Club News

April 2008:

Newsletter: The latest newsletter is available here

March 2008:

Leeds University Fencing Club Tournament: Sunday 27th April has been set as the date for the second Leeds University Fencing Club Tournament, which will be a private event. All three weapons will be fought, with the Men's/Women's Foil running from 9:30AM onwards and the Men's/Women's Epee and Men's/Women's Sabre running from 12:30 onwards. Anyone requiring an entry form can download one here.

February 2008:

AGM results: Following the AGM, the new committee has been elected for 2008/09, which consists of Hayley Beaumont as Club Captain and Women's Team Captain, Rachael Anderson as Secretary, Alex Lincoln as Treasurer and Webmaster, Tom Exeter as Men's Team Captain, Anita Idisi as Social Secretary, Robert Walker as Armourer and Izzy Case-Punter as Competition Co-ordinator. After Easter the new and old committees will work together to run the club, before handing over to the new committee. We wish the new committee every success for the following year!

January 2008:

New Semester:We hope everyone had a nice break and their exams went well, and fencing is beginning again in earnest. This term there will be more time in Cromer Terrace Gym for the Saturday sessions, so check out the schedule here. We are also holding a Give-It-A-Go session on the 12th of February, so there will be no training that night.

The Sports Ball is also coming up on Saturday 23rd of February, which is always a good night. More details to come!

Apart from that, it is back to business as usual, and we look forward to a fun-filled fencing semester!

November 2007:

Newsletter: Our latest newsletter is available to download here

October 2007:

Social: On October 9th we had our massive intro party, which was a very fun night and a great way to start the year. If you missed it, or want to relive it all again, the pictures are up on the Gallery page.

September 2007:

To start with, welcome everybody to the new and improved webpage for the Leeds University Fencing Club – looking very smart, I must say!

This year's new committee really brings together a new club – a new website, a load of new kit, a change in venue, top quality coaches and bigger and better parties.

New Kit – the generous Lottery grant now allows us to have six full electric pistes with spares, as well as completely new beginner's kit for 30+ members, spare advanced electric kit and brand new storage facilities.

Training – starts straight away with Advanced in Cromer Terrace on Saturday 22nd of September and beginner taster sessions on Tuesday 25th September onwards.

Membership fees – this year we present two packages: £25 only for Beginners (all equipment provided Tuesdays only) and £40 only for Advanced (covers all training sessions and includes all lessons with coaches, especially the international coach Robert Kiss)