Welcome to Street Swords Fencing club. Our coaches include Veteran World Champion and Fencer of the Year Beth Cranston -Selby (nee Davidson).
We offer classes for ages 8-13yrs and adults. Wheelchair fencing available! The Street Swords programme offers fencing activities, competitions, coaching and skills in leadership to people young people in deprived areas of the North East of England. Street Swords offers coaching skills and personal development for young people who then teach those skills in their communities. Street Swords awards
28/08/2026
York Open 2027 - 13th and 14th March is now open for entries on bf.sport80.com
Please note there are early bird discounts available for 1 weapon until New Years Eve at 10pm and 2 weapon discount until 28th February at 10pm.
We have also listened to your feedback and will ensure that all epee events will be on roll out pistes.
Photo credit to https://www.alistairhowphotography.co.uk/
19/08/2026
Congratulations to Myles Fairhurst who achieved the Durham County Council Awards, Young People’s Role Model of the year today, for his coaching and leadership in fencing!
06/08/2026
Youth York Open U14 'B' BRC Competition Saturday 24th October at the Railway Institute, York. The most Northerly 'B' ranked competition for all weapons. Entries are open on bf.sport80.com
25/07/2026
There’s fast and there’s fencing fast 💨
Keep up with the action on FencingTV.com
06/07/2026
Well done to our junior fencers who were awarded with the 'Fencing Super Power Awards' at our final session of the term!
Ben Mason - Tactics & Tenacity
Bobby Jordan - Speed Attack King
Charlotte Blackwood - Counter Attack Captain
Chloe Barron - Timing Technician
Daniel Peat - Distance Defender
Ferdier Ford - Strategy
Henry Robertson - The Analyst
Maria Spirache - Parry Maestro
Maya Spirache - Beat Attack
Tobias Casey - Commitment To Practice
15/06/2026
The initial timetable for 2026 has been published! 📢
Registration forms for BF sessions will be available soon.
The timetable will be updated regularly as more sessions are announced. Please continue to check back on the BF Learning Month webpage for sign-up links and information about new sessions.
🔗 https://www.britishfencing.com/bf-learning-month-2026/
BF Learning Month is also supporting the first online International Fencing Research Committee (IFRC) Conference. Sign up for IFRC sessions here: https://the-ifrc.com/register
This registration form is for the entire Conference. Registrants will be sent the links to individual sessions afterwards.
20/04/2026
405 (Darlington) Squadron taking their first fencing footsteps! 💪🏻🤺
05/04/2026
MERCIA NOVICE OPEN - Foiled Again MERCIA NOVICE OPEN (BF licence: 40498) Saturday 11th April, 2026 ALLESTREE WOODLANDS SCHOOL, DERBY Welcome to the Mercia Novice Open - an event aimed specifically at introducing new and less experienced fencers to competition, though others are also welcome to enter (see information below for except...
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