Hi everyone and welcome to all the new members. As, I hope, you know, Fencing starts again tonight at 7:30 PM in Talybont sports centre. We expect it to be pretty busy so please bear with us. As always the beginners will get priority with the club kit, so if you have your own, please bring it.

Don’t worry if you cant make today feel free to come along on Saturday or next week (or, indeed, any week of your choosing).

If you haven’t joined the club yet you can do it online here or bring money with you (£40) and we will try to sort you out.

Look forward to seeing you all

You can now signup to join the club for the 2011/12 academic year. What is more until 29^th September you can join for the reduced rate of £30. To signup simply join select the fencing club from this list of clubs here.

Like always this membership covers all equipment you might need, all training, coaching and insurance. It also includes entry to a number of club run events

Chris Wild took the silver medal at the 15th annual London International Universities Fencathon today. After the DEs Chris was seeded 1st having only dropped a single point in the second round of poules. However in the semi-final he suffered an injury to his arm; he still managed to make his way to the final but was eventually beaten 15-9 by (higher nationally ranked) Matt Billing in the final.

The 2011 Welsh Fencing Varsity action concluded as the Men’s Teams took the piste. Cardiff Captain James Throneycroft was keen to continue Cardiff’s run of convincing wins after a slow start to the season. The Cardiff Men also wanted to return to winning ways in Varsity after a shock defeat away in Swansea last year.

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Cardiff started the 2011 Welsh Fencing Varsity in excellent form with a crushing win over Swansea in the Women’s event. Natalie Brown lead her team out for the last time after two highly successful years at the head of the Women’s Team. The women went in to this match high in confidence knowing they were all but undefeated this year, having recently won the BUCS Trophy and having beaten Swansea heavily during the league competitions.

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Sunday 27^th March so the AGM of the club take place. This meeting happens once a year (as the name suggests) and serves two main purposes: firstly to elect a new committee to run the club in the coming year and secondly to allow the members of the club to give feedback to both in outgoing and the incoming committee members. As a result of this year’s AGM, the following people have been elected to the 2011/12 Committee:

President & Armourer – Tom Brien
Secretary – Ladan Rowaichi
Treasurer – Katie Halil
Men’s Captain – Chris Wild
Women’s Captain – Tessa Lomax
Social Secretary – Stephen Litherland
Gimp Boots – Drew Davies
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We are having our Annual General Meeting this Sunday at 3 PM in Koko Gorilaz. This will basically consist of voting in new committee members. Anyone is able to stand for any of the committee positions and anyone interested is encouraged to stand for elections. Read more

The Women’s Team completed an excellent season today by winning the BUCS trophy. Cardiff faced tough opposition in the form of top seeds Glasgow. Cardiff had narrowly missed out on a place in the Premiership Playoffs. Cardiff won the BUCS trophy beating Glasgow 129-116.

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It’s that time of the year again, when all the universities in Wales compete in the Welsh Universities’ Fencing Championships. This year our hosts are Bangor and the event is taking place on 12^th & 13^th March. Entry is £12 for one weapon or £18 for two. We will be sorting out  a minibus to the event. This is always a highlight of the year, featuring an excellent level of fencing and a social which will provide blackmail material for years to come. There are awards for first, second and joint third in each event and there are also trophies for the best novice in both Men’s and Women’s foil. We will be sorting out entries during training in the next to weeks so please come along and put your name down. For more information please see the Facebook Event.

The Men’s Team travelled to Southampton for their final match of the season. The men had had a mixed season, suffering heavy defeats and winning some matches comfortably. The Cardiff men were confident of gaining a good result, due to the addition of top 75 foilist Chris Wild.

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