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Monday fencing sessions starting up again on 7th September
Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club will be running our Monday fencing sessions again starting on 7th September. These are based at the Heeley Hall at Birkdale School. The entrance is through the double doors at the end of Caxton Street.
Club fees going up
Due to the increase in our venue costs over the year, from September the cost of attending individual club sessions will increase from £10 to £12. The price per month of £35 will stay the same but will be kept under review.
Records of attendance and payments will be kept in monthly blocks and at the end of each month anyone attending sessions who has a shortfall will be reminded.
Whilst our main venue of Birkdale School is comparatively cheap at £43.50 per session, the school has been increasing this rate with each new invoice. Most significantly, during the period when we did not have use of the Sports Hall due to exams, we had to use the English Institute of Sport in order to accommodate our numbers and this cost £204 a night. our total venue costs over the last year have been over £6000 and we anticipate similar costs for the coming year.
New Club Fencing Sessions on Mondays!!!
We will now be running a Sheffield Buccaneers Club session on Mondays in the Heeley Hall at Birkdale School in addition to our regular Wednesday session. the Heeley Hall entrance is at the end of Caxton Road, which is the small road at the top of Oakholme Road – click here for the map and click here for the Google Earth View of the entrance. To get to the Heeley Hall, go to the end of Caxton Road and through the double doors on the left, There is on street parking on both Caxton Road and Oakholme Road. This hall has been used up till now for our beginners courses which will now take place on Tuesdays. The Heeley Hall has enough space for up to 5 pistes and the sessions will run from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. The cost will be £10 per session.
No Fencing This Wednesday!!!!!!
I have just received a phone call to say that the Park Centre will not be available this Wednesday (14th January) !!!!!!!!!!!!
Apparently, Sheffield Council is using it. It is after all their building and so there’s not much we can do.
Tonight (Monday 12th January), we do however, have a beginners session taking place at Birkdale in the Heeley Hall with about 20 beginners from 7:00pm till 8:30pm. After that the hall is free for anyone to fence, and there may be some space when the beginners are there.
Tomorrow (Tuesday 13th January) night from 7:00pm, we have use of the Heeley Hall at Birkdale for a club session.
Changes to Buccaneers club sessions in January!!!
On Wednesday 7th, 14th and 28th Birkdale Sports Hall is not available for us to use for our club!!!
Normally we use the Park Centre, Duke Street S25QP when Birkdale Sports Hall is not available, however as we regularly now have over 35 fencers on Wednesdays this will not be big enough for us. Therefore, in addition to the Park Centre for these dates, we have have also booked the Heeley Hall at Birkdale for Tuesdays. This is the same venue we currently use for our Fencing Beginners Courses. The dates and venues Buccaneers club sessions in January are –
Tuesday 6th January – Heeley Hall
Wednesday 7th January – Park Centre
Tuesday 13th January – Heeley Hall
Wednesday 14th January – Park Centre
Wednesday 21st January – Birkdale Sports Hall (as normal)
Tuesday 27th January – Heeley Hall
Wednesday 28th January – Park Centre
Can people get back to me and let me know which sessions they wish to attend, that will help a lot. Those who pay per month are entitled to one session per week in return for the monthly fee.
Adam
Foil Coaching Workshop – Saturday 11th October
Gamify Everything!
All fencers of all levels, just like all athletes, enjoy games! Structuring training activities into game based approaches can substantially improve competitiveness, focus, technique, enjoyment and many other elements of fencing capability. This workshop will showcase a range tried and tested exercises and approaches for individual foil lessons that are effective with all fencers right up to international competitors. There will also be some coverage of using this approach with group and pairs training activities. This will involve ‘sword in hand’ practice and coaches can bring a pupil with them.
The Workshop will take place on Saturday 11th October at the Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP and run from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Entrance to the hall will be via the fire door access on Coates Street. The Park Centre is a 15 minute walk from the train station and has a tall brick chimney which can be seen from some distance. The cost will be £25 for BAF members and £30 for non members payable by bank transfer.
To apply and find out more, go to – Foil Fencing Workshop – Saturday 11th October
Increase in club fees
Due to a range of increased costs, most particularly venue costs, the fees for attending Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club will go up from 1st September. We aim to keep costs as low as possible in order to ensure fencing is accessible to everybody and the aim will be to avoid any more increases for the foreseeable future. The use of available fencing equipment on club nights and at competitions will continue to be free. The new costs will be –
Attending a single session – £10
Attending on Wednesdays for 1 month – £35
Buccaneers Sabre Competitions
As part of our ‘End of the Month’ competitions on Wednesdays, we will also be running a sabre competition, this Wednesday. All local sabre fencers are welcome! We will be bringing back a very special trophy for this. This is the Sheffield and District Sabre trophy from 1939. So along with the names on it from the 40s and 50s, we can add new names now, every month. This trophy was given to me many years ago by the Sheffield coach and friend of mine Les Veale. Les was a great supporter of fencing in the area and also in the 80s and 90s played a major role in establishing and developing wheelchair fencing both in Britain and internationally.
Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club 