The Southern Region Development Day is taking place this year on 8th July. It’s a day run by our regional fencing body, Southern Fencing. It’s for any fencers from the age of 13 upwards and their parents, to help develop you as fencers. If you meet those criteria, and particularly if you compete or are starting to think about doing competitions I’d really encourage you to attend.
This is what Southern Fencing say about the Development Day:
Coaching is available in all weapons – you will see on the poster that the sabre coach is not named, our coach has had to pull out because of work but we will have a sabre coach for you and you coach will know as soon as we know who it will be.
There will be short armoury workshops with all the fencers and the parents who want to; she will also spend more time with those who want to work on equipment with her.
There will be a refereeing course in all weapons, this will be for the day and will include the opportunity to do the written exam.
The day will also include a session on sportsmanship for everyone.
There will be a talk for fencers about preparing themselves for a competition
And a talk for parents about what is good and what is not to do/tell their fencers
The day also has a group of workshops designed to give the parents a good understanding of what is going on in the world of fencing as their young people become more competitive. If you are a parent, please come along. If you are a fencer please encourage your support network to come along.
The aim is that this day will help to ensure that more families will get involved with their fencer’s progress and the region that they belong to. To understand why things are the way they are and what they might consider doing to help support/improve what is currently happening.
Further information is available from www.southernfencing.org.uk
