Welcome to an OLYMPIC year. The
biggest event this year is the London Olympics that will be taking place from 28 July 2012
to 5 August 2012. We will keep you up to date with the latest news!
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The new 2012 calendar was
uploaded on both the local and international
competition pages! Hope to see you all at competitions.
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The FIE launched a new website -
see www.fie.org.
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You can now subscribe to the
FIE's Escrime magazine for free on the website. It is in digital format!
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL
ASTHMATICS:
The Beta-2-agonist - Formoterol
will not be banned anymore if taken by inhalation from January 2012. This means that
asthmatics will typically not need any TUE anymore, but will just have to declare that
they use inhalers containing substances such as salbutamol and formoterol prior to
testing!
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Welcome to the official on-line home of the South African
Amateur Fencing Association (SAAFA). Here you will find information about the sport of
fencing in South Africa. We are very proud of our fencers (who are all amateurs) and who
competes both locally and internationally.
South African fencers have competed in the Beijing and Athens
Olympic Games as well as World Championships on junior, senior and veteran level. We even
have a veteran world champion! South African fencers also compete in Commonwealth fencing
championships as well as African fencing championships. There is a national ranking
competition series where fencers of all provinces and all ages compete.
For our fencers - you will find information about upcoming
competitions, current rankings and selection criteria.
SAAFA is also involved in developing fencing in South Africa
and we have already started several high performance centres to prepare our athletes for
possible competition at the next Olympic Games in London in 2012. |