New sports hall
We are very fortunate to have the use of Rye St Antony’s newly built sports hall, both on Tuesday and on Friday. The great increase in time and space available for fencing should solve some of the club’s longstanding problems and make it easier to meet the needs both of novices and more experienced members, of recreational as well as competitive fencers.
We must of course treat the new facilities with due respect and take care not to damage them in any way. Any inadvertent damage should be reported at once to a member of the club’s committee.
Certain conditions imposed by the school are of particular importance:
times of access
· We may enter the hall 15 minutes before our session and should leave the site within 15 minutes of its end.
· In order to achieve this we will have to stop fencing and pack up our kit slightly before the scheduled end of the session.
· Everyone’s cooperation is needed in meeting this requirement, please.
non-marking shoes
· All footwear must be clean, dry, free of grit, non-marking and strictly for indoor use only. Please be especially careful to wear non-marking soles at all times.
· This requirement applies to spectators as well as fencers.
health and safety
· Smoking and alcohol are prohibited on the premises.
· A first aid kit is kept alongside the emergency phone and list of emergency numbers to the right of the inner doors to the main hall. The club's own first aid pack is kept in the electric foil case.
· In the case of emergency evacuation the assembly point is the hockey pitch.
· Any accident should be reported to a member of the club’s committee.
food and drink
· Food and drink may be consumed only in the foyer, with the exception that water in a bottle with a secure top may be taken into the main hall.
lockers
· coin-operated lockers are available in the changing rooms; they must be emptied at the end of the session.