Update and Many Thanks
Hello Everyone. I am writing from home after a month in the hospital where I underwent chemotherapy and am happy to report am in successful remission. There is more chemo to come as an outpatient but it shouldn't disrupt my life too much and hopefully a full cure is in the future for me.
I want to thank all my fencing friends who sent their good wishes, prayers, cards and emails etc. It certainly kept me in good spirits throughout the treatments and this seems to be key to a strong recovery. So thank you everyone! I am one lucky person to have such a great group behind me.
The Ontario Fencing Association
The Ontario Fencing Association is the Provincial governing body for fencing and is mandated by the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Health Promotion, to represent all aspects of the Sport of Fencing in Ontario. Click here to find out more about our organization.
2010-11 Memberships
The new membership year is upon us. A couple of key points for this year:
1) License numbers
Your ranking is linked to your license number. This means that if you have an existing license number, and you sign up with a new one, you will lose any ranking points from the previous year and will be starting with 0 points. If you later decide that you need this to be fixed, you will likely have to pay a fee to get this fixed by the CFF. So, if you have a license number already, and you want to keep your points, please renew under your old number. If you have problems doing so, please contact info@fencingontario.ca
2) CFF License Fee
The CFF license fee has increased to $15 this year. The OFA fees are the same as last year.
3) Recreational Memberships
This year, recreational memberships can only be purchased through your club. Please contact your club registrar for details.
To purchase or renew your membership:
To purchase or renew a coach, official, or competitive membership, please click here
To register your club for the 10/11 season, please click here and then mail your cheque for $100 to 984 Main St West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 1B2
For more details about membership categories and why you need a membership, please click here.
Ontario has an Olympic Bronze Medalist
Alexandre Lyssov just won the Bronze medal in the Youth Olympic in Singapore.
The Ontario Fencing Association has recently received news from our participating fencers at the Youth Olympic in Singapore. We would like to congratulate Alenxandre Lyssov for winning the Bronze Medal in the Youth Olympic Games at Singapore on August 16th 2010.
Please follow this link if you would like to see the results for the round of 16 and up. Here are the final standings for the Cadet Male Individual Epee Section.
“I just wanted that medal so much, the first Olympic fencing medal for Canada,” Lyssov said.
Ontario Summer Games Results
Men's & Women's Cadet Epee & Sabre results have been posted on the results page.
Thursday night update: Cadet Foil results have been posted on the results page.
Sunday night update: Y14 and Team results have been posted on the results page.
Community Instructor and NCCP Coaching Workshops
The OFA is pleased to announce Community Instructor and NCCP Aide-Moniteur Workshops (all weapons) on August 28/29th in Hamilton.
For details and registration information, please click here.
Vidosa Excellence Bursary To Be Awarded at Ontario Summer Games
The 2010 Vidosa Excellence Bursary will be awarded to the winners of the Ontario Summer Games.
This award honours a great figure in Canadian fencing, Christian Vidosa. Christian was undoubtedly Canada’s best international referee, rated FIE-A in all three weapons. He judged in three Olympic Games and ten World Championships. He was a proud supporter of Canadian fencing, and youth fencing in particular. In his memory, we will be assisting the top fencer in each event to attend this year’s National Championships by awarding the Vidosa Bursary to the top ranked Ontario fencers in each weapon.
Ontario Summer Games Final Athlete Selection
Our Final Ontario Summer Games team of athletes has been selected. Please see here for a full list. In the event that any of these athletes can not attend, Ontario Wild Cards will be made available. The date for Wild Card announcements will be June 15, 2010.
