International Performance Course

Leon Hill receiving his MBE from the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, Mr. Warren J. Smith

Message from Prof. Angela Goohall:“It is with great sadness that I have to tell the fencing community that Istvan Lukovich passed away on Saturday 27th February….”The above from the Fencing Forum may be of interest to some of the older members who were around when Istvan was one of the foreign coaches invited some years…

The funeral of Professor Geoff Hawksworth will be held on 14th November 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at  Dukinfield Crematorium.  Geoff’s obituary may be found here.

The Academy extends its congratulations to Professor Sue Benney on the outstanding achievement of her pupil Philip Marsh in winning the Junior World Title in Men’s Epee (Jordan 2011).   

It is with profound sadness that I must inform our members of the passing of Prof. Vic Cassapi Vic passed away peacefully last night (19th) with all his children around him. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family at this very sad time Funeral arrangements to followPhilip Bruce

Special congratulations to Kyle Tsigakis (Norway) and Howard Wheeler both of whom achieved a 100% score on their Level 2 BAF theory exams on the Denstone Course!