Trekanten Fencing Competitions Details
The Trekanten Fencing club of Copenhagen runs foil and epée competitions on two separate weekends in March and October They are Open Nordic Championships for all age groups and attract many fencers from Scandinavia and Northern Germany. The senior competition is also designated as a FIE satellite world cup.Dates
Foil Trekanten International on the third weekend of March .Epée Trekanten Open on the third weekend of October .
Most fencers are able to fence a competition on both days of the weekend.
Special rates are available at some local hotels for fencers.
How to get to Copenhagen
By AirThe nearest airport is Copenhagen International airport (Kastrup) , which is a large airport with many international connections.
e.g. Stansted, Newcastle and Bristol on EasyJet (0871 750 0100 www.easyjet.com)
Glasgow, Heathrow and Manchester on British Airways (0870 850 9850 www.ba.com)
BMI (0870 607 0555 www.flybmi.com) Maersk (020-7333 0066 www.maersk-air.com)
and SAS (0845 607 2772 www.scandinavian.net)
You can also fly to Malmö (Sturup) airport in Sweden with Ryan air (0871 246 0000 wwww.ryanair.com) , but it will cost you about £10.00 to go from Sturup to Copenhagen with bus.
Accomodation in Copenhagen
A short hotel list is available, and the fencing club has an arrangement with some of them to obtain lower prices. The cheapest is Bertrams hotel, but the other hotels on the list are all good. Many fencers stay at Bertrams so reservations should be made as early as possible. The hotels Scandic Glostrup and Hvidovre are both further away from the venue. <<br>More tourist information and online booking facilities are available from www.visitcopenhagen.dk.
How to Enter
Entry forms are available at: http://www.nahouw.net/?page=trn_all.php| Send Entries to: | Fencing Club
Trekanten C/O Inge Guilbert H.C. Orsteds vej 43, 1.tv. 1879 Frederiksberg C. Tel : +45 35 35 14 10 Fax : +45 35 35 73 75 |
| e-mail: | malte@trekanten.org |
The Competition Venue
Valbyhallen, Julius Andersensvej 1, 2500 ValbyDirections: From the airport, take the train to the central station - it is easier than the bus. The venue is about ten minutes from Copenhagen's Central train station (www.ht.dk). From the Central station, take bus number 18 or 30 towards Hundinge (www.dsb.dk) at 14, 34 or 54 past every hour.
Contact Number in case of difficulty: +45 26 83 44 08 70
Check-In Closing Times
| U10 Dreng/Pige | (d.o.b 1994-1995) | Sunday 11:00 a.m. |
| U12 Puslinge | (d.o.b 1992-1993) | Saturday 11:30 a.m. |
| U14 Minorer | (d.o.b 1990-1991) | Sunday 10 a.m |
| U17 Kadet | (d.o.b 1987-1989) | Saturday 9:30 a.m. |
| U20 Junior | (d.o.b 1984-1986) | Sunday 8:30 a.m. |
| Adult Senior | Saturday 8:30 a.m. |
Food & Drink will also be available for purchase at the competition venue.
Expected Format
1 poule then complete Direct Elimination of all fencers. (The poules are expected to be 6 fencers, so this will mean a minimum of 7 fights. Maximum 14 fights.)Number of hits and bout times for Dreng/Pige and Puslinge are to be confirmed.
Minorer and above Poules to 5 hits, bouts 3 minutes maximum
Direct Elimination to 15 Hits, bouts 3
sessions of 3 minutes
with a one minute break maximum.
with a one minute break maximum.
Blade Sizes Foil & Épée
In Denmark U10 Puslinge and U12 Dreng/Pige fence with a size 0 blade. Blade sizes up to 5 are acceptable in all other categories.Full FIE clothing is not required below the U17 Kadet category. Blades do not have to be FIE approved in any category.
Miscellaneous
Trekanten Fencing Club will host and informal banquet on the Saturday Evening(price 75 Kr or 10 €) - details on request.
All British entrants must have the usual B.F.A. membership. Adults/coaches responsible for children, other than their own, have been cleared for child protection under the BFA procedures. Coaches must also be members of the BFA.
