May
21
2011

Senior Epee and Sabre

Very sorry about the short notice but we have a date and a new venue for the Epee and Sabre senior competitions:

May 21st at The Sports Hall at Southampton Solent University

  • Senior Epee   ~   check in 8.30-8.45am
  • Senior Sabre   ~  check in 1.30-2pm (Earlier the better!)

Emergency number on the day: 07919 352867

Car parking at the venue:
Can stop outside on East Park Terrace to drop kit off with the reception and then need to park at Six Dials or Trinity Rd car-park, Trinity Road off Brinton’s Road. £3.70 for the day.

Car Park in Trinity Road. Access to Uni via underpass from car park into
New Road. Main entrance in East Park terrace. Sports hall (via main
entrance ) with Main reception on your right go down set of small steps
and go Left through the double doors into a court yard. the door to the
sports hall is over on the left hand corner next to the canteen.

Maps, location, venue, etc:
http://www.solent.ac.uk/sport/soulutions/SportsHall.aspx
and
http://www.solent.ac.uk/findus/findus.aspx

Entry Forms:

Due to the short notice we will accept entries up to and on the day at no extra cost.  However, we do ask wherever possible that you email to let us know that you plan to compete.

For on-line entries – Please pay on the day.

Unfortunately we will not have a full team leading the event so…

We also ask for your help:

Epeeists – Please can you arrive prepared to help lay out the pistes

Sabres – Please can you wait and help clear up.

Where possible can you please bring along your club boxes, can you please email entry@southernfencing.org.uk to confirm that you are able to bring boxes along

Please note, we will need quite a lot of boxes as some will arrive early and leave early, others to arrive later and stay till the end.

Please be prepared to referee yourselves.  Please encourage any referees to come along.

Important: there will be no armourers available at the competition – ensure you have at least 2 working weapons

As ever….

full regulations, last minute updates, timings and more forms can be found at: www.southernfencing.org.uk

May
17
2011

SUSPENSION OF SWORD PRICE FIGHTER EQUIPMENT

BRITISH FENCING STATEMENT 7th May 2001

http://www.britishfencing.com/news/notices/?n=300

http://www.britishfencing.com/news/notices/?n=301

Based  on further advice received after the Board’s notice yesterday, British Fencing has suspended the use of this protective  equipment whilst further enquiries are made, by the British Fencing  Safety Committee, as to its fitness for purpose.

The Southern Region has a Duty of Care towards our fencers and safety is paramount and our first concern. Therefore it has been decided to suspended the use of plastrons, jackets and breeches from Sword Price Fighters with immediate effect at Southern Region competitions, until a decision is made to either continue or remove the suspension.