The National U10’s British Youth Championships will be held Sunday 23 May 2010.  This competition is open to all British fencers born 2000/2001/2002. There will be separate events for girls and boys.

The venue will be:

Wrekin Sports Hall,
Wrekin College,
Sutherland Road,
Wellington,
Telford,
Shropshire
TF1 3BH.

Please note that BF clothing regulations will be enforced, including breeches. Foils will be weight tested throughout the competition. Size ‘0’ blades must be used.

Entries should be made direct to the organisers, using the attached form:

• The closing date is 13 May 2010, and late entries will NOT be accepted.
• The formula is two rounds of pools without elimination, followed by Direct Elimination
• The piste for all weapons may be the shorter length of 12m
• The maximum blade size is size 0
• The pool fights are for 5 hits with a time limit of two minutes.
• In the DE Tableau, fights are to 10 hits in 3 bouts of 2 minutes, with a gap of 1 minute

The years of birth for this season are:

• U12: Born 1998/1999/2000
• U14: Born 1996 or 1997
• U16: Born 1994 or 1995
• U18: Born 1992 or 1993

Fencers may only enter the Regional event in the geographical Region where they have their home address, OR where they regularly attend a fencing club within the Region.

For U12 & U14, the maximum blade sizes are:

• Foil ‐ size 3
• Epée ‐ size 2
• Sabre – size 2.

In the DE Tableau for U12, fights are to 10 hits in 3 bouts of 2 minutes, with a gap of 1 minute.

For full information on rules and qualifying, see the British Fencing website:

BFA Attachments:

Parent Consent Form:
BYC General Information and Rules 2010:
BYC Summary Schedule and Provisional Check in Times:
BYC Byes:

The BYC Qualifiers are scheduled for:

• 27th Feb - Foil
  Check-in for Foil will close at 9:30

• 28th Feb - Epee & Sabre
  Check-in for Epee will close at 9:30
  Check-in for Sabre will close at 12:30

Qualification is calculated on 1 in 4, or part of 4, of those fencers actually fencing in the qualifying competition with a minimum number of 4. Please note that fencers who enter, but do not fence, are not counted in this total; this includes fencers eligible for byes.

Any fencer who reached The British DE Final of 8 in last year's Championships may claim a bye in this year's Championships at the SAME weapon, regardless of age group; this includes finalists from the U10 events. FENCERS CLAIMING A BYE MUST ENTER THE REGION QUALIFYING COMPETITION, but need not fence. Wherever they finish in the Region Competition, they qualify for the final series in ADDITION to the number of qualifiers calculated.

Please note that the new Foil Bib Target rules will NOT apply to this competition. For details, click here.

Note: Those who qualify for the British Finals will be required to pay a finals Entry Fee of £4 at the end of this competition.

The following links will take you to the Welsh Calendar.  This will allow you to either enter online (with online payment via PayPal), or to downline PDF entry forms to send in with your payment.

Foil
Epee
Sabre