Wales Membership

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Membership details for fencers who wish join British Fencing under Welsh Fencing.

Fencers who live in Wales or wish to and qualified to represent Wales should join British Fencing through Welsh Fencing as their Home Country.

Membership Categories:

Full (over 20) £40
Under 20 (Over 13 but Under 20) £30
U13 £25

Benefits:

Personal accident (cover ceases at 75 and is limited for U16) & civil liability insurance cover
The Sword magazine
Members Over 18: Notices of general meetings;. right to vote at general meetings and right to vote in ballots for election of directors.
Competitions: All relevant British and International events. Subject to age restrictions and any restrictions imposed by the Organiser.

Please Note:

BF Minimum Age Rules

1. Existing Under 13 Rule

You must be 13 or over (as defined by the age on January 1st in the season of the competition - 1st September to 31st August) to enter any event in which adults are allowed to compete. This applies to all events regardless of organisers or category and is a BFA Safety Rule.

New Under 13 Rule

The FIE rule requires a fencer to be 13 by 1^st January (ie. before 1^st Jan) in order to compete in any FIE events in that calendar year . (This includes the Cadet World Championships).

The International Youth Committee (IYC) and National Academy (NA) have agreed to change the BF rule to comply with the FIE rule for all events that can include adults ie all senior and junior (U20) competitions. So, for example, a fencer who was born in 1999 will not be able to enter any senior or junior events until 2013.

This does not apply to any UK cadet events but see 2 below.

2. New Minimum Age for Cadet events

The European Fencing Confederation requires a fencer to be 11 on 1^st January in order to compete in any EFC Cadet Circuit events in that calendar year. It was agreed to apply the same rule to all UK cadet events and this will comply better with our long term athlete development programme.

This rule will come into force from 1.9.12

Social Membership (£10)

Social membership is a membership category intended for ‘starter’ groups or fencers who only wish to fence socially within their registered club.

Welsh Fencing has undertaken a review of the Social Membership category and decided on a number of changes. We are keen to encourage fencing and feel that these changes will make the sport more accessible.

The main changes are:

if you are currently a member, you can now down-grade to this category; (you will not receive a refund for the membership you already hold)
you will be able to fence at only ONE club. However, if the Club has a number of venues, you will be able to fence at ALL venues.
Membership is available via your AFFILIATED club.
Insurance cover is only at the registered and affiliated club;
You can only enter one Welsh Fencing closed competition per year;
You cannot participate in inter-club matches.

The cost will remain at £10. When signing up for Social Membership, this entitles you to entitles insurance cover for ONE local competition. A competition entry from a Social member will not be accepted unless accompanied by this form.