Sword Fencing
Malvern Hills
Team:
Dedication. Expertise. Passion
We have a team of coaches and experts to help and guide fencers at all levels. Alongside this, the club is proud of its competetive but friendly nature - with seasoned fencers of all ages ready and willing to help - and FIGHT!
Meet The Team:
John Rees
Head Coach
John is an experienced professional epee coach. John has worked with British Fencing, England Fencing and Wales Fencing as a coach and a board member. As well as being a seasoned fencer himself, John has coached many successful Junior, Cadet and Senior fencers.
Matt Russell
Coach
Matt primarily coaches our younger and less experienced fencers. However, alongside his coaching and refereeing work, Matt also is the Chair/CEO for Welsh fencing and a Team Manager for British Fencing,
Debra Olsen
Administrator/Committee Member
Debra is the glue that holds the team together.
Meet The Committee:
Malcolm Fare
Chairman
Alongside his duties as club chairman, Malcolm is also the curator of The National Fencing Museum. More details below.
John Haynes
Treasurer
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Sam Godbehere
Secretary
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Edith Haynes
Welfare Officer
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Robin Horton
Committee Member
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Joe DeBono
Committee Member
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Malcolm Fare - our Chairman, is the curator of The National Fencing Museum based in Hanley Swan, near Malvern. The Museum was founded in 2002 and is now the largest museum of fencing history in the world, with around 2000 prints, posters, postcards & photographs, 900 books, 860 weapons, masks & kit, 400 medals & trophies, 300 stamps, 800 cuttings, 70 catalogues and 60 miscellaneous objects from 19th century steel cutters for stamping out red leather hearts for the plastrons of fencing masters to a carved wooden bust of Gillian Sheen, Britain's only Olympic gold medallist.
About the Website:
The website has been created at www.Wix.com
Photographs on this website have been used with the permission of the following:
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Liam Deveney (insta: @liamdeveneyphotography )
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Alex Zegan
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Peter Coughtrie
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John Rees - and John's instagram feed (insta : @john.rees.73700136 )