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Ollie Dennis vs Patrick Doolan in the exhilarating final round.

After a nail-biting match on Saturday at the Adelaide Hills Fencing Club, the Aldgate Attackers narrowly beat the St Mick's Marauders.
Taking an early three round lead, the Attackers were kept in check by match champion Elliot Holman (9 points). The next three bouts were held by the Marauders. The final third was taken closely by the Attackers, with a thrilling final round to finish 42-45!

Well done to all competitors who made for such a spectacular series of competitions. Additional thanks to coaches Erwin & Dov, league referee Ranger, and to all the AHFC staff who helped to make this inaugural year happen.
Finally, thanks to all the parents, friends, family, and teachers who attended each match with your roaring support.

See you in the School's Guard next year!

In a thrilling Semi-Final match, the St Mick's Marauders defeated the Aldgate Strikers 45 to 25.
A valiant effort was made by Eddie S. in the mid-competition 'Battle of the Eddies' against Eddie E. (pictured) but was unfortunately not quite enough to swing the match back to the Strikers' favour.
The Marauders will advance to the final round.

Round 3 of the league (Ald-A vs STMCS) was a nail-biting match, with the lead changing several times and the rising scores never far apart.
The Aldgate Attackers only just won with a final score of 45-42, which gives them top ranking going into the elimination rounds next week.

Round two of the School's Guard League was held on Monday 25th between St Michael's of Hahndorf and Aldgate-B in the former's spacious Bukatila gym.
Aldgate-B fought valiantly but failed to regain ground after an early lead by St Michael's in the third match, who ultimately won the competition 45-22.

Round one of the School's Guard League saw Aldgate-A facing Aldgate-B in the beautiful parquetry hall of the Aldgate primary school.
AHFC's own Ranger Spinks presided the excellent first competition between schoolmates, in which Aldgate-A defeated Aldgate-B, 45 to 26.

This coming Saturday (2021-08-21), we only have use of one half of the gym. Because of this we have decided to restrict training to these groups:

• Beginners group
• Juniors groups (A, B, & C)

Which means that for this Saturday only, club will be closed to:

• Senior fencers
• School's Guard participants
• Associate members
• Members who are not financial for this quarter (including gear rental)

We apologise to those of you who can't attend this one-time inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.

The Annual General Meeting of the Adelaide Hills Fencing Club is to be held on Saturday 24 July 2021 at 12pm following the morning's training.

Wanted: Brave souls to join the Board and share the glory, adulation and accolades.

Congratulations to Aldgate Primary to be the first school to sign up a team for the School's Guard program.
Seen here; students of Aldgate Primary school learning the intricacies of footwork with coach Erwin Lam.
This initiative by the AHFC to start a junior epee league in Adelaide Hills area schools started this term, and will involve two terms of training before the inter-schools team fencing league in term four.
Participants get their own personally fitted uniform and weekly training to defend their schools honour in the league!

Schools wishing to participate should contact schoolsguard@adelaidehillsfencing.club

Hurrah! Welcome to the future!

While we remain disappointed at the volume of flying cars on the market, thankfully we survived a social apocalypse and coffee supplies are still abundant.

The AHFC welcomes all returning and new club members to the year of fencing in 2021.
Let's get stabby.

Good news everybody!
With the easing of Covid-19 restrictions the AHFC will be open again this week.

Be aware that you will need to sign in at the front desk of the Rec Centre using the Covid QR code as well as on the club sign-in register. Please allow an extra 5 to 10 minutes to complete this process.

With only a couple weeks to go, here is what's happening:

• Thursday 3rd Dec - Regular Training: Intermediate/Senior
• Saturday 5th Dec - OPEN! Regular Training + Beginner Group
• Thursday 10th Dec - Club Senior & Intermediate Championships
• Saturday 12th Dec - Beginner Group + Club Junior Championships

Please note: ALL borrowed equipment must be returned on or before the final session (Saturday 12th).