2024 SENIOR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – BASEL, SWITZERLAND

STAFFING

BF Staff Team

Chef de Mission – Pat Aiyenuro

ADP Coaches 

Epee Coach  – Ian Lichfield
Foil Coach – Richard Kruse
Sabre Coach – Jon Salfield

Approved Personal Coaches

Keith Cook
Michael Swiffin
Andrew Alderman
Tamas Kovacs
Jonathan Weekes
Michal Janda
Ziemowit Wojciechowski

TRAVEL

Please read the generic instructions here.

Please complete the Emergency Travel Form here  by 31st May 2024.

To support optimal performance for all Major Championships, fencers must arrive by the entry point to ensure sufficient event preparation and orientation time.

Athletes competing in Europe are required to arrive at the designated team hotel no later than 14:00, leaving a full day before the competition day.  This allows the fencer to recover from travel-related exhaustion, visit the venue, and complete weapons control. A full day is then available to sort out any kit issues and undertake final preparations before the competition.

If athletes are competing on Saturday, they should check in at the hotel by 14:00 on Thursday.

Related BF Travel Guide – Basel

TEAM HOTEL

The Team Hotel is the Ibis budget Basel City.
Address – Grosspeterstrasse 12 · 4052 Basel, Switzerland
1.3 miles – 8 minutes drive from the venue.

All hotel rates are per room per night, including breakfast, and are based on entry and exit points.
BF has booked through the official competition organisers based on twin rooms.
Bookings were blocked, booked, and paid (non-refundable) based on the entry and exit points. This was required to secure the accommodation.

COSTS

• Individual Entry Fees:  120 (payable in advance)
• Hotel Costs: £65 B&B per night, based on a twin room (see entry/exit points for minimum period of stay)
• Staff (Chef de Mission ) Contribution: £90/athlete
• Admin Fee £30 (Usually admin fee £50 which has been reduced due to costs incurred by athletes for this competition)

FUNDING

• Athletes’ costs are supported through the UK Sport National Teams budget, which contributes to and covers the following:
  • Team Entry Fees
  • Tracksuits
  • GBR Coaches

  This leaves athletes with the costs of travel, accommodation, a contribution to the physio and any personal coach costs, should they wish to bring a personal coach.

SELECTION AND SELECTION POLICY

GBR Selection Policies and Procedures

Please see the selection announcement here

FINAL SQUAD

OFFCIAL TRACKSUIT

If you do not have the official tracksuit for the 2024 Senior European Championships, we will be in contact to arrange the kit order.

More information about which tracksuit you need, vouchers and how to order additional kit here. 

PATCHES/LOGOS

It is your responsibility to ensure your kit has the correct logos/patches and your equipment meets FIE standards.

As part of the terms of the Leon Paul sponsorship arrangement, all athletes competing are required to wear a Leon Paul logo.

For more information read the GBR logos and patches instructions here.

AUTHORISED PERSONAL COACHES

ALL coaches must abide by the relevant BF policies, including GBR-Coaches-Policy-v1.6.pdf (britishfencing.com) and  http://britishfencing.com/uploads/files/coaches_code_of_conduct.pdf.

More info: GBR Major Events – Requirements for Personal Coaches

To request accreditation, Click Here
Deadline for applications: 24th May 2024

• being up to date on the coach register
• having met the qualification standard for selection
• having completed the UKAD Anti-Doping course and uploaded the certificate to Sport 80
• holding a valid EFC Licence.
• consistently demonstrating suitable coaching behaviours and are not currently being investigated
• having an up-to-date Coach Health Check – Personal Development Plan
• being the coach of a fencer in selection places 1-4

Coach Register (Overseas) 
Coach Register (UK)

ALL coaches must abide by the relevant BF policies and codes of conduct, including the GBR Coaches Code of Conduct.

More info: GBR Major Events – Requirements for Personal Coaches

CODES OF CONDUCT – BRITISH FENCING

GBR POLICIES – BRITISH FENCING

DISCIPLINE AND BEHAVIOUR

By accepting selection to represent GBR at any European and World Championships you have already agreed to the British Fencing Codes of Conduct. Please act responsibly and sensibly and understand that we are one collective team and respect and support for your fellow team members is expected and reasonable. In addition, every member of the squad is being supported by public funding and is expected to behave in a way that recognises the responsibilities that this brings. Funding to compete (whether from public or private sources) is not an entitlement and we owe it to everyone that contributes to our participation to act as professionals and role models for our sport.

As a reminder U23 events are alcohol-free for the entire duration of the stay and any athlete consuming alcohol should expect to serve a ban in accordance with the published sanctions. Parents and Personal Coaches attending events are expected to support athletes and are respectfully requested to refrain from consuming alcohol if they are in the company of athletes.

Any breach of the BF Code of Conduct may result in fines equivalent to any athlete subsidy paid by BF.

ANTI-DOPING

There will be testing at the event.

Athletes are solely responsible for any banned substance they use, attempt to use, or that is found in their system, regardless of how it got there and whether or not they had an intention to cheat. Athletes must:

• Ensure they have TUEs in place if necessary
• Use the Global DRO portal to check medication
• Download the 100% me Clean Sport App (Apple, Android)

Please ensure you have met the relevant Athlete, Coach, Parent/Supporter Training mandatory requirements. 

SAFEGUARDING

There will be FIE Safeguarding Officers at the event and the FIE Safeguarding policy will be in place for all participants.

BF welfare policies and codes of conduct apply to athletes, coaches, parents and supporters associated with the GBR team.

There will also be mandatory training (which includes specific training on the FIE safeguarding policy) for all those selected and those that intend to accompany them.

More details here.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Athletes who are selected for major championships are encouraged to use the hashtag #GBRFencing on social posts.

Athletes, parents and coaches are encouraged to share their journey and experiences of major competitions. All social media content relating to this competition falls under the BF Code of Conduct. Please remember to ensure all images of fencing, including warming up and coaching reflect best practices in regards to conduct and safety.

FURTHER INFORMATION

If you cannot find the information you need on this page, please submit any questions to us via the form here, and a member of the ADP team will respond to you. Please note that we cannot reply to all emails personally, but we will update this page to answer the most common queries we receive.