Rankings and Handicaps after round 6

	Foil					Epee					Sabre
	Fencer	Points	Handicap			Fencer	Points	Handicap			Fencer	Points	Handicap
1	Darren Chang-Martin	36	4		1	Adian Paxman	34	4		1	Malcolm Davis	40	3
2	Cedric Bauer	30	4		2	Stuart Webster	28	4		2	Llewlyn Foley	36	4
3	Dylan Devenish	25	3		3	Daniel Schultz	26	3		3	Tom Austin	31	3
3	Christopher Barrett-Leonard	25	2		4	Andrew Kwan	22	3		3	Sarah McIntyre	31	4
5	Tom Harvey	24	3		5	Kylie Caunt	20	2		5	Damian Kneale	30	4
6	Luke Mitchell	23	3		5	Isobel Ellis	20	1		6	Lorrhin Foley	23	3
7	Antonio Ruffo	22	4		7	Sam Prater	19	2		7	Drew Foley	20	2
8	Gabby Ullaga	20	3		8	Gino Trichilo	17	2		8	Gino Trichilo	18	2
9	Olena Polyakova	18	3		8	Peter Harbin	17	2		9	Marissa Black	13	2
10	Axel Vekemans	15	1		10	Christopher Barrett-Leonard	15	1		10	Finn Gilheany	12	0
11	Hendric Ng	14	1		10	Sarah McIntyre	15	1		10	Christopher Barrett-Leonard	12	1
12	Aron Than	13	2		12	Ryan Moorhouse	14	2		12	EK Gulland	10	0
13	Michael Macrae	12	1		13	Brett Criddle	13	1		13	Cameron Gregg	9	1
13	Malcolm Davies	12	1		14	Will Kelly	12	2		13	Elim Wong	9	1
15	Elim Wong	11	1		15	Antonio Ruffo	11	1		15	Lewis Freedman	8	0
16	Ivy Park	8	1		16	Axel Vekemans	10	1		16	Stuart Webster	7	0
16	Lucien Kishi	8	0		16	Ian Lock	10	0		16	Nick Manley	7	1
18	Anne Bauer	7	1		18	Bobby Emmanual	7	1		18	Laura Hodges	6	1
18	Sam Prater	7	1		18	Jessica Scholle	7	1		19	Dean Fisher	3	0
20	Matthew Simmonds	4	0		18	Jinny Skerman	7	0		19	Jacob Bell	3	0
20	Toby Hodgson	4	0		21	Sandra Schwartz	4	0		19	Sean Vinten	3	0
22	Keegan Nazzari	3	0		22	Alia Bath	3	0		22	Robert Hutchinson	2	0
23	Amy Kneale	2	0		23	Llewlyn Foley	2	0		22	Sandra Schwartz	2	0
23	Matthew Arnold	2	0		23	Lukin Schultz	2	0		24	Brodie Read	1	0
23	James Fogerty	2	0		25	Peter Carr	1	0		24	Lola Croft	1	0
23	Sandra Schwartz	2	0		25	Rachel Carr	1	0		26	0	0	0
23	Jinny Skerman	2	0		25	Damien Kuruckchi	1	0		26	0	0	0
23	Gino Trichilo	2	0		25	Anne Bauer	1	0		26	0	0	0
29	Eric Drinkwater	1	0		25	Thomas Phelan-Mould	1	0		26	0	0	0
29	Jason McNamara	1	0		30	0	0	0		26	0	0	0
29	Francesco Rachetti	1	0		30	0	0	0		26	0	0	0
29	Peter Carr	1	0		30	0	0	0		26	0	0	0
29	Andrew Munro	1	0		30	0	0	0		26	0	0	0
34	Matteo Rossaro	0	0		0	0	0	0		26	0	0	0

Rankings after Round 5 - August 2015

	Foil					Epee					Sabre
	Fencer	Points	Handicap			Fencer	Points	Handicap			Fencer	Points	Handicap
1	Darren Chang-Martin	34	4		1	Adian Paxman	34	4		1	Llewlyn Foley	33	4
2	Cedric Bauer	30	4		2	Daniel Schultz	26	3		2	Tom Austin	31	3
3	Dylan Devenish	25	3		3	Andrew Kwan	22	3		3	Damian Kneale	30	4
4	Tom Harvey	24	3		4	Sam Prater	19	2		4	Simon McIntyre	29	4
5	Luke Mitchell	23	3		5	Stuart Webster	18	3		5	Malcolm Davis	25	2
6	Gabby Ullaga	20	3		6	Gino Trichilo	17	2		6	Lorrhin Foley	17	2
7	Antonio Ruffo	19	3		7	Christopher Barrett-Leonard	15	1		7	Marissa Black	13	2
8	Olena Polyakova	18	3		8	Kylie Caunt	14	2		8	Drew Foley	10	1
9	Christopher Barrett-Leonard	15	1		8	Ryan Moorhouse	14	2		8	EK Gulland	10	0
10	Aron Than	13	2		10	Peter Harbin	13	2		8	Finn Gilheany	10	0
11	Hendric Ng	10	0		10	Brett Criddle	13	1		11	Gino Trichilo	9	1
12	Anne Bauer	7	1		12	Antonio Ruffo	11	1		11	Cameron Gregg	9	1
13	Ivy Park	6	1		13	Axel Vekemans	10	1		13	Stuart Webster	7	0
13	Lucien Kishi	6	0		14	Isobel Ellis	8	0		14	Lewis Freedman	6	0
13	Michael Macrae	6	0		15	Bobby Emmanual	7	1		15	Laura Hodges	4	1
16	Matthew Simmonds	4	0		15	Jessica Scholle	7	1		16	Nick Manley	3	0
17	Toby Hodgson	2	0		15	Jinny Skerman	7	0		16	Dean Fisher	3	0
17	Amy Kneale	2	0		18	Alia Bath	3	0		16	Jacob Bell	3	0
17	Matthew Arnold	2	0		18	Will Kelly	3	1		19	Elim Wong	2	0
17	James Fogerty	2	0		18	Ian Lock	3	0		20	Lola Croft	1	0
19	Eric Drinkwater	1	0		21	Llewlyn Foley	2	0		20	Brodie Read	1	0
19	Jason McNamara	1	0		21	Lukin Schultz	2	0		20	Sean Vinten	1	0
19	Francesco Rachetti	1	0		23	Peter Carr	1	0		23	0	0	0
19	Peter Carr	1	0		23	Sandra Schwartz	1	0		23	0	0	0
19	Andrew Munro	1	0		23	Rachel Carr	1	0		23	0	0	0
19	Elim Wong	1	0		23	Damien Kuruckchi	1	0		23	0	0	0
19	Keegan	1	0		23	Anne Bauer	1	0		23	0	0	0
26	Matteo Rossaro	0	0		23	Thomas Phelan-Mould	1	0		23	0	0	0
26	0	0	0		29	0	0	0		23	0	0	0
26	0	0	0		29	0	0	0		23	0	0	0
26	0	0	0		29	0	0	0		23	0	0	0
26	0	0	0		29	0	0	0		23	0	0	0
26	0	0	0		29	0	0	0		23	0	0	0

Mahmud Jaffar and Gillian Kings-Lynne receive the 60th Anniversary Award

MAHMUD JAFFAR

Mahmud joined Cavaliers at the age of 11 years and has spent an incredible 41 years working tirelessly to promote the sport within the club and the State. 

As a qualified Level 1 Foil Coach, he was Head Coach for many years and has taken a heavy workload on every Committee in multiple capacities – in particular he has spent many years keeping the Treasurer’s books in tip top condition.   More recently he has been the mainstay of the Bladez group having taught the next generation of young coaches to follow on.

The very existence of Cavaliers is due solely to the tenacity of Mahmud who, during the decline of state fencing in the late 80’s and early 90’s, held the club together single-handedly until new energy arrived around 1995.

As a classical foilist, he has been a successful competitor, taking titles up to his more recent Veteran category.

With the above level of commitment to the Club, it is not surprising that he is not only a Life Member of both Cavaliers and the WA Fencing Association, but also the overall winner of the City of Stirling award for Valued Volunteer 2011.

Gillian Kings-Lynne

Gillian has been one of the longest serving non-fencing committee members our club has had. She first brought her kids along in 1993 and has been secretary/registrar from 1993 through to 2013 when Jinny took on secretary. During that period she established practices that enabled our club to grow and prosper. Keeping all members informed of events and making sure everybody knew what they were supposed to do.

During this time Gillian has also been secretary of WAFA during a time of its rebirth and expansion back onto the AFF scene. She has also been recognised with life membership of both WAFA and Cavs and achievement awards from the City of Stirling.

When there have been visiting coaches from the east or OS, Gillian has often hosted them at her house for several months at a time and in some cases provided a car for them.

Probably the most important contribution from Gillian is her ability to record events to compile a history, whether in the form of newsletters or other documents so that in the future we can look back and know accurately what happened

Congratulations to New Life Members

MIKE MIDDLETON

Mike joined Cavaliers in 2003 and it wasn’t long before he found himself fully involved in the running of the club with his particular interest focusing on Coaching.  He gained his Level 1 Foil Coaching qualification in 2007 and has subsequently specialised in teaching the Beginners’ groups – one of the most important roles in the Club. 

Mike was Head Coach for 2010 and 2011 during which time he was responsible for coordinating all coaching groups and maintaining the qualifications of the coaches.  During 2012, he took on the role of club representative to the WA Fencing Association where he put in a huge effort to address the issue of the lack of training courses in WA for potential coaches.  In addition he has been a willing volunteer in all aspects of club administrative and social activity.  For this reason he received a nomination for the City of Stirling award of Valued Volunteer for 2011.

Despite injuries which prevent Mike from fencing at the moment, he is in training for a Level 1 Epee Coaching qualification and continues to support the Coaching team in the Beginners’ group.

D’ARTAGNAN, SEYMOUR WOLFINGER

In seventeen years of membership, D’artagnan has never lost the true spirit of clubmanship and respect for fencing tradition.  He joined Cavaliers in 1998 and instantly set about reviving and maintaining the age-old standards of chivalry and romance properly attributed to the sport, much to the delight of the enthralled members.   He is chiefly known as the originator of the Defenders of the Realm – a mysterious order which bestows upon its members the responsibility of loyalty, honour and protection of the Cavalier fencing fraternity.

In real life, D’artagnan has consistently supported Cavaliers in a very practical way through an administrative and social commitment – notably as Cavs Librarian where he upgraded the collection with a supply of old fencing movies!  Despite a varying range of injuries which now prevent him from fencing competitively, he continues to hold Committee responsibilities and is currently the club representative at WA Fencing Association.

PETER HARBIN

At the age of 82, Peter may well be the oldest competing Veteran fencer in Australia.  As a member of Cavaliers for the last 13 years, Peter has enjoyed a jammed-packed competitive fencing career participating at all levels from Club and State Competition, to National and International events – and it doesn’t look as though he is about to retire yet.

It falls naturally that Peter’s main interest lies in fencing opportunities for Veterans.  To this end he served three years as Vice President of the WA Fencing Association working for increased promotion of Veteran fencing, particularly through the media.  He has been foremost in encouraging Veteran exchange between South-East Asia and Western Australia and was a team member of the first Australians to compete at the Japanese Veteran Championships in 2010.

 

Peter has fenced since his school days in England and his dedication to the sport is testament to the value of long term commitment and to Club spirit through which Cavaliers now benefits.  Peter continues to focus on promotion of Fencing through his participation at public demonstrations both in the city and at York and through frequent access to media exposure on the radio and in the press.

NEIL HERZOG    

When Neil joined Cavaliers 19 years ago, he became a keen competitor in ALL THREE weapons – he couldn’t decide which one he loved the best and didn’t want to miss a minute of fencing!  Such was his love of the sport that within one year he had qualified as a Level 1 Coach, was working on both Cavaliers and WAFA Committees and was off to the Eastern States to try his luck against the rest of the world. 

From that point on, this headlong courage was to lead Neil into more than a decade of leadership roles which were to propel into the future the standards of fencing both at Club level and that of Western Australia.

Neil was involved at all levels of Club activity but primarily undertook the huge job of updating the old equipment from half-bib vests and steam foils to a modern collection of shiny new electrical equipment.  Neil would pick the boxes up from Customs and he would open them at the club with everyone crowded around in great excitement.

At the same time, Neil’s concern was to upgrade the system of tournaments at State level.  He established a system for WAFA tournaments which would bring WA up to national standard with the use of a computerised ranking system.  For the first time since WAFA was re-established in 1995, all WAFA members had access to their ranking details at any given time.   All rankings were published and an Annual Awards Ceremony with the presentation of medals and trophies was reinstated.

In 2000, as President of WAFA, Neil was responsible for huge achievements in the promotion and recognition of the sport with government authorities and brought about the first serious program for government funding of WA Fencing.

Neil went on to serve as a Director with the Board of the Australian Fencing Federation.  His responsibilities included the drawing up of policies for national fencing, which ultimately affect all fencers in each State.

This driving force did not prevent Neil from having a lot of fun, however, and we have great memories of the amazing Fencing Under The Stars in Neil’s back yard with the old heavy wooden pistes.

Photo's from the 60th Anniversary Celebration

Hi All

Photo's are now available 60th Celebration Knight of Knights


Regards

The Committee

Mahmud Jaffar awarded the Robyn Chaplin OAM Award for Outstanding Service to Australian Fencing

At Cavaliers 60th Anniversary celebrations on the 25 July 2015 Mahmud Jaffar was presented with the Robyn Chaplin OAM Award for Outstanding Service to Australian Fencing for  the consistent high standard of fencing practice and dedication to the sport at all levels demonstrated over a period of more than 41 years.

Mahmud is a long term member of ECU Cavalier School of Fencing in Western Australia where he holds the current position of Treasurer and Coach for the group of Junior Fencers known as Bladez.

Mahmud carries with him a level of deep respect and the highest regard within the Club and within the wider Fencing community of Western Australia – and, indeed, amongst his colleagues all over Australia.

While Mahmud’s position on the Club Executive and Coaching Committee during this 12 month period may not appear so unusual to some - this is, in fact, a representation of more than 30 years of unbroken and consistent volunteer service to Western Australian fencing and, in turn, to that of the Australian fencing structure.  Furthermore, the very existence of the Sport of Fencing in this State is entirely due to the dedication of Mahmud when, at a certain time in the past, support for the sport almost collapsed. 

Mahmud took to Foil at the age of 11 years and showed promise at an early age in both State and National Tournaments.  He became dominant in the weapon and held the State Championship title and earned Top 8 National results until his retirement from mainstream competition just prior to his transition to Veteran category.  As a Veteran, he did return to the piste on occasion to take Veteran Gold.

Mahmud’s prowess as a skilled Foilist on the piste is not, however, the purpose of this application.  It is merely a backdrop to his extraordinary story of commitment as a volunteer coach and administrator for most of his fencing life.

Fencing was not always so strong in Western Australia after the heady days of the 70’s.  During the 80’s much of the support waned until there was left simply a small group of 12 – 15 fencers held together by Mahmud in a very small school venue.  A promise to his old coach, Barry Wasley, fired the determination in Mahmud to keep Cavaliers operating.  With an inactive Association and lacking a supportive committee, Mahmud kept the fencing footwork, coaching and bouting activities going entirely single-handedly until help appeared in 1995. 

This was an extraordinary feat as there was no access to professional coaching services, nor was there any support from the Department of Sport and Recreation due to the absence of an active Association at that time.  Mahmud followed the method of giving a lesson to one fencer who, in turn, would give the same lesson to the next fencer, and so on.

With the advent of a newly-determined group of fencers around 1995, Mahmud found the collective energy to guide a revival of the sport to the success story we see today.

Since then, Mahmud has worked tirelessly to promote the sport within the club and the State.  On the WAFA Committee, he held the positions variously of President, Treasurer and State Delegate to the AFF Board until his retirement from the Association in 2000.  At club level, he was Head Coach for many years and has taken a heavy workload on every Committee in multiple capacities.

In the past he has worked closely with the Ministry of Sport and Recreation to obtain funding for visiting coaches and has been instrumental in establishing close links with the Australian Fencing Federation which have been so vital in recent promotion of Western Australian fencing.  His work has provided pathways for others to follow.

Of course, his work continues behind the scenes, as it always has, with an uncountable number of projects which all go together to help provide for that all-important extra dimension of club involvement through social events and extra-curricular activities.  Mahmud has set the highest example to younger fencers of the value of volunteer commitment and of the importance of willing contribution to society.

There is much truth in the statement from Gary Bates, Club President in 2011, when asked about Mahmud – “Cavaliers’ was built around Mahmud so-much-so that if he ever were to leave we would need engineers to assess his load-bearing rating before being moved!”

The award was presented to Mahmud by Nigel Nutt who travelled from Canberra to attend the evenig. Nigel was a member of Cavaliers from 1995-2000, the President of Western Australian Fencing Association 1995-1998 and a director of the Australian Fencing Federation from 2000-2004

Rankings after July Competitions

	Foil					Epee					Sabre
	Fencer	Points	Handicap			Fencer	Points	Handicap			Fencer	Points	Handicap
1	Cedric Bauer	27	4		1	Adian Paxman	34	4		1	Llewlyn Foley	33	4
2	Tom Harvey	24	3		2	Andrew Kwan	19	3		2	Damian Kneale	30	4
3	Darren Chang-Martin	22	3		3	Gino Trichilo	17	2		3	Tom Austin	19	2
4	Gabby Ullaga	20	3		3	Daniel Schultz	17	2		3	Simon McIntyre	19	3
5	Olena Polyakova	18	3		5	Stuart Webster	14	3		5	Lorrhin Foley	17	2
6	Luke Mitchell	16	2		6	Kylie Caunt	12	2		6	Marissa Black	13	2
7	Dylan Devenish	15	2		7	Peter Harbin	11	2		7	Malcolm Davis	10	1
8	Antonio Ruffo	13	2		8	Axel Vekemans	10	1		7	Drew Foley	10	1
9	Anne Bauer	7	1		9	Ryan Moorhouse	8	1		7	EK Gulland	10	0
10	Ivy Park	6	1		9	Isobel Ellis	8	0		10	Gino Trichilo	9	1
10	Lucien Kishi	6	0		11	Sam Prater	7	1		11	Laura Hodges	4	1
10	Hendric Ng	6	0		11	Bobby Emmanual	7	1		11	Finn Gilheany	4	0
13	Michael Macrae	4	0		11	Jessica Scholle	7	1		13	Nick Manley	3	0
13	Matthew Simmonds	4	0		14	Brett Criddle	6	0		13	Dean Fisher	3	0
15	Aron Than	3	1		15	Jinny Skerman	5	0		15	Lewis Freedman	2	0
16	Toby Hodgson	2	0		16	Alia Bath	3	0		15	Elim Wong	2	0
17	Eric Drinkwater	1	0		16	Will Kelly	3	1		17	Lola Croft	1	0
17	Jason McNamara	1	0		18	Llewlyn Foley	2	0		17	Brodie Read	1	0
17	Francesco Rachetti	1	0		18	Lukin Schultz	2	0		17	Sean Vinten	1	0
17	Peter Carr	1	0		20	Antonio Ruffo	1	0		20	0	0	0
17	Andrew Munro	1	0		20	Peter Carr	1	0		20	0	0	0
17	Elim Wong	1	0		20	Sandra Schwartz	1	0		20	0	0	0
17	Keegan	1	0		20	Rachel Carr	1	0		20	0	0	0
24	Matteo Rossaro	0	0		20	Damien Kuruckchi	1	0		20	0	0	0
24	0	0	0		20	Anne Bauer	1	0		20	0	0	0
24	0	0	0		20	Ian Lock	1	0		20	0	0	0
24	0	0	0		20	Thomas Phelan-Mould	1	0		20	0	0	0

Cancelled Fencing WA Winter Camp July 17-19 2015 Cancelled

For anyone recently out of beginners, or anyone who wants to take their fencing to the next level, or anyone who wants an intensive weekend of training. Fencing WA is running a winter camp from Friday 17th - Sunday 19th July. You can come for just one or two days, or you can come for all three. Details are below. It's not far away, so please register ASAP.