Time to Get Your Masks On and Swords Out!

Another great year last year, and so we are moving into much larger premises, well done all! We will be fencing on a full basketball court, at St Bernard’s College, Waterloo Road Lower Hutt:

First night fencing:
Monday 3rd of February

Location:

St Bernards Gym: QWR9+98 Lower Hutt

The gym is down the back right of the school grounds

St Bernard’s College

Drop off and parking on Waterloo Road;  can be found at the main entrance to St Bernard’s College on Waterloo Road, or drop off at the school end of Anderson Grove.

Fencing times: 

• Juniors 6:45 p:m, finishing at 7:45 on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
• Seniors 6:45 and finish at 9:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
• Conditioning training which is an extra cost is being finalised
• Please refer to our session times or click here for a break down of times

Individual Lessons:

For individual lessons, please contact your coach to arrange.

We welcome and encourage parents and caregivers to regularly come in and to take an active part in their athletes progress. 

Equipment Enquires

Hiring of equipment for term 1 2020

For those fencers requiring hired equipment for the new season or wish to renew the equipment they have from last year please contact the following people:

Name	Phone Number	Email
Una Johnson	022 091 7450	una.johnson1@gmail.com
Michael Wong	021 269 7300	cforcefalcon@gmail.com

If you wish to return last years equipment please contact us as soon as possible. Accounts will be sent out to members that do not renew their hireage or return their hired equipment from 2019, this is so replacements equipment can be purchased.

So If you do not intend on fencing this year and have club gear, please organise to return said gear as soon as possible!

See You on the Piste!

ATTENTION ALL HVFC MEMBERS!

There is going to be a bowling night this Tuesday from 6pm – 8pm. 

This means that there is going to be no regular classes on this Tuesday

The event is happening on Tuesday the 26th of November at Strike Bowling in Petone.
Please be at Strike by 6pm to organise shoes and lanes so that bowling can begin promptly at 6.30pm.

Costs:

$35 per adult – Includes food and a cocktail/beverage
$30 per Child (17 and under) – Includes food

The Hutt Valley Fencing Club Team all looks forward to seeing you there!

Attendance Form

Please fill out the form if you attend to participate or come as we need to get an idea of numbers for food and number of lanes.

Location

 

 

Fencing Centrals Awards Evening

A reminder the fencing Central awards evening is coming up on the 8th of December. 

We invite you to make your votes with the link provided here.

For more information regarding the Central Awards evening, click here

Victoria University of Wellington Swords Club invites you to attend the 2019 Friendly Foil, Epee and Sabre Competition on 1st December.

The competition will be held at Victoria University of Wellington Recreation Centre, Kelburn Parade. Entries are due by 25th November.

Event	Date	Registration	Fencing Start
Mixed Foil	1st of December 19	9.30am	10am
Mixed Epee	1st of December 19	1pm	1.30pm
Mixed Sabre	1st of December 19	4pm	4.30pm

Entry is $30.00 for one weapon or $40.00 for two or more weapons.

For full details and entry form, click here.

Gear Requirements

• Whites are to be a minimum of 350N with 800N plastron
• Blades are to be FIE, or S2000 or higher
• Clear visors will not be accepted
• lame bibs are required for foil

The fencing year is rapidly drawing to a close and the Fencing Central team is looking forward to celebrating the year’s successes.

This year the Fencing Central Awards Night will take place on Sunday 8th December at the Petone Working Men’s Club.

Please follow the link for more information and to RSVP for the event.

I need to confirm the guest numbers with the venue as soon as possible.

Final numbers are required by Monday 2nd December.

Nominations

To make nominations for coaches, referees, adminstrators etc., click here.

The next Central Under 11 and 13 Tournament will take place on November 17th at the YMCA in Upper Hutt.

The events will be pools followed by direct elimination.

Time Table:

Weapon	Registration	Start time
Epee	8.30am – 8.45am	9.00am
Foil	11.00am – 11.15am	11.30am

Entry Form and More Information:

Entry form

Entry form click here

Gear Requirements

• 350N plastron, Jacket and Gloves must be worn
• Breeches with long socks, or track pants (no shorts or bare skin will be allowed)
• Masks must be 350N and foil masks must have the appropriate foil bib with accompanying head wire (safety strap if Leon Paul)
• Must also wear a chest protector

Location:

Attention All Saturday Fencers!

There is going to be a change of venue for training this Saturday the 2nd of November. This is due to a softball competition that we were only informed of on Tuesday taking place this Saturday in our fencing club rooms.

New Venue

We will be training at Treadwell Street Hall instead of the grand stand. We have used this venue a number of times before but I have included a link to google maps below.

Training Time — 9.30am – 11.30am

Please note, along with the change of venue, there is also going to be a change in training times also. We will begin our session at 9.30am instead of the usual 10am start and we will be finisihing at 11.30am instead of 12pm.

Sorry for any inconvience that this has caused and we hope to see you there this weekend.