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-18th April 2018, 21:38

cesh_fencing replied to a thread British Championships in Tournaments

I do not have a clue if BF made a profit on this event, however if they did it would be re-invested into fencing which would not be a too bad a...

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-18th April 2018, 07:56

cesh_fencing replied to a thread British Championships in Tournaments

Typo should have been 60 as per Alex S earlier post (over 50 Volunteers mentioned).. For Elite Epee, I set up the venue, we have one person...

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-17th April 2018, 15:55

cesh_fencing replied to a thread British Championships in Tournaments

Lets say 80 volunteers having travel, meals & hotel paid for 2 nights, that will be 10K-15K + maybe to start with. Payment to cover Armourers costs....

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-16th April 2018, 12:18

cesh_fencing replied to a thread British Championships in Tournaments

Cost I suspect.. It is a nice to have, but in reality only benefits a handful of fencers over the weekend.

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-13th April 2018, 21:48

cesh_fencing replied to a thread British Championships in Tournaments

Here - http://www.engarde-service.com/files/britishfencing/britishchamps18/

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-13th April 2018, 18:07

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

Looking closer at some of the event info, entries do now need to go through BF..

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-13th April 2018, 17:43

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

Juniors who get regular decent results at Under 20 World Cup level are far more likely to perform well at Senior World Cups than someone doing the...

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-13th April 2018, 17:36

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

The great thing about the Under 23 ranking circuit events is that anyone can enter, without and need to go through British Fencing as entry is...

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-13th April 2018, 17:31

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

Just pointing out they are mentioned and was not in a position to post more. Nothing curt meant, just pointing out.

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-13th April 2018, 14:59

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

If you look at a huge number of the British senior fencers abroad at world cups, they are not good enough. Better to learn international fencing a...

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-13th April 2018, 14:56

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

They are mentioned in the document.

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-11th April 2018, 18:12

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

I cannot find anything definite on the website, but there could be something on the small print with covers it in a more roundabout way. I suspect...

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-11th April 2018, 17:38

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

In the past I think there was just maybe 9 hours free cover to cover beginner course or taster sessions. No ongoing free cover. But no need to...

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-11th April 2018, 07:25

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

Club insurance only covers those running the club, it has never covered the actual fencers.

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-10th April 2018, 19:54

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

From - http://britishfencing.com/governance/insurance/ In simple terms, the Liability insurance policies will cover Public Liability Cover...

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-10th April 2018, 18:21

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

I disagree, domestic events abroad often require referees for if you have over a certain number of fencers per club, not country. Therefore unless a...

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-9th April 2018, 23:45

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

Pretty much, from my understanding. Lots of current fencers and many clubs are running in the position of fencers not being members so not...

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-9th April 2018, 21:58

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

I think there is a far bigger insurance costs for fencing than tennis. Also the Lawn Tennis Association has the huge income from Wimbledon as well...

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-9th April 2018, 21:35

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

In reality, this consultation discussing what I did (and most of the fencers back then did) when I was in my late teens and early 20s. I...

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-9th April 2018, 21:26

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

I think the point is that many of our fencers seem to go to World Cup events, with little or no senior international experience, turn up at the World...

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-9th April 2018, 21:14

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

One of the big issues with Satellite events is that if more than 3 or 4 fencers from a country attend, that nation has to supply referees, else get...

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-9th April 2018, 21:05

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

The benefit is they get 90 days free membership and so insurance. In the old scheme it was only a beginner course or something like 6 or 9 hours...

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-9th April 2018, 14:04

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

There are lots of EFC U23 events in a season, I cannot see anything say that some are nominated and others are not? Have I missed something?

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-9th April 2018, 13:53

cesh_fencing replied to a thread New Selection Proposal Consultation in A-Grades

All in all quite sensible. Fencers need to get International experience before they jump into the lions den for World Cup events. Key note to...

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-8th April 2018, 10:12

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Elite Epee Events 2018 in Tournaments

Men's Event well under way. 91 Fencers and a pretty good NIF of 286 by my calculation.

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-7th April 2018, 20:31

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Elite Epee Events 2018 in Tournaments

Now updated.. Apologies, signal at the venue was a bit hit and miss today..

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-7th April 2018, 19:14

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Elite Epee Events 2018 in Tournaments

Florin beat Alec in the final. Will get the results updated after dinner.

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-6th April 2018, 21:07

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

Yes they would need to be 'known' to BF (fairly soon after start), so take out membership, to be covered by Insurance.

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-6th April 2018, 21:05

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

In some sports (I have done or my kids) they will not even do a single session until you actually pay for a membership to the governing body (Karate,...

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-5th April 2018, 20:48

cesh_fencing replied to a thread Free 90 Days British Fencing Membership for New fencers in Off Piste

I have not heard of beginner courses going for more than 6 or 8 weeks, so 90 days should be more than enough to cover any course and some follow up...

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