2025 U23 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS TALLINN

BF Staff Team

• Chef de Mission – Pat Aiyenuro

Authorised personal coaches 

• TBC (coaches please refer to section below for more information)

Please read the generic instructions here.

Please complete the Emergency Travel Form here by 10th April 2025.

Fencers must arrive on the evening of April 22nd and leave on April 26th.

To ensure optimal performance at all Major Championships, fencers must meet with the Team Manager either at the venue by the accreditation counter at 09:30 AM or later at the team hotel ( Radisson Blu Olumpia Hotel, Tallinn) at 5:00 PM.

A WhatsApp group will be created, and athletes will receive the invite link shortly.

TEAM HOTEL:

Radisson Blu Olumpia Hotel, Tallinn

Athletes are responsible for booking their own transport and accommodation for this competition.

Accommodation booking should be done before 8th April 2025.

Discounted Rates:

Single Use (Room + Breakfast): €90 per night

Twin/Double (Room + Breakfast): €100 per night

The hotel is within walking distance of the venue. Reservations can be made via the competition website.

Anticipated Costs

• Individual entry fee: £140
• Admin fee: £30
• In event support/Chef de Mission contribution: £45

Subsidy

GBR Pathway Subsidy

The GBR Pathway Programme will be subsidising the costs to athletes of competing at the Europeans, including contributions to:

• Chef de Mission
• Support Staff
• Coaches
• Athlete well-being support (Sports science and medicine)
• Performance Coaching Support (this is 100% covered by BF using a coach development budget)

There are also means tested grants available to athletes who would be unable to attend without financial support. For more information please contact gbr_support@britishfencing.com. Athletes who are paying for personal coaches or whose families are planning to travel to attend the event are not eligible for grants.

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

• Selection Announcement published here on 26th March 2025

Athletes will be entered into individual competitions only, there will be no GBR participation in the team competitions. This is due to a clash with the British Senior Championships in Sheffield on 26th and 27th April 2025.

FINAL U23 SQUAD (to be added once final squad confirmed)

OFFICIAL TRACKSUIT

We will contact you to arrange the kit order if you do not have the official tracksuit for the 2025 U23 European Championships.

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

As a reminder, under the FIE rules, the Official National Tracksuit must be worn in full on podiums. (No club tracksuits, cycling shorts, leggings etc)

PATCHES/LOGOS

You are responsible for ensuring your kit has the correct logos/patches and that 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: 1st April  2025

• 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. Respect and support for your fellow team members are expected and reasonable. In addition, every squad member is supported by public funding and is likely 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 who contributes to our participation to act as professionals and role models for our sport.

As a reminder, U23  Championships 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.

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. 

There will be FIE Safeguarding Officers at the event and the FIE Safeguarding policy and the EFC Safeguarding Code of Conduct 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.

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.

Where podium photos or group photos are taken those in the photo are requested to look at the camera.

All athletes that make a podium will be expected to provide a quote prior to the medal presentation to help the BF media team celebrate the result in a timely manner.

If you cannot find the information you need on this page, please submit any questions to us at gbr_support@britishfencing.com, and a member of the GBR Support 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.

Please visit this page for advice on how to help keep your personal information safe whilst traveling abroad for fencing.

Please read the Supporters and Parents Section of the Major Events Guide