I was away on holidays for a couple of weeks, attending amongst other things a performance of the entire of Wagner’s Ring Cycle – more on that in another post. I dropped into the club on Tuesday when I returned thinking it was the last night of fencing to discover that our summer league...
Modern Pentathalon Makes Paper
Great spread in the Irish Times on Natalya Coyle pentathlete and one of our Olympic hopefuls, who trains occassionaly at our club. I love the idea of the modern pentathalon; running, swimming, riding, fencing and shooting. Obviously, I fence, and I do run a bit. In my schooldays I was a handy fencer and...
Diamond Sharp Fencing
It’s always surprising to find out who is a fencer in their spare time. The latest celebrity to be un-masked (so to speak) is Neil Diamond who, according to this article in the Irish Times, was quite a handy fencer in his youth. He even got to attend New York University on the back...
Franco-Irish Fencing
While Franco-Irish relations may be as tense as DSK’s court appearances at the moment, what with arguments over corporation tax and what not, I’m glad to be able to announce that our favourite fencing French man, Yves Carnac, placed a very respectable 6th in foil and 3rd in épée in his first veteran outing...
Dancing and Fencing
I took a family dance workshop the other day with the wife and child as part of the Dublin Dance Festival. I used to do a lot of dancing, from traditional to classical, but, like a lot of things, I let it slide in recent years. It was nice to get out for what...
Pembroke Summer Fencing League 2011
Doesn’t time fly? It’s time again for the Pembroke Summer League. Well, leagues, as there are separate foil and épée leagues on Tuesdays and Thursdays respectively. For those who have not taken part before the summer leagues are run over seven weeks in July and August. They are held in our regular fencing venue,...