On-line entry is now open for the 12th PaFF funLeague plastic sword-fencing competition day!
PaFF continues to be Scotland's largest & most popular plastic-foil sword-fencing competition series, and this season, we'll have the opportunity to hold our largest-ever event in May.
Our next event is being held on November 8th, 2014, at the Forrester/St. Augustines Community Sports Hub.
So far, we've played host to young fencers from Perthshire, Stirlingshire, South Lanarkshire, Fife, Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian and East Lothian.
As usual, the children will be placed in very closely-matched final rounds, to fence off for League Division trophies and medals, and there will be League Divisions suitable for complete beginners.
There are no elimination rounds - everyone gets a full day's fencing.
Date: Saturday, November 8th
Time: 11am to 4pm, with optional awards ceremony at 4:20pm
Price £14
To enter:
http://bit.ly/paff-form
Thursday 9 October 2014
Metal PaFF 1
Congratulations to everyone who took part in Metal PaFF 1.
Alex won League Division A, after a nail-biting deciding bout with Rachel, which ran out of time with a score of 6-5.
Angus took the Division A Bronze Medal.
Dominik was awarded the Gold Medal for Sportsmanship, and Katie was awarded the Bracewell Medal for Form & Technique.
Metal PaFF 1 : Results in full
Alex won League Division A, after a nail-biting deciding bout with Rachel, which ran out of time with a score of 6-5.
Angus took the Division A Bronze Medal.
Dominik was awarded the Gold Medal for Sportsmanship, and Katie was awarded the Bracewell Medal for Form & Technique.
Metal PaFF 1 : Results in full
Wednesday 26 February 2014
Entries open for PaFF 12
On-line entry is now open for the 12th PaFF funLeague plastic sword-fencing competition day!
PaFF 12 promises to be our biggest competition day ever - we have got one and a half full-size basketball courts available. At our last competition, we had planned on 36 places being available. This time, we are planning on at least 60 places being available!
We're currently hoping to play host to young fencers from Stirlingshire, South Lanarkshire, Fife, Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian and perhaps other places too.
As usual, the children will be placed in very closely-matched final rounds, to fence off for League Division trophies and medals, and there will be League Divisions suitable for complete beginners.
There are no elimination rounds - everyone gets a full day's fencing.
Date: Saturday, May 17th
Time: 11am to 4pm, with optional awards ceremony at 4:20pm
Price £11
To enter:
http://bit.ly/paff-form
PaFF 12 promises to be our biggest competition day ever - we have got one and a half full-size basketball courts available. At our last competition, we had planned on 36 places being available. This time, we are planning on at least 60 places being available!
We're currently hoping to play host to young fencers from Stirlingshire, South Lanarkshire, Fife, Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian and perhaps other places too.
As usual, the children will be placed in very closely-matched final rounds, to fence off for League Division trophies and medals, and there will be League Divisions suitable for complete beginners.
There are no elimination rounds - everyone gets a full day's fencing.
Date: Saturday, May 17th
Time: 11am to 4pm, with optional awards ceremony at 4:20pm
Price £11
To enter:
http://bit.ly/paff-form
Monday 10 February 2014
Sunday 9 February 2014
Today's the day.
10 trophies,
27 medals
21 certificates of achievement
and now also featuring - hot chocolates and coffee-bar quality coffee free for the referees!
And reasonably-priced coffees and hot chocolates for the spectators too!
27 medals
21 certificates of achievement
and now also featuring - hot chocolates and coffee-bar quality coffee free for the referees!
And reasonably-priced coffees and hot chocolates for the spectators too!
Thursday 6 February 2014
STOP Stop Press!
We have a finish time of 4pm for the fencing, once more.
Optional awards ceremony will be at 4:20pm, all going well.
Optional awards ceremony will be at 4:20pm, all going well.
Wednesday 15 January 2014
PaFF 11 - Stop Press - Change of venue, Change of finish time
The 11th PaFF funLeague competition day is on Saturday, 8th February,
Due to circumstances out of our hands, we're having to move venue.
The new venue is still in Sighthill, still very close to the end of the M8 motorway.
Engage Centre for Sport and Fitness, Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Court, Edinburgh
EH11 4BN
This is the same venue we held the 9th PaFF, last May.
Due to the change in venue, fencing will now finish at 5pm, and not the usual 4pm.
Other changes: the swimming pool is now 5 minutes away by car.
Due to circumstances out of our hands, we're having to move venue.
The new venue is still in Sighthill, still very close to the end of the M8 motorway.
Engage Centre for Sport and Fitness, Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Court, Edinburgh
EH11 4BN
This is the same venue we held the 9th PaFF, last May.
Due to the change in venue, fencing will now finish at 5pm, and not the usual 4pm.
Other changes: the swimming pool is now 5 minutes away by car.
Thursday 9 January 2014
11th PaFF funLeague competition day is on the 8th of February, 11am
There are representatives from 17 schools and 7 fencing clubs entered already.
As usual, spaces are limited - please enter soon to avoid disappointment. It's first come, first served.
Entry fee: £11
Check-in starts at 11:00am.
Fencing finishes at 4pm.
Place: Sighthill. (Currently expected to be Wester Hailes Education Centre)
As usual, the children will be streamed into closely matched final groups.
Each League Division of 5 or 6 fencers then fences for its own trophies and medals.
There are also trophies for Best School and Best Club - every fencer wins points for the their school and club.
Plus our biggest, most prestigious, trophy - the Bracewell Trophy for Form & Technique.
There are also medals for technique, and Gold medals for Sportsmanship, and Gold medals for the Champion Boy and Champion Girl from each year of Primary school.
The venue has a cafe on site, as well as a swimming pool - children from as young as eight can use the swimming pool without requiring an accompanying adult. Why not swim while your younger brother or sister is fencing?
As usual, spaces are limited - please enter soon to avoid disappointment. It's first come, first served.
Entry fee: £11
Check-in starts at 11:00am.
Fencing finishes at 4pm.
Place: Sighthill. (Currently expected to be Wester Hailes Education Centre)
As usual, the children will be streamed into closely matched final groups.
Each League Division of 5 or 6 fencers then fences for its own trophies and medals.
There are also trophies for Best School and Best Club - every fencer wins points for the their school and club.
Plus our biggest, most prestigious, trophy - the Bracewell Trophy for Form & Technique.
There are also medals for technique, and Gold medals for Sportsmanship, and Gold medals for the Champion Boy and Champion Girl from each year of Primary school.
The venue has a cafe on site, as well as a swimming pool - children from as young as eight can use the swimming pool without requiring an accompanying adult. Why not swim while your younger brother or sister is fencing?
Our Facebook Address:
http://www.facebook.com/paffencing
If you're one of our fencer parents, please do Like us.
If you're one of our fencer parents, please do Like us.
Bout Results now on-line
Results of every single fight for the past three PaFF competitions - PaFF 10, PaFF 09 and PaFF 08 - are now on-line at:
The PaFF website - http://paff.uk.to
The results of every Final Round fight from PaFF 07 are also on-line there.
The PaFF website - http://paff.uk.to
The results of every Final Round fight from PaFF 07 are also on-line there.
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