What is this Tournament?
The National Secondary Schools tournament is the annual championship for high school fencers in NZ. There will be both individual and team events for all three weapons and both genders.

Who can Enter?
To enter you must be enrolled at a Secondary School in year 9-13 (or be a homeschooled student in year 9-13) this year. You must also be full competitive member of Fencing New Zealand (or an overseas equivalent); see further below.

When are the Events?
The tournament will begin on the afternoon of Friday 6th September and run right through to the evening of Sunday 8th. See the timetable below.

Where is the Venue?
Mount Albert Grammar School, Alberton Ave, Mount Albert, Auckland. The tournament will be held in the two gyms, at the north end of the school by the Aquatic Centre.

Timetable
Please read the timetable below carefully: you must be present at the venue in time for the registration for your event.

Friday 30th August

Entries Close Midnight

Friday 6th September

Venue Opens

3:00pm Setup and Gear Check

3:15-3:30pm Boys’ and Girls’ Sabre Registration

4:30pm Boys’ and Girls’ Sabre Individuals

7:00pm Boys' and Girls' Sabre Teams 
(Rounds 1 and 2)

Saturday 7th September

8:15am-8:30am Boys’ Foil Registration

8:15am-8:30am

9:00am Boys’ Foil Individuals

9:45-10:00am Girls’ Epee Registration

10:30am Girls’ Epee Individuals

3:30pm Boys’ and Girls’ Sabre Teams
(Bronze and Final matches)

4:00pm* Girls' Epee Teams

4:30pm** Boys' Foil Teams

Sunday 8th September

8:15-8:30am Boys’ Epee Registration

9:00am Boys’ Epee Individuals

9:45-10:00am Girls’ Foil Registration

10:30am Girls’ Foil Individuals

3:30pm* Boys’ Epee Teams

4:00pm* Girls’ Foil Teams

*The start time for team events is an estimate – the team event will begin after the individual event for that weapon has finished.

**The Boys' Foil teams will begin after the Sabre teams have finished. 

Gear Requirements
National-level competitions require high standards of equipment, both for fairness in the competition and for personal safety. See this page for the Fencing New Zealand gear requirements.

Note that FeNZ is not enforcing the 2018 FIE Mask Protocols at National competitions at this stage. See the FeNZ mask guidelines.

 

Weapons Check
It is vital that every competitor has working electric equipment. Therefore, all electric equipment and weapons must be checked before it is used in the tournament. You will not be allowed to fence if your electric equipment fails testing, so we recommend that you test your equipment and mke any necessary repairs before you arrive.

Weapons check will open approximately one hour before each event. Make sure that you arrive with enough time to complete weapons check before your event.

Team Events
Each team event will be run with a maximum of 8 teams per weapon per gender, and go straight to direct elimination (with no poules).  Each region is permitted to enter 2 teams per event. This event is a regional teams event; however, FeNZ has allowed regions to enter teams made up of fencers from a single school if that is desired. Please contact your regional executive for enquiries about entering teams.

Entering Teams
Expressions of interest for team slots must be emailed by a member of the regional executive to secretary.north@gmail.com by Wednesday 21st of August. Any slots which are not taken will be distributed first to the host region, then to any other interested regions.

The exact members of each team must be confirmed with the North Secretary by the individual deadline of Friday 30th of August.

The entry fee will be $60/team. Fencing North will provide invoices to regions following the second deadline.

Entry (Individuals)
Individual entries close on Friday 30th of August. Late entries may be accepted at the organisers’ discretion, and will be liable for an additional late entry fee of $20.

Affiliation
All entrants must be affiliated as full competitive members of Fencing New Zealand (with all fees paid). Affiliations will be checked after entries have closed.

If you have been affiliated prior to this year, go to this link to reaffiliate.

If you have not been affiliated before this year, go to this link to affiliate.

Entry Fee
$50 for each individual event.
$20 fee for late entries.
The entry fees can be paid in cash on the day, or online by internet banking.

Bank Account: 01-0297-0024774-00
Name: Fencing North
Reference: Your Name + NZSS19
There will be no refund of entry fees if the fencer does not present at their event without notifying competition organisers at least one hour prior.

Entry Form
The entry form can be found https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSKJCqrf3chpWlBWtyrrSXcBHxc9PzVk4QgEDPX3ReZ11Ejg/viewform

Live Results Link:

https://www.fencingtimelive.com/tournaments/eventSchedule/366179B37D0349FABCFACB46F387C17F#today

Queries
If you have any questions or issues, email Katie Logan at secretary.north@gmail.com.