Welcome to Excalibur Community Fencing Club

This is the web site of Excalibur Community Fencing Club, located in the southwest metro area of Perth, Western Australia. The club meets three times a week during the school term and has members spanning the primary school to older adult age range.

The Programme page has full details of when we meet, but here are the first term’s dates and times for 2010:

Tue 2nd Feb – Tue 30th March, 7.00pm
Fri 5th Feb – Fri 26th March, 7.00pm
Sat 6th Feb – Sat 27th March, 1.00pm Sabre, 2.30pm Foil

To learn more about us, see the About page. If you are interested in taking up fencing, please contact us using the Enquiries form.

Excalibur Community Fencing Club is grateful for the support provided by our Sponsors.

Newsletter October 2009

The October newsletter is now available here. See the Newsletters page for this and other newsletters.

Video Page Added

A Video page has been added to this site. This currently includes several bouts from the recent Fremantle Masters Games. If you have any video you would like to see added to this site, please contact the webmaster.

Fremantle Masters 2009 - Results

This veterans’ event, hosted by Excalibur, was a great success. It was fenced with a competitive but very friendly spirit. Excalibur fencers enjoyed some excellent results, netting some 25 medals:

Excalibur Medal Count (3 weapons)

Overall: 2 x gold, 5 x bronze
Age groups: 6 x gold, 5 x silver, 7 x bronze

Here are the full results, with Excalibur fencers shown in bold.

Epee Individual

Overall

1st Francis Kwong
2nd Adrian Paxman
3rd Tim Inglis, Gary Sudran

30s

1st Eliot McCann
2nd Sharon Kyrwood

40s

1st Adrian Paxman
2nd Lionel Gilbert
3rd Steve Johnson, Jonathan Allard

50s

1st Francis Kwong
2nd Tim Inglis

60s

1st Gary Sudran

70s

1st Peter Harbin

Excalibur Medal Count

Overall: 2 x bronze
Age groups: 1 x gold, 2 x silver, 2 x bronze

Epee Team

1st Adrian Paxman, Sharon Kyrwood, Francis Kwong
2nd Keith Worsley, Eliot McCann, Gary Sudran

Foil Individual

Overall

1st Steve Johnson
2nd Francis Kwong
3rd Olena Polyakova, Gary Sudran

30s

1st Olena Polyakova
2nd Sharon Kyrwood
3rd Anne Bauer

40s

1st Steve Johnson
2nd Keith Worsley
3rd Amanda Fimmel, Jonathan Allard

50s

1st Francis Kwong
2nd Ian Walker

60s

1st Gary Sudran

Excalibur Medal Count

Overall: 1 x gold, 2 x bronze
Age groups: 2 x gold, 1 x silver, 3 x bronze

Sabre Individual

Overall

1st Tim Inglis
2nd Richard Hicks
3rd Steve Johnson, Chris Rollins

30s

1st Elizabeth-Kate Gulland
2nd Sharon Kyrwood

40s

1st Steve Johnson
2nd Anne Johnson
3rd Keith Worsley, Maxim Lebedev

50s

1st Tim Inglis
2nd Richard Hicks
3rd Chris Rollins, Heather Inglis

60s

1st Gary Sudran

Excalibur Medal Count

Overall: 1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Age groups: 3 x gold, 2 x silver, 2 x bronze

Sabre Team

1st Gary Sudran, Francis Kwong, Chris Rollins
2nd Maxim Lebedev, Keith Worsley, Ann Rollins
3rd= Sharon Kyrwood, Heather Inglis, E-K Gulland
3rd= Wayne Hartas, Jonathan Allard, Tim Inglis

Newsletter July 2009

The July newsletter is now available here. See the Newsletters page for this and other newsletters.

Fremantle Masters Games Timetable

Saturday 19th September

1pm Individual Epee

          * Team Epee

Sunday 20th September

10am Individual Foil

             * Team Foil

2pm Individual Sabre

            * Team Sabre

* Team events will only be run if enough participants and time permitting. Teams will be selected by random drawing of names. Team events are for fun only, no medals will be awarded.

It has been noted that my phone number is wrong on the Fremantle Masters web page my correct number is 0414 530 169

The Competition will be run under FIE rules, however FIE equipment is not required to compete. There will be no weapons check prior to the event, but your equipment is exepected to be in working condition. We have a small amount of electric equipment that may be used on the day if you dont have your own or you can not borrow some from your club.

Regards

Jon Allard

Newsletter April 2009

The April newsletter is now available here. A Newsletters page has been added for this and future newsletters.

Change of venue WAFA Activity Weekend

The Sunday session of the WAFA Activity Weekend will be held in the old school gym. Entry to the school is via the driveway at the corner of Deering and Pass. I will post signs on Annie St, in the drive way and around the school to lead you to the gym.  See you there.

Newsletter January 2009

The newsletter for January 2009 is available here.

WAFA Activity Weekend

This coming weekend (4 and 5 April 2009) is the first Western Australian Fencing Association Activity Weekend. This will be hosted by Excalibur Community Fencing Club and held at South Fremantle Senior High School Gymnasium, Annie Street, Beaconsfield.

All fencers of all ages and skill levels from all WAFA-affiliated fencing clubs are welcome to come to this event. A further two similar events are planned for later in the year.

Full details, including a timetable, are available in this PDF file.