Lancaster University Fencing Club 🌹

[Lancaster's Roses Win 2025]

We welcome fencers of all abilities!
Regardless of whether you are experienced or entirely new to the sport, if you are interested, come and pay us a visit!

Training and Matches

We Train in the Sports Centre on Mondays 20:00-22:00, Thursdays 18:00-20:00, and Sundays 15:30-18:00.
We have access to up to six pistes running simultaneously per session. As a result, there is ample oppurtunity for fencers to try out each weapon, regardless of prior ability.

Our membership fees include kit hire and coaching. We offer kit hiring services for everything from bodywires to a full set of whites! There is no expectation for fencers to have any kit prior to joining.
We currently have four teams in the BUCS Leagues (the inter-university league) - Mixed First Team, Mixed Second Team, Women's First Team, and Womens Second team. So, whether you want to fence competitively or for recreation, we will happily welcome you!

Coaching at Lancaster University Fencing club is held in high regard. For instance, our Foil and Epee coach is Mike Thornton, a Cat B FIE Referee (2012 Olympic fencing referee). As a results, Our Mixed First Team is currently in the Premier league and our Women's First Team placed in the top of their respective league in the 24/25 season.

We run two ranked home competitions with 80-120 fencers attending every year: The Lancaster Winter and Spring Open. Furthermore, our competitive fencers get to represent Lancaster at Roses; the largest inter-university competition in Europe.

   
  
[Photographs by Tom Porter (@tom.p04) - Roses 24 & roses 25]

Socials

We organise socials every Wednesday for the whole club. They range from escape rooms, to house parties, bowling, board game nights or three-legged pub crawls. We have a strong sense of community which is reflected in the comfortable atmosphere as well as turnout of our socials!

Additionally, we have annual events such as our club Christmas dinner or the Roses afterparty where the entire club including alumni and coaches come together.

[2025 annual end of year meal group photo]

[2025 leaving and arriving exec members]

Novice course

We run a Novice course during the first academic term on Saturdays from 12:00-14:00 in the Sports Centre. This course is intended for complete beginners who are interested in joining the club, but have little or no experience in the sport. In this course, we go over the fundementals of foot-work, blade-work, and give an introduction to all three weapons.
If you are looking to join the fencing club as a novice (a person who has not fenced before or a person who has very little fencing experience), you must first complete the novice course. This ensure that every club member has at least a basic understanding of the sport. But do not worry, we also offer casual novice fencing sessions throughout terms two and three! This allows novices who may have been unable to complete the novice course to have some fun on piste in a casual session. These sessions are run by exec members.

['extra curricular activities']

Contact

Members can join our private Facebook Group to view livestreams of matches

Members get access to the Clubs WhatsApp group chat

Feel free to contact us on Instagram or by email at fencing.su@groups.lancaster.ac.uk

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Meet the exec

The exec is a group of students who are responsible for organising and running the club and its activities. These roles are elected in the clubs 'annual general meeting' towards the end of the year.

The President leads the exec and is our main point of contact with the SU and other stakeholders. They represent the club at meetings and are responsible for the general running of the club.
Our current president is Dan Green

The Treasurer is also the Vice-Chair of the exec. They are responsible for the clubs finances and help with the general running of the club. They also keep in contact with the finance office of the students union.
Our current treasurer is Michael Egginton

The Gen sec ("General secretary") is reponsible for the administration of club memberships and other club matters. They are also responsible for correspondence and take minutes at exec meetings and run the clubs elections. They also maintain this page on the SU site.
Our current Gen sec is Guy Nerou

The Captains are responsible for organising matches including times dates and venues. They pick our fencing teams and help advise which members could benefit from individual lessons.
Our current captains are:
Max Mather as Mixed First Team captain
Lexie Williamson as Women's First Team captain

Our Competition and Safety Officer is in charge of keeping our members updated on competitions. They also organis the competitions we have at Lancaster such as the Master of Arms and the Lancaster Open. They also make sure that health and safety is followed at any events we hold including weekly training. Currently, the role has been divided into two distinct roles: Competitions officer and Health and saftey officer.
Our current Competitions officer is Ainsley Chan
Our current Health and saftey officer is Guy Nerou

The Publicity officer helps run our social media and keep people updated on events and competitions. They take photos at events and make posters and graphics to be used in advertising the club.
Our current Publicity officer is Gaia Kinder-Hine

Our Armourers are responsible for maintaining the club's equipment, this includes weapons, kit and anything else the club uses for Fencing.
They make sure it is in working order and keep track of how much equipment we have, when it needs to be repaired or when we need to order more.
Our current Armourers are Ainsley Chan, Astrid Richmond and Lewis Chisholm.

Our Novice Officer is selected by the exec and organise taster sessions and the beginners course, they are also the first point of contact for new fencers joing the club.
Our current Novice officer are Lexie Williamson and Ethan Brown

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