Swindon Fencing Club

15/09/2026

Everyone

Just a reminder that the entire Deanery site is CLOSED this Tuesday (TODAY) so we will be fencing in the small hall of the Dorcan Recreation Complex, St Paul's Drive, Covingham, SN3 5DA.

As you enter the building, go straight on until you get to a corridor, turn right and we are down the corridor on the right.

We only have their small hall which is about half the size of the Deanery sports hall so we are making the following changes to accommodate everyone:

6-7pm Novice foil, sabre and epee only - children aged 14 and under. Children can only stay for this one hour session because of space constraints.

7pm onwards electric foil, sabre and epee for children aged 10 to 16 and any younger ones who usually start at this time.

Adult fencing will run 8 to 9.30pm.

Parents with more than one child who could be fencing at different times should choose the best session for their children to attend together for this one week.

Lastly please can EVERYONE help put kit away at the end of each session because it will all need to be put back in my car on Tuesday night.

Thank you again in advance for your understanding and on behalf of the Deanery, apologies for the change of venue this week.

Best wishes

Neil

11/09/2026

Congratulations Kate!

Swindon school pupil Kate Lee won her first national fencing medal at a competition in Bristol last weekend

01/09/2026

Great work Thomas!

A 17-year-old fencer from Swindon has won the GB bronze medal at the under-18 boys British Youth Fencing Championship Finals

28/08/2026

Well done Sienna! Great work!

A Year Six student from Swindon has gone from using plastic swords to being the eighth-ranked under-12 fencer in the UK in less than a year

30/06/2026

More swindon fencing club success in the news.
Well done Erika, after less than a year of fencing.

23/06/2026

Well done to Erica from Swindon fencing club for coming second at the Leon Paul Junior series age group competition in Bristol.

An excellent result after lots of hard work and great improvement.

girl can

16/03/2026

We’re sorry to say that there will be no fencing on Tuesday 17th March 2026. Unfortunately all of the coaches are unavailable this week due to other commitments.

We are very sorry for this error and to ensure that no-one misses a session, our Christmas break will be reduced and we will run a session for longer in the summer. This will be explained nearer the time.

Apologies again and we hope this doesn’t cause too much inconvenience. We will be back as usual on Tuesday 24 March.

27/08/2025

After a 3 year break, our venue is increasing hall hire fees from the 1st of September.

As a result monthly standing orders need to increase at the same time by £4 (i.e £1 extra per week) so that a junior pays £27/month or £12 on the door.

Adults will be £34 or £16 on the door.

Please ensure you have logged onto your bank and increased the standing order.

Thank you

Swindon Fencing Club Committee

29/04/2025

Hi All,

FIRST reminder - this Tuesday 6-10pm we are at the Cricklade Manor Prep sports hall on Calcutt Street, Cricklade SN6 6BB. We are there for the next 10 weeks - our last session there is 1 July.

This is because the Deanery sports hall is being used for GCSEs.

Directions from Swindon are - come off the A419 at Cricklade go over the first roundabout and turn immediately left after Meadow bridge primary school, there is a tarmac drive with conifer tree stumps on your right hand side as you turn in and the sports hall is in front of you.

We will be back at The Deanery on Tuesday 8 July.

Please reply PRIVATELY to this message with any questions you have so I can then answer them without everyone in the group being copied in.

Best wishes Neil

22/02/2025