First ever official competition for Junior Wheelchair Fencers

21/04/2011

IWAS is pleased to announce that the Organiser of the IWAS World Cup to be held in Warsaw in June this year, Mr Tadeusz Nowicki, has agreed to include the Inaugural event “IWAS WHEELCHAIR FENCING OPEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JUNIORS”.

BREAKING NEWS – FIRST EVER OFFICIAL COMPETITION FOR JUNIOR WHEELCHAIR FENCERS

IWAS is pleased to announce that the Organiser of the IWAS World Cup to be held in Warsaw in June this year, Mr Tadeusz Nowicki, has agreed to include the Inaugural event “IWAS WHEELCHAIR FENCING OPEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JUNIORS”.

This will be a competition for both Male and Female Junior Fencers in Foil.
The dates that nations should put in their calendar are:

Arrival            June 25th
Competition:        June 26th
Departure        June 27th

Entry Forms will be distributed to nations shortly from IWAS HQ.
IWAS Wheelchair Fencing (IWF)is responding to a strong indication from at least 14 countries that now is the time to introduce this new and important event in support of development of new fencers within the nations.  This is a key indicator for the future of the sport, and we trust that nations will take full advantage of this opportunity.