Vale Millennium Fencing Club is currently closed for INDOOR training and will re-open in line with advice from the Welsh Government, estimated to be the end of April 2021.
Please follow the links to the Welsh Fencing Home Nation Governing Body website and British Fencing National Governing Body websites for updates on changes to regulations and guidelines for returning to fencing activities during Covid.
For more information on how to start fencing during this time please contact:
Matt Russell email: mrussellfencing@gmail.com
Lyn Robinson email: lynrobinson63@yahoo.co.uk
As we make our return to fencing Vale Millennium fencing club is committed to implementing and following the Guidance of the National and Regional Governing bodies British and Welsh Fencing to ensure a safe return to our sport.
All fencers are reminded to follow the new social distancing and sanitisation measures.
Vale fencing club runs throughout the year with the exception of Christmas and New Year.
Studio 2: Saturday morning Sessions with Covid restrictions:
09.15-10.15am: Beginner and Novice "Pod 1"
10.30 am to 11.30 "Pod 2" Novice fencers
11.45-12.45 "Pod 3" Intermediate/Experienced/Competitive children & Adults.
13.00 -14.00 "Pod 4"
Intermediate/experienced/Competitive children & Adults. This session may not always run.
14.00 - 18.00 Individual/paired sessions. Subject to prior arrangement.
Sunday sessions with Covid restrictions
10.00 - 16.00 Individual/paired sessions. Subject to prior arrangement.
Individual/paired sessions are subject to prior arrangement, each session lasts for 1 hour.
Structure for session is flexible and tailored to the abilities of participants.
Sessions are centered around family groups/pods.
Sparring, group and individual lessons may now take place, subject to Covid restrictions & lessons are by prior arrangement.
Structure of sessions: All activities are socially distanced.
Warm-up
Strength & conditioning
Ladder work
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
Footwork
Lunge/Hit pad work.
Use of equipment to focus on hand - eye co-ordination.
Small group lessons.
Individual lessons.
Sparring (following current restrictions)
Working on specific aspects of the British Fencing and British Academy of Fencing (BAF) profiency awards in a socially distanced manner.