Fencing Ireland are happy to announce that we’ll be launching our new and improved website in the coming weeks. Keep a close eye on https://irishfencing.net ..read more

Dear fencers, As you are aware the Coronavirus, COVID-19, has spread rapidly through the world and has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. The board of Fencing Ireland have been reviewing developments as they occur and evaluating the impact on our sport. Following a board meeting this morning we have decided that the Irish Nationals 2020, due to be held on 4/5th April, will be postponed until later in the year. In tandem with that, we are also suspending all further events until after Easter. The executive management team will continue to review further devel ..read more

The McGillion-Moore siblings put in a pair of strong performances to round out the involvement of Team Ireland at the Cadet & Junior European Championships in Porec, Croatia. Katie McGillion-Moore improved on her 50th place finish in cadet foil with a 48th place finish in the junior event while her brother Jake McGillion-Moore placed 40th in men’s foil. Jake went V3D3 in the poules, with victories over Maior (HUN), Iurin (UKR) and Slezak (CZE). The 3 victories were good for 38th seed in the knock out rounds where he lost to the 27th seed from Austria Lechner. Finn McMullan won on ..read more

Claudio Sosa Smatrala (76th of 102) kicked off Team Ireland’s involvement at Cadet European Championships in Porec, Croatia with a 15-11 direct elimination loss to Tsybulia of Belarus. Claudio’s qualification to the knockout rounds came with a dominant win over Serbian Dusan Zeljkovic. The one win and a 5-4 loss to the Danish Jonas Karlsen proved enough to progress on indicators, seeding 76th. Next up tomorrow is Isabella Keniston-Cooper and Kaitlyn McGillion-Moore who compete in a 94 strong field in Cadet Women’s Foil ..read more

It’s our pleasure to announce the below fencers have been selected to represent Ireland at the European Zonal Olympic Qualifier in Madrid on 18/19 April As of the 19th February the current team selected is: Men’s Foil – Eoin Gronningsater Men’s Epee – Michael Geraghty Men’s Sabre – Michalis Kirimlidis Further selections will be considered, depending on results at upcoming Women’s FIE events. All at Fencing Ireland wish to congratulate all of the fencers for this incredible achievement. We wish them all our very best ..read more

will take place on the 4th and 5th of April 2020. The event will take place in the Trinity College Sports Centre. The format will be two rounds of poules followed by direct elimination. Saturday MF/WF check-in closes at 09:30 start at 09:45 MS check-in closes at 13:00 start 13:15. Sunday ME/WE check-in closes at 09:30 start 09:45 WS checkin closes at 13:00 start at 13:15 ..read more

Congratulations to Finn McMullan who met the qualifying standard for Junior Euros and Worlds this weekend at the Leszno Junior Foil World Cup where he finished 130th. Finn joins the five young foilists who have also met the qualifying standard for Cadet/Junior European Championships in Porec, Croatia in Mid February as well as or the Cadet/Junior World Championships in Salt Lake City, USA at the start of April. Other top performance for Genevieve Clarke at the Bochum Junior Foil World Cup. She finished 63rd after an impressive 15-4 win over Chusid. Genevieve, of course, has already met t ..read more

Fencing Ireland are pleased to announce that we will be running a Level 1 Coaching Course in early 2020. The course will take place in the Sports Centre of Trinity College, Dublin, over three weekends in February and March: • February 15/16 • February 29/March 1 • March 21/22 Cost: €100 – those travelling from afar are invited to make contact to discuss a lower cost to facilitate their travel expenses. Course tutors: Patrick Dight and Colm Flynn Any questions and queries are welcome and can be sent to development@irishfencing.net All those wishing to participate should fill o ..read more

It’s our pleasure to announce the below fencers have qualified for the Cadet European Championships in Porec, Croatia in Mid February as well as or the Cadet World Championships in Slat Lake City, USA at the start of April. Cadets MF – Claudio Sosa Smatrala WF – Isabella Keniston-Cooper WF – Kaitlyn McGillion-Moore Juniors MF – Jake McGillion-Moore MF – Claudio Sosa Smatrala* WF – Genevieve Clarke WF – Kaitlyn McGillion-Moore* *The Selectors have accepted a result of top 50% at a Cadet world cup as qualification for Juniors. We were only able to do this as they will not displace othe ..read more

Men’s Epee 19 October 2019 – 09:00 Final Results Place Name Member # Club(s) Division Country 1 GAGLIARDI davide 101534 UCD/Brian Boru IRL 2 DUGUID stewart 90107 mid down GBR 3T ORIFICI adelphi 100136 ravenwood IRL 3T RICHARDSON joseph 100313 brian boru IRL 5 BOYLE g ..read more