Honours Committee

Last updated: January 21st 2026

The Honours Committee is a BF Standing Committee. All BF Standing Committee Terms of References must align with the Board approved BF Standing Committee – Basic Terms of Reference v1.3 approved 23.11.2021.

Terms of Reference

Honours Committee TOR – approved 15.03.2023

 

Outputs

  • establish and manage a robust and transparent system for the annual  nomination and recommendation of recipients of BF awards
  • make recommendations for other fencing-based awards, both nationally and internationally, as requested
  • ensure that good communications are in place to encourage a broad cross-section of nominations from the BF membership
  • ensure that comprehensive and accurate records are kept, such that decisions are open to scrutiny and that records are sufficient to show that decisions are impartial and consistent
  • advise the Nominations Committee on recommendations for awards and the associated rationale and process
  • forward to BF Head Office a copy of all BFHC meeting minutes, which should be signed by, or emailed from, the BFHC Chair

 

Meeting Dates
14.06.2018
12.06.2019
04.06.2020
17.06.2021
06.06.2023
11.06.2024
12.06.2025

 

Committee Members

  • Chair: Pat Aiyenuro (BF President)
  • Vice Chair/Coordinator:  Lawrence Burr OBE
  • Teddy Bourne
  • Raymond Crawford
  • Malcolm Fare
  • Dr Clare Halsted
  • Janet Huggins
  • Peter Jacobs
  • Hilary Philbin
  • John Troiano

 

For more information about BF Honours including a list of who has been awarded Honours on previous occasions please click here: About Us: BF Honours 

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