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About NSWFA
The New South Wales Fencing Association is the State Sporting Organisation for the Olympic sport of fencing. This means NSWFA is recognised by sports authorities as the body responsible for the conduct, development and promotion of fencing in New South Wales.
NSWFA is a member of the Australian Fencing Federation which is the National Sporting Organisation.
NSW Fencing has been a fencing powerhouse in the national arena in the last decade and continues going strong. We consistently win nearly all of the national championship overall trophies.
The New South Wales Fencing Association is governed by a Constitution registered with the NSW Office of Fair Trading. The Constitution conforms with the Sports Governance Principles set by the Australian Sports Commission and with the model constitution recommended by the NSW Office of Sport.
The Constitution provides for a Board of up to eight elected Directors who can appoint another two Directors with special expertise ( for the current directors, please click here).
President, Vice President, Secretary and Finance Directors are the office holders in charge of daily operations of NSWFA.
Another key position is NSW Head Coach and Director of the NSW Fencing Centre. The Head Coach is responsible for improving the quality of coaching and the performance standards of fencers. The current Head Coach and Director of the NSW Fencing Centre is Antonio Signorello. His bio can be found here.
The members of NSWFA are individual fencers and supporters.
Fencing clubs are independent and self-governing and may be affiliated with NSWFA.
While managing the association work, NSWFA also runs the NSW Fencing Centre and owns Fencing Academy of NSW.
NSWFA receives a modest annual grant from the NSW Office of Sport under the State Government’s Sport Development Grant and may receive other project funding from time to time.
NSWFA does not receive any funding from the Australian Sports Commission nor from the Australian Fencing Federation on a regular basis.
So, apart from a modest annual grant from the NSW Office of Sport, NSWFA is entirely dependent on income from membership fees, competition entry fees, training fees, sponsorship and other services.
As a non-profit organization, NSWFA is largely run by volunteers.
President’s Report at AGM 2023