Club Training at Newham Swords
Non-stop Fencing – No queueing for boxes!
Group Lessons Included!
Coaching supervision at all times
- Wednesdays 7.30 – 9.00pm: Adult Fencing Club (certain dates only)
- Wed and Fri 9pm – 10pm: Advanced Competitive Group Only
- Thursdays 6pm – 7.30pm: Primary School Ages (new times)
- Thursdays 7pm – 9.00pm: All Ages, All Abilities (new times)
- Fridays 7pm – 9pm: All Ages, All Abilities
See Term Dates on our Calendar
Club Membership is by Application only
Training Course for Adult beginners 16+.
Training Camps
Camps are open to ages 7 – 18
Fencers from all clubs welcome
Our next training camps
- October Half Term Camp: October 26th – 27th 2026 (Dates Changed by Venue)
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Competitions At Newham Swords – Foil
2026/27 Newham Junior Challenge Series
These Competitions count towards the England U12 and U14 rankings
For U10, U12, U14 and U17 Age Categories for boys and girls
- Event 1 – 3rd October 2026
(BRC C for U14) - Event 2 – 14th Nov 2026 Open For Entry
- Event 3 – 6th February 2027
(BRC B for U14) - Event 4 – 6th March 2027
- Event 5 – 26th June 2027
NB. Unfortunately we cannot give refunds or carry forward fees
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Mohammed Makes The Youth Olympics!
New article available on The Sword website
“The Journey to Dakar: Mohammed Belbouab, Newham Swords, and the Legacy of London 2012”
Farah and Sophia Take Gold and Bronze at Home and Abroad!!
A Great Weekend for Newham Swords!
U14 Youth York Open British Ranking Competition (BRC): Congratulations to Farah Viegas-Trimble who took Gold in the U14 Girls yesterday.
This result follows Farah’s Gold achieved at the Heart of England U14 BRC, held earlier this month!
Congratulations also to club-mate, Sophia Chu, who took Bronze in the U12 Girls yesterday, and 27th place in the U14 Girls today, at the EFC Aix-En-Provence U12 and U14 International!
Well done Farah and Sophia!
The Newham Swords Family is super proud of you both!!
Farah Takes Gold and Bronze at Heart of England Youth Tournament!!
Well Done to all our fencers who competed at the Heart of England Youth Tournament this weekend.
Special congratulations to Farah Viegas-Trimble who took Gold in the U14 Girls and Bronze in the U17 Girls.
Some fantastic fencing!
Well Done also to:
U17 Girls:
Darcy Attwood: 7th
U17 Boys:
Ethan Hu: 12th
U14 Girls:
Shun-Yuet Wong: 14th
U14 Boys:
Axel: 26th
Ran Hu: 29th
A special shout out to our coaches, Linda Strachan and Pierre Harper, who worked tirelessly over the weekend!
The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!
Newham Swords Takes Six Medals and More GB Selections!!
Newham Junior Series Event:
Well done to all our fencers who competed at the Newham Junior Series Event last weekend.
It was great to see everyone supporting each other as a team and achieve personal bests.
U10 Boys:
Liam Vinze: 5th
Bela Dietz: 9th
U10 Girls:
Louisa Berta: Silver (her first fencing medal)
U12 Boys:
Lennie Shulman: Bronze
U12 Girls:
Lynne Sakulsom: Bronze
Yuna Sakulsom: Bronze
U14 Girls:
Sophia Chu: Bronze
Shun-Yuet Wong: 11th
U14 Boys:
Ran Hu: 20th
U17 Girls:
Danya Baig: 6th
Emaan Baig: 7th
U17 Boys:
Tyler Osborne: Gold
Cadet BRC A Event:
Men’s Foil:
James Hernon: 5th
Tyler Osborne: 10th
Ethan Hu: 33rd
Women’s Foil:
Darcy Attwood: 12th
Farah Viegas-Trimble: 14th
Many thanks to our coaches, Pierre Harper, Linda Strachan and Emilija Lukaite, who did a fantastic job of looking after all our fencers over the weekend!
GB Selections:
And congratulations to Darcy Attwood and James Hernon on their recent selection to represent GB at the EFC U17 Internationals in Dresden and Budapest!
The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you all!!
Another Award for Newham Swords Fencing Club!!
I am very proud to announce that ahead of our 21st year of running Newham Swords, we have just been awarded an SME Greater London Enterprise Award for the 2026 Leading Youth Fencing Club. This is “in recognition of our excellent Youth Development and Community Sports Programmes”.
I’d like to thank all the coaches at Newham Swords (Pierre Harper, Denis Cranwell, Emilija Lukaite and Malcolm Knox) and the Newham Swords Family who have all made a significant contribution to this award over the years.
Onwards and upwards!
Darcy Takes Bronze at British Cadet Championships!
WELL DONE to all our fencers who competed at the GB Cadet/Junior Championships at the weekend!
Special shout out to Darcy Attwood who achieved a personal best when taking Bronze in the Women’s Foil U17 event (aged just 14) and to Farah Viegas-Trimble (aged just 13) who came 26th.
Well done also to James Hernon and Tyler Osborne (aged 15 and 14) who were placed 14th and 26th respectively in the Men’s Foil U17 event, and to Jamaal Ibn Mahbub who came 48th in the Junior Event.
Thankyou to our coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan who did a fantastic job of looking after them all!!
Farah and Jamaal Achieve Personal Bests!
Congratulations to both Jamaal lbn Mahbub and Farah Viegas-Trimble who both achieved personal bests at last weekend’s U20 BRC A Foil Event.
Well done to Jamaal for achieving 14th place, and to Farah Viegas-Trimble (aged just 13) for being placed 22nd.
The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you both!
Lynne Takes Double Gold!!
Fantastic Start to Lynne’s Season:
Congratulations to Newham Swords fencer, Lynne Sakulsom, who took DOUBLE GOLD at last weekend’s LPJS Foil International, winning both the U10 and U12 Women’s Foil events!
This follows Lynne’s Silver medal which she gained at the EYCs, held the weekend before.
The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you!!
Newham Swords Start Season with Four Medals at EYCs!
Well done to all our fencers who competed at last weekend’s English Youth Championships:
U10 Girls:
Lynne Sakulsom: Silver
Tara Gollen: 8th
U12 Girls:
Sophia Chu: Silver
Lynne Sakulsom: 7th
U12 Boys:
Nathan Gollen: 5th
Axel Ansah: 10th
Lennie Shulman: 13th
U15 Girls:
Veronika Kushtan: Bronze
Darcy Attwood: 6th
U15 Boys:
Ethan Hu: Bronze
James: 5th
A big shout out to our coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan, who worked tirelessly over the two days of competition!
Veronika Takes 25th Medal of the Season!!
Well done to all our fencers who competed at this weekend’s British U14 and Senior Open.
U14G:
Veronika Kushtan: Silver (a career best at this event)
Shun-Yuet Wong: 12th (competing in her first British Open)
Sophia Chu: 15th
British Senior Open:
Georgia Silk: 6th
Holly Thompson: 15th
Darcy Attwood: 39th (also competing in her first British Senior Open)
Many Thanks to coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan, who did a great job looking after all our fencers over the two days!
The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!
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