Fencing Ireland is hiring for the role of Development Officer (Schools & Community Development).

Location 

• Dublin / Leinster region 

• Daily travel required – vehicle provided

Role Overview 

Fencing Ireland is seeking a proactive and energetic Development Officer to deliver schools programmes and support the growth of fencing at community level, particularly within DEIS areas. 

Reporting to the Head of Development, this is a hands-on role focused on introducing fencing to new participants, building relationships, and creating pathways from schools into clubs, while ensuring high-quality programme delivery that supports ongoing engagement and retention. 

For more information please see our jobs page: www.fencingireland.net/jobs

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Fencing Ireland is delighted to announce the relaunch of the Fencing Ireland newsletter. We aim to release three issues a year, one at the start, one in the middle, and one at the end of each season. The newsletter will be emailed to all our members and will be available here, on our website, as well as on our WhatsApp channel.

We are excited to be able to share Fencing Ireland news and developments with you. To access the first issue of the newly relaunched newsletter please follow the link below:

Fencing Ireland Newsletter #1

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Fencing Ireland is proud to announce the first application window for our new Member Support Grants! All full members of Fencing Ireland are eligible to apply for funding for projects relevant to Irish fencing. €1,000 is available!

Deadline for applications: Sunday 25 January @ 23:59.

See our terms and conditions for more information: Terms & Conditions

To apply use the QR code below or follow this link: Application form

This project will run application windows twice annually to help support our members and their fencing activity.

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Fencing Ireland is pleased to announce the creation of a bespoke set of rules for fencing for the sport in Ireland.

Historically, we have broadly applied the international rules set by the FIE. Adaptations were often necessary to those rules, however, as they are not structured for national or local events but are rather aimed at international competition. These adaptations have previously been organised in a casual manner with no clear guidelines of when it was allowable to depart from international norms and when referees, competition organisers, etc. should be sticking with the rules exactly as written.

This is no longer the case! The Fencing Ireland rulebooks, linked below, will remove that ambiguity and provide fencers and officials alike with clear rules and standards to follow in all Irish competitions.

Fencing Ireland rulebooks, version 1, November 2025:

Technical rules

Organisataion rules

Material rules

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Ophardt is a fencing specific system for membership and events that we are confident will be of huge benefit to Fencing Ireland and our members. This will become our new one-stop shop for membership purchases as well as rankings and entry to competitions, training camps, and courses.

Memberships, events, and courses will no longer be available on our old JustGo system, which will soon be shut down.

Important note: if you had an automatic renewal payment set up on JustGo, we have set your automatic subscription to “inactive” so that you are not inadvertently charged for a membership on the old system. You will need to purchase your Fencing Ireland membership annually on Ophardt.

Don’t forget that the new season starts on 1 September so now is the time to renew your membership. You can purchase your 2025/26 Fencing Ireland membership on Ophardt now!

If you require any help/guidance on how to use the new system, you can find a series of step-by-step guides on fencingireland.net/membership. More step-by-step guides are coming soon! If you cannot find your query answered there, please do not hesitate to email us on membership@fencingireland.net.

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Fencing Ireland WhatsApp Channel

NOTE: notifications for the channel are turned off by default, if you want alerts for messages from the channel you can turn them on by pressing the bell at the top of the chat.

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Fencing Ireland also recognises the power of sport as a means for integration and finding a community of like-minded individuals and so wish to provide a route for everyone to engage in fencing who wishes to do so.

The policy can be found here.

Any questions or queries on this policy can be addressed to gender@fencingireland.net

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Fencing Ireland is pleased to announce that our selection policy for international events has been updated for the 2024-2028 period.

The new policy can be found here: http://www.fencingireland.net/international-selection-policy/

While much of the policy remains consistent, there are some key changes from the previous iteration, including:

• For all categories of event, qualification is now based on results in the preceding season or the current season at the time of the application.
• Expansion of qualification routes for FIE Satellites, U23 Circuit events, Senior FIE World Cups & Grand Prix events, including addition of national circuit events in many countries as potential routes to achieving selection criteria. These changes will give fencers an improved progression pathway to the highest level of the sport. A pathway with more options and a greater flexibility to allow athletes to plan their season as it suits them.

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The 2024 5 Nations competition, held in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 16 November, proved itself a tremendous day for the Irish team who achieved a phenomenal second place overall finish and which saw our Men’s Foil team win their event outright! One of our best performances ever in this event.

Each of our six weapon teams won at least one of their three matches with each of Women’s Épée, Women’s Foil, and Men’s Épée winning two of their three matches. The highlight of the day, however, was Men’s Foil winning their weapon – starting with their toughest match the team pulled through against England with a 45-44 win having been 42-44 down! The foilists only got stronger from their with more comfortable wins over, first, Scotland and, later, Northern Ireland, to finish with three wins from three.

Final Standings
1. Scotland
2. Ireland
3. England
4. Northern Ireland

Congratulations to all involved in the Irish team and to NI Fencing for such an enjoyable and well run event. And well done to Scotland on their win.

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We are delighted to announce that entry to the 2024 Irish Open is now available. You can do so through the link below.

Entry form and information

The Irish Open will be held in the National Indoor Arena on the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, on 19/20 October. For the first time this year the event will see a Women’s Épée FIE Satellite event happen on the Sunday alongside the 15th edition of the Dublin Men’s Épée FIE satellite.

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