The “Call to Arms” Answered
In line with the Epée Club Charitable Fund’s aims, the Trustees were delighted to announce in early December 2019 the provision of a budget of £15,000.00 for épéeists in the 2020 season. The announcement across the BF Website included the following;
“It is therefore with great pleasure that the Trustees can now announce the sum of £15,000.00 has been allocated for 2020 to support a range of initiatives including the provision of ADP coaches to travel with Cadet and Junior teams, team entries for Senior World Cups, squad training sessions with high quality épée coaches and an épée coach development course in the Spring of 2020.”
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Epée Club Cup Cancelled
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions the 2020 Epée Club Cup competition, due to be held on June 7th, has been cancelled.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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