Our club president (and a founding member of the club) Helen Pitt travelled to New Zealand to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Veterans Fencing Champiognships.  She won a Bronze Medal in the Women's Foil event.

More results are available on the Scottish Fencing website http://scottish-fencing.co.uk/results/2016/11/17/scottish-results-cvfc2016

Wallace Fencing Academy held the first of their 48ers on Saturday (17th Sept).  This was an Epee event with several of our fencers attending:

Poule 1

• 4th - Duncan MacFadyen

Poule 2

• 6th - Alex Wren

Poule 3

• Silver - Kris Moodley

Poule 5

• Gold - Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol

Poule 6

• Gold - Peter Ruadh Drummond

The next 48er will on Saturday 12th November and will be a Foil event .

Cally Uni need the main hall for a Freshers' Fair on Thursday 15th September - so our training will move to The Atholl Arms for some tactical training :)

Scottish Fencing have recently announced that the next Scottish Open will be held on the weekend of 15th/16th Oct.  Previously the Scottish Open was usually held on the first weekend in January.

An event website has now been created scottish-open.com

GWEFC will be holding an introduction to fencing course on Thursday 26 May.  Give us two hours of your time and we will teach you how to fence.  Bring a friend - it's better to learn together.

Also an oppertunity for those who have attended previous Beginners' Nights to refresh their memory about fencing.

Caledonian University have advised us that we are unable to train at the ARC on the following dates

• 28th Apr 
• 5th May
• 12th May

The main hall is required to be used for exams on those dates.

Already failed in your New Year Resolution to attend the gym?  Try something different - Fencing is more fun that the gym and suitable for all ages and fitness levels.

We are holding a Beginners' Night on Thursday 11th February for anyone who wants to try Fencing and it's FREE.  You only need to bring some indoor sports shoes and clothing you are comfortable exercising in (no shorts please). 

Meet in the foyer of the Arc Building of Glasgow Caledonian University, 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA at 6:45pm.  

Our last night training this year will be Thursday 10th December. Unfortunately, due to Caledonian University needing the hall for exams, we will not start back until Thursday 21st January 2016.

As has become our tradition, our final night of fencing training this year (Thursday 17th Dec) will be replaced by a social night out at the Atholl Arms in Renfield Street.

The pub serves a selection of meals and drinks.  We might even talk about fencing too.

It was great to see so many of our new beginners back for training last week.

If you want to join them, come along any Thursday evening - it is an ideal time to join, even if you didn't manage to attend our Beginners Night, it is great to have a group of people learning together.