At a loss what to do on a Monday evening?

Everyone (anyone over 10 years) is welcome to come along and have a go

Where we are in Herne Bay

This is just round the corner from Parkside (the building to the left of the station as you face the entrance. Times will be 7:00pm - 10:00pm. The car park belongs to the station and is Pay and Display - there is plenty of parking in the streets around or you can take a chance...it's up to you!

Click here for a map of where we are or see where it is on Google Maps

Why not send us a message - about the club, fencing in general, the web site or whatever. Just click the duck

A note to visitors

Looking at the statistics for the web site, around 15% of visitors appear to come from outside of the UK. If you are one of these, it would be really nice if you could drop us a note to let us know where you are and perhaps if there is anything we can add to the web site that might interest you.

I have set up a guest book so to sign it, please click here to sign our guestbook.

I am trying out an RSS feed so that you can get news items about the club directly. Click in the icon on the right to add the feed

Leon Paul have set up a fencing forum which seems quite active - to have a look, click here

OAP Fencers

There was a piece in The Times and Daily Mail (and probably elsewhere) about fencing being introduced at a home for retired priests and nuns in Australia. Here are some pictures

There's hope for us yet!

KENT U10/12/14 FOIL Competition 2008

For details and entry form, click here

T-shirts will be given for the first place. These have been contributed by Luke Bennett of Heron Workwear and Graphics, based in Herne Bay.

International Summer Fencing Camp in Polanica Zdroj

Dear Friends,

We would like to invite you for the following International Summer Fencing Camp in Polanica Zdroj. This year  between 02-13.08.2008 and 14-28.08.2008.

The price is 29 euro for a day. If you have a group of 10 fencers 1 coach (or  leader ) will stay in Polanica Zdroj  for free.

You can find all details on our web site: http://avis-tour.wroc.pl/index..php?id=8&l=en.

You can find there some photos from last camp!!!

It would be nice to seeing some of you once again!

With sportʼs greeting

Krzysztof Glowacki

Child Protection Awareness Course

Message from Peter Huggins:

Dear all, 

Please find attached the details of a course that is to be run in Maidstone on the morning of Sunday, 1st June. 

If you attended the course on Child Protection Awareness that was run in Kent in July 2005 then you will need to consider attending this course as three years is about to elapse and, if you are a coach, you are obliged to attend such a course every three years in order to maintain your name on the coaching register. 

Peter 

Click here for details and the entry form

Club 126 Fencing Course: 1-5 August

A message from Jamie Miller:

Dear All,

Please find attached details of Club 126 Fencing Course. An ideal opportunity to improve your fencing, get away from the kids/parents, or just have an enjoyable break from the norm. For Epee the somewhat legendary and certainly World Class coach/coach educator Gabor Bognar will be leading the course. Leading Sabre will be British Olympic Coach Peter Frochlich (One time coach to seven times world champion Geroge Nebald) and Foil will be top Hungarian Coach Csumi Kun.

Jamie
Click here for Flyer and Booking Form

South East Foil Competition - 15^th June

A message from Peter Huggins:

Dear All
 
Please find attached the details for the SE foil which is too be held on 15th June (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A REVISED DATE)  

Peter

Click here for details and the entry form

Level I Coaching Course

Peter Huggins is hoping to run a level 1 coaching course, probably at Tenterden in the near future. If anyone is interested can they let either us or Peter know.

Results of the Epee and Sabre Competitions

Well done to everyone who took part - a good day's fencing! Click here for some photos

Mallard Video Gallery

Because of space issues, all club videos have been shifted to Youtube - Click here to have a look

March and Annual Web Statistics

Click here for details

Changes to the Constitution and Byelaws of the Club

There have been some minor changes to the Constitution and Byelaws of the Club.

Constitution section 3: 'The Club shall accept into membership any person from their Tenth birthday' has been changed to: 'The Club shall accept into membership any person from their Tenth birthday irrespective of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion or any other potentially discriminatory factors'

Byelaws section 6: The sentence 'Acceptance and refusal of any application for membership shall be at the absolute discretion of the Committee' has been removed

Annual General Meeting

The AGM was held on 31^st March. Simon presented the Chairman's report and Dominique the financial report.

The committee was re-elected and Alex Taylor was elected as the Junior Representative. Simon's and Dominique's reports will be uploaded when both are available.

Social Membership is Changing

How clubs can apply for low cost social or recreational membership for club members.

Social Membership purpose and eligibility:
This membership category is intended for ‘starter’ groups or fencers who only wish to fence socially within their registered club.
Social Membership has changed. From April 1st 2008 fencers will now be issued with a social membership card and voucher. The voucher is for allowance to fence in one local competition and must be handed over to the competition organiser. All social membership cards/vouchers will be sent to the club secretary. Social membership is only available via Registered Clubs, however, you can also apply for social membership via the online membership facility (your card will be sent to the club secretary of your club).

Please note that for the purposes of social membership, a Club is defined as a group of individuals meeting at one venue only and only covers fencing within that venue. The Club must be an affiliated and paid-up member of the BFA.

The only membership benefit is solely to provide insurance cover for fencing within the nominated registered club and 1 local competition.
Social members have no right to “The Sword”, vote or receive any other benefits of British Fencing.

Application must be made by the Registered Club who should supply HQ with the details on the attached application form. Failure to provide all details will delay processing. Click here for membership form

Clubs will receive members cards/voucher as confirmation of insured fencers included under the policy. Insurance cover will only commence after the names and fees are received at HQ.

Downgrading for members in any other category is not permitted.
 

Invicta Open

here are the results from the competition

International Fencing Camp in Spain

I received this today - anyone interested?

                                                             CLUB DE ESGRIMA ALMERÍA

 Dear Sirs,  

 Please mind the present mail with some information attached, about our International Fencing Camp that will take place in our province of Almería.

Enrollment is limited; early application is highly recommended

Foil and Sabre from August 3 to August 8, 2008 in the Natural Place of the Salt mines in Roquetas de Mar (Almería)

Accommodation: Hotel Don Ángel 4 * in Roquetas de Mar (Almería) Spain

Training:  Sports Hall  Infanta Cristina

Cost: 410 €  

For more information, please visit our Web Site                        www.almeriaesgrima.com

Epee     from August 24 to August 30, 2008 in the Paraje Natural Cabo de Gata

 El  Toyo Almería 

Accomodation: Hotel Cabo de Gata Garden 4* in El Toyo Almería

Training: Sports Hall El Toyo, Almería

Cost: 410 €

For more information, please visit our Web site                       www.almeriaesgrima.com

Looking forward from hearing you,

Clubmark

You probably all know that we are hoping achieve Clubmark standard this year. This has required a tremendous effort on the part of members of the committee and in particular by Jane. East Midlands region club were the first in England fencing to be awarded Clubmark but we hope to follow soon.

To take some words from the East Midlands Region club website: 'When it comes to important things like bids for grants and funds or mundane things like local authority venue hire, the Clubmark award signals to Local Authorities, leisure and education departments that a sports club is run effectively and efficiently, and meets national standards especially concerning policies and procedures for equality, diversity and child protection and the way all its activities are managed and lead'

Below are a number of documents we have submitted. All of the documents are in the Policy Statements section.

Minutes of the Committee meeting held on 19^th February

Click here to see the minutes of the above meeting

Congratulations!

Well done to Henry, Alex and Zack on getting their Grade 2 certificates!

We're still on Facebook

If you're a member of Facebook, I have just set up a Mallard Fencing Club group page, so why not join in! Click here to go to the page. You will need to sign up if you are not already a member

Below are some pictures from the event.

Photos from the 4-weapon competition

and some videos:

Oxfam Open

www.starswordclub.co.uk/oxfam_open.html

We have a new video page

I have set up a channel on YouTube for the fencing videos. To see them, click here

Well done to all those who took part in the U16/senior school foil, epee and sabre

Mallard v Tenterden

Tenterden receiving trophy for winning 40-29 - next year, it's Mallard's turn!

KCAFU Fixture list 2007-8

Click here for the latest fixture list

First Notice of the Year!

Welcome to 2008!

We are delighted to welcome Grant Dickenson as our new sabre coach, joining Jane Clayton, our foil coach. Grant coaches at a number of other clubs so we are pleased that he has the time to help us develop in the one area where we, as a club, were weak.

Mallard v Tenterden

On the last night of fencing, Tenterden juniors came over to Mallard for a foil and sabre match. Unfortunately, Mallard lost by 40-29 but a good night of fencing was has by all.

In the raffle (to which everyone was forced by Richard to buy tickets), we raised £37 for club funds.

Mallard Club Handicap Tournament - Final Results