To accommodate Hutt Valley Softball’s need to use the shared clubroom facilities during March to host tournaments, changes to some HVFC classes are necessary.

To minimise disruptions, classes will be held in the ‘Green Room’ indoor gym area of Avalon Rugby Club. This is the building in front of our regular grandstand clubrooms on Percy Cameron Street.

All regular classes for the following weeks will be cancelled. In place, the following sessions will be offered, and will all be held in the ‘Green Room’. For individual lessons, coaches will talk to you about arranging a suitable time.

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Sessions for Monday 5th to Sunday 11th March

• Mon 5th, 6.00 – 7.00pm (U13 & Junior)
• Mon 5th, 7.00 – 9.00pm (Intermediate & Senior)
• Wed 7th, 6.30 – 9.00pm (Robert’s Wed Class and Senior/Adults)
• Fri 9th, 6.00 – 7.00pm (U13 & Junior)
• Fri 9th, 7.00 – 9.00pm (Intermediate & Senior)
• Sat 10th – No fencing or conditioning

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Sessions for Monday 12th to Sunday 18th

These will be at usual days and times, in the regular grandstand clubrooms.

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Sessions for Monday 19th to Sunday 25th March

• Mon 19th, 6.00 – 7.00pm (U13 & Junior)
• Mon 19th, 7.00 – 9.00pm (Intermediate & Senior)
• Wed 21st – No fencing or classes
• Fri 23rd, 6.00 – 7.00pm (U13 & Junior)
• Fri 23rd, 7.00 – 9.00pm (Intermediate & Senior)
• Sat 24th, 9.00 – 10.00am (High Performance Conditioning)
• Sat 24th, 10.00 – 12.00pm (All ages and abilities)

 

At Hutt Valley Fencing Club, we strive to provide a safe environment for all club members to enjoy. As such, it has been decided to implement two new rules to ensure the safety of all club members.

Shorts will not be permitted whilst fencing in any of the three weapons. This is to prevent blades from snagging on the loose ends of shorts. Instead, we require that whilst fencing, trackpants, leggings, or breeches are worn. Shorts will still be allowed during warm-ups, fitness, and footwork, but must be changed to long pants for bladework and freeplay.

Fencers aged 15 and under may not leave the club premises until a parent or other responsible adult arrives to pick them up. We ask that parents/adults please come into the clubrooms to pick up their children wherever possible. Exceptions can be made to this rule if parents or caregivers notify coaches of alternative arrangements (eg. Public transport requirements).

We thank you for your understanding and support in making our club a safe environment for everyone.

The full code of conduct can be here: HVFC Code of Conduct and Structure (Feb 2018)

Due to Cyclone Gita, it has been decided that the 6.00pm junior session this evening is cancelled. 

Robert will not be coming out to Lower Hutt, but Russell  is willing to open the clubrooms at 7.00pm. Any fencers who wish to attend the 7.00pm advanced class, please text Russell (022-638-5612) urgently to confirm your attendance tonight, so that a decision can be made regarding this session.

Eastbourne based fencers, please ensure that you have a ride home, and take into consideration possible closure of the road into Eastbourne due to high tide and swells.

We do not have up-to-date contact information for many club members, so please ensure that you fill out the 2018 registration form at  https://huttvalleyfencing.org/club-registration/ so that in future we can make sure urgent messages get to all club members. In the meantime, please pass this message onto anyone who may not have received it.

Reminder that Trefoil and FenCen AGM is this Sunday, so get entries in (these are due tomorrow), and get your gear arranged this week if you haven’t already.

Dear Hutt Valley Fencing Club members,

The HVFC Committee would like to ask all fencers who wish to attend HVFC in 2018 to please complete our new online registration form. This includes all new and existing club members.

This is to ensure that we have an accurate record of who is attending the club for planning purposes, as well as providing us with an updated list of contact details so that we can reach all club members with any important news or announcements. Finally, we require an updated list of emergency contacts for all fencers in the highly unlikely event of an incident at training.

Therefore, it is important that all fencers complete this registration form as soon as possible.

The registration form can be accessed either through the club website, or directly at https://goo.gl/forms/Ow6rcunxab3cAJhF3

 

It is great to see so many fencers at the club two weeks back into fencing. It has been noted that the Tuesday and Thursday sessions have once again become very large classes, so we would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of some other sessions that the club offers during the week:

On Wednesdays at 7.00pm to 9.00pm we are offering a new 18+ only session for the adult members of our club. This gives you the opportunity to fence in a quieter and more relaxed environment than the other classes offer, and to go at your own pace. We would like to invite parents of fencers to come along and have a go, to see what it is about fencing that makes your children so passionate about it. We have a great team of experienced fencers on hand at this session to help introduce you to fencing.

We also have a session on Saturdays at 10.00am to 12.00pm. This class is available for fencers of any age and ability, though it primarily focusses on foil. The smaller class size on Saturdays means that you have the opportunity to fit in more fencing than you can on a weekday session, and allows the three dedicated coaches to provide more attention to individual fencers.

We hope to see many of you at these sessions in the coming weeks!