Reading Fencing clubs is always active with competitions against ourseleves and other clubs in the region.
RFC fencers travelled to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) yesterday, for a friendly club match hosted by RMAS, in their iconic Old College building. This match was arranged for intermediate level fencers, four of whom had only completed a recent beginner course, with the RFC teams made up of:
RFC ‘A’ – Lewie Jackson, Andy Smith and Beau Rahim.
RFC ‘B’ – Rathish Punneli, Munawar Karim and Stanley Louw.
Overall, the RFC teams won one out of the four matches, but gained valuable experience from the fencing.
RFC ‘A’ beat RMAS ‘B’ 45-40, but lost to RMAS ‘A’ 45-23. RFC ‘B’ lost to RMAS ‘A’ 45-18 and to RMAS ‘B’ 45-37. A return match will be hosted by RFC in due course, with additional matches against other local clubs also planned for 2018.
A final reminder to members interested in attending the Xmas dinner on Monday 18th December, as per the details previously announced. If you would like to attend then you need to pay your deposit (£20) and confirm your menu choices to Phil. The booking needs to be confirmed with the restaurant by COB on Monday 4th December. Additional places may be allowed after this date by the restaurant, but not guaranteed if you leave it too late to act!
Well done to Rob Carroll who won the club competition this month. Full results here
Very well done to all our fencers who took part in the Berks, Bucks & Oxon County Championships last weekend… amassing a horde of medals!
| Class | Medal | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| U12 Girls | Silver | Genevieve Pratley |
| U14 Boys | Silver | Aedyn Pratley |
| U16 Girls | Gold | Emily Williams |
| Bronze | Eda Onay | |
| U16 Boys | Gold | James Radford |
| U18 Girls | Gold | Charlotte Williams |
| U18 Boys | L8 | Matthew Boyer |
| Men’s | Gold | Alain Barbasiewicz |
| Silver | Dave Hillier | |
| 5th | Okan Onay | |
| 8th | Niall Maynard |
For adult members only… or perhaps for parents of our junior members, too! We’ve been contacted by the Whiskey Affair Festival, offering 25% discount off tickets.
Details are below and please contact us by email if you would like the discount code.
Date: 18th Nov 2017 Times: 1pm-5pm and 7pm-11pm Venue: The Great Hall, London Rd, Reading, Berks Tickets: £8 each
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Well done Phil Barbasiewicz who wins the prize in this months club competition. Full results can be found here .
Dear Member,
As you may have already seen from the RFC calendar on our website, the 2017 RFC Christmas Dinner is due to be held on Monday 18th December. The club will of course be closed as a result.
The dinner will be held at Zero Degrees in central Reading, with tables reserved for 7.30pm.
The address of the restaurant is 9 Bridge Street, RG1 2LR and it is located within 5 minutes walk from The Oracle Riverside and Broad Street Mall car parks. For public transport, it is less than a 10 minute walk from Reading train station, plus numerous local buses run from nearby St Mary’s Butts. The phone number is 0118 959 7959.
If you would like to attend, you will need to:
You can either pay this online to RFC (payment details can be found on our website), or in cash directly to me (I’m normally at the club on both Mondays and Wednesdays).
Please see below for further details on the menus and any special dietary requirements, it is important you fully read the info, it will not take a lot of time.
In summary, you can choose from either the Xmas menu (3 courses for £22.95) or from the standard set menu (2 courses for £17.95 or 3 courses for £21.95). Your £20 deposit will be deducted from the final bill on the evening, but please bear in mind there will be a 10% service charge applied to our bill.
You may choose from the Xmas menu or the standard menus.
For those with any special dietary requirements, please ask Phil who can provide you with the Xmas and pizza allergens menus. Please also see my note below when pre-ordering food if you have any allergy. I am told by Zero Degrees that all pizzas can be made with a gluten-free base, plus most dishes can either be customised to suit, or they can even offer dishes off menu.
Please do feel free to check before ordering directly with Zero Degrees (phone number above or email) if you have any questions, however, the allergen menus should clearly show what dishes will be suitable for you. This will be quicker than asking me, as I will likely need to double check with Zero Degrees anyway.
Please note there will be a glass of free champagne on arrival for our group. RFC will kindly be making a contribution to the event, similar to the past. As some of you will already know, Zero Degrees is a micro-brewery, which no doubt will be exciting for any of you beer lovers!
A separate Juniors Xmas event is to be held, likely in early December, with details to be announced once available.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Phil
The sports hall is unavailable for hire on Monday 20th November, so there will be no fencing.
The BB&O County Championships for age groups (U12/U14/U16/U18) and seniors at epee and sabre take place on Sunday 5th November at Langley Grammar School in Langley. Closing date for entries is 1st November, with entries needing to be made via the BF online portal.
Well done Gabi Smyth who won the Bedford open today!