The Commonwealth Veteran Fencing Championships consists of Individual and Team events for all the three weapons: foil, sabre and epee.

Event type

An event is held every two years, but with variations depending on whether it is an Open Championships year.

Note that there may be other variations at the discretion of the host federation. Prospective competitors in a Commonwealth Veterans' event are strongly advised to familiarise themselves with the details provided by the host federation, to ensure they are aware of all exceptions to the standard format.

Commonwealth Veteran Championshps

Commonwealth Veteran Championships are held every four years in conjunction with Commonwealth Open Championships.

The event is a single round of poules followed by a complete DE to provide an overall champion at each weapon.

Age group gold medals are be taken from the final classification, unless organizers have sufficient time, space and resources to run age group championships for the event determined by separate DEs for each age group.

Age Group Championships

An additional Age Group Championship is held every four years in the intervening years.

This event consists of two rounds of poules followed by separate DEs for each age group. There is no overall champion.

Competitors

Age categories

Athletes must be 40 years or over in the year of the competition (birthday can be after the competition date).

The age categories are:

• Age group 40-49: Must be at least 40 years old and less than 50 years old in the year of the competition.
• Age group 50-59: Must be at least 50 years old and less than 60 years old in the year of the competition.
• Age group 60-69: Must be at least 60 years old and less than 70 years old in the year of the competition.
• Age group 70+: Must be at least 70 years old in the year of the competition.

Teams

Team events consist of three fencers plus one reserve. Where there are sufficient fencers, a country may enter more than one team in any event.

Entries

In order to send athletes to the event, a country must be a member of the Commonwealth Veterans' Fencing Association.

There is no limit to the number of athletes a member country may send to the event.

Awards

Medals

Official Commonwealth Games Federation medals are awarded at the Commonwealth Fencing Veteran Championships.

Medals are awarded for first, second and equal third place in the individual events.

Age group medals will also be awarded.

Medals are awarded for first, second and third place in team events. In line with FIE competition rules, there is no "equal third" - after the semi-finals, the two losing teams fence off for third place.

Rules

Full details of how the event is run (entry details, seeding, equipment requirements, etc) are found in the Commonwealth Fencing Federation Championship Rules.