Welcome
Welcome to Salle Hunt-Roeder, one of the South West’s few Sabre specialist clubs. The Club aims to provide a friendly and welcoming training environment for all levels of fencer, ranging from complete beginners of all ages to members of the current senior British team. In addition to this, the Club has a fine pedigree of producing excellent fencers who have represented their country at European, World and Olympic level both at a junior and senior level.
Times
Tuesday & Friday 20.00 to 22.00
On club nights the coaches are available for additional lessons from 19:00 to 20:00 please check in advance with the individual coach for availability and price.
Costs
Juniors, students, OAPs £16 per month
Adults £20 per month
Visitors £5 per session
Club History.
Salle Hunt-Roeder is not only one of the few specialist sabre clubs in Britain , but also one of the oldest. It was founded as Phoenix Fencing Club over 40years ago, with the name being changed to Salle Roeder in 1982 by the eccentric French coach Francois Roeder. In 1998, the club became Salle Hunt-Roeder to reflect many years of hard work and expertise by coach Dennis Hunt.
The Officers of the Club.
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Chris Prevett
Club Chairman
A keen sportsman, Chris initially followed his son Andrew into fencing about 12 tears ago and has since proved to be one of the Club’s successes in his own right. He is a member of the Great Britain Veterans’ Fencing Squad and was a member of the Bronze medal-winning teams at the European Championships in 2006 and 2008. He was also National Veteran Sabre Champion in 2008.
Contact Chris on
Tel. No. 07970 521637 email: chrisliz.prevett@virgin.net
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Dennis Hunt
Head Coach
Dennis is a member of British Academy of Fencing , British Fencing and international M’Aitre d’Armes. He is one of the most successful sabre coaches in Great Britain and has attended Cadet and Junior World Championships on many occasions as coach. He has coached many of the Cadet, Junior and Senior successful sabreurs – his most recent being the Senior British Sabre Champion – Chris Buxton. Many of his pupils have represented Great Britain on many occasions.
He has also trained Peter Wright, not only to British and international success, but to become one of the successful London coaches.
On a personal success level, he has won the South West Senior Sabre Championships 19 times and represented GB on many occasions. He has won the Veteran Sabre European Championships and was a silver medalist in the Vets World Championships in Moscow . He has been a finalist on several occasions at the Vets World Championships and is still actively competing.
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David Walters
Club Treasurer
David started fencing at the age of 12 and during his academic years was a schoolboy international, a member of the Scottish Commonwealth games squad and the Scottish under 21 sabre champion.
Career and family commitments then took priority, but he has now returned, after 30 years, to the sport.
This is such a great sport that allows anyone to participate, at all ages, to the level they are comfortable, whether that be recreational or competitive.
Joining the " Vet's association now seems to be the next move and David is looking forward to supporting the many other Hunt-Roeder "Vet's " that play an important part in expanding this dynamic sport
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Marcia Stretch
Club Secretary
Ex-national and international fencer, ex-National Chairman of LAFU and National Captain of Cadets and Juniors: responsible for national training schemes, travel to competitions abroad and to world championships. Surrey County Secretary for 25 years. Grade 1 Referee and reffed at 'A' grades and European Championships. Member of Kingston and Salle-Hunt Roeder clubs and NVA. Lives on Surrey/Sussex borders but commutes regularly to Bristol . Has a specialist soft furnishing business. A son who was trained by Dennis who was 10th at the Cadet World Championships in Germany in 1990 - best result in British fencing at that time!
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Kevin Nelson
Assistant Coach / C.P.O.
Kevin started fencing 20 years ago to keep fit and enjoyed it. Initially fencing foil, which he now also coaches at Cotswold F.C. in Cheltenham, but over the last 6 or 7 years has fenced Sabre. He Joined Hunt-Roeder four years ago. Very recently reached veteran age, and came 3rd in Champion of Arms at the Veteran National Championships 2007. Still enjoy fencing !
Kevin is registered as a coach with England Fencing, and teaches the beginners on a friday.
Contact Kevin on
e-mail : sallehuntroeder@sky.com
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Safety Guidelines
Fencers are responsible for ensuring that their personal equipment is in a safe condition.
1. Fencers should not begin or continue fencing if their clothing or weapon is inappropriate, deficient, incorrectly worn, broken, damaged, weakened by excessive use or otherwise unsafe.
2. All fencers must carry their weapons by the pommel with the points towards
the floor when they are not fencing or practising.
3. All fencers should not put on their masks using both hands while holding a weapon – they should put the weapon down first, and then put the mask on, finally picking up the weapon.
4. Fencers must stop fencing immediately if a blade breaks or a point or button falls off.
a )Masks:
Fencers are should wear masks, conforming to the minimum safety standard of CEN 1 : 350N
Masks should be checked for the following defects:
i) Weakness due to rusting.
ii) Softness, holes or excessive deformation from the original shape.
iii) The bib not properly attached or curling up.
iv) Gaps at the side or under the chin.
v) It is strongly recommended that every fencer wears a mask backstrap, which should stay fastened and tensioned during fencing.
b ) Jackets & Breeches:
i ) Jackets should be of the correct length and fastened on the opposite side to the sword arm, or at the back.
ii ) There should be a minimum of 10cms (4 inches) overlap between breeches and jacket when fencer is on guard.
iii ) On no account should clothing be used which is damaged, shows visible tears, or has been corroded or weakened by excessive use.
c ) Plastrons
A simple underjacket or Tshirt is not sufficient – plastrons must be worn for competitions.
d ) Socks
S hould always be covered by the bottom of the breeches, so that no bare skin is showing.
e ) Gloves:
The gauntlet should be long enough and firm enough to stretch and remain over the sleeve of the jacket whilst fencing. Gloves should not have any opening other than the one for the body wire.
f ) Weapons checking.
Weapons should be regularly checked to ensure they are in a safe usable condition.
i ) Blades should be observed and tested to see whether any portion is "soft", that is to say whether any portion of the blade bends more than the rest. "Softness" indicates a dangerous weakness that may lead to a break A 'soft' portion is indicated when a blade bends into an irregular or uneven curve. A new blade should be tested by placing the point on the floor, depressing the top about six inches and checking that it curves evenly. If blades are ‘soft’ or severely bent, they should not be used.
ii ) If blades develop sharp edges, these should be rounded with an emery cloth, they should never be filed or ground.
iii ) The point of a non-electric foil (including a dummy electric foil blade) must be covered with plastic or some other non-metallic material.