JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST-EVER BBFC WINTER FENCING CAMP!
Date and Location: December 27-29, 2023 @ Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club
Schedule: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm each day, early drop-off (8:30am) and late pick-up (5:30pm) is available for $100
Instructors: BBFC Head Coach Dan Kellner, Coach Jose Samora, and Olympian Marcus Mepstead
Skill Levels: This is a full-day, fun, and safe fencing camp for children 6+, tweens, and teens from beginners to those who want to improve their existing skills. This camp is great for local level fencers to those who are competing nationally and internationally.
Price: $600.00 ($300 due at sign up, $300 due on Dec. 1), Day rate available on request
Equipment: All necessary equipment will be provided. If your child has their own equipment, they are welcome to bring it and store it at the club during the camp.
During the camp, children will participate in age- and skill-appropriate group instruction, games, conditioning and coordination exercises, footwork, blade work, tactics, and bouting.
Kids will have a great time learning the fundamentals of the sport, improving their skills, and will be fencing bouts with each other before they know it!
MARCUS MEPSTEAD
Marcus is a British Olympic foil fencer, who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro and 2020/21 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. A team bronze medalist at the 2010 and 2013 European Championships and team gold medalist at the 2015 European Games. In 2016, he won the foil title at the British Fencing Championships and in 2019 was Vice-World Champion.
In 2014 Marcus graduated with a 2.1 BSc Honours degree in Economics and Geography at the London School of Economics. Whilst studying he was part of the University of London Union team that earned promotion to first division. He was awarded full purples for his involvement as well as building a new sports ambassador role within London School of Economics.
In 2023 Marcus won the International Olympic Committee’s Climate Action Award for Sustainable Travel.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Camp goes from December 27 - 29, Wednesday - Friday, 9am - 5pm each day.
Location: If you haven't been to the club before, we're located at 68 Jay Street, between Front Street & Water Street. The entrance to the building is next to a large UPS drop box. BBFC is on the 5th floor, #508, all the way at the end of the hall and to the right when you get off of the elevator.
Please remember to send your child with a water bottle, lunch, and snacks, and/or money to buy food. We will be escorting those campers who need to buy lunch to the deli on the ground floor of the building.
Campers should wear shorts, a t-shirt, and sneakers, as well as bring sweatpants/leggings/fencing pants. We will be doing a lot of exercise, and proper, closed-toe sneakers are required. Campers will not be allowed to fence in shorts. (We have a limited number of fencing pants to borrow in case someone forgets proper attire.)
We will provide all necessary fencing equipment if you don’t have any. If you have your own equipment, please bring it! You are welcome to store it at the club for the duration of camp.
Feel free to bring any card games, board games, or books for our lunch break.
Please let us know of any allergies/medical conditions we should be aware of. Do not bring peanuts or peanut products to the club.