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

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Summer Break

The club will be taking a summer break this month. There will be no fencing on the following dates: August 16^th, 23^rd, 30^th.

So we return on 6^th September

Club Competitions

Junior foil – Monday 13^th September.

Senior foil – Monday 20^th September.

Senior epee – Monday 27^th September.

Senior sabre – Monday 4^th October.

Juniors must be under 14 on the day of the competition to take part.

Seniors must be over the age of 14 to enter senior events.

We hope to be able to arrange junior epee and sabre events if there is enough demand for these.

Summer Newsletter

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PICNIC IN THE PARK

We have been asked to provide a taster session at this event which is to be held in the Memorial Park, Herne Bay on Sunday  August 29^th. Times: 11am – 2pm. There will be lots of other activities going on with live music and refreshments.

We would like as many members as possible to come along and help.

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

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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

U11-U15 FES

Well done to everyone who took part. Click here for the full results

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UNDER 11 FOIL

1st	Lucy Stephenson	Invicta FC
2nd	Jude Spedding	Ashford Friars School
3rd=	Anna Neeley	Bexley FC
3rd=	Heather Goodchild	Bexley FC

UNDER 15 FOIL

1st	William Ross	Mallard
2nd	Harry Driscoll	Mallard
3rd=	Helena Heath	Mallard
3rd=	Ida Carlens	Bexley FC

U/15 EPEE                                                                      

1st	Killian McCabe	Invicta FC
2nd	Alex Clay	Manwoods
3rd=	Francis Ross	Mallard
3rd=	Jamie Peake	Bexley FC

U/15 SABRE

1st	Simon West	Invicta  FC
2nd	Daniel Thripp	Tenterden
3rd	Oliver Lyon	Manwoods

 

 

Four Weapon Competition - 7th February 2010

Well done to Tenterden 'A' for winning the event, with Maidstone coming a very good second.

Mallard Vets had a lot of fun but didn't really fence very well, being beaten by Mallard Juniors - will we ever live down the shame!

here are some photos from the event - sorry they're not all that great but I have a crummy camera phone!

If you want to download any of these, click on the picture and it will take you to the web album

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!

Well done Joanne and Arthur

Congratulations to Joanne Cornish for coming 2^nd in then U16 girls foil and Arthur Palmer for also coming 2^nd though in the U16 boys sabre

The full results are on the KCAFU website

Results of Tenterden V Mallard V Invicta U/16 Match 9th December 2009

Well done to every one who took part.

The senior match will be run at a later date as we couldn't finish due to lack of time

Mallard v Deal Match

Congratulations (through clenched teeth!) to Invicta for winning the 2009 foil competition. Next year....

The winning Deal team

Some of the Mallard team

Congratulations Jane

Well done to Jane for winning the veteran sports-person of the year in the Canterbury and District Sports Awards

MALLARD/INVICTA JUNIOR FOIL COMPETITION 2009

Cyril Lee Cup

We have won the Cyril Lee Cup awarded to the club in Kent gaining the highest number of points in the Kent foil competition. Well done to all who took part.

The Cyril Lee Cup

Dominique, Jane and Richard posing a bit strangely with the cup

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

We've received a grant

We have just received a grant of £300 from the Kent Trust for Youth Sport, for which we are very grateful. We will be buying some smaller sabre weapons to allow our younger members to take up sabre. As part of the agreement, we will be having a press event in the near future.

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.
 

Minutes of the Committee meeting held on 19^th February

Click here to see the minutes of the above meeting

Changes to the Bye-Laws of the Club - please note

Following a committee meeting on 7 November, there have been some modifications to the byelaws of the club. I have highlighted them in green. Please have a look - there is not much change but most importantly, all members of the club must have BFA membership at the appropriate level. If you have any questions, please have a word with a member of the committee. There will be more regarding the club's child protection policy shortly - for now, we have agreed to abide by the BFA guidelines

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

BFA Required Clothing Regulations

The full document from the BFA is clear in its requirements for fencing at the club and in competitions. Please read this.

It also covers minimum distances between and behind pistes, electrical equipment and weapons