2023!

Happy New Year!


Summer Camp

This year we’re kicking-off fencing with the 2023 VDFC Summer Camp on January 21st (Tarremah Steiner School hall) and 22nd (Claremont Memorial Hall).

The camp will be a good way to brush the cobwebs off and give a boost to your fencing skills going into the new Tassie fencing year.

Third Club Location - Hobart!

Late in 2022 we organised to take-on Monday sessions due to the sad closure of the Tasmanian University Fencing Club. We’ll be welcoming their fencers, and their fencers will be welcoming us to their space, from January 20th.

Our Club Values

Members recently voted for the values they believe represent our club, and which they feel are important to uphold. Meet our official club values:

COMPASSION
INCLUSION
HONESTY
RESPECT
HUMOUR
and two bonus values
PERSEVERANCE
RESILIENCE

We love that so many members were of the same mind when it came to selecting the key values.

We really loved the additional suggestions too and we wish we could adopt all of them, but the list would have ended up seventeen values long!

6-week Beginner Courses in Term 1

We’re kicking-off the New Year with some beginner courses!

As a special for our new Hobart Monday sessions, we’re offering a $45 course fee plus a friend for free! The classes start on Monday, Feb 20th, running from 6 pm to 8pm.
Participants just need to text us to register their interest: 0428 057 473, and bring full length pants, sneakers and a drink bottle.

In Huntingfield, we will run a course starting on Saturday, February 11th, from 1:30 pm to 3 pm.
This course will be the standard $75 fee, but we’re also inviting beginners to bring a friend along for free!
Participants just need to text us to register their interest: 0428 057 473, and bring full length pants, sneakers and a drink bottle.

Help us celebrate ten years of Van Diemen Fencing Club!

On July 3rd, 2021, we will celebrate our tenth year of fencing with a day full of activities at the Tarremah Steiner School hall (27 Nautilus Grove, Huntingfield).

We will have sessions for fencers as well as Come and Try sessions for members of the public who’ve never touched an Epee.

ALL DAY:

Fencing equipment and merchandise store (including pure wool fingerless gloves with embroidered fencers on them!)
Tea and Coffee station + socialising nook

10 am - Noon:

Warm up + Epee fencing + optional mini-games and challenges

Noon - 1:30 pm:

Sabre & Foil fencing + optional mini-games and challenges

12:15 - 1:15 pm:

Come and Try for ages 7 to 12

1:45 - 2:15 pm:

Come and Try for ages 4 to 6

1:45 - 2:45 pm:

Come and Try for teens and adults

3 pm - 5 pm:

3-weapon friendly team tournament

6 pm - 6:30 pm:

Tasmanian Fencing Association Inc 2021 AGM

6:40 pm - 9 pm (ish)

Bring a Plate Feast + The Princess Bride screening

PLEASE REGISTER WITH COACH AVERY FOR ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES YOU WILL ATTEND, THANK YOU. :)

Coach Avery: van.diemen.fencing.club@gmail.com

Fencing Returns For Term Three... With A Few Modifications

The Tuesday club sessions are returning from Tuesday, July 21st. Sadly, Saturdays are still on pause until we receive the go-ahead from the venue.

We have a few guidelines to follow to help keep everyone healthy and safe:

  1. Training times will be slightly different to allow time for Juniors to leave the venue before Seniors enter:

    Juniors 5 pm - 5:50 pm
    Seniors 6:10 pm - 8 pm

  2. Please ensure that you arrive at the venue ready to start training and upon your session finishing please leave the venue immediately - as much as we love to socialise at the club, we can’t do it for the time being.

  3. There will be hand sanitiser provided - please use it upon arrival and departure.

  4. We will make a list of everybody at each training session, along with contact details, just in case someone ends up with COVID-19 and we need to know who' they’ve come in contact with.

  5. Please follow social distancing guidelines when you’re not bouting.

  6. If you are sick, PLEASE do not come to the club. We’ll be here and ready to fence once you’re well again.

  7. Please clean your equipment regularly.

  8. If you do not own a fencing mask, there will be a designated one at the club that only you will use.

  9. We no longer shake hands after fencing - a second salute will be a good substitute.

If you have any questions, please let us know!

VDFC logo 2020 Finn McKenna