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  • Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series 2025/2026 – Round 3 – Results

    Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series 2025/2026 – Round 3 – Results

    On 8th December we had the third round of the Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series at Shankill Leisure Centre – the premier competition for junior foil fencers.

    The results are in!

    Congratulations to all the winners.

    RESULTS

    U10M

    🥇 Reuben Snoddy

    🥈 Samuel Wu

    🥉 Emmet McGarvey

    U10F

    🥇 Lucy Barber

    Under 10 Results

    U12M 

    🥇 Aleph Patino Yap

    🥈 Vincent Vezelis

    🥉 Leo Stanton

    U12F 

    🥇 Ella Murphy

    🥈 Erin O’Brien

    🥉 Lydia Snoddy

    Under 12 Results

    U14M

    🥇 William Penny

    🥈 Galvan Lopez Garcia

    🥉 Filipp Egelman

    U14F

    🥇 Grace Tsang

    🥈 Olivia Morse

    Under 14 Results

    U16M

    🥇JJ McConnell

    🥈 Ethan Dilworth

    🥉 Sam Snoddy

    U16F

    🥇 Erin Keough

    🥈 Lydia Hamilton

    🥉 Amy Walker

    Cadet Results


    See you all January 11th (NOTE CHANGED DATE), again at Shankill for the Round 4.

  • Sabre Referee Course

    Sabre Referee Course



    Monday 08 December 2025

    As part of our continued support for referees, NI Fencing has 5 spaces available to our members to attend the Fencers Club London Sabre Referee Convention on 8th December.

    This is an online event.

    If you would like to attend please e mail [email protected] and you will be sent an access code for the event. Places are available on a first come, first served basis.
     

  • NIJFS Round 4 – Change of Date

    NIJFS Round 4 – Change of Date

    Note that Round 4 of the NI junior foil series has moved from the Saturday to the Sunday.

    It will now be held on Sunday 11th January 2026.

    This is due to venue availability.

    Round 3 will still be held on Saturday 13th December 2025.

  • Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series 2025/2026 – Round 2 – Results

    Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series 2025/2026 – Round 2 – Results

    On 8th November we had the second round of the Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series at Shankill Leisure Centre – the premier competition for junior foil fencers.

    The results are in!

    Congratulations to all the winners.

    RESULTS

    U10M

    🥇 Samuel Wu

    🥈 Reuben Snoddy

    🥉 Beau Trouton Benson

    U10F

    🥇 Lucy Barber

    Under 10 Results

    U12M 

    🥇 Aleph Patino Yap

    🥈 Vincent Vezelis

    🥉 Oisin Johnston

    U12F 

    🥇 Erin O’Brien

    🥈 Willow Shiveral

    🥉 Lydia Snoddy

    Under 12 Results

    U14M

    🥇 Galvan Lopez Garcia

    🥈 William Penny

    🥉 Filipp Egelman

    U14F

    🥇 Grace Tsang

    🥈 Olivia Morse

    Under 14 Results

    U16M

    🥇Samuel Snoddy

    🥈 JJ McConnell

    🥉 Michael Davitt

    U16F

    🥇 Olivia McEvoy

    🥈 Lydia Hamilton

    🥉 Erin Keogh

    Cadet Results


    See you all December 13th (NOTE CHANGED DATE), again at Shankill for the Round 3.

  • NIJFS Round 3 – Change of Date

    NIJFS Round 3 – Change of Date

    NEW DATE!

    Due to venue availability, we have had to move the NIJFS Round 3 to Saturday 13th December.

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  • Referee Development Opportunities

    As part of our ongoing support for Referee Development we have partnered with British Fencing to deliver Level 2 Sabre and Foil Referee courses.

    The courses will be in 2 parts – an initial online session followed by a Practical Assessment .

    The Foil online session will take place on Thursday 27th November at 19.00 followed by a Practical Assessment at the Northern Ireland Open on 24 / 25th January 2026

    The Sabre online session will take place on Monday 1st December at 19.00 followed by a Practical Assessment at the Northern Ireland Open on 24 / 25th January 2026.

    To be eligible to participate in the sessions you must be a British Fencing Member .

    To register for the sessions please see below the registration form links .

    When completing the form under the drop down tab entitled Course Type please select both the Theory and Practical options.

    Sabre Registration

    Foil Registration  

  • Referee Education Sessions

    Referee Education Sessions

    As part of NI Fencing’s commitment to supporting referee development we are offering support to cover the sign on fee to attend the forthcoming Fencers Club London online Referee Education sessions.

    There are 2 sessions available :

    23rd October 2025 18.30-20.30 Foil refereeing session

    20th November 2025 18.30-20.30 Epee refereeing session

    For more details visit Home | Fencers Club

    NI Fencing is offering to cover the registration costs for 5 people for each session. These will be available on a first come first served basis.

    If you wish to claim one of the places please e mail to [email protected] to express your interest and confirm which session you wish to attend .

    If you are unable to attend the live session date via your registration will be sent a recording of the session .

    If you are successful in your application the next steps in the process will be sent to you in a confirmation e mail.

    All applicants must be current members of NI Fencing.

  • NI Junior Foil Series 2025/2026 – Round 2 – Tickets Available

    NI Junior Foil Series 2025/2026 – Round 2 – Tickets Available

    Tickets are now on sale for the second round of the Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series.

    Buy Tickets

  • Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series 2025/2026 – Round 1 – Results

    Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series 2025/2026 – Round 1 – Results

    On 11th October we had the first round of the Northern Ireland Junior Foil Series at Shankill Leisure Centre – the premier competition for junior foil fencers.

    The results are in!

    Under 10 Foil

    Under 12 Foil

    Under 14 Foil

    Cadet Foil

    Congratulations to all the winners.
    See you all November 8th, again at Shankill for the Round 2.