All sessions are at the Cricket Schools of the Iffley Road Sports Centre. Advanced fencers should have their own kit (if they do not, they will be charged at intermediate rates). Due to this, they pay reduced rates, at £80 per year or £45 per term in 2014/2015. Updated rates may be found by mailing the treasurer. Squad training also takes place 7:30-9:00am on Wednesdays. This is by invitation only.
For a schedule of upcoming domestic competitions, see the British Fencing Association.
For international competitions, see the Federation International D'Escrime.
For French national circuit events, see the Federation Francaise d'Escrime.
There are also numerous competitions for university students, including the upcoming London International Universites Fencing Cup hosted by UCL in June and the Challenge d'Escrime L'X hosted by L'Ecole Polytechnique in March.
We strongly encourage fencers to compete in as many Opens as they can. Most of the time there are many fencers going and we should be able to arrange transport. Contact the captains if you intend to go. If you intend to make the squad, going to Opens is a must.
BUCS individuals are the student championships. They will take place this year over the weekend of 20-22nd February and will be held at the Graves Tennis Centre, Sheffield. The closing date is very early (early January) so make sure you let your captain know you would like to enter early so to not miss the deadline. Contact the captains if you intend to go. We should be able to arrange transport and possibly some accommodation.
Both the men's and women's first teams participate in the BUCS Premier league south. The format is 1FES in an Italian relay for each weapon. Winners are decided on the basis of aggregate scores from all three weapons. In the men's league our opponents are UCL, Cambridge, Bath, and Bristol and Imperial. The women's league opponents are Bristol, Bath, Imperial, and Cambridge. Over Michaelmas and Hilary we will fence all these universities twice.
We also have a men’s Second team participating in the Midlands Conference 1A. Our opponents are Loughborough, Staffordshire, Cambridge 2nds, UEA, Leicester, Notts 2nds and Warwick. We will fence them once over Michaelmas and Hilary.
For additional information on BUCS Fencing, see the British University Sports Association's Fencing Pages.
Fencing is a full blue and half blue for men, and a blue only sport for women. Blues are the colours awarded to students who fence against Cambridge in the annual Varsity Match. Note that visiting students cannot be Blues, although they can fence in BUCS. There is also a second team, the Assassins, who fence the Cutthroats.
We have discretionary full Blue status, which means that fencers who participate in the Varsity Match can win full Blue status through their National Ranking (Top 50) or their performance in the BUCS individual championship (last 8).
Other awards are available to club members including Club colours and International colours.
The club is keen to support club members wanting to learn to coach, and has in the past run coaching classes for interested team members. Assistance with the beginners is welcome past the early weeks of their training: please talk to any of the club coaches regarding this. If you'd like more information or ideas on how to get started coaching, please talk to any member of the committee, or club coaches.