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Diane Austin 1933-2018
With sadness we report the unexpected death of Diane Austin. Diane was a member of NVA and BVF since 1991 and has been a long standing supporter of veterans fencing.
If you have any tributes or memories of Diane please send them to me, John Mason and I will add them to an obituary page.
Her funeral will be held on Thursday 3rd January - 12:45, at Guildford Crematorium, New Pond Road, Goldaming GU7 3DB.
Selection Issues
The new BVF committee met on 4th November and spent a considerable time discussing selection for the World Championships.
The outcome was that the committee has agreed that for selection for the 2019 World Championships only that 3 events will be used: the BVF Age Groups, BVF Championships and the European Individual Championships.
The 4 fencers (for each weapon and age category) with the best 2 results from the three competitions will be selected. Full rules for selection are to follow.
The Age Groups will be held on 23/24 March at the Leon Paul Centre - timetable to be determined.
The BVF Championships will be held May 10-12 at the Manchester Fencing Centre. Epee on Friday, Sabre on Saturday and Foil on Sunday.
The European Individual Championships, Cognac, France are May 29 - June 2. The website for this event which will include the timetable and accommodation details has not yet been published but this is expected in the next couple of weeks. This is an open entry event.
Carl Morris has been reappointed as Chairman of Selectors.
The minutes of the meeting are available on the BVF website.
Gillian Aghajan
BVF Chairman
Veterans World Championships - Livorno
Congratulations to:
| Sheila Anderson, Janet Cooksey, Caron Hale, Clare Halsted, Jenny Morris, Gillian Worman | WF Team | Gold medal |
| Kola Abidogun, Tony Bartlett, Brian Causton, Mike McKay, Graham Paul, Paul Wedge | MF Team | Gold medal |
| Silvia Brown, Caroline Clancy, Viv Frith, Jane Hutchison, Michele Narey, Yvonne Walls | WS Team | Silver medal |
| Kola Abidogun | MF Cat A | Silver medal |
| Silvia Brown | WS Cat C | Silver medal |
| Graham Paul | MF Cat C | Silver medal |
| Sheila Anderson | WF Cat B | Bronze medal |
| Jane Hutchison | WS Cat B | Bronze medal |
| Susan Uff | WE Cat C | Bronze medal |
Veterans Hampshire Open
Results. The results have been added to the Rankings
AGM - Committee posts
The new committee can be seen on the Contacts page
Veterans Winton Cup 22-23 Sep
SE win. Results
August Newsletter ..
Ranking System
The BVF Ranking System is here! Click on this link to see it: Ranking
The reasoning behind the system can be seen in this document.
I have entered the results from 11 events with a wide range of formats.
You can see where you come in an age group or in the full list for a weapon.
You are welcome to make comments, the system is on trial and I expect there are bugs or the algorithms could be improved or the presentation could be sharper.
When a BVF event is published here in the Latest News it will have "This is a BVF Ranking event" against it. This means the results will be added to the rankings database.
Please note that rankings will not be used for selection until it has been decided how they should be used.
Suggested European Events
Here is a list of accessible events in Europe in the 2017/2018 season.
BVF Committee meetings
If you have any matters that you wish the committee to consider please email Marcia Stretch
The minutes of meetings can be found on the Committee page.
Competition Organisers
If you are running a competition with veterans among the entries, then you have the option to check that the veterans belong to BVF (British Veterans Fencing).
Prepare a list of BF numbers from the entry and click on this button:
Other Veterans Events
See the panel in the Home Page for veterans events around the world
Download the Foxit PDF Reader to read PDF files. Reading documents in PDF ensures that you see what the author intended.
© 2012- John Mason, British Veterans Fencing