About the Australian Historical Fencing League
The Australian Historical Fencing League is a platform which unites the nation’s major tournaments and events. For members of the Australian Historical Fencing community, the League provides access to a circuit of major national tournaments.
The League provides a ranking system which evaluates the performance of individual fencers and their clubs. The League actively promotes the diverse rule sets to which the Australian Historical Fencing community has always known. The League will protect the autonomy of events and clubs as they work to deliver unique and personalised events for the community’s benefit.
Event Coordinator’s Documents
As a condition for event listing, an expression of interest is to be placed no later than the last day of January for any event occurring between February and July. For events between August and December an EOI is to be placed before the end of May.
In order for a division to be listed it must meet the following requirements:
The division attracts a minimum of twice the fencers that are to be ranked (16 fencers while the top eight are being scored.
The division will be competitive in nature, the rules and atmosphere must reflect this. Events designed as ‘fun’ or ‘time fillers’ will not be considered for listing
The divisions meet the classification of ‘open’. Open divisions are not restricted by tempo, gender, age, experience or any other outlying circumstances other than those set down for safety reasons. They are open to all fencers and are competitive in nature.
The divisions weapons/formats and rules promote fairness to the wider community, accessibility/equity in training, representativeness of the wider community, and competitive integrity.
Queensland Representatives: Ben Pope and Ryan Tanser
New South Wales Representative: Tim Green
Victorian Representatives: Daniel Pope and Nelson McGuigan
South Australian Representatives: Mark Holgate
West Australian Representatives: Jim Campbell and Geraud Lemenager
League Director: Alexander Roberson