Our last night training this year will be Thursday 10th December. Unfortunately, due to Caledonian University needing the hall for exams, we will not start back until Thursday 21st January 2016.

A good turnout from the usual suspects for this year's M8 Open - with no snow and easy entry to the building everything ran to time and we even finished early on Sunday.

Results for our club members and regular visitors:

Saturday

Men's Epee

• Silver - Adam Gazalet
• 5th - Bjarne Hoglund
• 7th - Mark McKenzie
• 15th - Daniel Bee
• 16th - Kris Moodley
• 21st - Lukas Vascila
• 25th - Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol
• 34th - Ruadh Drummond

As has become our tradition, our final night of fencing training this year (Thursday 17th Dec) will be replaced by a social night out at the Atholl Arms in Renfield Street.

The pub serves a selection of meals and drinks.  We might even talk about fencing too.

A small band of regular (and irregular) visitors to GWEFC went to the Highland Open 2015.  This tournament is now growing again - this year's entry including some Spannish visitors from the C. E. Madrid club. 

Saturday

Men’s Epee

• 5th - Bjarne Hoglund
• 9th - Kris Moodley

Women’s Epee

• 5th - Eleanor Akers
• 9th - Alex Wren
• 12th - Laura Jamieson

It was great to see so many of our new beginners back for training last week.

If you want to join them, come along any Thursday evening - it is an ideal time to join, even if you didn't manage to attend our Beginners Night, it is great to have a group of people learning together.

Give us a couple of hours and we will have you fighting with swords.

We will be holding a Beginner's Introduction to Fencing night on Thursday 10th September starting at 7pm in Cally Uni ARC Building.  The training will run from 7 until 9pm.  There will be someone at reception to direct you to the right hall.  

There is no charge for beginners attending for the first time.  

Cally Uni need the main hall for an all day event on 20th Aug, so we won't have any training that evening.

The first Glasgow Master-at-Arms tournament was held at Caledonian University on Saturday 18th July.  In this event, all competitors must fence all 3 weapons in a single day.  This was a challenge for the fencers and the organisers.

The overall Master-at-Arms were Alexandre Arbelet (Salle Holyrood) and Marianna Lanza (University of St Andrews).  

As in previous years, a party from the West went down to Carlisle on mission to bring back some booty.  Good humoured competition and excellent pie were had, and a reasonable haul of medals.

Men's Foil

• Bronze - Thomas Crowe
• 6th - Jack Chateau-Lone
• 8th - Colin MacInnes

Men's Epee

• 8th Mark McKenzie
• 12th - Kris Moodley
• 14th - Ruadh Drummond

Women's Epee

• Bronze - Alex Wren

The Scottish Intermediates has resurfaced after a being missing for many years.  The competition is designed to encourage new fencers into competitions, with entry being limited to those who have yet to win a medal in a Scottish Open.

The event was run by Wallace Fencing Academy at their usual Linlithgow venue and was attended by some members of our club and/or irregular visitors.

Saturday

Men's Epee

• 15th - Kris Moodley

Women's Epee