Bulletin Board

NEWSLETTER January 2010.
New Season starts 15th January 2010

Happy New Year, and welcome back for the start of a new fencing season. New members will be joining from 12^th Feb. Junior membership is still closed due to the waiting list. Junior members are reminded that if you miss 3 sessions on the trot without a courtesy call your place may be lost.See notes bottom of this page.
Diary Dates.15^th, 22^nd, and 29^th Jan.12^th,19^th,and 26^th Feb.5^th, 19^th and 26^th March9^th and 23^rd April.All subject to confirmation from Complex.
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NOTICE BOARD. JANUARY 2010.

The new Adult course will start 12^th Feb and will run until 23^rd April. This gives you a few weeks to get back into the swing of things, and a chance to catch up on skills with master classes and one : one sessions before I dedicate my time to the new class.

I have decided to go ahead and design and order club ties. Price and ordering details to follow as soon as possible.

The majority of the electrical equipment was fixed before the end of the break. To keep on top of repairs please put to one side any faulty equipment that is found, rather than putting back in the bags. You will notice we have swapped the clothes rails around. New years resolution for all members, is to put equipment back neatly where it came from.

Check the new Blademaster BLOG on the links page on the web site. At the moment it is only fun items, but it will soon be used as a back up tool from coaching sessions.

For sale : We have in stock 1 Club Hoodie. Child Medium. £18. First come first served. Also :
S/H Electric Foil. FIE £35. Etoile £15 and £10 . Non electric S/H Foils French or Pistol Grip £10. Blade Tubes £1.
EQUIPMENT. If you are upgrading to level 2 plastrons the Next Club order from Leon Paul will be after 29^th Jan. A range of Good quality second hand equipment is available to be purchased direct from Me. If others have equipment to sell on through the club please give me the details.Have a good season.

This is a general message for junior members.

As you may be aware there is a small waiting list for new junior members to join the club. This is a reminder that should you miss 3 sessions on the trot without informing me, your place may be lost and given to the next person on the waiting list. As people are generally too embarrassed to say fencing is not for them, they tend to just drift away leaving a space that could have been filled sooner rather than later.

Contact about an absentee should be made to me direct, and not left with third parties. This has just been highlighted when a members place was only saved by a stroke of luck as the third party had not passed on the message that they were unable to attend for more than 3 weeks.

I don't need to know every time, and I do not need to know reasons, its purely to help get people off the waiting list which stands at approximately 6 months at the moment.

Thanks ...Andie.