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Text Box: Beginners Course 6 week course starting 23rd May 2008 Cost £25 More information on Beginners page. For more details about the Club Contact:  Chris Prevett (chairman)  tel       07970 521637   email:  chrisliz.prevett@virgin.net. Club History Hunt-Roeder is not only one of the few specialist sabre clubs in Britain, but also one of the oldest. It was founded as Phoenix Fencing Club over 30 years ago, with the name being changed to Salle Roeder in 1982 by the eccentric French coach Francois Roeder. In 1998, the club became Salle Hunt-Roeder to reflect many years of hard work and expertise by coach Dennis Hunt. The Club provides a friendly and welcoming training environment for all levels of fencer, ranging from complete beginners of all ages to members of the current senior British team.  In addition to this, the Club has a fine pedigree of producing excellent fencers who have represented their country at European, World and Olympic level both at a junior and senior level. For more details about the Club Contact:  Chris Prevett (chairman)  tel     07970 521637 email:  chrisliz.prevett@virgin.net.  Affiliated to British Fencing Text Box: National Veterans Championships, Gloucester, 7 March, 2008   The club can now boast 2 more national title holders this year following success in the men and women's sabre competition where Chris Prevett and Jane Hutchison took the gold medals, together with the category 2 (50-59) titles, guaranteeing them a place in the world championships in France plus eligibility for selection for the GB team at the European team championships in Spain, later this year.     Hampshire Open, 22 Feb, 2008   Jane Hutchison came away with the bronze medal in the women's event, while Steve Gough was placed 24th in the men's competition.     British Youth Champs, 18 Feb   Representing the South West at this year's championships, Suzanne Tavener and Shreya Anil were placed 5th and 12th respectively in  the girl's under 12 age group. Hereford & Worcs Open, 1-2 Dec 2007  Chairman and club captain, Chris Prevett, finished a commendable 15th in this year's men's sabre competition after losing all but 2 of his poule fights. After gaining revenge over Steve Potter in his first DE, Chris went on to narrowly overcome Patrick Jackson 15-14 in the next round, finally going out 10-15 to Valerian Langton. Welsh Open, 10-11 Nov, 2007 In the women's event, pride of place went to Jane Hutchison who came 8th. Katrina Tily in her first competition for several months came 33rd while Gillian Aghajan came 40th.In the men's event, Chris Prevett was placed 42 after squandering an 8-4 lead and losing in the first DE to Steve Potter. Dominic Wheeler went out to Chris Farren and came 54th while Andy Pearson in his first outing as a sabreur put in a spirited performance to win his first DE but then lost to Julian Nelis in the next round to come 56th overall. Advalus Men's Pro-sabre  13 October, 2007  Another great result for Chris Buxton winning the bronze medal at this year's competition. Congratulations to him but also to Kevin Nelson who came 31st in one of GB's strongest competitions. Jane Hutchison added to this year's string of excellent performances by taking the bronze in the women's event. Veterans World Championships - 14-16 Sept 2007, Sydney The club extends its heartiest congratulations to Jane Hutchison for winning the women's gold medal(Cat A) at the vets world championships in Sydney. After winning all her poule fights, conceding only 5 hits in the process, and knocking out the entire french team on her way to the gold, Jane won the final by 10 hits to 8 over Aubailly . Gillian Aghajan also finished a creditable 13th in the same category, losing 10:8 to fellow Brit, Hilary Philbin, in the second round. In the men's Cat A event, Chris Prevett finished a disapointing 19th ,having met 3 out the last 8 in his poule and losing 10:5 in the knockout stage to the eventual bronze medallist, Sherbakof from Australia Bristol Open 17th September Club members had varying suuccess at the Bristol Open this year. Most notable was the performance of Felicity Kerr who was placed 5th in the women's event, with Ros Hull 8th. Stephanie Rees was a creditable 26th while Claire Wincza came 30th. In the men's event, Julian Nelis came 16th, Peter Wright 19th, Nat Lewis 28th, Dominic Kerr 37th and Kevin Nelson, with his best performance in the event, in 52nd place. Hamlet Open Sabre 1st September Against strong competition in one of the first big competitions of the season, Julian Nelis came 17th in the men's event while Kevin Nelson just made the last 64 in 62nd position and Griff Williams was placed 71st. Several of our lady members participated in the women's event, with highest ranking going to Jane Hutchison in 13th place,  Claire Wincza making 17th, and Stephanie Rees at 23rd. Gillian Aghajan did well to reach 46th closely followed at 47th by Pat Rees Veterans Commonwealth Championships - Toronto 13-15 July   A splendid performance by Jane Hutchison secured the gold medal in the ladies' competiton at the 2007 veterans commonwealth championships, winning all her poule fights on the way. Other notable performances were notched up by Pat Rees(7th), who lost to Jane in her first DE fight in the same event, and Andy Bornemisza who came 9th in the men's event. British National championships 21 July 2007 The club extends its warmest congratulations to Chris Buxton on becoming British champion at this years nationals in Sheffield. This was an excellent performance and was complemented by the achievements of Julian Nelis(11th) and Nat Lewis(20th). Jane Hutchison also turned in another good result by coming 5th in the womens event, with Ros Hull finishing just outside the last eight in 9th place  and Felicity Kerr placed 24th. The club also entered a team in the womens team event and were placed 8th overall. Ridley Martin Cup   - 30 June 2007 Congratulations to one of our younger members,Nat Lewis, on a fine victory in winning this year's competition for the Ridley Martin Cup, thereby emanating a feat previously achieved by one of our oldest members, Allan Jay, some 54 years earlier. Bath Unisex Sabre 16th June 2007 Two club members recently participated in the annual vets event at Bath University - the unisex sabre - with good results. Jane Hutchison came 5th , winning the ladies prize, while Chris Prevett came 4th , losing both the semi-final and fence off for third place, after winning all but one of his poule fights.

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