Eastern Region Senior Championships and GB cup qualifier 2025
Entry Fee: £31 per event.
It is possible this year for women to compete in Foil/Epee or Sabre/Epee and Men to compete in Foil/Epee & Epee/Sabre, please add both to your basket on Sport80 before checkout.
Format: 1 round of pools followed by direct elimination. Subject to numbers, pools may be of mixed gender. All DE’s will be separated. Self-refereeing will be required up to L4 although there will be a number of official referees in attendance if required.
Ranking – the event will use the most current BF Senior ranking list then 2024’s results +800
Medals for top 4, prizes for best Cadet (U17) & best Veteran (40+) in each event.
Eligibility – You must be a member of British Fencing Eastern Region to compete (your region affiliation will be shown in Sport80). All fencers must be over 13yrs on 9th March 2025.
Closing Date: Sun 2nd March 2025. Entries after this date may be accepted up to entry caps. To guarantee entry, enter before 2nd March.
Equipment: All events are electric.
ALL WEAPONS: A minimum standard of 350N/CEN1 mask with back strap, jacket and breeches and a plastron of 800N is obligatory, as are long socks pulled up so there is no gap between socks and breeches.
Foil: Lame foil bibs with jacket to mask wire are compulsory
Sabre – 800 N gloves
There will be an armoury service available.
Entries: via Sport80 (https://bf.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/39520)
Fencers can qualify, via this event, for the British Fencing GB Cup.
More details can be found through this link: https://www.britishfencing.com/gb-cup-2025-eligibilityandentry-changes/
The new criteria for qualification is:
- Be aged 16 or over on 1 January 2025.
- fencers must be listed on the intermediate rankings and hold a D, E or U rating.
- fencers that have represented Home Nations or GBR at any level are no longer excluded (subject to above requirement).
- where regions have planned qualifying events the top two eligible fencers in each weapon will be invited.
- priority entry will then be offered to fencers based on their intermediate ranking, after which entry will be open to all eligible fencers.
- Fencers may only enter the regional event in the Region they have specified on their British Fencing Membership.
- Fencers may only fence in one qualifying event per season.
- Fencers must be UK residents.
- Entries will only be accepted via the Regions.
The National Final will be held on:
Date: 26th-27th April 2025
Venue: EIS Sheffield, Coleridge Road, Sheffield, S9 5DA
Closing date for regional entries: tbc