On behalf of European Veterans Fencing it is a great pleasure to welcome you to the 2023 European Individual Veterans Fencing Championships in Thionville. We are looking forward to welcoming some 1800 from 28 countries which represents the biggest and best celebration of Veteran Fencing in Europe. Lifelong and newly developed rivalries and friendships will be played out in a friendly atmosphere which demonstrates that fencing is a sport that can be enjoyed by everyone of all ages and locations and explains the continuing growth of Veterans Fencing throughout Europe and the rest of the World. This year we will all be enjoying French hospitality in Thionville. I congratulate the Thionville 2023 Organising Committee on the enormous work they have accomplished and look forward to celebrating our European Fencers of the Year and crowning the next group of European Veteran Fencing Champions.

Welcome to Thionville!  Located in the 3 borders region, at the heart of Europe, our active and sporting city looks forward to becoming the capital of fencing from 17 to 21 May 2023.  Alongside the organising club, with the support of tourism and economic operators in the Region, the City of Thionville opens the doors of its preparatory centre for the Olympic Games and makes every effort to ensure that, on D day, everyone plays at their best level.  Since May 2019, when EVF trusted us, the whole organisation team has been committed in preparing this event with passion and determination. Their members work daily to make your stay in Thionville as pleasant as possible.  We look forward to welcoming you and, loyal to our values, we promise you a festive, friendly and fraternal atmosphere.

I look forward to seeing you all well prepared!

From 17 to 21 May 2023, the fencing European elite in the ‘veterans’ category, all weapons together, will be found at the sports complex of Thionville to compete for the European Fencing Championships. It is a real pleasure to host this event and its competitors on our territory this year.  The Eurodépartment of Moselle remains a faithful partner in sport by accompanying all stakeholders and providing the community with support and resources to carry out its various tasks as effectively as possible. As part of the ‘Terre de Jeux 2024’, the Département of Moselle supports 53 awarded communities and carries out numerous projects around sport initiatives. Our energy and all our efforts are now being mobilised in the run-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024.  I extend my deepest congratulations and encouragement to the Fencing Club E3F (Escrime 3 Frontières) and to all the indispensable volunteers who are actively working to ensure that this event can take place in excellent conditions, around the core values of sport that underpin live well together. I wish all lovers of sport and fencing a moment of sport, emulation, sharing and user-friendliness.

Good luck for all and welcome to Moselle!

As a faithful partner in the major sporting events, the Grand Est Region is particularly proud to join forces with the Trois Frontières Fencing club to organise the European Veterans Championships in Thionville in May 2023. Through this competition, I would like to highlight the commitment of the club to give a dynamic image of our region and to promote the values of sport to which we are so much attached.It is therefore a pleasure for the Grand Est Region to join this event, which will celebrate the qualities of precision, concentration and self-determination in a discipline that is always appreciated by the general public, thanks to the remarkable performance of our national, but also regional, shooters, such as Charlotte Lembach and Sara Balzer, who have been awarded money by sabre team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This European Championship will also promote the strengths and ambition of the City of Thionville and the entire Grand Est around the dynamics of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.

I wish all competitors and their associates a pleasant stay in our beautiful region, and that this championship offers remarkable performances.

The idea of organising European Fencing Championships for Veterans already came up a few years ago in the heads of a few enthusiasts of ESCRIME 3 FRONTIERES – E3F Thionville. Thanks to the support of the City of Thionville, the Communauté d’Agglomération Portes de France – Thionville, the Department of Moselle, the Grand Est Region and our usual and occasional private partners, the project has taken shape and I sincerely thank all of them for this. For many months, the E3F volunteers have not counted their time spent preparing the event. Let me assure you that we do our utmost for you to enjoy a very pleasant stay in Thionville. It matters to us that you keep an excellent memory of this event regardless of your sporting outcome. To this end, our team is fully committed and remains at your disposal, before the start of the event and during the whole period from 17 to 21 May 2023.

Welcome to Thionville!

Wish you all a great competition !