Fencing Central Secondary School Championships

Wellington Swords Club and Fencing Central invite you to attend the 2021 Fencing Central Secondary School Individual Championships.

Information

Date: Saturday, 12th and Sunday, 13th June 2021
Venue: Rongotai College Main Hall, 170 Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington
Entries due: Thursday, 10th June 2021 – Late entries will incur a late fee
Entry fee: $40.00 for one weapon, $50.00 for 2+ weapon

For full details and to enter, please visit: https://fencingcentral.org.nz/fencing-central-secondary-school-championships/

For any questions or queries relating to this competition, please contact tournaments@fencingcentral.org.nz, ask your coach or other club officials.

National U15 and Cadet Championship 2021 Results

First of all I would like to begin by thanking all of our volunteers for helping over the weekend of the competition. We ran an exceptionally successful weapons control and café this year and everyone who was a part of it should be especially proud.

Thank you Bordeaux Bakery

A big thank you goes to the team at Bordeaux Bakery for supplying a large amount of the delicious baked goods that we had on offer. They supplied us many different treats such as a large variety of Danish’s, brownies, rolls and croissants. If you are ever craving these treats again, I know I am, they can be located either on Thorndon Quay or at the Lower Hutt morning market on Saturdays. A link to their Facebook page can be found here and a link to their website can be found here.

Results

Over the weekend we had two of our fencers take part in the competition, Marianna Wang and Ellen Li. Both of these ladies competed in both the U15 and Cadets Women’s events. Their placing over the competition were:

U15

  • Ellen Li – 1st
  • Marianna Wang – 3rd=

Cadets

  • Ellen Li – 3rd=
  • Marinna Wang – 11th

Alternative Fencing Venue For Saturday 8th Of May

Hi all Saturday morning Fencers.

We have managed to book in an alternative venue for our Saturday class on the 8th and 29th of May 9th and the 19th of June. As mentioned in a prior post, we were unfortunately unable to use the St Bernard’s hall on these dates so we have had to seek out an alternative venue. We will be using Moera Community Hall for training in lieu.

Alternate Training Schedule

However, with this change of venue we are required to leave very promptly. Please refer to the times in the table below.

DateTime StartTime EndVenue
Saturday 8th of May11.00am1.00pm Moera Community Hall
Saturday 29th of May11.00am 1.00pm Moera Community Hall
Saturday the 6th of June11.00am 1.00pmMoera Community Hall
Saturday 19th of June11.00am 1.00pmMoera Community Hall

Training Over Term 2

Fencing will resume Monday the 3rd of May 2021 almost as normal and we will be wrapping up on Saturday the 10th of July. Our timetable term 2 is as below:

Start TimeFinish Time
Mondays6.45pm9.00pm
Thursdays6.45pm8.00pm
Thursdays Seniors6.45pm9.00pm
Saturday11.00am1.00pm

Please note however that there are some time changes to our Saturday class on certain dates due to the schools use of their gymnasium. Below is a list of the affected dates. Please stay tuned as we are currently looking for an alternative venue for these affected training days.

  • 8th of May
  • 29th of May
  • 5th of June
  • 19th of June

If you have any questions or queries regarding these changes or fencing for this term, please direct your inquires to:

huttvalleyfencing@gmail.com

The Hutt Valley Fencing Club Team is very excited to see you all next week.

National Cadet and U15 Championships: Help Wanted

Hutt Valley Fencing Club is responsible for running the Weapons Control and tuck shop for National U15 and Cadet Championships this year. We require some help with running both of these from Friday the 23rd of April through to Monday the 26th of April.

Time Table

Weapons Control
Friday 23rd of April6pm – 9pm
Saturday 24th of April7.30am – 3.30pm ~
Sunday 25th of April7.30am – 3.30pm ~
Monday 26th of April7.30am – 11.00am
Cafe
Saturday 24th of April 8.00am – 4.00pm
Sunday 25th of April 8.00am – 4.00pm
Monday 26th 8.00am – 2.00pm

If you are able to help out on any of these days between these times, we would appreciate the help. Good luck to those who are competing and if you are interested in competing, check with your coach to see if you should give it a go.