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TONIGHT – FIRST LEAGUE MATCH OF 2026!
It’s our first Three Counties League match of the year; tonight we host Dacorum (Hemel)
Dacorum won the Epee last year and also finished 2nd in Foil and 2nd overall, so will be tough opponents for sure. It’s David’s first time at the helm, so good luck SAFC!
CLUB AGM: THURS. 12TH FEB (NB: NO FENCING THAT NIGHT)
The club will hold its 2026 AGM on Thurs. 12th Feb from 8pm at the PRAE WOOD ARMS
The club will be providing food and drinks – please confirm your attendance as soon as possible by visiting Bookings and selecting 2026/02/12 Thu (AGM)
We would like as many of you as possible to join us to learn how the club is run and if you can assist in any way, no matter how small, it would be appreciated. Many hands make light work!
That date was partly chosen for us as the main sports hall is not available to us on that date, so please note there is NO FENCING that night.
COMPETITION NEWS
The 2026 London Region Winter Open Novice & Intermediate Competition was on Sunday
Congratulations to Richard R who took the silver medal in the Epee!
Bita and Leigh took part in the Foil, but we didn’t have the results available at the time of going to press.
EASTERN REGION SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 & GB CUP QUALIFIER:
SUNDAY 1st MARCH
Venue: Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Herts SG1 1LZ
Entry Fee: £31 per event.
It is possible this year for women to compete in Foil/Epee or Sabre/Epee and Men to compete in Foil/Epee & Epee/Sabre, please add both to your basket on Sport80 before checkout.
Eligibility – You must be a member of British Fencing Eastern Region to compete (your region affiliation will be shown in Sport80). All fencers must be over 13yrs on 1st March 2026.
Closing Date: Sun 22nd February 2026. Entries after this date may be accepted up to entry caps. To guarantee entry, enter before 22nd February.
Entries: via Sport80 https://bf.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/40492/home
The club has contacted Eastern Region (ER) about the level of BF membership required: some of you may remember that year, ‘Compete’ level membership was initially the required level, but very close to the event, this was reduced to ‘recreational’ level to encourage entries. ER said the following:
‘We have already flagged this up with BF and they have not responded yet.
We advise to go with last year’s guidelines which was regional qualifier ok as a recreational membership, but that if they qualified for the championships then they would be required to upgrade to Compete’
See you on the piste later… En garde! SAFC