Sancroft Blades

**IMPORTANT NOTICE**

Tomorrow (21st March) is our FINAL Saturday training session.

We would like to welcome all members, friends and supporters, past and present to come to the club for one last hurrah!

Kids from 9:15am
Adults from 10:15am

There may even be a small celebration at the pub thereafter if there is enough interest.

Tuesday will be our final session but we appreciate that Saturday is likely to be more suitable for most people for a farewell.

After a decade of running and delivering the club (Sancroft Blades) and MUCH longer for Wallace Academy, we want to thank everyone again for their support over the years and we appreciate this chance to say thank you and goodbye.

SAT 7/3/26

Hi all, please note club will not run this Saturday due to no coaching availability.

Sincere apologies,

The SB team

**Important Notice**

Please read the below information. Please note, all sessions will continue to run as normal up to and including 24th March 2026.

For many years, Sancroft Blades and Wallace Fencing Academy have been proud parts of Scotland’s modern fencing community — nurturing fencers of all ages, running competitions, and supporting coaching, refereeing and armoury development across the country.

In August 2023, the two clubs formally merged, consolidating activity at Linlithgow Academy with the aim of strengthening coaching resources, expanding training opportunities, and preserving much-loved events such as the 48ers. Together, we continued to support beginners through to performance athletes across foil, épée and sabre, while contributing extensively to Scottish events as competitors, referees and volunteers.

It is with great sadness that we announce the merged club will close at Easter 2026 due to an ongoing and ultimately insurmountable shortage of qualified coaches. Despite everyone’s efforts, reduced coach availability — with several moving on to university, careers and relocation — has made it impossible to maintain the level of provision and suitable training environment our members deserve.

Over the years, our members have progressed from grassroots to Home Nations and GB representation across all three weapons. The impact of this community — coaches, volunteers, parents and athletes — has shaped hundreds of fencing journeys and left a lasting mark on Scottish fencing.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who has supported the club(s) past and present.

For those seeking continued fencing opportunities, please connect with Scottish Fencing’s club directory and local clubs across the region available at https://www.scottish-fencing.com/clubs We would like to encourage all members to continue their journey in this great sport at other local clubs.

We will send an email out to all members confirming next steps. Direct debits for memberships will be closed off at the appropriate time at our end.

If you have any questions, please message or email us directly.

Sport:80 | Investing in Sport

Hi all,

Sincere apologies but due to some coaches on holiday and others coming down with a sudden sickness the club is not running today.

Sincere apologies,

The SB team.

Congratulation to Roz who took gold 🥇 at the V1 cat event in Faches, France!

Well dome to Faith who traveled down south to the Cheshire LPJS last weekend, finishing 2nd 🥈 in the U12 WS event

For our younger foilists, this is a great opportunity to get some local competitive experience.

If you’re not sure talk to one of the coaches about it.

https://www.salleholyrood.com/?p=1449&fbclid=IwZnRzaAPcEJhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEestmFqIng7H3stmtIbkF6ksL4ec--8u15NShX5vx3nMWR3Kh7Pseb_wda2qo_aem_DqPGHd1WELytMPW6FWF7Pw

The Youth Foil Challenge Series – Salle Holyrood Fencing Club We are delighted to launch a Youth Foil Challenge Series of development competitions running throughout the season for Under 12, Under 14 and Under 17’s. The format may be subject to change but our intention is to run 2 rounds of poules – one mixed, one separate genders followed by direct elimin...

More results (and medals!) today

At Guildford we had

WS Cat 1
Roz - 1st 🥇
Naomi - 3rd 🥉

WS cat 4
Silvia - 5th

WF cat 1
Roz - 8th

At Edinburgh

MF
Neil - 21st
Carl - 23rd

Well done to everybody

Congratulations to our fencers at the Edinburgh open today!

MS;
2nd 🥈 - Griffin

ME;
25th - Carl
30th - Neil

Good luck to our fencers tomorrow at Edinburgh & Guildford

Hi all,

Tuesday 16th Dec will be the last session of the year.

We will be returning Tue 5/1/26 as normal.

Hopefully we will see you all for the last few sessions, for those we don’t see we wish you all a merry Christmas an a happy new year!

The SB team.