2013-05-18 : Wheelchair Fencing - Coaches Course
Wheelchair Fencing - Coaches Course
Saturday 29th June 2013
Maidstone, Kent
10am - 4pm
Venue;
Oakwood House
Maidstone
Kent ME16 8AE
www.oakwoodhousehotel.co.uk ( see map of venue together with alternative accommodation if required)
Cost
£20 each. Please make cheques payable to BDFA
(Accommodation bookings to be made directly with relevant hotel)
Parking
Free
Lunch
Lunch will be provided. Please inform us of any dietary needs.
The day will include information regarding background to Wheelchair Fencing, rules and regulations together with practicalities of working with disabled people. There will be a hands on practical demonstration in the afternoon.
*Please note the course will be featuring physical disability
BDFA are grateful for the support from EDF in supporting this event
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Cheques made payable to BDFA
£20 per person
Please send to;
Mrs S Body
Hope Farm
Snargate
Romney Marsh
Kent TN29 9UQ
2013-05-12 : 2013 Calendar
This years calendar is now on-line. See the upcoming events section for details.2013-01-06 : Neil Ross
It is with much sadness that we start off the year with the news that Neil Ross has passed away. Neil died yesterday morning after suffering with stomach cancer. Our sympathies go to his wife Cath who was never far from his side, and supported him through and through. Cath has asked me to pass on her thanks for the messages and tributes that she has received. The level of network activity shows just how much Neil meant to so many people, and the impact he had on their lives.Neil was a key member of BDFA. He had a long competitive career as a fencer, and currently was serving on both the BDFA executive Committee and also IWAS. He was an inspiration to new fencers and always keen to assist in any way. He was also a very talented quiz master extraordinaire ! Sport was a real passion of Neils, and he had been very much involved with amputee football, basketball, coaching, rugby, tennis and fishing to name but a few. He also worked in a National Role at a major leisure centre delivering disability awareness training, before moving to Scope.
Above all Neil will be remembered for his wonderful sense of humour, his kindness and friendship. Neil may have not lived a long life, but it was certainly a full and happy one. He will be greatly missed.
2012-11-18 : 2012 Nationals Results
MENS FOIL A1 Simon Wilson
2 Piers Gilliver
3 Craig Mccann
4 Thomas Hall-Butcher
5 Jamie Hamilton
MENS FOIL B
1 Dimitri Coutya
2 Shah Rashid
3 David Heaton
4 Dan Smith
WOMENS FOIL A
1 Gabi Down
2 Gemma Collis
3 Vivien Mills
4 Natalie Child
MENS SABRE A
1 Matthew Campbell-Hill
2 Piers Gilliver
3 Thomas Hall-Butcher
4 Simon Wilson
5 Jamie Hamilton
MENS SABRE B
1 Dimitri Coutya
2 David Heaton
3 Shah Rashid
4 Dan Smith
5 Malcolm Coade
WOMENS SABRE
1 Gabi Down
2 Vivien Mills
3 Natalie Child
MENS COMBINED CLASS EPEE
1 Piers Gilliver
2 Simon Wilson
3 Thomas Hall-Butcher
4 Craig Mccann
5 Shah Rashid
WOMENS COMBINED CLASS EPEE
1 Gabi Down
2 Gemma Collis
3 Vivien Mills
2012-09-16 : Channel 4 - London 2012 Wheelchair Fencing coverage
Great Britain versus Hong Kong Team match coverage2012-08-27 : More paralympic tickets on sale
Please come along and make some noise supporting the Team GB Wheelchair Fencers.
2012-08-25 : GB Team Camp Preparation
GB Team Camp Preparation Beazley Article2012-05-31 : Warsaw World Cup (5th 9th July 2012)
The following fencers will be attending the Warsaw World Cup (5th 9th July 2012)Senior Event
| Tom Hall Butcher | Foil & Sabre |
| Simon Wilson | Foil & Epιe |
| Craig McCann | Foil & Epιe |
| David Heaton | Foil & Sabre |
| Gemma Collis | Foil & Epιe |
| Gabi Down | Foil & Epιe |
| Justine Moore | Foil & Epιe |
| Vivien Mills | Epιe & Sabre |
| Dmitri Coutya | Foil & Sabre |
| Piers Gilliver | Foil & Epιe |
U23 Event
| Gemma Collis | Foil & Epιe |
| Gabi Down | Foil & Epιe |
| Justine Moore | Foil & Epιe |
| Dmitri Coutya | Foil & Sabre |
| Piers Gilliver | Foil & Epιe |
U17 (Cadet) Event
| Dmitri Coutya | Foil |
| Gabi Down |
Foil |
2012-05-20 : BBC News- Fencer Gabby Down, aged 13, named in GB Paralympics squad
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/180373812012-05-15 : Sport Nottinghamshire -Nottingham fencer Wilson gets Paralympic call up to represent Great Britain
2012-05-11 : GB announced wheelchair fencing team
Great Britain will have seven wheelchair fencers competing at London 2012 after ParalympicsGB announced their team for this summers Games.
Britain had just one competitor in wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Six of the seven fencers selected for London 2012 will make their Paralympic debuts and the young female epee team of Gemma Collis, Gabby Down and Justine Moore has an average age of 18.
Down, who is 14 later this month, is likely to be one of the youngest British athletes to compete at the 2012 Games.
Tom Hall-Butcher will also make his Paralympic debut when he competes in the mens sabre Class A event, while David Heaton, who will be competing in his fifth Paralympic Games, will provide a wealth of experience to the mens foil team.
Heaton retired after Athens 2004 but returned to the sport in 2011 rejuvenated and motivated by the developing programme structure and will join Paralympic debutants Craig McCann and Simon Wilson.
Since Beijing, the sport has focussed on recruiting top fencing talent and membership of the British Disabled Fencing Association has tripled in the past two years.
In addition, the whole team has benefitted from participating in the BPAs Talent Transition Programme, a six-month programme designed to fast-track athletes.
ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission Craig Hunter: To have seven fencers selected to represent ParalympicsGB in London is a great achievement and the sport should be congratulated for all the hard work that has gone into getting such a massive increase from the one athlete we had in Beijing.
"It is a testament to the dedication of the athletes involved, the work done by British Disabled Fencing Association and the BPAs talent development programmes, that we are in a position to select so many more world-class athletes from this sport this time around."
Justine Willmott, Performance Manager from Wheelchair Fencing, added: It is great that ParalympicsGB will have a much larger team size for Wheelchair Fencing at the London 2012 Paralympics.
"As well as having two fencers competing in the individual events, there will be representation in both the male and female team events."
On Thursday ParalympicsGB announced the final place in the sailing team for London 2012 was to be filled by Helena Lucas.
ParalympicsGB wheelchair fencing team:
- Gemma Collis
- Gabby Down
- Justine Moore
- Tom Hall-Butcher
- David Heaton
- Craig McCann
- Simon Wilson
2012-05-07 : Montreal World Cup 2012 Images
Images from the Montreal 2012 World Cup attended by Simon Wilson and Vivienne Mills of Great Britain.View images here
2012-03-21 : College BTEC Media students short edit about Wheelchair Fencing
2012-02-16 : Peter Vicarey
Peter Vicarey
The BDFA was saddened to hear
of the death of Peter Vicarey.
Peter represented GB in
wheelchair fencing at both the Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000
Paralympic Games.
Peter was a highly competitive international
fencer who represented GB at World Cups, World & European
Championships. He also inspired many new fencers through his support
with the Junior Games.
He was a great ambassador for his country
and liked by all who knew him on the fencing circuit. He is warmly
remembered for his sense of humour and fun.
Peter passed away in the early hours of Saturday 11th February.
The funeral will take place on Monday 27th February 1.45pm at Wessex Vale Crematorium, Bubb Lane, Eastleigh, Southampton S030 2HL. All are welcome
Family
flowers only. Donations invited for Cancer research. Please forward
any donations to Waterside
Funeral Home 13-15
The Marsh, Hythe, Hampshire, SO45 6AJ
Peter will be greatly
missed by his friends and team mates. We offer our sincere
condolences to his family and friends at this time.
Shuna Body
Chairman BDFA
2011-09-30 : The National Lottery Olympic Park Run
2011-07-25 : BBC Sheffield Young Talent Story
Watch Video Here...2011-07-20 : Photos from the Sheffield EWFC 2011
Click here to view2011-07-18 : Channel 4 coverage of the Sheffield Europeans
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2010-05-16 : National Championships 2010
The BDFA National Championships in 2010 will be held at the EIS (English Institute of Sport) Sheffield. The event will be held alongside the BFA (British Fencing Association) National Championships over the weekend of the 24th and 25th of July 2010.Clich here for the BDFA National Championships 2010 Entry Form
2010-04-26 : GB fencers competing in Canada
The Great Britain (GB) team will be competing in Montreal host city of the recent winter olympics and paralympics. The team will be competing in the 27th Dιfi sportif international event that assembles athletes with all types of disabilities.From April 27 to May 2, 2010, the 27th Dιfi sportif will bring together over 3,200 athletes from about 20 countries, who will face each other in fourteen sports with the support of over 900 volunteers.
The event will will see Tom Hall-Butcher, Simon Wilson and Vivien Mills looking to build on their results from the Malchow World Cup in a bid to qualify for the Paris World Championships in November.
The GB Team will also be giving a World Cup debut Justine Moore.
2010-04-15 : Frejus Training Camp - April 2010
Six fencers and two coaches attended the Frejus Training Camp and subsequent Challenge Des Joinville competition in France.In addition to the BDFA representatives. The camp was attended by most of the French National Team and fencers from Italy, Brazil and Germany.
The Challenge Des Joinville is a mixed able bodied and wheelchair competition where all fencers fight in wheelchairs.
Results can be found here.
2009-11-26 : Photos from the Rushcliffe Open 2009
Above: the medal winners of the Sabre on Saturday.
Above: Sundays Epee medal winners.
Above: Mens Epee at the Rushcliffe Open.
Above: Suzanne Rockett referees womens epee direct elmination on the Sunday.
2009-11-10 : Coach of the year!
2009-10-28 : Photos from BDFA National Championships
2009-10-21 : National Wheelchair Fencing Championships to start this weekend
Some of the nations top disabled athletes will be in Buckinghamshire this weekend to compete in the National Wheelchair Fencing Championships.
Twelve of Britains best disabled fencers will compete at the
Olympic Village in Stoke Mandeville, organised by the British Disabled
Fencing Association (BDFA). Amongst the competitors is a former
Paralympic bronze medallist, as well as some of the sports rising
stars.
This year there will be a female competition for the first time
in over ten years and also a junior event. Winners of the national
title will be considered for selection for World Cup events and
additional coaching sessions with BDFA National coach Laszlo Jakab.
Some of those competing have already been selected to take part in a
World Cup event in Warsaw, Poland.
Justine Willmott, Performance Manager from the British Disabled Fencing Association, says:
Wheelchair
fencing is exciting to watch and wed love to see as many local people
as possible coming down to the Olympic Village to see it in action and
also have a go on our taster piste. It is a Paralympic sport and the
British Disabled Fencing Association would like to see more disabled
people taking part in Wheelchair Fencing and enjoying the challenges
this sport has to offer.
A number of senior managers from Cadbury UK have been working
with the organisers to help raise the profile of the sport and provide
help on a voluntary, pro-bono basis. Some of those managers will be in
Stoke Mandeville to help run the championships.
Alistair Gaunt, Customer Marketing Controller for Cadbury UK and who is helping with the event, says:
A
team of six senior managers from Cadbury were initially paired with the
BDFA to work with them as part of a Leadership Development program.
However following the program we were all inspired to voluntarily
continue working with them, as we felt we could help develop the sport
of wheelchair fencing. The BDFA is a small organisation that does some
fantastic work, so by helping to raise their profile, and helping to
make sure their national championships runs smoothly, we hope to make a
real difference. We cant wait to watch some top class fencing action,
too!
19 year old Tom Hall-Butcher, from Alfreton in Derbyshire, who has cerebral palsy, will be competing this weekend: Ive been fencing for six years and Ive got to the point now where I really want to be the best in the country. More and more disabled athletes are getting involved in fencing and the sports getting more competitive all the time, so Im looking forward to a tough weekend of competition. Having the Paralympic Games coming to the UK has given all of us an extra incentive to be the best we can be.
2009-10-05 : Warsaw World Cup Photos
Above: The crowd gathers for the televised gala final on Sunday.
Above: The Great Britain Team.
Above: Alan Sheriff (GB) prepares to face Robert Citerne (FRA)
2009-09-29 : STOP PRESS: National Wheelchair Fencing Championships on 24th-25th October
Please contact info@bdfa.org.uk or Caz Walton on 07803 407260 for more information if you are interested in attending or entering
2009-09-14 : Awards Dinner
Click here for more information2009-09-07 : Rushcliffe Open 2009 - Mixed Wheelchair Competition
Click here for more details and the Entry Form2009-06-23 : Wheelchair fencing in the South West
Click here for more information2009-06-13 : Wheelchair Fencing in the News
Click here to see the Sunday Mercury's Jonny Dangerous try his hand at wheelchair fencing.
2009-05-23 : Bolton Fun Day
Wheelchair fencing was on show at a fun day in Bolton.2009-04-12 : The Nottingham Open 2009
2008-11-08 : September 2008 Riposte (Newsletter of the British Disabled Fencing Association)
Click here to open the September 2008 edition of the BDFA Riposte newsletter.
2008-11-04 : Wheelchair Fencers "On Guard" for Open Day
News story on Oxfordshiresport.org2008-09-01 : Images from the pre-Beijing Training Camp in Nottingham
2008-07-31 : National Wheelchair Fencing Championship
The National Wheelchair Fencing Championship is being held this weekend (1st, 2nd and 3rd of August). The venue is Stoke Mandeville Stadium the "home of wheelchair sport".
The championship is electric and runs in all three weapons Foil, Epee and Sabre with prizes for each of the weapons and a master at arms trophies for the best overall fencer.
2008-05-03 : BDFA website development
The British Disabled Fencing Association (BDFA) website now includes a news feature.