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About us
      
Oxford Fencing Club is a friendly club with a wide range of ages (from 8 upwards) and abilities. It is affiliated to the British Fencing Association. Fencers from other clubs who have current full membership of the BFA are very welcome as occasional visitors.
 
The club meets in the sports centre of Rye St Antony School, Franklin Road, Headington, Oxford: see location and new hall.  The club fences twice weekly: Tuesday 8:00–10:00 and Friday 7:30–9:30. 

 

2012

 This year we will fence at Rye 

        ·         from Tuesday 3 January to Tuesday 3 April inclusive

·         from Tuesday 13 April to Friday 6 July inclusive

 
The committee for 201112
The members of the committee for the year from September 2011 to August 2012 are:

Gordon Hardie (chairman)

Mark Lawrance (secretary)

Jane Magé (treasurer)

Nuno Esteves

Fiona Jefferson

Jonty Haberfield

Mark Leech

Club officers for 201112

The club's officers for the year are:

armourer                         Martin Carter

beginners’ secretary         Peter Joyce

chairman                         Gordon Hardie

competition coordinator     Richard Booth

secretary                         Mark Lawrance

SwordMark coordinator     Mark Leech

treasurer                          Jane Magé

webmaster                       Mark Lawrance

youth officer                     Jonty Haberfield

 

 
 
             Gordon                       Richard                           Peter                         Fiona
                                          Photos above courtesy of Mario Mage.

 

        Mark Leech                        Jane                                 Jonty                            Martin

 

Coaches

The club's coaches are Matthew Thompson, a very experienced coach with BFA accreditation at all three weapons (foil level 4, épée and sabre level 3), and Danny Godfrey, a former Australian international who now has BFA sabre coaching accreditation (level 1).
 
 
                                         Matthew                                      Danny
                     Photo courtesy of Mario Mage.