Supported by St Benedicts School Ealing
| Dates | The 2025 LRYC will be spread over 3 days Saturday 15th February 2025 Check in Closes Sabre U12 Boys Sabre 10.45 U12 Girls Sabre 09.00 U14 Boys Sabre 11.30 U14 Girls Sabre 13.00 U16 Boys Sabre 08.45 U16 Girls Sabre 11.30 U18 Boys Sabre 14.15 U18 Girls Sabre 12.30 Foil U12 Girls Foil 12.15 U14 Girls Foil 13.45 U16 Girls Foil 09.00 U18 Girls Foil 15.30 Sunday 16th February 2025 Epee U12 Girls Epee 12.45 U14 Girls Epee 09.00 U16 Girls Epee 11.30 U18 Girls Epee 11.30 Foil U14 Boys Foil 09.00 U18 Boys Foil 12.45 Sunday 2nd March 2025 Epee U12 Boys Epee 11.00 U14 Boys Epee 09.00 U16 Boys Epee 13.00 U18 Boys Epee 08.45 Foil U12 Boys Foil 08.45 U16 Boys Foil 12.00 |
| Venues | 15th & 16th February St Benedicts School Ealing W5 2DZ 2nd March Leon Paul Fencing Centre |
| Directions/ map: | St Benedicts School Leon Paul Centre |
| Closing Dates: | Midnight Saturday 8th February for 15th February Midnight Sunday 9th February for 16th February Midnight Sunday 23rd February for 2nd March |
| British Youth Championships: | The objective of this Regional Qualifying Event is to select fencers for the British Youth Championship finals which will take place in May 2025 in Sheffield. Fencers who qualify at this RQE will be entitled to enter the BYC finals to represent London Region. If fencers who qualify at the event know they will be unable to attend the BYC finals please tell the organisers immediately. Their places may then be offered to the next ranked fencers. |
| Entries: | Entries will only be taken through Sport80 Please Note. Space at the venue is limited and it may be necessary to impose a limit on the number of entries in some categories and/or may lead to entry being closed before the published closing date. In these circumstances, entries will be allocated strictly on a first come first served basis as recorded by the completion of the entry transaction on Sport80. Any subsequent vacancies due to withdrawals will be allocated from the Sport80 waiting list on the same basis. |
| Entry Fee: | Entry to London’s Regional Qualifying Event is £50 per fencer per weapon entered. ( £10 of this fee goes direct to BF) Special Offer. £10 discount for 15th & 16th February event until midnight 4th and 5th January respectively Entries close at midnight on 8th and 9th February respectively Late entries, at the organiser’s discretion, MAY be accepted up to midnight on 12th and 13th February for a fee of £60. For 10th March event the discount will close on 19th January and entries close at midnight on 23rd February. Late entries, at the organiser’s discretion, MAY be accepted up to midnight on 27th February for a fee of £60 British Fencing’s entry fee for the BYC finals is detailed on the BF website and will be invoiced separately by BF to those qualifiers who choose to compete at Sheffield. Please note. If a competitor is entered for more than one weapon and is eliminated from his/her first weapon event before the second event begins, he/she will be considered to have competed in the second event whether or not she/he chooses to fence. If the second event commences before elimination from the first, the fencer’s entry to the second weapon will be voided by the organisers and the entry fee refunded. Otherwise, refunds will only be issued in exceptional cases and not later than 7 days before the date of the event, and will be subject to an administration charge in respect of irrecoverable fees we have to pay for Sport80 and Stripe services. |
| Late entries: | Will only be accepted at the organiser’s discretion and will be subject to a fee of £60 per fencer per weapon. |
| Byes: | Those fencers who finished in the last 8 at the 2024 BYCs may be granted a bye to the 2025 BYCs. To claim the bye the fencers must enter the Regional qualifiers but may choose not to fight |
| RULES: | The full rules of LRYC and BYC can be found on the British Fencing Web Site |
| Age Brackets: | U12: Born 2013 or 2014 U14: Born 2011 or 2012 U16: Born 2009 or 2010 U18: Born 2007 or 2008 |
| Eligibility: | Fencers can only enter this event if they are UK residents and affiliated to London Region. Please check that London Region is selected in your BF Membership profile |
| BF Membership: | All fencers must be members of British Fencing and registered with London Region at the time of this event and at the time of the BYCs. |
| Qualification for BYC Finals: | 1 – 13 fencers 8 qualify 14 – 15 fencers 9 qualify 16 – 17 fencer 10 qualify 18 – 19 fencers 11 qualify 20 – 21 fencers 12 qualify 22 fencers 13 qualify 23 – 24 fencers 14 qualify 25 – 26 fencers 15 qualify 27 – 28 fencers 16 qualify 29 – 30 fencers 17 qualify 31 – 32 fencers 18 qualify 33 – 34 fencers 19 qualify 35 – 36 fencers 20 qualify 37-38 fencers 21 qualify 39-40 fencers 22 qualify |
| BYC Entry Fee | BF will collect this fee directly from the qualifiers |
| FURTHER INFORMATION: | |
| Equipment: | Equipment must conform to BF rules. Please note U16 and U18 sabre entrants must wear 800N sabre gloves. U16 and U18 foil entrants must wear lame bib and mask wire. Girls are required to wear rigid chest protection. Full kit specification is here |
| Competition Format: | In the main, there will be one round of poules followed by Direct Elimination with all fencers promoted to the DE. Poule fights will be to 5 hits. DE’s will be to 15 hits except for U12’s where DE fights will be to 10. The organisers reserve the right to amend the format as they deem appropriate. |
| Check In Times | Check in close times will be published after the entry closing date for each competition: |
| Parking and Catering: Armoury | There is no parking at St Benedicts School but street parking is usually available at the weekend. Parking is limited at the Leon Paul Centre . There will be no catering at these events and the nearest shops are some distance away so please ensure you bring adequate food and drink. There is water to refill bottles. There will be no personal armoury service so please ensure weapons are in good order and you have spares. |
| Timetable: | The list of entries will be posted on Sport:80 and the final check in times on the London Region Website |
| Contact | hazel.herbert@changemanagementdynamics.com |
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