Swords Club

Captain: Ross Martin, 23 Ferry Street, Wellington, E.5. Phone 43-478 day, 17-824 night.

Secretary: Lorna McKenzie, 78 Hautana Avenue, Lower Hutt. Phone 61-075.

The club generally meets every Wednesday evening from 7.30 to about 10.30 p.m. in the new gymnasium. A senior training squad is held during the weekend in the gym. on either Saturday or Sunday morning.

The club membership totals about 40-50 fencers, of which about 20 are usually beginners who have never fenced before.

The club is open to every student and coaching is given to every member from New Zealand fencing representatives and senior provincial and club members.

Every member from the most junior to the members of the N.Z.U. team get a regular opportunity to fence other club teams in Wellington.

Trips throughout the year will include weekends at Wanganui and Christchurch, as well as Winter Tournament and the Provincial and National Championships.

There is ample room for some new talent in the club as several members of last year's senior team have left University.

The social side of University life is not neglected. Regular club parties are held which, together with other Provincial parties, means that the desirous student can meet the best fencers in the country in convivial surroundings.