Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone, we resume training on the 10th January 2013.

Have fun and stay safe over the break

1. Marconi Fencing Academy AGM 13 February 2012
2. Registrations for 2012 are now open (due by Feb 17 2012)

Please see one of the Committee members for more information for the year, we will provide members with a guide to the year’s events and competitions on registration.

U/13 Foil Men’s followed by Women’s:

U/15 Foil Men’s followed by Women’s:

U/17 Foil Men’s followed by Women’s:

U/20′s Foil Men’s followed by Women’s:

Open Men’s Foil:

Open Ladies Foil:

Open Men’s Epee:

Club Grand Prix Rankings

As at 2/6/2011

This year, we hope to consolidate on what we’ve learned in the past few years and to continue to grow our membership and experience base.

All 2010 members are welcome to signup for this years training sessions and also enquire about opportinues throughout the year. Please contact the Secretary or President for any further details.

For any coaching enquiries, please contact Oreste Gentile, Academy President and Coach.

Wishing you all the very best of health and success in 2011!

Oreste Gentile
President, Marconi Fencing Academy

I would like to thank everyone who attended this year, it has been a rewarding year for everyone who put in the hard yards and subsequently recieved some encouraging results. Keep up the good work!

My thanks to the Committee and other members who filled in over the course of the year when I was unavailable to keep training going.

All the best over the break and we will hopefully see you at the AGM and Christmas Party (also presentation day).

Kind regards,

Oreste Gentile
Secretary and Academy Coach

Everyone can now go there to know what to expect and what is expected of fencers at training.

It currently has videos and will have training guides and other information in future.

Take a look and make sure you bookmark the page, its regularly updated.

Well worth the read.

Matthew Donald travelled to Seoul, Korea in July for the 2010 Asian World Cup. This was his first such event. The Australian team was one of the youngest to attend and although the results were close, they don’t indicate the preparation and hard work they’ve put in before the competition. The experience earned  kicks off the preparation for future tournaments for Matthew and the rest of the team. We will continue to watch out for more international results in the future. Good luck to all the team.

An increase in numbers at the Thursday night training sessions has given everyone who participates more exposure to intense bouting experience. Coupled with regular fitness
training, bouting is how most fencers will go on to effectively compete at all levels.  Monday also continues to be a popular training day.

Marconi Fencing Academy is also doing well for its size in the state club rankings being currently 5th of 22 clubs. This has been achieved by our relatively small number of fencers achieving great results at pretty much all competitions throughout the year. Keep it up!

If you or someone you know want to join our National and International level fencers in learning the Olympic sport of fencing, please come along on Mon night, Thursday night or Saturdays (at 1pm) to try it out. We have everything you need to get started, just turn up and give it a go!

Our fencers have achieved some great results over the last few months. State and interstate competition have proven to be fierce this year, with high level athletes trying to grab some last minute points for qualification to the Commonwealth Games Fencing event, held again in Melbourne from September to October 2010. Congratulations go to all who have challenged these individuals on their road to the Games.

In particular, our Cadet and Junior fencers have excelled of late including (in order of age) Rebekah Shiba (1st U/11 School State Foil Champion), Jacob Dowson (5th U/13 School State Chmpship), Karl Baresic (2nd U/15 State Foil Chmpnship, 6th U/15 Foil), Imogen Brush (1st U/17 Epee State Champion, 5th Senior Epee), Ossian Deigan (1st U/15 Foil) and Matthew Donald ( 1st U/17 Foil State Champion, 2nd U/17 Sabre State Chmpship, 2nd Senior Boys School Chmpship, 3rd Open foil).

On the 2nd May, Marconi hosted its third year of the Marconi Cup Epee. This state Epee competition draws fencers from around the state and sometimes interstate and we are always happy to show what the Club and its members can offer. Our president, Joseph Salemi, achieved 2nd place with some tense moments felt by all who were watching. Thank you to the Academy Committee and members who came along to help setup, run the day and clean up afterwards.

2009 Special Guest Night – Robert Jordan

In the end some great results:

Oreste Gentile – 6th

Matthew Donald – 8th

Max Peek (SHFC) – 12th

David McKay – 17th

Ralph Abend – 19th

The team set off for Civic shortly after 1:30pm and  sat down for a heary lunch at King O’Malley’s. Canberra sported some interesting entertainment ranging from a spanish guitarist singing ballads to a mob of ninjas paying us a visit during our meal (we still aren’t sure what this was all about).

Lunch was proceeded by a stroll around the block looking for a nice cafe. We eventually settle on a quaint little Italian gelateria (gelato cafe) where we consumed a mixture of lemoncello, various gelati followed by coffee.

All in all a great weekend, nice company and some sunshine to boot!

Well done everyone!

Well done to the lads of the Marconi Epee squad!

Great job boys!

Well done to all the boys who attended!

Well done to all.

You can view the current standings on website front page in the side bar. The scoring system can be viewed in the Member Points Allocation post (click on the link text to view the post).

We will be updating the standings for each competition going forward for this year.

Competition results include:

1. Open Foil, Novice
2. Gilt U/20 Foil
3. Open and Veteran Men’s Epee
4. Gilt U/13 Foil
5. Gilt U/11 Foil