2013 PaFF Scottish Season Championship Places

Of the 85 entrants to this season's PaFFs, 30 fencers entered more than one PaFF, putting them in contention for this year's PaFF Scottish Season Championship.

Directoire Gordon has finally got the spreadsheet working properly, so Silver and Bronze medals will be delivered this week.

Here are the Scottish Season Championship results:

		Place			Season Position
	Name	PaFF 7	PaFF 8	PaFF 9	(Best 2 of 3)
P7	Angus	1	7	1	1
P7	Josh McA	3	2	2	2
P5	Ismail	5	4	10	3=
P4	Ben S	4	5	---	3=
P6	Indio	---	3	9	5
P6	Jordan	8	11	5	6=
P6	Caelan	---	1	12	6=
P4	Mariam	6	18	28	8
P5	Jake	11	---	15	9=
P3	Samuel Q	18	8	35	9=
P7	Thomas R - NM	13	---	13	11
P5	Ben H	14	13	---	12
P4	Corran	16	12	---	13
P4	Cameron O	24	16	17	14
P7	Emma	25	9	---	15
P5	Katie	12	28	23	16
P5	Hannah	---	24	16	17
P4	Hector	17	26	---	18
P2	Samirah	22	23	34	19
P6	Eva	---	25	21	20
P4	Rosie	---	17	30	21
P3	Elliot B	19	31	---	22
P4	Emily McA	---	21	33	23
P4	Fergal	30	27	37	24
P6	Simon	26	34	---	25
P4	Robbie	36	---	29	26
P2	Archie	37	32	43	27
P4	Yahya	35	---	36	28=
P2	Dylan	38	33	---	28=
P2	Joshua B	40	38	38	30

Congratulations to everyone who took part.

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Scottish Fencing Plastic Foil Championships

Entries are now being accepted until Friday 24th May.

PaFF 2012-13 Season Rankings - Primary 7

The season ranking is based on each fencer's best two scores from the season's events.

Angus	1st
Josh McA	2nd
Thomas R - NM	8th=
Emma	16th
Fraser O	18th
Agnia	19th
Ewan P	21st=
Sean	21st=
Julia (S1) Finn	29th 30th
Samuel M	33rd=
Thomas R - Db	41st
Euan U	49th=
Donald	65th
John	69th

PaFF 2012-13 Season Rankings - Primary 6

The season ranking is based on each fencer's best two scores from the season's events.

Jordan	3rd
Indio	4th
Caelan	5th=
Eva	21st=
Robin M	24th=
Elliot D	37th
Fraser I	39th=
Lucy	47th=
Olivia	49th=
Simon	49th=

PaFF 2012-13 Season Rankings - Primary 5

The season ranking is based on each fencer's best two scores from the season's events.

Ismail	5th=
Jake	8th=
Ben H	12th
Katie	13th=
Hannah	17th
Billy	20th
Oliver	27th=
Emily O	31st=
Xander P	31st=
Kalu	36th
Xander T Jamie	38th 39th
Guy	42nd=
Keira	42nd=
Lena	45th=
Louis	49th=
Devlin	54th
Jonah	54th
Abelard	58th=
Lily	58th=
Logan	61st

PaFF 2012-13 Season Rankings - Primary 4

The season ranking is based on each fencer's best two scores from the season's events.

Ben S	7th
Mariam	10th
Cameron O	13th=
Corran	13th=
Rosie	24th=
Hector	26th
Emily McA	33rd=
Fergal	43rd
Robbie	44th=
Yahya	55th
Calum	56th
Isobel	59th
Elliott C	62th=
Maciej	69th=
Oskar	71st
Mhairi	72nd
Murdo	73rd=
Raees	76th=
James	81st

PaFF 2012-13 Season Rankings - Primary 3

The season ranking is based on each fencer's best two scores from the season's events.

Samuel Q	11th
Elliot B	35th
Cameron G	46th=
Carlo	62nd=
Joe	64th=
Reuben	69th=
Laura	73rd=
Himesh	75th
Alexandra	76th=

PaFF 2012-13 Season Rankings - Primary 2

The season ranking is based on each fencer's best two scores from the season's events.

Fencer Samirah	Rank 27th=
Liam	52nd
Archie	61st
Dylan	64th=
Joshua B	64th=
Brendan	78th=
Daniel W	78th=

Scottish Fencing Plastic Foil Championships - Entry closes on Monday

The next Plastic Foil competition coming up is the Scottish Fencing Plastic Foil Championships, in less than two weeks.

There are only 6 days to get your entries in - the event closes off' on Monday the 20th.  If you want to take part, see your fencing club for information.

In the meantime, keep practising!

Through the year, there will be more information put out.

PaFF Scottish Champion, 2012-13

We award the PaFF Scottish Champion Trophy to the person who competes most consistently well across the whole year of events.

In earlier years, Rachel Hall was entirely undefeated in every bout at six PaFF events.

There are three PaFF events in Edinburgh each year, but we are not trying to get everyone to attend all of them.  We want the limited spaces at the events to be shared around.

So the Season Champion is the person with the best pair of performances.  If a fencer has been at all three events, we choose the two best results, and ignore the worst result.

Angus Love is the PaFF Scottish Champion for the 2012-13 season.  He won the Trophy for Division A twice over the season. He also had a third result - winning the PaFF 08 Division B Trophy - which was ignored.

Josh McArdle was the Scottish Season Silver Medallist for 2012-13, winning the Silver medal for League Division twice A over the season. He also had a third result - winning the Division A Bronze medal in PaFF 07 - which was ignored.

Ismail Ceesay was the Scottish Season Bronze Medallist for 2012-13, with a Bronze Medal and a 5th place, both for Division A.

Also Notable were:
Caelan, with a Trophy for Division A, and place in Division B
Ben S, with a 4th and 5th place in Division A
Indio, with a 4th and 6th place in Division A
Jordan, with a 5th in Division A, and a Silver medal for Division B
Mariam, with a 6th in Division A, and a place in Division C
Samuel Q, with a trophy for Division B, and a place in Division C

PaFF 09 - Overview

We organised 49 fencers to contest 2,319 hits in 301 fights, all in four and a half hours of fencing.

We gave out 12 trophies, 21 medals and more certificates than we could shake a stick at.

We had the services of fourteen referees, a tournament organiser, and several assistant organisers.

The size of each PaFF competition is determined by two things. How big a hall can we get?  How many Presidents (referees) can we get?  For PaFF 09, referees came from Edinburgh, Stirlingshire and the Borders to help out.  A huge Thank You to Carolyn, Dalila, Romain, Lloyd, and Matt for coming to spend their day refereeing, and also to Charity for helping out with the Final round.

Congratulations to Referee Lloyd on passing his Level 1 Foil Coaching exam a week ago.  PaFF are looking forward to Lloyd's future pupils coming to next year's PaFFs.

An especially big Thank You to the young fencers who helped by refereeing.  Alice, Clara, Leo, Rachel and Eilidh who were there with their families, and especially Ben & Daniel, who came to the event especially to referee.

Coaches came from Edinburgh and from clubs in South Lanarkshire to have a look at the competition.  hopefully we'll be able to welcome their young fencers to future events.

Thank you to

 - Juliet and everyone who helped her with the Check-In desk
 - Claire and Flora at Directoire,
 - Soffia, and Synnove at the play area
 - Elena and the tuck shop team,
 - all the people who laid out the tape and then pulled it up again at the end,
 - Tanya, Karen, Alice and Clara, who wrote out the certificates in such neat handwriting.

The Edinburgh Evening News will be printing an article and a picture, next week or the week after.

The next of the PaFF tournaments in Edinburgh will be in Sighthill, at the end of November.

If you would be willing to learn to be a referee - perhaps you already do some kind of sword-play - we will train you to referee.  We will even even give you free training as a foil fencer, if you are willing to referee or coach afterwards.

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PaFF 09 Results - Full Fight Results for Round 2

Full results for Round 2.  

First to 4 hits / aka Best of 7 hits

44 Fencers, contesting 1,400 hits in 200 fights or "bouts"

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

 
Pool 6

Pool 7 

Pool 8

PaFF 09 Results - Full Bout details for Round 1

Full results for Round 1.  

First to 4 hits / aka Best of 7 hits

43 Fencers, contesting 1,330 hits in 190 fights or "bouts"

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Pool 7

Pool 8

PaFF 09 Results - The Bracewell Trophy for Form & Technique

This is our largest and most prestigious trophy.

It's awarded by the panel of the referees at discussion at the end of the event.


Trophy: Robin M

Silver medal: Sean
Bronze medal: Thomas R

PaFF 09 Results - Medals for Sportsmanship

Gold: Samuel Q
Silver: Ismail
Bronze: Archie

PaFF 09 Results - Champion Boys & Girls of each year of Primary School

Champion Primary 2 Girl: Samirah
Champion Primary 2 Boy: Liam

Champion P3 Boy: Samuel Q
Champion P3 Girl: Laura

Champion P4 Girl: Mariam
Champion P4 Boy: Cameron O


Champion P5 Boy: Billy
Champion P5 Girl: Emily O


Champion P6 Girl: Robin M
Champion P6 Boy: Jordan


Champion P7 Boy: Angus
Champion P7 Girl: Agnia

PaFF 09 Results - League Division A

Trophy: Angus
Silver medal: Josh M
Bronze: Fraser O
4th: Agnia
5th: Jordan
6th: Billy

PaFF 09 Results - League Division B

Trophy: Sean
Silver medal: Robin M
Bronze: Indio
4th: Ismail
5th: Oliver
6th: Caelan

PaFF 09 Results - League Division C

Trophy: Thomas R
Silver medal: Emily O
Bronze: Jake
4th: Hannah
5th: Cameron O
6th: Elliot D

PaFF 09 Results - League Division D

Trophy: Xander T
Silver medal: Fraser I
Bronze: Eva
4th: Keira
5th: Katie
6th: Lena

PaFF 09 Results - League Division E

Trophy: Lucy
Silver medal: Louis
Bronze: Liam
4th: Mariam
5th: Robbie

PaFF 09 Results - League Division F

Trophy: Rosie
Silver medal: Calum McG
Bronze: Lily
4th: Emily M
5th: Samirah

PaFF 09 Results - League Division G

Trophy: Samuel

Silver medal: Yahya

Bronze medal: Fergal

4th: Joshua B

5th: Reuben

6th: Oscar

PaFF 09 Results - League Division H

Trophy: Mhairi

Silver Medal: Laura

Bronze Medal: Archie

4th: Alexandra

5th: Daniel W

PaFF 09 Results - Best Club

Fencers from 10 clubs took part.

Salle Holyrood vs. Edinburgh FC at PaFF 09

The Best Club trophy went to the fencers of FiF North Merchiston, with 278 points between them.

2. Dunblane FC 213 pts
3. FiF Craiglockhart, 179 pts
4. Edinburgh FC 
5. FiF Bruntsfield 
6. FiF Carrickvale 
7. FiF Ratho
8. Salle Holyrood
9. Wallace Academy Linlithgow
10. Fencing Fun Gillespies

PaFF 09 Results - Best School

Twenty schools from four local authority had fencers entered.

The Trophy was won by Newton Primary, Dunblane, (182 points).













2nd. Edinburgh Steiner School, (169 points)
3rd. Craiglockhart Primary (158 points)

4.Bruntsfield PS, Edinburgh	131
5.Stenhouse PS, Edinburgh	48
6.Tollcross PS, Edinburgh	47
7. Carrick Knowe PS, Edinburgh	43
8.Wardie PS, Edinburgh	37
9.Sciennes PS, Edinburgh	35
10. Dalmeny PS, Edinburgh	33
11. South Morningside PS	32
12. Beaconhurst School, Stirling	31
13. Bonaly PS, Edinburgh	25
14. Hawthornden PS, Lasswade	17
15. Low Port PS, Linlithgow	15
16. Balgreen PS, Edinburgh	11
17. Preston Street PS, Edinburgh	10
18. Craigroyston PS	6
19. Ratho PS, Edinburgh	5

20. St. Peters PS, Edinburgh

PaFF 09 - last few spaces available

PaFF 09 already has bookings to take us to League Divisions A,B,C,D,E,F & G.  (Which would have been a sell-out at the other venues)

This time, we have additional hall space to run League Divisions H & J, so there is still time to enter.

Enter on-line at:  http://bit.ly/paff-form

Payment is on the day.

Evening News picture from PaFF 08, Feb 2013

Scottish Fencing's Plastic Foil Championships

The dates and venue for the 2013 Scottish Plastic Foil Championships have now been announced.

The venue will now be 
Holyrood High School, 55 Duddingston Road West, Edinburgh, EH15 1ST
Venue phone number : 0131 661 5871.

At time of writing, the Check-in times were likely to change.

Map to venue

The paper entry form is on-line at:
http://scottish-fencing.co.uk/calendar/2013/05/25/sf-plastic-foil-championships
(Please note, this page is currently showing the wrong venue.  Holyrood HS is the correct venue.)
(Check in times are likely to change)

The on-line entry form is at the bottom of
http://fencingevent.com/SPFC13details.html
(Check in times are likely to change)


To enter, you must,
Either: join Scottish Fencing for £25, then pay the £5 entry fee (£30 total)
Or: Join Salle FiF for £3, which entitles you to join Scottish Fencing for the reduced ("Social") rate of £10, then pay the £5 entry fee (£18 total)

All entrants will get a chocolate medal and a Scottish Fencing duffle bag.

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