Adelaide's oldest fencing club. Established 1936
Adelaide Swords Club, founded in 1936, is one of South Australia's oldest sporting clubs. It has produced Olympians, World Championship medallists and State and National Champions.
The club welcomes people of all abilities—from beginners and casual fencers who like to keep their minds and bodies fit to athletes who compete at the highest level. It holds training sessions on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6.30pm, beginner and intermediate classes for kids on Saturday mornings, and adult courses at various times during the year.
The club on Tynte Street is a large, clean, bright, air-conditioned space in the North Adelaide Primary School gym. It is close to North Adelaide's busy cafe and restaurant strips on O'Connell and Melbourne Streets. Its central location with on-site parking, proximity to public transport and major arterial roads make it a short trip from anywhere in Adelaide.
The club has eight pistes and uniforms, masks and weapons are available to use at no extra cost for members making fencing an easy sport to take up at any age.
Learn to fence with us
Learn about our learn-to-fence courses and try sessions for kids and adults here.
Are you a former fencer looking to get back on the piste?
Long-time fencers who stopped fencing for some reason, or relative beginners who started and stopped, if you have fenced before, we would like to help you get back into the sport. Take a look around the website, find out about membership and come in and see the club in action when we're open on Mondays or Wednesday nights.
Read more reasons to get back into fencing here.
Term 2 Kid's Aged 8-11 beginner fencing course 23 Aug- Sept 20)
Details
The course starts on Saturday. August 23 and runs for five Saturday sessions at 9am - 10am, plus join in our sessions to the end of term.
Adelaide Swords Club
The course starts on May 31 and runs for five Saturday sessions at 10am plus join in our sessions to the end of term.
Term 2 Kid's Aged 12-15 beginner fencing course (23 Aug- Sept 20)
Details
The course starts on August 23 and runs for five Saturday sessions at 10am, plus join in our sessions to the end of term.
Adelaide Swords Club
The course starts on May 31 and runs for five Saturday sessions at 10am plus join in our sessions to the end of term.
Congratulations also to Georgina Barratt for representing Australia in Senior Women’s foil in the 2025 Asian Fencing Championships where she came 48th. Good luck also to Georgie who is currently training in Europe before competing in the FIE World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia later this month.
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Congratulations to our fencers who competed in Sydney and to Leon Thomas on receiving his AFF Life Membership
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Our girls are off to compete in Sydney for the 2025 Australian & Oceania Cadet and Australian Youth Championships!
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At the 2024–25 AGM, Angus Kingston stepped down as President after five years but will stay on the committee. We thank Angus for his long-standing contribution since 2017 and are glad he’ll continue to support the club.
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