Cancellation of two training sessions – and Easter long weekend break

No training over the Easter long weekend.

Cancellation of Training session: Monday 13th April and Saturday 18th April 2015
Due to external events being held at the UTS Sydney Boys High Gym on Monday 13th April and Saturday 18th April 2015, there will be no club training session on these two days.

The Club training session on Wednesday 8th April and Wednesday 15th April 2015 are unaffected, and they will be held at the usual Wednesday session time of 6pm -10pm.

The weekly training sessions will resume as usual from Monday 20th April 2015.

Just a quick reminder that Fencing’s 2015 training sessions at UTS Sydney Boys High Gym are: Mon 6pm -8pm; Wed 6pm-10pm; Sat 3pm – 6pm

birds eye view of fencing demo at UTS O-Day event

On the stage…

Revised 2015 Club Training Session Time:

  Happy New Year!    UTS Fencing will be back at training at UTS Sydney Boys High Gym on Wednesday 14th January 2015 (tomorrow).      There is a small variation to our Saturday training session schedule this year, instead of the 2pm – 5pm timeslot; we have been advised recently that the club would be given a slightly later allotment of 3pm – 6pm slot for Saturdays.   As such the 2015 club training session schedule is as follows:

Monday 6pm -8pm
Wednesday 6pm – 10pm
Saturday 3pm – 6pm

The club will not be open for training on the following dates in 2015:

Monday 26th January 2015 (Australia Day)
Saturday 4th April 2015 (Easter Saturday)
Monday 6th April 2015 (Easter Monday)
Saturday 25th April 2015 (ANZAC Day)
Monday 8th June 2015 (Queen’s Birthday)
Monday 5th October 2015 (Labour Day)

Notice will be given for any other changes to the training schedules.

Recent UTS Fencing Club successes – May and June

May and June have been very good for our younger fencers – all producing terrific results in a range of School, Cadet and under-15 events. There were also medal winning performances in Open and Veteran events from senior UTS fencers.  Below are their results in the Tony Dominguez Memorial event, NSW State Cadet Championships 2014 (25th May 2014), 2014 Schools Championships (24th May 2014) and NSW State U/15 Championships 2014 (18th May 2014)

 

 

Tony Dominguez Memorial (1st June 2014)

 Open Women’s Epee
Gold : Elizabeth Duff
Silver: Julie Seggie

Open Men’s Epee

Silver: Lachlan Fitzgerald
Bronze: Daniel West
17th Place: Duncan Fairweather

Veteran Men’s Epee

Silver: Duncan Fairweather

NSW State Cadet Championships 2014 (25th May 2014)

 Cadet Women’s Epee

Gold: Elizabeth Duff
Silver: Emily Principe

 Cadet Men’s Epee

6th place: Max Ross-Clift

 

Cadet Men’s Foil

Bronze: Adam Chew

 

Cadet Women’s Foil

8th place: Karen Nonis

 

2014 Schools Championships (24th May 2014)

 Senior Girls Epee

Gold: Emily Principe
Silver: Elizabeth Duff

 

Senior Boys Epee

Silver: Ian Powell

 

Senior Girls Foil

6th place: Karen Nonis
7th place: Christina Bui

 

NSW State U/15 Championships 2014 (18th May 2014)

 

U/15 Women’s Epee

Gold: Emily Principe

 

U/15 Women’s Foil

12th place: Karen Nonis

 

U/15 Men’s Foil

13th place: Dominic Au-Yeung