Hello Everyone,
Please ignore the previous post, we have had to change some dates.
Van Diemen Fencing Club is based at the YMCA in Glenorchy:
8a Constance Avenue, Glenorchy.
You can contact the club 10am-9pm, 7 days a week:
0428 057 473
van.diemen.fencing.club@gmail.com
www.hobartfencingclub.com.au
Changes to VDFC in 2012:
- Instead of beginner courses for children aged 7 to 10, new students now have 4 x individual lessons, then attend club. Additional individual lessons are optional.
- Saturday club will not run until we have enough members to cover venue hire costs. However, Tuesday club is still running.
- We have monthly squad training for ages 11+, training sessions from 10am to 3pm, designed to give a big boost to fencers' skills.
BEGINNER COURSES:
Ages 11 to 15 and 16+
Courses run for eight weeks, each class is 90 minutes long.
Each course costs $100 per student. Course fees are non-refundable.
All equipment is provided, students need only wear full length pants, sneakers and bring a full drink bottle.
Students must attend a minimum of six out of the eight classes to receive the Beginner Epee Fencing certificate.
DATES:
Beginner Epee Fencing:
Course #1: Thursdays, from March 8th.
11 to 15s: 5pm-6.30pm
16 and overs: 6.30pm to 8pm
Ages 7 to 10
New students have four individual lessons with Coach Avril Roddam.
Each lesson runs for 30 minutes and costs $20.
On completing the four lessons, students will be ready to attend club, where we provide:
- games for co ordination, balance, agility and to improve fencing movements
- footwork and bladework
- free bouting
- basic refereeing
Junior club runs from 5pm to 6pm on TUESDAYS, $5 per session.
11s+ Club runs Tuesdays 6pm to 8pm, $60 per term, $2 per session for equipment hire.
Squad Training
Five hours of footwork, blade drills, games to improve speed, accuracy, balance and co ordination and free bouting.
$20 per fencer.
Registration (+ payment) due a week prior to ensure adequate numbers.
Squad Training dates:
March: Saturday 17th, 10am-3pm
April: Saturday 28th, 10am-3pm
May: Saturday 19th, 10am-3pm
June: Saturday 16th, 10am-3pm
July: Saturday 21st, 10am-3pm
August: Saturday 11th, 10am-3pm
September: Saturday 22nd, 10am-3pm
October: Saturday 20th, 10am-3pm
November: Saturday 17th, 10am-3pm
December: Saturday 1st, 10am-3pm
Tournaments
The Tasmanian Epee Shield – MAY 12th.
Open to all Tasmanian fencers, the Tasmanian Epee Shield will have an Open Women’s Epee event and an Open Men’s Epee event. The shield will remain at the club venue and winners will receive medals and their name on the shield.
VDFC #2 – JULY 28th.
Van Diemen Fencing Club’s second tournament for the year will be open to all Tasmanian fencers and will feature U15s, U17s, U20s and Open events for Epee and Open Sabre.
The Tassie Teaspoon Cup – October 27th.
The TTC ran in ’02 and ’03, but due to a declining Tasmanian fencing community, it was cancelled for ’04 and all subsequent years.
In 2012, Van Diemen Fencing Club is resurrecting the tournament and will hold it annually.
The idea for the tournament came when a fourteen year old Avril heard that in America, a tiny country town renowned for its potatoes, started a tournament called the Golden Spud, which became a famous fencing event on the USFA calendar. Avril decided that Tasmania needed a similar event and after some brainstorming with fellow fencers, it was decided that an event, where engraved teaspoons on appropriately coloured ribbons were to be awarded in place of medals, would be held annually.
Thus the Tassie Teaspoon Cup was born.
VDFC #4
This event will be open only to Van Diemen Fencing Club members and will feature both Epee and Sabre events. The date will be set in the second half of the year.
If you would like more information about fencing in Tasmania or to book a fencing lesson, please contact the club:
0428 057 473
van.diemen.fencing.club@gmail.com
www.hobartfencingclub.com.au
Regards,
Coach Avril Holderness-Roddam
