Hutt Valley Fencing Club

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About Hutt Valley Fencing Club

Hutt Valley Fencing Club is a not-for-profit fencing club at 124 Waterloo Road in Lower Hutt Central, run by volunteers with a coaching team. It offers classes for all ages and abilities, and the club has over 60 registered fencers, including full members and visitors from other clubs. Training sessions on the website are on Monday evenings for juniors from 6pm to 7:30pm and for seniors from 7pm to 9pm, on Wednesday evenings for seniors from 7pm to 9pm, and on Saturday mornings from 10am to 11:30am for beginners and under 11s. New fencers can borrow club gear until they buy their own. The club says it keeps membership fees as low as it can without compromising safety.

The coaching team has decades of experience between them, and younger members with experience help teach beginners. The club is affiliated through Fencing Central to Fencing New Zealand, and its fencers compete locally, nationally and internationally, with some young fencers travelling to Australia for competitions. The club took the Hutt City Sport and Leisure category at the 2022 Wellington Airport and Community awards. It also runs a holiday programme for young fencers in the school holidays.