Scotland Membership
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Membership details for fencers who wish join British Fencing under Scottish Fencing.
Fencers who live in Scotland or wish to and are qualified to represent Scotland should join British Fencing through Scotland Fencing as their Home Country. The membership categories for Scottish Fencing are as follows:
Membership Categories:
- Full (over 20) £40
- Under 20 (Over 13 but Under 20) £35
- U13 £25
FULL MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Personal accident cover (cover ceases at age 75) and civil liability insurance cover. "The Point" and "The Sword" magazines, notices of General Meetings (and the right to vote at General Meetings if over 18), access to appropriate courses, £5.00 discount voucher for (SF-run) competition entry (first-time members only), participation in Scottish teams and squads (if selected).
COMPETITIONS
Access to all competitions (subject to entry qualifications, such as age, academic status).
UNDER 20 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Personal accident cover and civil liability insurance cover. "The Point" and "The Sword" magazines, notices of General Meetings (and the right to vote at General Meetings if over 18), access to appropriate courses, £5.00 discount voucher for (SF-run) competition entry (first-time members only), participation in Scottish teams and squads (if selected).
COMPETITIONS
Access to all competitions (subject to entry qualifications, such as age, academic status).
UNDER 13 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Personal accident cover (limited cover) and civil liability insurance cover. The "Point" and "The Sword" magazines, access to appropriate courses, £5.00 discount voucher for (SF-run) competition entry (first-time members only).
COMPETITIONS
Access to such competitions as are open to the member's age group: (e.g. Under 13, Under 12, Under 10).
Social membership (available only through affiliated clubs if member is to take benefit from limited insurance cover)
Anyone resident in Scotland, or otherwise eligible to represent Scotland (see conditions elsewhere on website and membership form) can apply for Social Membership of SF. At present, the annual subscription rate is £10 of which £5 is transferred as a levy to British Fencing.
Social Members are granted the right to vote at an SF general meeting but BF will not grant equivalent rights for BF general meetings.
Social members will receive e-versions of “The Point” but not printed versions
Social members are insured under the BF insurance scheme with personal accident and civil liability cover to fence at a single nominated club venue only, and to enter one competition (see below). Note that insurance is not automatically in place upon receipt of membership fee – an additional notification will be sent when BF has entered a social member into the scheme
Social members will have the right to enter a single prescribed competition each season, and they will be insured under the BF insurance scheme for this competition only. The prescribed competition list may vary from time-to-time and will be posted on the website. Initially it will be one of any of the Scottish age group (U12, U13, U17, U20) championships or the Scottish beginners/intermediate championships or the Scottish senior championships.
If a Social Member wishes to up-grade to a full Membership within 6 months of taking out Social Membership, half of their Social Membership fee will be credited against their full fee.
BF Minimum Age Rules
1. Existing Under 13 Rule
You must be 13 or over (as defined by the age on January 1st in the season of the competition - 1st September to 31st August) to enter any event in which adults are allowed to compete. This applies to all events regardless of organisers or category and is a BFA Safety Rule.
New Under 13 Rule
The FIE rule requires a fencer to be 13 by 1st January (ie. before 1st Jan) in order to compete in any FIE events in that calendar year . (This includes the Cadet World Championships).
The International Youth Committee (IYC) and National Academy (NA) have agreed to change the BF rule to comply with the FIE rule for all events that can include adults ie all senior and junior (U20) competitions. So, for example, a fencer who was born in 1999 will not be able to enter any senior or junior events until 2013.
This does not apply to any UK cadet events but see 2 below.
2. New Minimum Age for Cadet events
The European Fencing Confederation requires a fencer to be 11 on 1st January in order to compete in any EFC Cadet Circuit events in that calendar year. It was agreed to apply the same rule to all UK cadet events and this will comply better with our long term athlete development programme.
This rule will come into force from 1.9.12