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 timetables of buses to Herne Bay

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

We're back on Monday!!

Happy New Year everyone!

We're back to normal on Monday 9th January

Autumn Newsletter

The autumn newsletter is now available - click here to read

Senior Sabre

Congratulations to Stuart on winning the epee competition. Here are the results of the DE:

Alan, Richard, Stuart and Ryan - the finalists of the sabre competition	Jane presenting the sabre cup to Stuart - not sure why their eyes are closed but it was a tiring competition!

Well done also to those who took part, even if they had never picked up a sabre before

Senior Epee

Congratulations to Killian on winning the epee competition. Here are the results of the DE:

U14 Foil

Congratulations to Isaac on winning the U41 foil competition. Here are the results of the DE:

Senior Foil

Congratulations to Richard on winning the senior foil competition

Now, if David could return the trophy....

Club Competitions

It's that time of year again...the club competitions!

Club competitions are open to club members only.

Junior foil is open to all members who are under 14 on 26^th September 2011, size 0 foils will be used by all fencers if fencers under the age of 10 are competing.  If all are over the age of 10 size 3 weapons will be used.

Senior events are open to all club members who are over the age of 14 on the day of the competitions.

Junior epee is open to club members who are over the age of 14 but under the age of 18 on the day of the competition.

Royal Stennick Challenge

Next Royal Stennick Challenge on the 16th October for U10,14 and 18 for all 3 weapons.

Royal Stennick Challenge

Oliver in red t-shirt won bronze medal in under 10 foil in the Royal Stennick Cup on Sunday. It was his first competition. Aaron and Emma also competed and finished 5th and 7th in under 14 epee.

Congratulations to Stuart on coming 3rd in sabre at the Brighton Open

Royal Stennick Cup - June 19th

This competition will be held at Sir Rogers Manwood's School, Sandwich CT13 9JX and will be in three age categories, U10, U14 and U18 Foil, Epee and Sabre (age on the 1st Jan). The event will be mixed boys and girls and aims to give the children a taste of competition and show how much fun can be obtained from them. Refreshments are available on the day. Click here for details

Royal Stennick Cup

Isaac won the under 11 foil event at the Royal Stennick Cup competition in Sandwich. Aaron was 4th in U/15 epee and 5th in foil.

Club AGM

The club AGM was held at the hall on Monday April 11th. The AGM report can be seen here

BFA Membership is compulsory

Please see the attached letter regarding BFA membership. BFA are really tightening up and we have to insist on everyone being a member before they can now fence at the club, otherwise we as the committee are not insured.

Please collect Sainsbury's Active Kids Vouchers        

Clubmark has a deal with Sainsbury's Active Kids whereby we can obtain sports equipment. So please, if you shop in Sainsburys, can you collect vouchers for the club

Link to fencing event calendar

In the table on the left, there is a link to all the events in the fencing calendar including KCAFU, other local events and BFA competitions.

U16 and Senior Boys and Girls Foil, Epée and Sabre Championships

Well done to Joanne Cornish who won the Kent girls U/16 foil competition on Sunday and came 2nd in the U/16 epee. Helena Heath came 5th and William Ross 5th in the boys U/16 foil

Mallard v Invicta

Here are the results from the match. Well done Invicta

Winter Newsletter

The latest newsletter is now available. Click here to view

U11 and U15 Foil, Epee and Sabre Competition, 20 November

Sabre Competition

Well done to Richard for winning the sabre competition. And well done to everyone who took part, even if they hadn't picked up a sabre before!

sabre

Stuart Stuart Stuart Richard Alan Alan Dominique Jeremy Terry Richard Terry Richard Richard

The competition was so hard fought that Alan broke his sabre blade! From sabre

Epee Competition

Congratulations again to David - will he go for the hat trick?

David with epee trophy

David David David David Richard Jeremy Jeremy Jeremy William William William (retired)   Lloyd Jo Jo Jessica

Senior Foil Competition

Well done David!

senior foil

Senior Foil Competition

Congratulations to David on winning the senior foil competition. Shame Dominique forgot the trophy but the prize giving will happen next week

Junior Foil Competition

Congratulations to Harry and Aaron on coming first and second in the competition (my apologies if I have captions in the pictures the wrong way round!).

Click here for the full results of the DE

Summer Newsletter

Click here to download the newsletter

We've won an award!

We came third in the Community Club of the Year category awarded by the Herne Bay and East Kent Coastal School Sports Partnership on 15th July.

We were selected due to our commitment to providing high Quality sports sessions in the local community. I think a special 'well done' to Jane

Mallard is on Facebook

Ages ago, I set up a Mallard Fencing Club Facebook group - if you are on Facebook, why aren't you a member! Just enter Mallard Fencing in the search box and join!

Congratulations to Aaron Martin-Coles on being awarded the Mallard Cup for his commitment to the club

Club Annual General Meeting

The AGM was held on April 19th. Click here for the minutes of the meeting, and here for the minutes of the committee meeting held on the same day.

There will be fencing on Bank holiday Monday (3 May).

There will be no fencing on August 16, 23 and 30 due to the annual closure of the club for summer

Club Newsletter

Click here for the latest newsletter

British Veterans Championships

Congratulations to both Jane and Kate on doing so well at the Vets championships.

Jane won the British Veterans women's epee championships. There were 42 entries and Jane was 12th seed after 2 rounds of pools. Kate was 11th seed. They met in the final 2 and Jane won.

From Jane & Kate photos - vets comp

Jane also came 3rd in the women's foil on the Saturday

Kent Community Foundation Grassroots for Kent and Medway

We have been successful with our bid for a grant from Kent Community Foundation Grassroots. we are now able to buy a new set of electrical equipment, new lame bibs and connecting wires for our foil masks, 1 years rent and 1 years coaching fees.

So, thank you!

We now accept fencers over the age of 8 years

Following a committee meeting on 20 October, we are now able to accept fencers from the age of 8 years. We now have appropriate sized foils (size zero) and look forward to seeing new fencers at the club.

You must wear appropriate clothing when fencing

Everyone who fences at Mallard must wear appropriate clothing when fencing. This includes:

• Jackets -
  CEN 1 350 Newtons
• Plastrons - CEN 2 800 Newtons
• Trousers/breeches - CEN 1 350 Newtons. If you wear trousers, openings/pockets must be zipped/sewn/taped
• Masks -
  CEN1 (350N.bib) (must be fitted with safety back straps)

If you do not have these and you want to fence, you can use the club equipment. These are requirements from the BFA

You are not allowed to fence if you are not wearing correct equipment

Autumn Newsletter

Jane has put together a newsletter. Please have a look at it - there is some important information in it, particularly regarding fees.

Child Protection Policy

We have adopted the BFA Child Protection Policy. You can read the full document by clicking here. The link is also on the 'Policy Statements' Page

On Monday, Rodney Francis came to the club to give us the once over and we gained our Clubmark.

We are only the third fencing club in the UK to have done this, so well done to Jane for driving this through

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

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.
 

New Picture of Alfie Mallard

There is a new picture of our founder, Alfie Mallard in the picture gallery.

As an aside, my old fencing coach, Akos Moldovanyi is standing in front of Alf