The Academy is saddened to learn that Peter Green (of Hull) died on the 21.03.16. Peter was a long standing member of the Academy and a regular supporter of our Annual General Meetings. Peter was well like by his colleagues and pupils and he will be missed by all. The Academy offers its deepest sympathy…
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…
Today we received the following from British Fencing. I would like to draw the attention of all our coaches to its contents:“This weekend at the BUCS Championships there was an incident where a broken foil blade pierced a pair of breeches and caused a leg injury.British Fencing would like to take this opportunity to remind…
The Funeral of John Whitworth will be on 9th February at 2.30pm at Altrincham Crematorium.John wanted everyone to gather afterwards at the pub for a ‘pie and a pint’ (of course) so Ronnette has arranged a ‘wake’ at the Quarry Bank, Bloomsbury Lane, Timperley – the entrance to the pub car park is on Grove…
The John Pounds Centre in Portsmouth is looking for a fencing coach. More information here
The Academy is delighted to welcome two new masters – Prof. Scott McMenemy and Prof. Andrew Norris, both of whom passed their final Diploma exam on the Denstone Examination day on October 31st. They are pictured below with two students from King’s Leadership Academy which kindly donated the use of its school hall during September…
Results from our latest exams have been posted here.
The Kings Leadership Academy in Warrington, where fencing is taught to all children as part of the PE Curriculum has just been awarded the Government’s National Character Award 2015 as a school which is doing outstanding work in developing character and leadership in its students. The fencing programme in the school is led by one…
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…
