Equipment available, Weapons and Clothing:

The Club has an extensive range of male and female right and left handed fencing equipment available.

Members who own all their own equipment can borrow Club equipment not required for our beginners on the night, when they have a shortfall due to a forgotten or broken item.

For our beginner fencing courses we supply all the weapons and minimum safety equipment required for our junior, cadet, senior and adult beginners to use during the course.

Junior fencing term members, aged 8 to 9 will be provided with all the minimum fencing safety equipment required for their use during training and fencing.

Junior fencing term members, aged 10 to 13 will need to provide their own 350n breeches, and the Club will provide all the other minimum fencing safety equipment required for their use during training and fencing.

Cadet fencing term members, aged 14 to 15 will need to provide their own 350n breeches and 800n plastron, and the Club will provide all the other minimum fencing safety equipment required for their use during training and fencing.

Seniors, aged 16 to 17 and Adults, aged 18 to 65 plus who have just completed a course and join as a term member will need to provide their own 350n breeches and 800n plastron. They may loan these from the Club during the first term after their course while they arrange to purchase their own, with the Club providing the rest of the minimum fencing safety equipment required for their use during training and fencing. Adults will then need to purchase their own minimum fencing safety equipment during their second and third terms.

There are 3 fencing weapons provided at the Club, the Foil and Epee with French grip and Sabre. Supplied in steam, (non-electric), and electric versions, in junior blade sizes 0, 1, 2 and 3, and adult size 5. Steam weapons are used for training, and when visually judging hits in fights. Electric weapons are used when judging hits in fights using the electric scoring apparatus.

We supply both 350N (newton) and 800N (newton) rated clothing, which is the standard required by the BFA (British Fencing Association) our national governing body (NGB). We also provide Foil and Sabre Lames, which are thin metallic jackets worn over the fencing jacket when using the electric scoring apparatus.

Club Dress Code:

The Club operates a dress code, to comply with our insurance, with all attendees being required to wear above ankle sports socks, sports trainers, full length sports track suit trousers with openings/pockets, zipped/sewn/taped closed (or CEN 1, 350 Newton breeches & full length socks) and a crew neck T-Shirt (no cargo trousers, shorts, long sleeved T-shirts, Polo shirts or clothing presenting a blade trap).

For those with long hair, hair must not cover the target area, and so be tied up in a low ponytail gathered at the back of the neck so as to fit under the fencing mask. Sweat bands and bandanas can be used to pull hair back, to prevent it falling into the eyes. 

The basic clothing attendees should wear is:

• Sports Tracksuit Trousers, black, dark blue, dark grey with zip, no or sewn up pockets
• T-shirt, crew-neck, (no long sleeve T-Shirts or Polo shirts).
• Sports Socks, above ankle
• Sports Trainers

The basic fencing safety equipment we provide is:

• The Mask, 350 & 800 newton (available in Extra Small to Large)
• The Under Plastron, 350 & 800 newton, left or right handed (available in Junior to Large)
• The Fencing Jacket, 350 newton, left or right handed (available from chest size 32-52)
• The Glove, left or right handed (available in Extra Small to Large)
• The Chest Protector, (available in various sizes, for Women only) [shown below]

(We do not provide Groin Protectors such as Cricket Boxes for Men but recommend their use)

The Club also provides for its members use full sets of electric fencing equipment for all three weapons, for men and women, left and right handed.

Electric Equipment

 The electric fencing equipment provided is:

• The Insulated Foil Mask, 350 newton (available in Extra Small to Medium)
• The Un-insulated Epee Mask, 350 newton (available in Extra Small to Large)
• The Electric Sabre Mask, 350 & 800 newton (available in Extra Small to Large)
• The Foil/Sabre Body Wire
• The Epee Body Wire
• The Foil/Sabre Mask Wire
• The Breeches, 350 newton (available in Small to Large)
• The Electric Sabre Glove, 800 newton (available in Medium)
• The Electric French Foil, (available in blade size’s 3 & 5)
• The Electric French Epee, (available in blade size’s 2 & 5)
• The Electric Hungarian Sabre, (available in blade size’s 0, 1, 2, & 5)
• The Foil Lame, for left or right handers (available from chest size 32-52)
• The Sabre Lame, for left or right handers (available from chest size 32-52)