2017 has been a fantastic year for all the fencers at HVFC, with some remarkable achievements earned across the board. To celebrate the end of the year, come join us for a social night of bowling.

• Where: Strike Entertainment, Lower Hutt
• When: Tuesday 19th December, 7.00 – 9.00pm
• Who: Fencers, families, and guests at HVFC
• Cost: TBA

If you want to attend, please RSVP on the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1524070017662577/

As this is the final week of fencing, please note the following:

• All Tuesday classes at Fraser Park
• Wednesday session is cancelled
• All Thursday classes at Fraser Park. This is the last day of fencing
• Saturday session is cancelled

Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday! See you back at fencing for 2018!

In order to ensure that the committee can continue to provide the best possible fencing experience to all club members, please take two or three minutes to fill out this survey. This will provide us with a strong idea of what areas of the club need the most improvement, and gives you the opportunity to share your thoughts.

*** Link to survey ***

This is primarily directed towards fencers at HVFC, but we also welcome feedback from all others involved with the club, including parents and volunteers. Younger fencers may want to complete the survey with a parent.

All submissions are completely anonymous. Your honest feedback is greatly appreciated, and will go a long way to ensuring a successful future for the club.

The 2017 Baby Cham competition is coming up soon. We have confirmed the date and venue as Sunday 12th November, at Chilton St James School, Lower Hutt. Entries are due by 11th November. Sorry about the late notice.

This competition is a great way for our under 13, under 11, and under 9 fencers to wrap up the year of fencing, and have a bit of fun with fencers from their own club and others from the region. The more people that register, the better the event will be, so make sure to get in soon!

Full details can be found here: Baby Cham Invite 2017

The registration form can be found here: Baby Cham Registration

The Saturday 10-12pm session tomorrow (4th November) has been cancelled. Apologies for the late notice. This is due to the softball club requiring the venue for a tournament.

Feel free to attend another session during the week to catch up!

We are pleased to announce that we have secured a bigger venue to better facilitate the over-crowded 7-9pm classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Beginning 7th November 2017 (next week), these two sessions will take place at Treadwell Street Hall, Treadwell Street, Naenae. See the map below. Please note that all other classes will still be held at Fraser Park Grandstand at normal times.

• Tell everyone, as we do not have email addresses for all club members, and we don’t want anyone to miss this message.
• If you haven’t already, subscribe for email updates on the right hand panel of the website. Changes and cancellations are posted on the website, and are sent straight to your inbox.
• Take all your equipment home with you, so that you can bring it to the new premises on Tuesday next week.
• We will make arrangements to issue loan gear where possible, but we will be asking that you pay a deposit for this. We will work towards all Tuesday and Thursday fencers being self-sufficient for equipment.
• We need parents to collect the hall key from Naenae Pool, and supervise until Robert arrives from Fraser Park, and help to transport scoring equipment between venues. Volunteers are what makes this club a success, so please let us know if you can help.

Please send us an email at huttvalleyfencing@gmail.com so that we have a record of who has received this notice.

A big thanks to Bea for all her effort in securing this fantastic new venue for the club!