The QFA Management Committee is pleased to announce that 2010 memberships are open and the forms to apply for or renew membershipsare available.  Click here to access the forms.

The MC has resolved to recommend to the 2009 AGM (30-03-2010) that the 2010 fees all remain unchanged from 2009.

Dr Frank Walsh
President QFA Inc

The QFA Annual General Meeting is to be held a the Alcock Room, Brisbane Grammar School 
at 1:00pm on Sunday 28th March, 2010. 
 
Business to be conducted: 
 
(a) Confirmation of Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting and 
business arising there from 
(b) Reports from all Executive Officers and subcommittee chairpersons 
including the receiving of statement of income and expenditure, assets 
and liabilities and mortgages, charges and securities affecting the 
property of the association for the financial year just ended and the 
receiving of the auditors report upon the books and accounts at the 
close of that year. 
(c) Election of the Executive and other Management Committee members. 
(d) Appointment of persons and/or chairpersons of subcommittees having 
specific responsibilities as may be deemed necessary by the Management 
Committee in accordance with the Rules. 
(e) Appointment of Auditor. 
(f) Appointment of Honorary Legal Adviser. 
(g) Appointment of Delegates to other organisations as may be required 
(h) Notices of Motion. 
(i) Such other general business as may be brought before the meeting 
in accordance with the Rules. 
 
A nomination form is attached and should be returned by anyone wishing 
to nominate for a position on the Executive or the Management 
Committee. Nominations close 10 days prior to the meeting. As such, 
a written copy of the nomination must be received by the secretary on 
or before 18th March, 2010. 
 
As per the Rules, a list of nominations, the agenda (including all 
motions), last year's minutes, reports to be tabled, and Auditted 
Financial Statements will be sent to all members on or before 21st 
March, 2010. 
 
Kind regards, 
Cameron Smith 
Secretary 
Queensland Fencing Association

The beginners refereeing course scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed to a later date.  Keep your eyes on the calendar for the new date and other upcoming events.

Calling for expressions of interest from athletes 

QFA State Squads will resume on the following dates;

Squad block 1 will run for 8 weeks from the date of commencement. If you are
representing Australia at the Asian and Junior Cadet Championships you will
be offered a credit for the 2 weeks that you will be away.

*If you are a member of the QFA Senior or Development Squad then the Weapon
Squads will be available to you at $80 per block

If you would like to secure a place on any of these squads or have enquiries
about the format or relevance to your training please contact;

Paul Crook
Regional Coaching Director
0419 731 982

Happy New Year to all past, present and future QFA members.

Welcome to the new QFA website.  Over the next few weeks, you will see a lot of the old content returning to the site as we get back into the full swing of things.  This will include all last year's results, as well as the boring things like policies and procedures.  Please feel free to email any feedback to secretary@qfa.org.au.

We hope that 2010 brings you all the success you deserve.

CFC10 is on the Way

The Commonwealth Fencing Championships, and the Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships 2010 will be conducted in Melbourne, Victoria from 29 September to 5 October 2010.

The Australian Fencing Federation and Fencing Victoria will be hosting the Open Commonwealth Fencing Championships & the Commonwealth Veteran Championships concurrently. This is the first time that the events have been held together and it offers a unique opportunity for all the senior fencers of the Commonwealth to meet together in competition and celebration.

The event will be held at the home of Fencing Victoria in the dedicated facility, the State Fencing Centre, 204-206 Arden Street, North Melbourne.

This is not only a great chance to represent Australia at Senior or Vets level but more than that an exciting opportunity to work on a major Australian sporting event.

Our first two exciting opportunities are the Great Logo Competition 2010 and the opportunity to apply for the contract position of Administration Director at the Championships.

APPLICATIONS in writing for the Administration Director should be emailed to Bill Ronald, Event Director CFC10 at deploy@tpg.com.au and be received by 24 March 2010.

All submissions for the Great Logo Competition must be received by 7 April 2010

Have a look at the pdf's below for a chance to get involved in a sporting event opportunity of a lifetime!

All three Australian teams fenced to form in the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in Manila.

On Monday, the Boy's Foil team took out India in the round of 16, but could not match the top seeds, Japan, in the quarter final.

Today, it was the turn of the Boy's Epee team and the Girl's Foil team.  The boys were convincing winners over the Philippines.  The boys really put the pressure on the Japanese in the last eight, but once the Japanese got their noses in front, the Aussie boys couldn't find the answer.

The girls made very easy work of the Indian team in the round of 16, which meant they faced the Philippines in the top 8.  Unfortunately, our girls could not overcome the home team.

Today marks the end of the Cadet competition, the Junior (U20) competition commencing with Men's Foil and Women's Epee tomorrow.

The Australian Sports Commission and the Office for Women have joined together to help develop the next generation of female leaders in sport.

Inspiring and assisting women in the sport industry to reach their full potential in leadership through education and development opportunities.

Are you involved in sport as a manager, administrator, coach or official, or do you work in sport communications/media or governance? Would you like to learn more, and do more, for yourself and your sport? If so, we encourage you to apply. Substantial organisation and individual funding is available:
> up to $5000 grants for individuals
> up to $10 000 grants for incorporated organisations
> up to $30 000 (over three years) with the Sport Leadership Pathway Scholarship.

Women from all areas and levels of the Australian sporting community are welcome to apply, including women from culturally diverse backgrounds, Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander women, women from rural and regional areas, and women with disability.

Applications are open now until Friday 30 April 2010. Terms and conditions apply.

For more information, visit ausport.gov.au/women or call 1800 224 412

The third day of competition in Manila saw yet another TOP 8 performance by an Australian athlete.  After the pools, our three Cadet Girl's Foilists were seeded 6th (Cathering Tierney), 15th (Lishan Sung) and 18th (Emily Marotta).  Unfortunately, this meant that Emily and Lishan met in their 32 bout.

Lishan won what was a tough bout and then went on to beat the second-seeded girl from Hong Kong convincingly.  Lishan was then beaten by a Japanese girl, but performed well.  Catherine lost another close bout 15-14 in the round of 32.

In the Cadet Boy's Sabre, Sam Liao promoted to the round of 32 seeded 28th.  Although only marginally behind at the break, Sam could not defeat the 5th seed.

The Cadet Boy's Foil Team competes tomorrow.  They are seeded 8th and begin the morning by fencing India.

The second day of competition has provided mixed results for the Australian Cadet Team in Manila.

The day's highlight has to be a TOP 8 result by Roy Groncki in the Cadet Boy's Epee.  Roy was seeded 6th after the pools having won all but one bout.  In the round of 32, Roy's bout was a very tough match against an unconventional opponent and he managed a very narrow victory.  In the round of 16, against a much higher seed, Roy made much easier work of his bout.  The quarter final saw Roy defeated by a fencer from Kazakhstan.

Unfortunately, none of the other boys promoted to the direct elimination.  Michael Dzodzos scored 1 victory, Henry Mayall-Vandervelde 1 victory and Phillip Todd no victories in the round of pools.

In the Cadet Girl's Sabre, Catherine Tierney won all but one bout in the pools.  She was seeded 7th going into the direct elimination round.  Catherine led by a comfortable margin at the break, but the bout was taken by her Iranian opponent 15-14.

Tomorrow sees the Cadet Girl's Foil and Cadet Boy's Sabre.