Fencing Club in Canberra
Maison Fencing Club (a not-for-profit organisation) is a Fencing Club that has been operating in Canberra since 2014. Maison specialises in the fencing weapon Epee.
Here is some key information regarding the club:
Message dated: September 2025
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MAISON FENCING CLUB is now established at the Weston Creek Community Centre Weston ACT. Cooleman Court - Whitney Place Weston ACT 2611
The Club is able to offer regular Tuesday night fencing and a training time of 7pm - 9pm, and we look forward to welcoming all epee fencers in 2025.
Parking/access: Plenty of free parking ! Southside carpark for Cooleman Court - access to carpark from Parkinson Street.
Breaking news for 2025.... an additional training night is announced !
Maison has entered into a New Parnership fencing agreement with Lancaster Fencing Club (for the calendar year 2025)
All fully paid members of Maison will be able to access and train at Lancaster Fencing Club on Wednesday evenings (school term weeks only) from 7:15pm to 9:15pm.
Menbers fencing at Lancaster will be able to choose to fence foil or epee on the night. Please bring your own equipment.
Training at Lancaster school term-4 starts again on Wednesday October 15th 2025.
Normal training times is TWO hours:
Tuesday evening - 7pm to 9pm. (even during school holidays)
Wednesday evenings 7:15pm to 9:15pm (excluding school holidays) Lancaster Hall, 20 National Circuit Forrest ACT 2603. (part of Wesley Uniting Church)
Beginners classes will continue to be offered and run in 2025 - usually four programs co-inciding with the four school terms.
Age group:
The club caters to fencers from 16 years of age, but consideration may be made on a case by case basis for younger fencers with previous fencing experience. Please contact the club for clarification.
Level:
Maison Escrime welcomes fencers of all levels.
Membership and casual classes:
We offer annual memberships as well as welcoming casual fencers visiting from other clubs. See the pricing tab for details.
Individual lessons:
Individual lessons may be provided to Maison members as part of the normal classes on an adhoc basis. Private coaching can be arranged through the purchase of lesson ticket booklets (5 or 10 lessons per booklet)
Equipment:
Bring your own. Except for Beginners Classes.
Beginner classes:
See relevant tab.
Please register your interest at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Some club member information and competition results........
Maison is proud to welcome and train with Modern Pentathletes in the Canberra region. Congratulations to Nick Odgers for competing at the Junior World Pentathlon Championships in Hungary from 27-29 June 2025. Nick had a creditable performance in the Epee fencing component at his first international tournament. The opportunity to join in an elite training group in Europe prior to this competition has hopefully given Nick a greater insight into fencing techniques and tactics employed by some of the best competitors in this exciting sport.
Nick also competed at the Australian Fencing Championships in Sydney in May 2025, with an excellent result of 39th in a field of almost 90 competitors. Given that Nick has been fencing for less than 2 years this is a terrific achievement.
Another young and promising fencer is Jeremiah Hill who recently won the ACT Open Epee tournament with a cool, calm and collected 'come-from-behind' victory against last years' winner Georg. Jeremiah will be travelling to Sydney in July to compete in the Cadet National Epee Championships. We wish him all the best !
ACT Open, Veteran and Novice Championships held 31st May and 1st June 2025 at the Tuggeranong Archery Centre
Congratulations to all club members who competed and/or supported ACTFA with the running of this tournament. Maison again dominated both the participation numbers and overall results in the Epee events. Competitor numbers in the annual ACT competitions are slowly increasing, and it was a pleasure to welcome members of the Penrith Fencing Club to Canberra for this annual event.
Open Mens Epee - Jeremiah, Georg, Edvin (all Maison) and Mylo (NSW) photo below
Open Womens Epee - Ellie, Bodean (both Maison) and Alexandra (ANU). photo below
Veteran Mens Epee - Georg, Richard and Jeremy (all Maison), Manish (NSW). photo below
Novice Epee - Addison, Nils, Edvin and Willm. no photo
Full results can be accessed via the ACTFA website.
ACT Open and Veteran Championships held 25th and 26th May 2024 at the Tuggeranong Archery Centre
Well done to all the club members who competed at this tournament. Maison dominated both the participation numbers and overall results in the Epee events. While competitor numbers were down from previous years, it was great to again welcome members of the Penrith Fencing Club to Canberra for this annual event.
Open Mens Epee - Georg (Maison), Jiarui (ANU), Renee and Manish (Penrith). photo below
Open Womens Epee - Ellie, Bodean, Madeline and Cath (all Maison). photo below
Veteran Mens Epee - John (Penrith), Georg, Richard and Justin (all Maison). no photo
Veteran Womens Epee - Cath (Maison), Michelle and Margaret (both MSFC). no photo
Full results can be accessed via the ACTFA website.
ACTFA Age Championships held 11th November 2023 at the Tuggeranong Archery Centre
Congratulations to some of our younger fencers Jeremiah and Indigo.
In the Epee events Jeremiah picked up GOLD in a number of age groups and Indigo also claimed GOLD in her age group.
Full results can be accessed via the ACTFA website.
National Tournament AFC3 August 2023 at the Australian Institute of Sport Canberra
Open Mens Epee - Jeremiah remained cool, calm and collected during his first ever national level tournament, and had an admirable result of 16th.
Georg Mittermair was close behind in 18th, with a starting field of 45 fencers.
Open Womens Epee - Our ACT locally nurtured talent Genevieve Gilarski was 1st, and it was her first national level tournament victory. While now studying, working and fencing in Sydney she is a regular at Maison training when back in Canberra. Also representing the club - Rita Noonan and Cath Syme.
Veteran Mens Epee - Nigel Nutt 1st. Also representing the club - Justin Crowley and Garry Webster.
Veteran Womens Epee - Cath Syme 8th.
ACTFA Open Championships held 27-28 May 2023 at the Tuggeranong Archery Centre
Novice Epee - Jeremiah and Indigo both won GOLD in their respective male/female event.
Open Mens Epee - Nigel Nutt 2nd, Richard Bryson 6th and Georg Mittermair 8th. Also representing the club - Justin Crowley and Jeremy Canard.
Open Womens Epee - Rita Noonan 2nd and Cath Syme 3rd.
Veteran Mens Epee - Georg Mittermair 1st, Richard Bryson 6th, Justin Crowley 7th and Jeremy Canard 10th.
ACTFA Open Championships held March 2021 at the Tuggeranong Archery Centre
Novice Epee - Harry Ambler 7th and Annelise Crowley 11th.
Open Epee - Georg Mittermair 3rd and Oliver Bryson 8th.
Veteran Epee - Georg Mittermair 1st
Veteran Sabre - Richard Bryson 3rd
Club members were well represented in almost all the fencing categories - well done team!
ACTFA Age Championships held November 2020 at the Tuggeranong Archery Centre
Full results can be accessed via the ACTFA website, but congratulations to Loius Bick and Oliver Bryson
In the Epee event Loius picked up GOLD in U15, GOLD in U17 and SILVER in the U20 age groups.
Oliver fenced all three weapons and recieved a SILVER in U20 Sabre, SILVER in U20 Foil, and BRONZE in U23 Foil.
Club competition Wed 14th October 2020 - Maison Open Epee
There was a good turnout considering it was very late in the calendar year and many people were still cautious re Covid. The format was two pools followed by DE.
Results:
1st Louis Bink ( a nail-biting finish to take the title 15-14) Congratulations to the new Club Champion.
2nd Rita Noonan (obviously likes a nail-biting finish with victory over Richard Bryson 15-14 in the previous bout)
3rd Cath Syme
3rd Richard Bryson
Great to see a mix of young and old, guys and gals in the medals, and all others having a fun time.
Thankyou to the ANU Fencing Club for providing additional scoring boxes. Thank you to all the competitors from other clubs. The minor placings were in the following order:
Justin Crowley, Jose Guevara, Rick Stevens, Garry Webster, Adam Bartley, Viv Rolland.
Club competition Wed 16th September 2020 - Maison Mixed Medal Epee
The results from the round-robin handicap format can be accessed here
Photos of male and female medal winners with major prizes are below
Georg Mittermair, Viv Rolland, Jeremy Canard (image modified for covid)
Rita Noonan, Cath Syme, Jay Canard (image modified for covid)