We are really excited to announce that we have bought 4 new sets of competition fencing gear! The first part of it arrived last week (see the image below).

So far we have 4x new sets of electric scoring machines and spools, and 2x new professional testing machines (one kindly donated by Daniel Chan from Mainland Fencing). We are also in the process of ordering 4x new lightweight pistes.

Part 1 of our order has arrived - 4x new boxes, 8x new spools & ground wires, 2x new pro testing boxes

So why did we get all this new gear and what are we going to do with it? It's simple - we want to provide fencers with the best competition experiences, and to do this we need to buy more gear! Over the past two years we have seen huge growth in fencer numbers, and as they grow we need to grow with them - it was obvious that we needed more gear for all the new fencers we have (and the fencers yet to come!). Lots of our competitions needed more gear to run than what we had - we would have to borrow scoring machines from other clubs and fence on the gym floors. 

All the new gear we have ordered is the best quality - this means it is highly durable, you get a great grip on the pistes so chances of being injured are much lower than fencing on gym floors, and it is fully compliant with international fencing equipment standards. Now we will be using exactly the same high standard equipment at all our regional events as the gear used for national and international events!

As we are sure you all know - fencing equipment is pretty expensive - especially the gear used for competitions! We want to say thank you to all the fencers, parents, and volunteers  who support us and our events - it makes it possible for us to provide the best competitions we can.