2025 CADET & JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WUXI, CHINA

BF Staff Team

• Chef de Mission(s) – Patricia Aiyenuro
• Athlete Support (Sports Science & Medicine) – TBC
• Performance Coach Support – TBC

ADP Coaches 

• Epee Coaching Team Cadet and Juniors – Ian Lichfield and Oana Puiu
• Foil Coaching Team Cadet and Juniors – Keith Cook and Ben Peggs
• Sabre Coaching Team Cadet and Juniors – Can Aydin and David Sach

Authorised personal coaches 

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

FIE officials & referees 

• TBC

TRAVEL

Please read the generic instructions here.

Please complete the Emergency Travel Form by 10th March 2025.

Please select the relevant travel form for your event:

FIE World Junior Championships 2025 (Wuxi)

FIE World Cadet Championships 2025 (Wuxi)

Flights to Wuxi will be centrally organised, with London as the expected departure point. Initial research indicates morning arrivals in Shanghai. To ensure sufficient event preparation and orientation time, the expected days before competition day would be two full days, plus the day of arrival.

This allows the fencer to recover from travel-related exhaustion, visit the venue, complete weapons control, sort out any kit issues and undertake final preparations before the competition.

Entry Points for this competition are below:

Example Travel Plan
03/04/25 – Arrive at the airport for morning departure.
04/04/25  – Morning arrival in China.
05/04/25 – Recovery Day.
06/04/25 – Junior Preparation Day, Cadet Recovery Day.
07/04/25 – Competition Day 1 – Junior Individual, Cadet Preparation Day.
08/04/25 – Competition Day 2 – Cadet Individual, Junior Recovery Day.
09/04/25 – Competition Day 3 – Junior Team, Cadet Recovery Day.
10/04/25 – Departure for home.  GBR Squad departs the team hotel by 11:00.

VISAS
Visas are required to travel to China; further information will follow when the competition information is available.

Hotel – Holiday Inn Wuxi Taihu New City 
BF has made advance bookings for athletes and designated support staff. Personal coaches need to make independent bookings in that hotel (please note that family members are not permitted to book into the team hotel)

Group 1 – TBC
Group 2 –  TBC
Group 3 –  TBC

Fencers who plan to arrive before or exit after the stated accommodation for the entry and exit points MUST source their accommodation. BF cannot provide additional accommodation nights for athletes.

All hotel rates are per room per night, including breakfast, based on entry and exit points.

Anticipated Costs

• Entry Fees:  £192 (individual and team)
• Hotel Costs: 6 nights stay. £85 per person/ per night. Including: Breakfast, pick-up service (airport – hotel) and walking distance to venues. (see entry/exit points for minimum period of stay)
• In event support staff contribution: £150
• Back office admin: £50
• Media services: £30 – includes cost of in-event photography, images licensed for personal use.

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.

• Preliminary Cadet Selection: Click Here.
• Preliminary Junior Selection Announcement: Click Here.
• Final Cadet Selection Announcement: TBC

Confirmed Squad Cadets

Confirmed Squad Juniors

Tracksuits

We will contact you to arrange the kit order if you do not have the official tracksuit for the 2025 Junior & Cadets World 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 – both tops and trousers – on podiums. (No club tracksuits, cycling shorts, leggings etc).

GBR Patches

You are responsible for ensuring your kit has the correct GBR patches and that your equipment meets FIE standards.

Sponsor Logos

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

Athletes are responsible for ensuring that any other sponsor logos are placed and sized in accordance with the FIE Publicity Code.

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

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. 

Form to request accreditation 

Deadline for applications: 24th February 2025

Requirements for Personal Coaches wishing to be accredited at Major Events

These include (this is not an exhaustive list please click on the links for more information)

• being on the Coach Register (UK) or the Coach Register (Overseas) 
• 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
• being the coach of an athlete that has met the qualification standard for selection

Where there is a limit to the number of personal coaches that will be accredited priority will be given to personal coaches that have a evidential track record of positive engagement and collaboration with BF support staff /other GBR coaches and whose athletes are on a trajectory to medal success.

All coaches must abide by the relevant BF policies (including the GBR Coaches Policy) and codes of conduct, including the GBR Coaches Code of Conduct.

By accepting selection to represent GBR at any European and World Championships, you have already agreed to the BF Codes of Conduct – which includes the generic BF Code of Conduct, the Code of Conduct for Youth Events and the GBR Athlete Code of Conduct.

Please act responsibly and sensibly, and understand that we are one collective team. Respect and support for your fellow team members is expected and reasonable.

Every squad member is supported by public funding and is expected to behave in a way that recognises the responsibility 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, Cadet and Junior 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. They may also be sent home from the event, be withdrawn from any remaining events and be liable for all arising costs. 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 also result in fines equivalent to any athlete subsidy paid by BF.

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