Scottish Fencing 🏠💙 🤺

To help Scottish Fencing plan our next programme of Coach and Volunteer training please can you complete this jotform to note interest in future training courses. form.jotform.com/241933343394055

Fencing starts 11 July 10pm (9am 12 July Christchurch) at the 2024 Cadet & Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championships. First matches Cadet: Men's Epee, Women's Foil and Men's Sabre. Good luck to all! Links to livestreams here

The last Hot Topic Session on the Changes to the Disclosure Check process is 25 June - make sure you sign up shorturl.at/35Y7Q This is for member clubs with Under 18 fencers who need Disclosure Checks for staff and volunteers. The club's Welfare Office and Chair (or anothe

Scottish Fencing are running Hot Topic sessions on changes to the Disclosure Check process. Clubs with U18 fencers who need Disclosure checks for their coaching and welfare staff need to ask their Welfare Office and Chair to attend one of the sessions listed below: Sign up here

A correction to yesterdays graphic for Day Two of the Scottish Schools Championships, apologies.

Another fantastic day of fencing, after two days of fencing it was a very close win for the Best School, George Watsons College. Congratulations to everyone who fenced, a big thanks to DT, referees, set up crew & armoury all did a fantstic job over the weekend. See you in 2025!

A great day of Fencing at Day One of the Scottish Schools 2024. Congratulations to all fencers and a big thank to all our volunteers. DT, Armoury and Referees. Looking forward to another day of exciting fencing tomorrow!

Check in times for the foil competitions for the Scottish Schools 9 June at George Watsons

Check in times for the Scottish Schools at George Watsons

The Scottish Schools is 8 & 9 June at George Watsons College, Edin. If you can support our junior fencers by refereeing this weekend please email admin@scottish-fencing.com We need referees for all three weapons - foil is Sun, Epee and Sabre Sat. Many thanks

This is your very last chance to enter, entries close 9am Monday morning! bf.sport80.com/public/wizard/…

Last chance to get entries in for the Scottish Schools, entries close Monday 3 June! Try a different weapon and see if you can best in your age group. bf.sport80.com/public/wizard/…

The first of Scottish Fencing's Hot Topic sessions covers Disclosure Checks and changes to processes for clubs. Club Welfare Officers and a member of the committee, ideally the Chair, should attend. Details of when the sessions are running are below: sign up

Remember to get your entries in for the Scottish School Championships. Try all three weapons and see if you can be the best fencer in all three events! Which School will come out as the overall winner? bf.sport80.com/public/wizard/…

Scottish Schools entries are now open: shorturl.at/q8GtQ Have some end of season fun by entering all 3 weapons, 3 entries for the price of 2! Use code ALL3EFS2024 code. If you can support our junior fencers with some refereeing please email admin@scottish-fencing.com.

Scottish Schools is a youth event and we are looking for volunteer referees to support our junior fencers. Epee & Sabre on 8 June, Foil on 9 June. If you can spare some time to referee we would be very grateful. Please email us admin@scottish-fencing.com to note interest, thanks

Scottish School entries are now open shorturl.at/g1SNR. This is the event to pick up all three weapons and have a weekend of fencing. Trophies for winners of each event, best at all three weapons and best school Looking forward to seeing you 8 and 9 June at George Watsons.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all girls and women in sport, and beyond. You are already strong, already worthy and your possibilities are infinite. Here's to women all over the world. ⚡️

#SportHour Q3: In Scotland, more can be done to increase visibility to female athletes in the media through coverage as well as exposing younger audience to a diversity of sports. Representing female fencers at all levels will inspire the next generation of female athletes.

#SportHour Q2: To diminish stereotypes and negative perceptions of female participation in sport, greater celebration of the multitude of benefits that sport brings to women's lives, recognising that the strengths and talents can be supported through sport, regardless of gender.