Competitions
RFC hosts its own GB League sessions. To find out more about GB League, click here.
These club competition nights are open to all experienced fencers, and for any visitors their visitor fee is waived.
Bouts are fought with épée and first to 5 hits in 3 minutes. There's a prize for each month's winner (nobody can win twice in a calendar year), and then at the end of the season trophies for overall men's, ladies and junior are presented at the Club's AGM.
You can see current results in the table below.
For past results, click here.
Junior competitions
There is a vast array of competitions available for the younger members of the Club, from county all the way to international level, all of them fun and providing competitive experience for the aspiring épéeist.
Youth fencing is usually divided by age groups, with the age of a fencer normally taken as at January 1st of the current year (for example, if a fencer has not reached their 14th birthday on Jan 1st, they are considered Under 14 for the whole of that year). Fencers under 17 are referred to as "Cadets" (see the cadet's website) and those under 20 are called "Juniors". Lots of competitions also use other age-groups, like under 11 or under 13, but these don't have specific names.
The youth ranking schemes are myriad, complex and ever-changing but, as a general rule, if you do well in the competitions described below then you'll do well overall!
The best of the age group competitions in terms of breath are theLeon Paul Junior Senior (LPJS), with under-11, -13, -15 and -17. A good set of local competitions are theElite Epee Junior Series, which run under-11, -13 and -16. And for really close to home, keep an eye out on theSouthern Region website, with links also to Berkshire, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Other competitions worth consideration are:
Competition calendars
- The British Fencing events
- British Fencing events finder
- The Southern Section competition calendar
- GB Cadet Épée (junior only)
Club competition results
Every month Reading Fencing Club runs its own competition and the results can be found here:
