex. 10 March Congratulations to Michael Dzodzos who is currently in Bangkok, as part of the Australian team for the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships. He cane 46th in the Junior Men's Epee and was part of the team which came 6th. 14 March The local competition season is starting soon, please check the FencingSA website for more details. 19 March FencingSA have had their Annual General Meeting, and the following club members have been elected to the board: Nick Pittman (President), Matteo Barcheisi (VP), Sandra Penny-Dimri (Treasurer), Francie Dzodzos (Secretary). Club member Shayne Pay is the outgoing President, and we would like to thank him for the effort he has put in for the last five years.

2 Jan 2011	Happy New Year to all! Congratulations to club member Jahan Penny-Dimri who is currently in Europe and will be representing Australia in two World Cups in Open Men's Foil (Paris, France and La Coruna, Spain). Best of luck to him and his one-woman cheer squad, Ursula Menz.

10 Dec 2010	ASC fencers achieved the following results at the recent Open National Championships: Open Men's Foil Jahan Penny-Dimri, 9th Michael Dzodzos, 23rd Open Men's Epee Alex Burgun, 7th Jahan Penny-Dimri, 21st Stuart Marshall, 32nd Michael Dzodzos, 50th Matteo Barcheisi, 56th Alex Lovell, 58th Team: 6th Open Women's Epee Ursula Menz, 8th Seri Wilson, 13th Team: 3rd Open Women's Sabre Frances Williams, 14th

10 November 2010	Annual One-Touch Competition Saturday December 11th is the final event on ASC's calendar, the One-Touch 9am: Kids' Foil 11am: Unexpected Epee A BBQ will be held in the park opposite the Norwood Bowl after the competition. The club will be closed after this date, and re-open for general training on Monday January 10th, 2011. Saturday classes will resume around the start of term 1, date TBA.

13 October 2010	ASC results from Junior National Championships Michael Dzodzos, Henry Hondros and Alex Davey, all from Scotch College, came 5th in the National Schools Teams Championships Junior Men's Foil Michael Dzodzos, 16th Henry Hondros, 30th Alex Davey, 33rd Junior Men's Epee Michael Dzodzos, 18th Well done, boys!

5 August 2010	Adelaide Swords Club results from AFF #3 "Be Active" National Tournament Open Men's Foil Jahan Penny-Dimri, 3rd Michael Dzodzos, 32nd Open Men's Epee Alex Burgun, 1st Matteo Barcheisi, 3rd Jahan Penny-Dimri, 11th Stuart Marshall, 22nd Michael Dzodzos, 36th Open Women's Epee Ursula Menz, 6th

12 July 2010	ASC members are making their mark on the national fencing stage! At the recent Robyn Chaplin Memorial national tournament, Matteo Barcheisi came 3rd in the Open Men's Epee. At the Under 15 and Under 17 National Championships, Michael Dzodzos came 2nd (by one point!) in the cadet foil and 9th in the cadet epee. Jackson Michael came 12th in the cadet foil. Many of our younger members also went to this competition, representing SA for the first time, and we applaud their courage and effort. Shayne Pay and Iain Davidson have been selected as members of the Australian Team for the Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships.

1 June 2010	ASC will be running the canteen at the Robyn Chaplin national tournament on the June long weekend, and we are relying on donations of food from club members to help make it a success. Hot food is always a success, in the past we have made toasted sandwiches, baked potatoes with fillings, chilli con carne, curry and rice, as well as selling cakes, muffins, sports drinks and lollies (important for that pre-fence sugar hit!). If you would like to make a donation, please see a committee member at the club, or send us an email.

23 May 2010	ASC members excel at Challenge Australia Challenge Australia, an open world cup competition held in Sydney, has been and gone for another year, with club members performing to their very best! Women's results: Ursula Menz 20th Seri Wilson 21st Rowena Newcombe 23rd Men's results: Sam Blackman 53rd Alex Lovell 63rd

21 May 2010	Former club member and fencing parent Andrea Barratt has been elected to the Australian Fencing Federation Executive. We wish her all the best!