Saturday Club

Van Diemen Fencing Club are going to trial club on Saturdays through November.

So, in addition to Tuesday night club from 6-8pm, we will have Saturday club from 2 to 4pm on the following dates:  November: 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th.

If you are keen on having Saturday club, please attend, because the continuation of club on Saturdays in 2012 will rely on enough members participating.

Regards,
Avril Holderness-Roddam
Van Diemen Fencing Club

www.hobartfencingclub.com

Club Tournament #2 and Training Snap Shots

Van Diemen Fencing Club's Second Epee tournament for 2011 was held on the weekend (Sept. 24th).
Open Epee:
1st - Jack Aylward (VDFC)
2nd - Isaac Laredo (TUFC)
3rd - Scott Morgan (VDFC)
4th - Ali Mahjouri-Healey (VDFC)
5th - Emil Kavic (TUFC)
6th - Francis Chui (VDFC)
7th - Avril Holderness-Roddam (VDFC)
8th - Georgie Holderness-Roddam (VDFC)
9th - Heather Howard (VDFC)
10th - Zeekiah Pilon (VDFC)

U20s Epee:
1st - Ali Mahjouri-Healey (VDFC)
2nd - Heather Howard (VDFC)
3rd - Zeekiah Pilon (VDFC)

U17s Epee:
1st - Ali Mahjouri-Healey (VDFC)
2nd - Zeekiah Pilon (VDFC)
3rd - Heather Howard (VDFC)

U15s Epee:
1st - Ali Mahjouri-Healey (VDFC)
2nd - Zeekiah Pilon (VDFC)

Below: Entrants of the Open Epee event.

VDFC fencers, from left: Heather Howard, Jack Aylward, Scott Morgan and Ali Mahjouri-Healey, with their medals from this weekend's club tournament. Not pictured: Zeekiah Pilon.

(Above: Heather Howard, pictured with a medal from the Fencing Tasmania State Tournament in August.)

Above: VDFC fencer Ali Mahjouri-Healey with his medals from the Fencing Tasmania State Tournament in August.

VDFC member Jack Aylward with his 3rd place medal from the Fencing Tasmania State Tournament in August.

The Club:

Training is going well. As per usual, 6-8pm Tuesdays at YMCA Glenorchy.

Here are a few snaps from this evening's club, where ten fencers ranging in experience from State and National reps to beginners were having a lovely evening:

 Below:  Two more shots from the tournament.

Beginner courses start this saturday. For info: van.diemen.fencing.club@gmail.com / 0428 057 473

BEGINNER EPEE COURSES

CLASSES START THIS SATURDAY! (Oct 1st)

11-15 year olds: Sat (11am-12.30pm)

Ages 16+: Sat (12.30-2pm)

Classes are held at the YMCA in Glenorchy - 8a Constance Ave, Glenorchy.

Enrollment forms will be available on the day.

Bring:

• full length pants
• sneakers
• a full drink bottle
• course payment ($100 per person, cash or cheques accepted)

To contact the club:
0428 057 473  /  van.diemen.fencing.club@gmail.com

See you there!

Club Update

Hello Everyone!

CLUB
Tonight was a lovely night!
We had a full venue with lots of friendly, happy fencers ranging from beginners to National and ex International reps.
We had a French Sabreur with ten years of experience, who will, incidentally, be running a beginner Sabre course shortly - NUMBERS ARE LIMITED SO PLEASE REGISTER ASAP TO AVOID DISAPOINTMENT!

BEGINNER COURSES
Just a reminder that beginner courses in both Epee and Sabre will be starting soon so for more info call Coach Avril on 0428 057 473 or e-mail her at: van.diemen.fencing.club@gmail.com

VDFC TOURNAMENT #2
The second club Epee tournament for 2011 will be held at the venue (YMCA Glenorchy - 8a Constance Ave) on Saturday, September 24th (not this weekend but the next!).
Age groups will be: U15s, U17s, U20s and Open:
Open events are open to fencers from all clubs, the U15s, U17s and U20s will only be open to VDFC members.
There will be medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each event.
Safety requirements: chest guard, fencing jacket, full length pants OR fencing breaches with full length socks, fencing glove, suitable mask, sports shoes.

EXPERIENCED FENCERS
If you already have fencing experience, please feel free to come along to club on Tuesday nights at the YMCA in Glenorchy (8a Constace Ave), entry via the Fit N' Fun Gym.
It doesn't matter if you don't have your own equipment; all our masks and jackets are lovely and clean and we have chest guards, swords and gloves too.

EQUIPMENT
Van Diemen Fencing Club is the only club in Southern Tasmania to wash its jackets and clean its masks and chest guards after every use.
Nobody wants to wear a mask that is crusty with months of sweat. You can come to our club with the knowledge that all our equipment is clean and fresh.

WEBSITE
Our website has basic information about the club: http://www.hobartfencingclub.com.au/

We look forward to hearing from you!

Next Beginner Fencing Courses.



All courses run for eight weeks and cover the basics of Epee fencing; students will learn offensive and defensive techniques and tactics. On completion, they will be ready to fence at club and in local tournaments.


We've made a few improvements for the next lot of beginner Epee fencing courses.

EACH COURSE RUNS FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
The 7 to 10s class will run for 50 minutes and the price will be reduced to $80. We will take a maximum of six students for this class, so please register ASAP, as the class will commence on October 1st.

The 11 to 15s class will run for 90 minutes - an increase of 30 minutes - the price will be $100. Classes will have a maximum of eight students.

The 16s+ class will continue to run for 90 minutes and the course fee will remain $100.

The above classes run on Saturdays.
There will be ONE class on Mondays for ages 11 and over, so if people are interested in a parent-child class, this one will be appropriate, as all ages 11+ learn the same skills. This class will run for 90 minutes and will cost $100 per student, with a discount of $20 for parent-child pairs, so $180 total.

We've made a few new rules for the 7 to 10s class after a few issues with the current one.
The basics are: 

• Parents must stay in the hall for the duration of the class unless the coach is okay for you to leave.
• The hall will be out of bounds until 10 minutes before the class starts - when students arrive 40 minutes early, the coach is then stuck caring for them when the coach has other things they need to be doing.
• On arrival, students need to sit on a seat and wait for the coach to call everyone over for class - running around the hall is a distraction to other students.
• The coach will hand-out Epees - students are not to help themselves as they are not toys.
• If the coach asks a student to stop doing something, the student must stop immediately, no questions asked.

All it takes is one disruptive student to distract the whole class and students who are well behaved normally, will be inclined to copy the disrutive behaviour.  If a student is given a warning and they continue to act up, they must sit out until the coach intives them to join in again.

The 7 to 10s classes are designed to be fun; students play games designed to improve their co ordination, balance, agility, good sportsmanship and work on fencing specific skills.

During each class, students will do blade work, learning the parries and simple attacks in fencing. 

On completion, students aged 7 to 10 will have earned the Junior Bronze Certificate and will be ready to use junior metal Epees. Students must purchase their own junior Epees - once they out grow them (11 years old) the club will buy them back from them so they can purchase the adult sized Epee.

Please register soon as the classes are already receiving a lot of interest.

Regards,
Avril Holderness-Roddam
Coach, Van Diemen Fencing Club

CLUB WEBSITE!

Finally we've had a lovely man by the name of Peter Wallhead design a website for us.

It's very basic until we can afford to add more pages, but it covers the basics.

 

Here it is:                                     http://www.hobartfencingclub.com.au/

New Epeeists :)

Congratulations to Tasmania's newest Epeeists for completing

the Bronze Certificate in Epee Fencing!

Charlie Norman

Emalisa White

Emily Norman

Genevieve White

Julian Parr

Meg Robb

Vincent Parr

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A reminder to all fencers that the Fencing Tasmania Inc. Tournament #2 2011 is being held at Van Diemen Fencing Club this Saturday, August 6th, and Sunday, August 7th.

Members of the public are welcome to come and have a look.

The times of events are as follows:

SAT: EPEE:
U15s - Rego @ 9am -- Rolecall @ 9.30am -- Start fencing @ 10am
U18s - Rego @ 11.30am -- Rolecall at 11.45am -- Start fencing at 12noon
Open Epee - Rego @ 1.30pm -- Rolecall @ 1.45pm -- Start fencing @ 2pm
OPEN EPEE ESTIMATED FINISH @ 5pm.
...
(The juniors are planned to fence first due to feedback from the previous tournament that parents find late afternoon to be a bad time for them.)

SUN: FOIL:
Because juniors will *hopefully* be coming from Launceston, the Open fencers will go first.
Open rego @ 9am --rolecall @ 9.30am --Start @ 10am
U18s Rego @ 12.30 --Rolecall @ 12.45pm -- Start @ 1pm
U15s Rego @ 1.30pm -- Rolecall @ 1.45pm -- Start @ 2pm

Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Participation Certificates for all fencers.

Safety requirements: 
Mask, 350N jackets, fencing gloves, chest guards (both male and female), full length pants, sports sneakers.

Remember to bring a drink bottle and food! 
Museli bars are good for munching on during tournaments!

Se you there! :)