SFO is a participant in Culture Days on Saturday, Sept 27. Come out for our informational demonstration - and maybe give it a "stab" yourself! Details here.

We are planning on a parent to parent equipment sale on Sunday Sept 28 at 12 noon until 1 pm.  If you have a piece of fencing gear that you have outgrown and wish to sell it to another fencer, then please launder it and price it.  The sale is not by SFO (apart from vetting the condition to insure safety) and is a transaction between seller and purchaser.  You set the price, you haggle and you sell/buy.  There are
two caveats: (1) SFO may not permit, due to condition issues, the sale of any one item; and (2) any gear left unclaimed at the end of the sale becomes property of the club (e.g., that is incentive to take it home).

To order new gear, please contact SFO through e-mail, and see the Equipment Questions page of our  website.

Fencing humor anyone? XKCD explains another angle of "en garde."

You probably did know...but just in case you need help convincing anyone else, check out this article on bustle.com: FENCING IS THE BEST SPORT EVER: 32 Things Only We Fencers Understand.It's got a great collection of gifs as evidence, both fencing and um, other. 

Thanks to all parents and athletes on a great start to the season. There are a few reminders and bits of information that have arose:

1. Intermediate Team fencers should arrive on Sundays at 11:50 am in order to warm up so they can start training with the competitive team members sharply at 12 noon.

2. Please replace any chairs to where you found them in the school if you use one, and take all garbage to the bin or recycling bins. There should be no garbage left in the gym or in the school, and it should look as we found the premises.

3. We are planning on a parent to parent equipment sale on Sunday Sept 28 at 12 noon until 1 pm. If you have a piece of fencing gear that you have outgrown and wish to sell it to another fencer, then please launder it and price it. The sale is not by SFO (apart from vetting the condition to insure safety) and is a transaction between seller and purchaser. You set the price, you haggle and you sell/buy. There are two caveats: (1) SFO may not permit, due to condition issues, the sale of any one item; and (2) any gear left unclaimed at the end of the sale becomes property of the club (e.g., that is incentive to take it home). 

The Coaching Staff

Here is picture of the Y14 winners at yesterday's Toronto Open--with SFO's Gareth Marks on the top step. The picture embodies the best of the sport - four fencers who regularly change position on the podium but are each great positive athletes who are quick to congratulate the other.

We will start the 2014-15 season for returning team members on September 2 (note the change from earlier); new classes begin September 14. This is to focus on the Toronto Open tournament Sept 6-7. 

Youth and Minifence begin Sunday 14th September (1 pm for Youth, 2:30 pm for mini)
Adult lessons begin Thursday 18th September.
Competitive team, intermediate team and recreational begin on 8th of September.

Session Dates
A: Sept 14 - Nov 9, 2014. (no fencing Oct. 12)
B: Nov 11, 2014 - Jan 11, 2015 (no fencing Dec 25, Jan 1)
C: Jan 18 - March 8, 2015
NO FENCING MARCH 15-22
D: March 29 - May 17, 2015
E: May 24 - June 28 (5 weeks only)