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Latest News
Fernwood fencers put on a good show
A number of Juniors from the Club entered their first competition recently. The Competition was The East Midlands Region Junior Championships held on 19th November 2011 at Garendon High School, Thorpe Hill, Loughborough and which is a competition to identify the best young fencers in the region. We had 5 fencers enter for their first competition, 2 in under 11 Foil (As well as Edmund, Edward Campion finished 8th after only fencing for around 6 months), Ralph Reader-Sullivan finished 6th in U14 Sabre (again after not much more than 6 months fencing) and Elliot Melia and Karl Southern who finished 6th and 8th in the U14 Foil, respectively.
Edmund won the U11 foil competition, in a tense final in which he was always ahead but at the end of time for the bout was a close 8-7.
Well done to everyone that entered and hopefully we will have a few more successes early next year in the next competition.
Robert Pryer gets further coaching qualification
Robert Pryer, our Head Coach, has successfully completed his Level 3 Foil coaching qualification to add to his Level 3 sabre and Level 2 Epee qualification. Well done, Rob!
Club member James Deverill is taking his Level 1 foil qualification to boost the Club's coaching capability.
Sword fighting at the Castle!
The club will be putting on demonstrations on Monday 31st May, Bank Holiday Monday, between 12 an 3 p.m. and giving people the opportunity to give the sport a try. Come along and see us and have a go. Coaches and members from the club will be on hand to get you started and we'll bring all the kit you'll need!
Mark Pwyel becomes the Club's third coach
Congratulations to Mark who successfully completed his Level 1 Foil Coaching Course and becomes the clubs third coach assisting head coach Robert.
Fernwood Sword Club on the air
The Club welcomed Mick Bradley from Boundary Sound's Wednesday night Sports show to see what the Club and the sport is all about. Mick brought a couple of presenters along to have a go at the sport for the first time.
Log on to www.boundarysound.co.uk and listen in on 30th March to hear how they got on!
Beginners Courses
The April beginners courses have been a great success. The mini-fencers who joined us in February have moved on to metal weapons, more juniors have joined to learn how to fence and the seniors course has been really well attended.
We will provide beginners courses regularly and will fit courses in if we have interest from people wanting to learn how to fence.
Newark Sports Awards
The Club were asked to open the 2009 Newark Sports Awards at the Palace Theatre in Newark - pictures to follow.
Clipstone Summer Fair
Fernwood Sword Club attended the Funday at Vicar Water Country Park, Clipstone on Sunday 13 September 2009 taking some kit for people to have a go and some mini-fence kit for children to have a brief introduction to the sport.þ
Fernwood Sword Club hit the airwaves
Chair, Andrew Sutton and Social and Marketing secretary Ted Stanley popped into Boundary Sound to talk about the Club and fencing. Here their chat here.
Commercial Sponsor
Network Learning Centre in Newark becomes the clubs first commercial sponsor, sponsoring the Club' poule night.
Summer Fayre
Fernwood Sword Club went along to the Holy Trinity School summer fayre to put on a couple of demonstrations and let the kids experience "mini-fence", a system developed by kit manufacturer Leon Paul to introduce younger children (7-9 years old) to the sport in a fun and safe way. The Club are investigating the possibility of running a mini-fence course, so get in touch if you think your son or daughter may be interested.
Competition nights
On the last Tuesday of the month, the Club runs a poule night for the members. We'll post details of the results here as we go along.
Moving home
After a great few months at the brilliant Fernwood Village Hall, the Club will be moving to Highfields School on London Road on 28th April 2009. The reason? We need more space for fencers! The success of our first beginners courses and the setting up of the Junior section meant that we needed more room so that more people could fence.
Press Coverage
After the Club's first forays into the media world with the Newark Advertiser, the Club has also recently featured in Lincolnshire Pride, the High Society Magazine for Lincolnshire and in the current edition of It's All About You, a free magazine circulating in the Newark area.
Newark Day
Fencers from Fernwood Sword Club put on two demonstrations in at Newark Day 2009 in the Market Place.
Grant Award
The Club has received a grant from The Foundation for Sport and the Arts (see homepage for link) in order to acquire kit to start our Junior section on 28th April 2009. If any schools are interested in offering fencing facilities for their pupils, please contact us at fernwoodswordclub@hotmail.com
Coaching
Robert Pryer, our Head Coach, has successfully completed his Level 2 Foil and Level 2 Epee coaching qualifications to add to his Level 2 sabre qualification. Well done, Rob!
Beginners Courses - Juniors
The Club's first Junior course is well under way.
If you are, or your child is, interested in learning to fence on our next juniors beginners course contact us at fernwoodswordclub@hotmail.com
Press Coverage
After our initial mention in the Newark Advertiser, we have had a feature in the edition printed on 30th January 2009! We were even able to welcome a couple of people from the paper to give the sport a try. We must have left an impression as one has signed up for our beginners course!
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