There is NO FENCING TONIGHT as it’s the club AGM from 8pm at the PRAE WOOD ARMS
The club will be providing food and drinks & thanks to those that have confirmed their attendance.
DACORUM MATCH REPORT
Last Thursday we hosted Dacorum for our first Three Counties League match of 2026…
…and it was a belter!! A really competitive but also friendly match with great camaraderie & sportsmanship.
Match report by SAFC’s new Team Captain, David W:
They fielded a full 6 and started strongly in the Epee winning the first two matches, but Kamal in his first match for St Albans turned the tide (winning 2) and we managed to rally 4 all before the final match. Unfortunately, they managed to take the last match, but a respectable 5/4 loss.
The Foilists won their first match and continued strongly with James and JD winning two each, Rachel only missing her second win by 1 point and an excellent 5/4 win.
Overall a very respectable 9/9 draw, currently we are joint top overall and top in Epee hopefully we can stay near the top once other clubs also start fencing.
The next match is provisionally away at Milton Keynes on 12 March I will let you know once confirmed.
ER 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’