Reading Fencing clubs is always active with competitions against ourseleves and other clubs in the region.
Congratulations Alain Barbasiewicz who has won the prize in this months club competition. Full results are here.
A team of 4 fencers from RFC (Alain Barbasiewicz, Lewie Jackson, Veronika Rogers and George Swain) travelled to Egham Fencing Club for a three-way match with Egham and Morley last Friday.
The RFC team included fencers who had only been fencing less than 6 months but there was a solid performance overall, with the RFC team winning two out of three matches.
RFC won their first match against Egham ‘B’ 45-30, before losing a tight match with Egham ‘A’ 40-45. RFC finished the evening with a 45-31 victory over Morley ‘A’.
A return match will be organized in the early New Year.
Well done to all our fencers.
RFC’s 2018 Christmas Dinner will take place on Monday 17th December at the Thames Lido restaurant, starting at 1930.
The address of the venue is shown below. Please note there is no car parking available at the venue, but there are car parks nearby. The venue is a less than 10 minute walk from the train station.
Thames Lido Napier Road Reading RG1 8FR
If you would like to attend, then you need to take pay a £15 deposit to RFC by Wednesday 14th November (see our website for details on how to pay). This will be deducted from the bill on the night. Your place is not confirmed without a full deposit. As in the past, RFC will make a contribution towards the dinner.
Please also let us know if you have any special dietary requirements, so we can pass this onto the restaurant. You can view the current menus on the Thames Lido website, but please note their menus change regularly, so whatever dishes are served at present will not necessarily be available at our dinner.
If for any reason you need to cancel, you must let us know by no later than Wednesday 14th November and you will get your deposit back, otherwise you will lose your deposit (as the restaurant will not refund deposits from that point).
Anyone wanting a place after this date is subject to the restaurant accommodating any extra people to our booking.
Please note if you try to turn up on the night without booking in advance, we cannot guarantee you a place.
Phil Barbasiewicz wins the first club competition of the year. The full results can be found here.
Some upcoming local adult (over 13) competitions. All friendly and have been won by Reading fencers before.
The Hampshire Open 29/9/2018
The Bedford Open 7/10/18
Southern Region Championships 28/10/2018 website no updated yet
The Sussex Open 3/11/2018
The Berks, Buck and Oxon County Championship 4/11/2018 website not updated yet
All of these will require you to join British Fencing as a compete member
Sunday 2nd September 2018 10am - approx 4pm.
Adult (over 16yrs) Social Development Day including Buffet Lunch and fun Competition in Memory of Joan Mason who recently passed away. Entry available soon on Southern’s website.
To be held at St Gabriel’s School, Newbury, there will be a little light training in the morning, following lunch a fun competition for all weapons, wine for winners. Cost £18 including lunch.
David Lichfield will be around to PAT test club/regional kit and will be happy to help with any armoury questions.
FOR U16s - There will be a traditional Development Day on Sunday 23rd September with referee L1 training and an armoury course (Details to follow later), again at St Gabriel’s.
An away match has been arranged for Friday 5th October 2018, hosted by Egham FC. Teams from Morley FC will also be fencing, so there should be plenty of fencing. Fencing is due to start at 7.30pm and is open to all fencers. Egham FC’s venue is Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Knowle Green, Staines, TW18 1AJ. If you are interested, please either email the club or speak to Phil at the club.
Please be advised of the development and construction plans for the new MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) at Reading Blue Coat School, which now has a start date of Monday 30 July.
The project is thought to take between 8-10 weeks to complete, and as a result there will be disruption potentially up until October half-term if there is any additional time required. Certainly up until the start of the new school term at the beginning of September, the whole access road outside the front of the sports centre will be out of bounds. There will however, be a clear path along the side of the science block for pedestrian access to the sports facilities, gym dining hall etc. The building site itself will be an enclosed compound, so no-one should be able to gain access to it.
Other than the restricted access to the sports centre access road, the main change for all bookings over this period will be the fire evacuation procedures. Instead of Walled Garden being the assembly point for all fire drills/alarms, the new meeting point will now be at the back of Way Hall (on Way Hall field).
Many thanks for your co-operation in this busy but exciting time for the school’s sports facilities!
Our 2018 Annual General Meeting is being held this Wednesday. You can view the agenda, last year’s minutes, and the various reports by clicking here.
We’ll have a few copies available on the night, however, please bring your own or save paper and view it on your smartphone/tablet.
Many fencers that have taken part in our local county and regional competitions will likely have come across Joan Mason. Volunteering well into her 70s, Joan passed away recently at the age of 90.
The funeral will be held next Tuesday, 24 July, at Slough Crematorium at 1030hrs and is open for anyone to attend.