The 2011 Cadet Oceania Fencing Championships will be held at the Auckland Grammer School, Sports Center on the 20th - 21st April.  Full details below in the attachment.

Venue: Auckland Grammar School Sports Centre, Mountain Rd, Mt Eden.
Entry and parking through gate 3.

Start times:

Wednesday 20th April
0840 Boys Epee
0900 Girls Sabre
1300 Boys Sabre
1300 Girls Epee

Thursday 21st April
0800 Boys Foil
1040 Girls Foil

The current membership of the OFC includes Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia (as an Associate Member). Fencers from Tahiti (French Polynesia) competed in the last Oceania Senior Championships, under the auspices of New Caledonia.

The OFC is keen to develop Fencing in other countries in the Oceania Zone. There has been a recent request from Samoa to establish a fencing federation and the OFC is working to make this possible.

It is interesting to note that the Oceania Zone contains 0.05% of the world's population spread over about 30% of the world's surface. The geography of our zone certainly poses some challenges which we are keen to overcome!

Helen Smith
OFC President