Philip Bruce
President, BAF
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It has been my intention throughout my presidency to make every effort to constantly develop and improve our system of coach education and examination . . . I like to think, that with the unstinting efforts of a number of our most senior coach educators, we have made enormous strides in bringing coaching and specifically…
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We have just received the sad news that long-time member Derek Sweeney passed away this week. His health had been declining for some time.He was given the BAF Award of Merit in 2007.This from the Wimbledon Fencing Club website –“Mon 05 Jan 2015 – Derek Sweeney passes away at 85 It is with great sadness…
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…
Chris started to fence in his teens in the late 1960s at Stockport Sword Club under Bernard Popland and Adrian Kellett and quickly found that he had not only a great interest in the sport but also a natural flair, and the club asked him to teach other pupils. He competed in County and National…
