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The aim of the Union is to develop and encourage fencing and to promote and conduct amateur fencing championships within the Administrative County of Kent, the Medway Towns Authority and the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich and Lewisham..
Membership shall be open to clubs and schools within the area which are affiliated to the British Fencing Association and to individuals resident within the area
To find out more about fencing, click on the 'What is fencing?' button at the top
To all competition organisers: can you please use the sample competition notice and entry form from now on. You can find them on the 'Constitution and Rules' page
Results and report of the SE Region Men's and Women's Epee and Sabre competitions are on the results page
Congratulations to Laura Gladdish from Malling MX Fencing Club for winning the Moneteau sabre U15 event. Click here for more details (on the BFA web site). There are also some photos in the Photo Gallery
Click here for results of the 2012 Veterans age group championships.
Photos from the Cadet Winton are on the Photo Gallery page
Details of the 4-weapon event on 12 February are on the Event Calendar Page
Invitation Marathon Foil - CEP Challenge 2012 4-5 February 2012 - details on Event Calendar Page
Details of the South East Region Epée and Sabre Championships are on the Events Calendar page
Results of the Team Epee competition on 4 December are on the Results page
Details of the Brixton U9, U11, U13, U15 boys and girls epee competition on Saturday 28 January 2012 are on the Event Calendar page
Results of the U16 Foil, Epee, Sabre competition on 20 November 2011 are on the Results page
Results of the Foil M & W including Intermediate and Vets held on 30 October are on the Results Page. Attendance at the event was unfortunately poor
Reports and Minutes of AGM held on 26 October are on the Committee Reports Page
The SE Region Fixture List 2011/2012 is on the Event Calendar Page
The county now has a set of plastic fencing equipment - 20 plastic swords and 20 plastic masks, which are suitable for use at summer fetes, taster sessions etc. for the purpose of promoting fencing within the County. This equipment is available for any Kent club to borrow when required. It is currently with Meopham fencing club so if it is wanted in the near future please contact them. At all other times please contact Peter Huggins.
There is a new section on the web site. Occasional articles or reports will be placed on a new 'Items of Interest' page. The first entry is a review of A Visit to Musee Van Oeveren by Tim Atkinson
The minutes of the EGM are on the Committee Reports page
Applications are invited from Clubs, Counties and Regions, for grants to support projects that will develop fencing. Click here for details and grant application
Photos from the Excalibur competition are in the Photo Gallery page. Photos courtesy of Dale Broadbent
Peter Huggins
has won the Unsung Hero award for the Kent Regional news and media awards due to him gaining the most votes from all of the county fencers -
congratulation Peter!
(Picture reproduced courtesy of Kent Regional News and Media)
Following the EGM, please read the documents relating to the new foil bib requirements. Click here for the proposed introduction dates, and here for the SE Region and KCAFU Policy
An important note from Peter Huggins:
Dear all,
I am receiving, and have on occasion have noticed for myself, persistent and regular comments about the fact that the British Fencing Safety Guidelines are not followed in clubs and in some cases by fencers when they present themselves at competitions.
I have, therefore attached for your information a copy of the British Fencing Guidelines which should be adhered to. If you have any doubts about interpretation of these rules then please do contact me when I will be only to happy to try to assist with clarification. In particular, I hear that some coaches do not bother to supply separate plastrons which are a must for all those using steel weapons and who have not been supplied with a jacket with an integrated plastron. I am also afraid that the Guidelines do not encompass such idiocies as wearing jackets back to front - a coach that I work with was visiting a holiday camp last year and whilst watching a taster session with both youngsters and adults taking part had cause to comment to the instructor that the jackets were all on back to front. He was advised that that was the way they were worn these days! Another common problem is supplying the wrong size blades to younger children. Again this aspect is covered in the Safety Guidelines.
Lastly as a former Trading Standards Officer I can advise that the loan of kit is likely to be deemed as 'supply' for the purposes of Consumer Safety legislation and as such should there be a problem because unsafe kit has been used then not only could a civil action ensue but there could also be a breach of the law which could result in a criminal prosecution.
Please try to ensure that the Guidelines are followed in your classes and clubs and I am sure then that you will have a happy, safe and productive environment with participants who are enjoying their activity.
Click here for safety guidelines
