pre-2006 news
The London qualification competition for the British Youth Championships 2005/6 will be held on Sunday 16 October at The Bridge Park Business and Leisure Centre, Harrow Road (Brentfield Hill), Stonebridge Park, NW10. The closing date for entries is Wednesday 12 October. Download entry form and further details here (word file).
From 24 September A Touch of Steel FC will be offering regular fencing sessions every Saturday afternoon between 1 pm to 4 pm at Finsbury Leisure Centre, Norman Street, London EC1V 3QN. Up to 6 fencing pistes are available as well as individual lessons on request.
See competitions for the proposed South East Region fixture list for 2005 / 2006.
Middlesex fencer Vasile Coifu of Salle Gadaski won men's epee at Excalibur. Full match report to follow. Full results are available at the Excalibur website.
The South East Region Foil Championship is being held on Sunday 12 June at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Entry form and further information (word file).
Middlesex will be competing in Excalibur, the annual English inter-county competition on May 21-22 in Bath.
The 2005 London Intermediate Championships are being held on Sunday 8 May at Bridge Park leisure centre, Stonebridge Park, NW10 4AH. Entry form and further information (word file).
South East region came second in the 2005 Winton Cup (16-17 April), narrowly beaten on indicators by the South West region. A number of Middlesex fencers also competed for the London region in the second division Southcombe Cup. Rebecca Carson, Emma Jones, and Nick Woolley fenced sabre, and Dawn Townsend and Avril Ormsby foil.
A friendly match between City FC and Poly FC on Wednesday 16 March saw City FC A and B sabre teams beat Poly FC sabre team.
The South East Region Intermediate Foil Championships will be held on the 27 February in Crawley, West Sussex. More details are available on the entry form (word document).
Egham Fencing Club have a new website www.eghamfencingclub.co.uk.
The 2004/2005 Middlesex County Fencing Union AGM is being held on Thursday 17 February, 18.30, at the Red Lion and Pineapple pub, on the corner of Gunnersbury Lane and the Uxbridge Road, Acton W3. Please email any items for the agenda to the County Captain.
Lance Larsen is running coaching courses for anyone interested in coaching foil or sabre. The courses will be held at the police sports training ground, Imber Court, Ember Lane, in East Molesey. The sabre course is being held between 12.00-16.00 on Sunday 27 February, the foil course between 12.00-16.00 on Sunday 13 March. The course fee is £20 per person. Contact Lance for more details on 0787 9826171.
126 Fencing Club are running a 6 week beginners epee course from Wednesday 12 January. See our directory of other local clubs for more details.
The SE region epee and sabre championships will be held on 9 January in Canterbury, Kent. The closing date for entries is 28 November. For more information please see the Kent County Amateur Fencing Union webpage.
New saftey standards for all fencers in the UK will be implemented by the BFA in January 2006. For more information see our guide on the new regulations.
The calendar for 2004/2005 South East Region fixtures is now available. See competitions for more details.
