The 2014 CFF CFF Congress / Manager / Referee Meetings were originally scheduled to be held at the Competition Venue.
They will now be held following the Official Reception (for up to 250 athletes & officials) at the Menzies Hotel in Irvine.
New meeting schedule and venues:
Sunday 9th November - all events in Menzies Hotel in Irvine:
1330 for 1400 - Official Council Reception
1600 - CFF Congress
1800 - Team Manager's Meeting
1900 - Referees' Meeting.
The 2014 CFF Congress will b held at 1400 hours (4:00pm) on 9 November 2014, at Inverclyde House, sportscotland National Centre, Largs.
We have a new members of the CFF: Samoa.
The CFF Directoire Technique has issued a Notice regarding event format, medals and team entries for the 2014 Veteran Championships.
Dates for the CJFC 20015 have now been formalised.
Registration: 10 July 2015.
Competition Dates: 11 - 17 July 2015.
The timetable, for the 2014 Senior and Veteran Championships is now available.
The President of the CFF is pleased to announce that the 2015 Commonwealth Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships have been awarded to South Africa - in particular, the Western Cape Province. This is event is scheduled for a period between 1st - 17th July 2015. Once final dates have been locked in, members will be advised.
In late 2013, the FIE changed the rule relating to age categories for Veteran fencers. The CFF Executive has discussed this matter and rather than introduce this change within a few months of a major CFF event, it has been agreed that , should there be consensus at the next CFF Congress (in Scotland), the age ruling will be changed to reflect the new FIE rule, to become effective for the following Veteran event, but not for the 2014 Commonwealth Veteran Championships.
The existing rule will be valid for the 2014 Commonwealth Veteran Championships: Individual events are open to all fencers who qualify under current Commonwealth Fencing Federation (CFF) rules and are over 40 on the first day of the event.' NB: This applies equally to the other age-groups: 50+, 60+, 70+.
An updated set of Minutes, together with some supporting documents, are now available.
A General Meeting was held on 1 December 2013 in the A General Meeting was held in the Intercontinental Le Grand Hotel, Paris, France. The Minutes are available in pdf format.
We have a new members of the CFF: Dominica.
The CFF General Meeting will be held at 1100 hours on Sunday 1st December 2013. The venue will be the Salon Debussy in the Intercontinental Hotel Paris. All delegates are invited to attend.
Athletes wishing to change allegiance from the country of birth to another (usually Home Country athletes) may do so ONCE only in their career. The attached form (130630-Master CFF Eligibility Appeal Document) must be completed & signed by the athlete (& parent if under 18) & endorsed by the country/nation for which the athlete wishes to compete. Hard & soft copies should be sent to the Secretary of the CFF and the athlete will be advised of the Executives' decision as to whether the appeal has been granted. A register of Appeals Granted is maintained on the CFF website.
We have a new members of the CFF: Ghana.
It is with great sadness that we announce that Bob Turner passed away recently. Bob was a loyal servant to Welsh, British, Commonwealth & Commonwealth Veternas Fencing and he will be sorely missed by many.
We have four new members of the CFF: Belize, Jamaica, Mauritius and Rwanda.
A Veteran Association Meeting was held on 29 September 2012 in Singapore. The Minutes are available in pdf format.
The Fencing community was saddened to hear of the sudden death of CFF Vice President - Arun Kumar Vij.
The Commonwealth Fencing Federations was saddened to learn of the death of former Technical Commission Chair, John Ramsay.
Minutes from Congress and Council meetings dating back to 1978 are now available on the website.