Please see the below update on Sport:80 trip invitations to upcoming EFC and FIE competitions.
Published 20th December 2024
The British Fencing offices will be closed from 17:00 on Tuesday, 24th December 2024, and reopen at 09:00 on Thursday, 2nd January 2025. Several selections will be published before the office closes for the Christmas break. Selections for these events will be published on the BF website, and the invitations will be sent via Sport:80 from 2nd January 2025. Those selected and planning to accept their place at these competitions can now start exploring travel options and book transport and accommodation requirements (where relevant). We invite fencers, parents and coaches to book now to benefit from better travel rates.
The list of competitions where selections will be published before 17:00 on Tuesday, 24th December 2024, and the Sport:80 invitations will follow from 2nd January 2025 is below. The links to the selection posts will be added in due course once these have been published on the BF website, with the links highlighted in red:
| Competition | Nominated categories | Link to selection post |
| FIE Junior World Cup – Plodiv, Bulgaria | Junior Men’s Sabre | here |
| EFC Cadet – Konin, Poland | Men’s and Women’s Cadet Sabre | here |
| FIE Junior World Cup – Tbilisi, Georgia | Women’s Junior Sabre | here |
| FIE Junior World Cup – Zagreb, Croatia | Men’s and Women’s Junior Foil | here |
| FIE Senior World Cup – Barcelona, Spain | Senior Women’s Epee | here |
| FIE Grand Prix – Turin, Italy | Senior Men’s and Women’s Foil | here |
| FIE Senior World Cup – Heidenheim, Germany | Senior Men’s Epee | here |
| EFC Fencing for Everyone – Antony, France | U23 Men’s and Women’s Foil | here |
| FIE Junior World Cup – Beauvais, France | Junior Women’s Epee | here |
| FIE Junior World Cup – Vrsac, Serbia | Junior Men’s Epee | here |
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