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Temporary Change of Sheffield Buccaneers Wednesday Fencing Venue
Due to exams taking place in Birkdale School sports hall, there will be a change of venue from the 8th May, i.e. FROM NEXT WEEK!!! Our club will meet at our occasional alternative venue – The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP. The entrance to the centre will be via the fire doors on Coates Street. We will be using this alternative venue until the end of June. As many club members will know this venue is considerably smaller and so for this reason there will be priority for juniors use of space up till 8.30. The club is also using the Heeley Hall at Birkdale School from 7.00 on Mondays where we are currently running a beginners course, regular club fencers are also welcome to fence here on Mondays.
End of the Month Competition for April 24
On April 24th we had a fantastic ‘End of the Month’ competition with a total of 26 fencers taking part, many of them with strong National Ranking. This was part of a club training session with over 40 fencers. Again we used a ladder system ensuring everybody got the maximum amount of fencing and there were many fantastic bouts took place. It was very difficult to calculate the results as with the excitement and the enjoyment of fencing many fencers forgot to write down the results of bouts, though after comparing different score sheets I think I was able to get pretty close to the final positions which are –
- 1 – Jeremy Chang
- 2 – Archie Broughton
- 3 – James Mullen
- 4 – Sam Blair
- 5 – Charlotte Peat – Winner of the Best Novice Trophy
- 6 – Ron Law
- 7 – Madoc Dawson
- 8 – Felix Cahen
- 9 – Henry Harris
- 10 – Luca Pastorello
- 11 – Zack Sefton
- 12 – Make McKay
- 13 – Ed Campion
- 14 – Adriana Dermetxis
- 15 – Jacob Smith
- 16 – Reuben Wheeler
- 17 – Nicholas Williams
- 18 – Joe Blair
- 19 – Georgina Peat
- 20 – Alistair Guest
- 21 – Eric Houghton-Hall
- 22 – Sebastian Greenhow
- 23 – Toby Wheeler
- 24 – Amelia Price
- 25 – Anna Lishchuk
- 26 – Joseph McGowan
Temporary Change of Venue
Due to Birkdale not being available on Wednesday 31st January, our fencing sessions will take place at The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP. As the venue is much smaller than Birkdale Sports Hall beginners from our ongoing course are welcome and will have a free session as an addition to our course.
Remember!!! Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club Temporary Change of Venue – 6th December
Due to Birkdale sports hall not being available, our Wednesday fencing sessions on 6th December will take place at The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP. The entrance for the sports hall is at the fire doors on the Coates Street side of the centre. The building has a very tall brick chimney which can be seen from a distance. This is the venue we use for weekend coaching.
Fencing Equipment for Christmas
Our club will be putting in an order for fencing equipment soon in order to be sure of getting things in time for Christmas. If anyone wants to order anything let us know, check out our Fencing Equipment page
Sheffield Buccaneers Fencing Club – Temporary Change of Venue
Due to Birkdale sports hall not being available, our Wednesday fencing sessions on 1st November and 6th December will take place at The Park Centre, Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QP. Our new fencers from our recent beginners course will not be be familiar with this venue. The entrance for the sports hall is at the fire doors on the Coates Street side of the centre. The building has a very tall brick chimney which can be seen from a distance. This is the venue we use for weekend coaching. Click here for a map and for here for a ‘Street View’
October End of Month Competition
It’s that time again! October End of the Month Competition took place last night with a good range of fencers including Richard Grant who has only just finished our beginners course and never used electric equipment. It was also nice to have Rory Gibson on one of his occasional flying visits. This event was running using a fencing ladder system. The final results are –
- 1st – Ed Campion (Trophy Winner)
- 2nd – Ron Law
- 3rd – Rory Gibson
- 4th – Ross Greenwood (Novice Trophy Winner)
- 5th – Jawad Msaiei
- 6th – Sam Blair
- 7th – Amy Freeth
- 8th – Rob Deniszczyc
- 9th – Richard Grant
End of Month Competition and Beginners Course
Another full on night of fencing which combined the 3rd week of our fencing beginners course and our End of the Month Competition for September. This time our competition was done with 2 poules. which were approximately a Senior and a Junior poule. We were very pleased to welcome amongst us Sam Blair who will be helping with our beginners as well as fencing. Many of us have known Sam for many years as a very effective fencer, Sam is starting his studies at Hallam University studying Sport and Exercise Science. Sam succeeded in winning our competition by one point!! Tonight was the 3rd week of our beginners course and our theme was developing more variety in defence. Our beginners are beginning to shape up as fencers very nicely and bringing a lot of energy and enthusiasm to their time in our club.
The results of our competition are –
Senior Competition
- 1st – Sam Blair
- 2nd – Ed Campion
- 3rd – Madoc Dawson
- 4th – Ron Law
- 5th – Fernando Ruscillo
- 6th – Alistair Guest
- 7th – Rob Deniszczyc
Junior Competition
- 1st – John Wiles (Novice Trophy Winner)
- 2nd – Cameron Nicholson
- 3rd – Jawad Msaiei
- 4th – Eric Haughton-Wall
Fencing Beginners Course!!!
Our Fencing Beginners Course will be starting tomorrow! There are 28 people signed up of all ages. Should be great fun!!!!
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