Covid-19 Update

At a very well attended (“there was nothing else to go to”) Committee meeting on Sunday 15 March, the feeling was we should hold the AGM as planned. What a difference a week makes. All members will be aware of current advice from HMG, and in the last few days messages have been received from both the Naval Club and the Hurlingham.

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Rob Brooks
Sue Brooks Presents Medal

Sue Brooks presents the Epée Club Medal to Nicola Hull, the winner of the British Veterans Fencing 2020 ladies Epée Championships. Fellow member David Sweeney presented the trophy.

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Rob Brooks
Neal Mallett Wins Title

Lawrence Burr presents fellow Epée Club member Neil Mallett with the Epée Club Medal for winning the 2020 British Veteran’s men’s National Epée Championships.

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Rob Brooks
Evill 2020

Dear member,

Our final event of the 2019-20 season was held yesterday, with a small but perfectly formed group of 5 fencers contesting the Evill Cup in the sauna-like conditions of the Lansdowne Club.

The pool consisted of Rob & Sue Brooks, birthday boy David Partridge, Anton Pollard and me

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Rob Brooks
Lavradio 2019 - 2020

Our penultimate meeting of the 2019-20 season saw a good number of us convene at the Lansdowne Club yesterday, for the rescheduled Lavradio Cup.  

We ran a pool unique which was comprised of Phil Barbasiewicz, Steve Bateman, Tony Bowran, Rob and Sue Brooks, Anton Pollard, myself, and then Laurie Laschetti and Neal Skinner of the Lansdowne. We were also joined by John Glasswell and Steve Lennox.  

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Rob Brooks
Colonel Hay One Hit

Our last meeting of 2019 saw us at the Lansdowne Club earlier in the week for the Colonel Hay One Hit and Christmas dinner.  A number of last-minute withdrawals resulted in a small but perfectly formed pool of 5: Andrew Brannon, Lawrence Burr, Mariette Mason, David Partridge and myself. 

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Alex Brooks
The Hurlingham Garden Party

Thank you so much for making your contribution to this year’s garden party so special. The exhibition put on by Malcolm Fare was very much appreciated as were the two taster sessions and I am so pleased they were well attended.

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Alex Brooks
AGM dinner and Ranelagh Cup

A busy weekend! Saturday saw our AGM and Dinner which saw us return to the Oriental Club after a number of years. We were 18 in number and were joined by Hilary Philbin, President of British Fencing.

Pat Casey, Brian Hill and Steve Lennox were elected to the committee, with Lawrence Burr providing an update on the CIO

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Alex Brooks
Lefroy Cup

A small but perfectly formed group of fencers met at the Hurlingham Club to contest the Lefroy Cup; we were ably assisted by Andrew Brannon in his capacity as President.

The pool comprised of Philippe Barbasiewicz, Rob & Sue Brooks, guest Dave Hillier and myself. We had a number of Hurlingham members spectating at various points as well as Alex Brooks, Lizzie Stack and Verity Hillier.

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Alex Brooks