Queensland Fencing Association (QFA)

20/10/2026

📅 SAVE THE DATES: NOVEMBER FENCING EVENTS! 🤺

November is shaping up to be another exciting month for Queensland fencing! Check out the upcoming events and make sure you mark your calendars. 🗓️

📌 1 November | Learn to Referee Workshop
Keen to develop your refereeing skills? Join the workshop and build your knowledge of fencing officiating.
⏰ Registration closes 31 October.

📌 7 November | QFA #3
⏰ Early bird registration closes 28 October. All registration closes 6 November.

📌 14 November | Gold Coast Youth and Cadets Epee Invitational 2026
⏰ Registration closes 14 November.

📌 28 November | Youth Circuit (U15s) 2026–2027
⏰ Early bird registration closes 18 November. All registration closes 27 November.

✅ Don't miss out! Check the relevant event listings and JustFence for registration details, and make sure you register before the deadlines.

19/10/2026

🤺 Another fantastic weekend of fencing!

A huge thank you to all our officials and volunteers for their time, dedication and hard work in making another competition a success. We couldn't do it without you!

A special thank you to Alex from Revive West End for generously offering her services to support our fencing community. We truly appreciate your contribution! 💙

Thank you to all the fencers who competed and helped make the event such an enjoyable and memorable experience. Congratulations to all our medallists, and a special shout-out to our Queensland fencers who achieved the following results:

Senior Men's Sabre
🥉 Irum Seo

Veteran Men's Epee
🥇 Luc Cartillier (60+)
🥉 Edward Egan (50+)

Senior Men's Epee
🥉 Samuel Labaki

Senior Women's Sabre
🥉 Isabel Atkins

Veteran Women's Sabre
🥇 Cathy Hunt-Leitch (40+)
🥉 Rebecca He (40+)

Congratulations to everyone who competed! We look forward to seeing you all back on the piste at the next event. ⚔️

11/10/2026

📣 VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED | AFC #2 BRISBANE 2026 🤺

The Queensland Fencing Association is still looking for volunteers to help bring AFC #2 to Brisbane from 16–18 October 2026!

We especially need helping hands for loading equipment for transportation to the venue and competition setup in the lead-up to the event on 14–15 October. Volunteers are also welcome across all three days of competition!

🙌 How you can help:
🔹 Equipment loading and transportation preparation
🔹 Competition setup and preparation
🔹 Supporting the smooth running of competition days

No prior volunteer experience is required, and all helping hands are welcome! Relevant experience is a bonus.

🍎 Food and refreshments will be provided during your volunteer shifts.

Volunteering is a great way to support our fencing community and help deliver a successful national competition here in Queensland.

🔗 Sign up here: https://signup.com/go/riYYgHs

Every helping hand makes a difference. Thank you for supporting QFA and our fencing community! 💙

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10/10/2026

🤺 QFA #2 | Competition Results 🏆

That’s a wrap on QFA #2! Thank you to all the fencers who competed this weekend and brought great energy, sportsmanship and determination to the piste.

Congratulations to all our medalists across the six senior events! 👏

Senior Men's Epee
🥇 Jonathan Patchen
🥈 Samuel Labaki
🥉 Blaise Weinig & Luc Cartillier

Senior Women's Epee
🥇 Alexandra Villalobos
🥈 Imogen Rice
🥉 Stephy Cao & Madison Gordon

Senior Men's Foil
🥇 Owen Zhong
🥈 Cedric Bauer
🥉 Aiden Yu & Alan Li

Senior Women's Foil
🥇 Alicia Kwag
🥈 Chessie Lau
🥉 Angela Choi & Emma Cowdroy-Ling

Senior Men's Sabre
🥇 William Beckey
🥈 Aiden Seo
🥉 Johann Lu & Max Huang

Senior Women's Sabre
🥇 Cathy Hunt-Leitch
🥈 Angela Choi
🥉 Isabel Atkins & April Huang

A big thank you to all our volunteers and officials who helped make this competition run smoothly. These events wouldn't be possible without your time, dedication and support! 💙

Congratulations again to everyone who competed. We look forward to seeing you all back on the piste, ready to bring your best at the next competition!

📊 Full results are available on Fencing Time Live.

🤺

08/10/2026

Wish good luck to all our QLD fencers competing internationally this weekend!

Lucas Zhige Lu - Tashkent Sabre World Cup
Kris Dark - Hong Kong Epee World Cup
Jenny Bonney-Millett - Veterans World Champs, Tbilisi
Anna Heazlewood - Veterans World Champs, Tbilisi
Martin Green - Veterans World Champs, Tbilisi
Jutta Schortmann - Veterans World Champs, Tbilisi

08/10/2026

07/10/2026

🤺 FREE PHYSIO SERVICES AT AFC #2! 💪

We’re excited to have Alex from Revive Studio, one of our own Queensland fencers, providing free physiotherapy services for fencers at the Australian Fencing Circuit #2!

📅 16–18 October 2026
🕚 11am–2pm each day

Services being offered:
- Physio triage of injuries
- Short remedial massage
- Taping
- Roller / trigger ball access
- Fencing-specific advice on physio in your state

Whether you’re managing an existing niggle, need some quick advice between bouts, or just want some recovery support, come and say hello!

📩 Register your interest:
[email protected]
📱 0459 845 226

Thanks to Alex and Revive for supporting our fencing community! ❤️🤺

06/10/2026

🏆 AYC #1 | Queensland Results 🤺

Congratulations to all our Queensland fencers who competed at AYC #1! 👏

A huge congratulations to everyone who took to the piste, with some fantastic individual and team performances across all weapons and age groups.

🥇🥈🥉 Results

Under 15 Girls' Epee
🥉 Stephy Cao

Under 15 Boys' Sabre
🥇 Max Huang
🥉 Edward Gu

Under 13 Boys' Foil
🥇 Jacob Yang
🥈 Henry Kim

🤺 Team Event Results

Youth Girls' Epee
🥇 Team Yellow – Sigrid Perez
🥈 Team Red – Sophia Crook

Youth Boys' Sabre
🥈 Team Magenta – Edward Gu

Youth Girls' Foil
🥇 Team Green – Chessie Lau
🥉 Team Blue – Angela Choi, Jade Zhu

Youth Boys' Epee
🥈 Team Blue – Finnegan Barr

Youth Girls' Sabre
🥈 Team Red – Thishara Sumanasekera

Youth Boys' Foil
🥉 Team Green – Henry Kim, Jacob Yang

Congratulations again to all our Queensland fencers on their efforts and achievements at AYC #1! 💪

📊 Full results are available on Fencing Time Live and .

🤺

26/09/2026

📣 AFC #2 VOLUNTEER UPDATE

Our AFC #2 volunteer positions have been updated, with Equipment Control roles now available! 🤺

If you’re interested in helping out at AFC #2, head to the volunteer sign-up to view the available positions and register:
👉 https://signup.com/go/riYYgHs

📩 Volunteering & general enquiries: [email protected]
📩 Competition enquiries: [email protected]

Thank you to everyone who has already signed up to volunteer. We appreciate your support in helping us deliver AFC #2!

19/09/2026

📣 VOLUNTEERS WANTED | AFC #2

The QFA is looking for volunteers to help us deliver AFC #2 in Brisbane, 16–18 October 2026!

We need volunteers both in the lead-up to the competition (14–15 October) and across all three days of competition (16–18 October).

Whether you're a regular volunteer or helping out for the first time, we'd love to have you involved! No prior volunteer experience is required, although relevant experience is always welcome.

🍽️ What you can expect:
• Food and refreshments provided for your volunteer shifts
• A chance to support the Queensland fencing community
• A variety of volunteer roles are available throughout the event

👉 Sign up for a volunteer role:
https://signup.com/go/riYYgHs

⚠️ Please note: The AFC #2 competition schedule has not yet been finalised. Volunteer time slots are therefore subject to change. Additional volunteer positions will be added to the sign-up once the competition schedule has been confirmed.

📩 General & volunteer enquiries: [email protected]
📩 Competition enquiries: [email protected]

We appreciate the support of our fencing community in helping us put on another great national competition. Thank you to everyone who volunteers their time! 🤺