Welcome to the website of the Manitoba Fencing Association, home of the Manitoba Golden Blades provincial fencing team. The MFA consists of four fencing clubs in Winnipeg, each specializing in one or more of the three weapons of foil, epee and sabre. ................................................................................................ February 1st, 2012Manitoba Fencers in the news! Click here for an article in the Winnipeg Sun online about the results of the Canadian Selection Circuit 2. and here for an article in the Winnipeg Free Press online. ................................................................................................................................................... January 30th, 2012 Congratulations to athletes at the CSC 2! Adrian Symons - Bronze in Junior Men's Foil
Andre Lavoie - Silver in U15
Sebastien Leclerq - 7th in U15
Cameron Mackay - 9th in Cadet Men's Sabre ................................................................................................................................................. January 20th, 2012If you missed Manitoba Fencing on Breakfast TV click on the links below to see some familiar faces! Fencing on Breakfast TV More Fencing on Breakfast TV .............................................................................................................................................. January 18th, 2012 Check out Breakfast Television on CityTV the morning of January 19th, Manitoba Fencing will be featured! .................................................................................................................................................. November 23, 2011Congratulations to those fencers that competed in Saskatoon at the CSC # 1 Nov 18 - 20. Manitoba acheived great results!! Senior Men's Sabre: Adrien Sparling - Gold
Senior Women't Epee: Daria Jorquera Palmer - Silver
U15 Men's Sabre: Andre Lavoie - Bronze and Sebastien Leclerq - 5th
U15 Men's Foil: Michael Solomon - 5th
Junor Men's Sabre: Markel Seitz - 13th and Cameron MacKay - 14th
Junior Men's Foil: Misha Sweet - 12th and Lucas Vasas - 13th
Cadet Men's Sabre: Cameron MacKay - 10th and Danae Smelsky Remillard - 12th
Cadet Men's Foil: Michael Solomon - 11th Great Work!! .................................................................................................................................................... November 17, 2011There will be a Special General Meeting Saturday December 10th, 2011 at Romeo Dallaire School. The meeting will take place from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Please contact the MFA office for more information. ................................................................................................................................................ November 7, 2011***Call for Volunteers***
The MFA hosts a number of tournaments annually and we would like to have volunteers to assist in the organization and running of these events;
The MFA can use volunteers for a tournament organization and operations committee as a well as to provide help at the individual events on an occasional basis.
We can always use help in areas such as:
Organization including entry forms, medals, awards,
Event setup and take down of scoring equipment
Food
Registration
Equipment check/Armoury
Nominal honorariums are paid for weekend long commitments for referees, armoury and tournament director.
If you are interested in assisting please contact the MFA Office.
................................................................................................................................................October 28, 2011 2011 Officials Training ProgramRegistration and information for the Officials training program that begins next week can be found here. ................................................................................................................................................. October 24, 2011MFA #1The first MFA tournament will be held November 12th and 13th at Romeo Dallaire School. Schedule and Registration form found here. ................................................................................................................................................ Sept 29, 2011Fencers in the news!Check out this article in the Winnipeg Free Press here. And here! Congratulations Daria and Max! .................................................................................................August 18, 2011MFA AGMThe MFA Annual General Meeting has been set.
Date: Saturday, September 10th, 2011
Location: Sport For Life Centre, 145 Pacific Avenue
Time: 2:15 pm An awards ceremony and reception will be held at 1:30 pm before the AGM. .................................................................................................................................................. July 9, 2011 Congratulations!Congratulations to Max Stearns and Daria Jorquera Palmer for competing in the Pan Am Championship in Reno, USA. Daria finished 6th in Women's Epee individual and Max finished 8th in Men's Sabre in Individual. Great job! ............................................................................................................................................... May 12, 2011Congratulations Congratulations to the following fencers who received great results at the Canadian Westerns: Bethany Goddart : Gold U15. Gold U17 and Silver U20
Adrian Symons : Silver Junior
Lucas Vasas : Bronze Junior and top 8 Senior
Konrad Rylka : Top 8 Cadet
Way to go athletes!!!
.................................................................................................................................................. April 19, 2011 Manitoba Fencing in the News!Check out the article that was written about the recent Spring Training Camp with Italian Fencing Master Guilio Tomassini in the Winnipeg Free Press-Online Addition here ..................................................................................................March 30, 2011 Armoury Clinic – Manitoba Fencing Association
When: April 8th, 2011 Friday evening (5:45p-7:45p) University of Winnipeg Fencing Salle
This is the night prior to the Manitoba Provincials Championships so a great opportunity to ensure your equipment is in working order for the 2011 Golden Boy
Cost: Registration is $10 at the clinic (cash or cheque payable to the Manitoba Fencing Association)
Registration: in advance is required to ensure sufficient equipment and handouts are available. Register by emailing your intention to attend to the Manitoba Fencing Association Office prior to April 7th at noon. fencingmb@shawbiz.ca
This clinic will cover how to test and repair weapons (foil, epee, and sabre), body cords and lames. These are topics of relevance for all fencers and this course is geared towards both fencers and parents. No experience is required.
Fencers and parents may bring personnel or club equipment for repair during the clinic. However, spare parts will not be provided, so please bring your own spares parts if they will be required for any repairs to personal or club equipment.
Tools and equipment provided.
Instructor: Robert Hornford
.............................................................................................March 10, 2011Max Stearns nominated for Sport Manitoba's Male Junior Athlete of the Year Congratulations to Max! Show your support for Max and the sport of fencing by voting for Max through the link below. This year the 'People's Choice' will count as one vote on the selection committee. Voting closes at midnight on March 18, 2011. Only one vote per person/computer. Multiple entries will be deleted.Go to http://www.sportmanitoba.ca/page.php?id=19 to cast your vote! ................................................................................................March 9, 20112011 Dragon Open at MSUM in Moorhead, MN Minnesota State University Moorhead fencing club would like to invite you to their annual Spring Fencing Tournament Saturday April 30th. Open events in all 3 weapons. Register online at http://askfred.net/Events/moreInfo.php?tournament_id=14356 ............................................................................................... March 7, 2011Congratulations Ryland Heidebrecht!Ryland competed this past weekend at the 2011 Sask Open. He came home with 2 bronze medals, one for Cadet Mixed Epee and the other for Junior Mixed Epee. This is quite an accomplishment. Great job Ryland!! .................................................................................................................................................. March 2, 2011MFA # 4 March 19th and 20th Online registration and tournament information available at http://www.whitty.info/mfc4 ............................................................................................... Feb 23, 2011 Congratulations Max Stearns!Max recently competed in the Senior World Cup for an Olympic Qualification in Italy. Max achieved the best result ever done by a Canadian Saber Fencer! He finished 16th, losing by 15/14 to make top 8. Great job Max!! ............................................................................................. SPRING TRAINING CAMPMarch 31st - April 6th, 2011 in Winnipeg. Come train with Guilio Tomassini one of the most highly qualified fencing coaches in history! For more information and to register click here ...............................................................................................................................................DARIA JORQUERA PALMER SELECTED FOR WORLD FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS Congratulations to MFA Provincial Team member Daria Jorquera Palmer who has been selected to represent Canada in Senior Women's Epee at the World Championships in Paris, France, Nov. 4 - 13, 2010. This tournament is one of the selection competitions used to determine the members of the Canadian Olympic Team. Daria was selected for the Canadian National Women's Team two year's ago. When not travelling the international circuit, Daria trains with Provincial Coach, Ayach Bounachada and coaches at her home club - Lightning. .................................................................................................................................................... 2010 July 1-4 CADET AND JUNIOR NATIONALS, SENIOR CSC#1
Repentigny, QuebecResults live from the Canadian Fencing Federation..................................................................................................................................................... MANITOBAN ON CANADIAN TEAM THAT WINS SILVER MEDAL - CADET AND JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSCongratulations to MAX STEARNS, who as a member of the Canadian Junior Sabre Team won a SILVER MEDAL at the 2010 Cadet and Junior World Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan. This is Canada's first ever team medal at a world championship. For more information, please see the article posted on the website of the Canadian Fencing Federation at http://www.fencing.ca/press_releases/20100408_team_ms_silver.htm. Max also finished 8th in individual Junior Sabre, which is another highly respectable achievement. Information is available at http://www.fencing.ca/2010_jrcdt_worlds.htm. Way to go Max! .................................................................................................................................................. LOCAL TOURNAMENT RESULTSMFA OPEN 2010DATE: May 1 and 2, 2010
LOCATION: École Roméo-Dallaire, 81 Quail Ridge Road in Winnipeg
CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS MFA GOLDEN BOY 2010DATE: April 24 and 25, 2010
LOCATION: École Roméo-Dallaire, 81 Quail Ridge Road in Winnipeg
CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS MFA OPEN (A) 2010DATE: Sunday, April 11, 2010
LOCATION: École Roméo-Dallaire, 81 Quail Ridge Road in Winnipeg
CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS ................................................................................................................................................ WESTERN CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPSCongratulations to our fencers who travelled to Edmonton, Alberta to compete in the Western Canadian Championships. Our fencers represented us well, with a total of TEN medals (one gold, two silver and seven bronze). Click HERE for all results from the website of the Alberta Fencing Association. ................................................................................................................................................. FENCING IN THE NEWSThe September 7, 2009 issue of The Manitoban (newspaper of the University of Manitoba) printed an article based on an interview with Sabrist Adrien Sparling. Click Here to read the text of this article. The Manitoba Fencing Association is generously supported by Sport Manitoba.  |