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Adelaide Swords Club

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 everyone 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 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.

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The 2024 Member Recognition Awards were presented to four deserving club members at the final night of fencing for the year. · Read more
Congratulations to our club state champions for 2025. A lot of hard work with your coaches was rewarded. · Read more
Good luck to our young fencers competing in Sydney this weekend in the AYC event. Also to Coraine and Alison competing in Dubai at the Veterans World Championships. Coraine sent this photo of the venue. The Hamden Sports Complex is the biggest multi-purpose complex in the World. These pistes are on top of a swimming pool. · Read more
Have you ever been a fencer and missed the thrill of the sport? Whether you fenced at school, university, or in a club, it’s time to rekindle your passion at Adelaide Swords Club. We welcome all past fencers to join us and experience the joy of fencing again. · Read more

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