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This Pathway Camp is primarily designed to prepare fencers for team competitions by focusing on communication, informed decision making, tactical awareness and scenario skills. Saturday’s programme includes trust-building S&C, communication skills, an exploration of the Italian Relay format, and individual and team-based scenario fencing. On Sunday, athletes will take part in a nutrition workshop and also work on lunge mechanics, punishing errors and being a well-rounded fencer, understand effective deployment of the reserve, participate in more team and individual scenarios, and put their learning into competitive practice.

Saturday

  • S&C & games – trust-building & problem-solving
  • Team communication skills – supported by the True Athlete Project
  • The Team Relay format – easy as 123?
  • Scenario fencing – for individual and team bouts

Sunday 

  • Lunge mechanics – go further, faster
  • Punishing errors – have the confidence to capitalise
  • Reserve judgement – effective deployment of the fourth fencer
  • Team spirit
  • Nutrition workshop – a  guide to sports fuel
  • Well-rounded skills – work on your weaknesses
  • Scenario fencing – the sequel
  • Competitive finish – practice what we preached

Coaches:

We have the following coaches attending

Alex Agrenich (Saturday only)

Paul Beasley

Taran James

Lewis McInley James Gowen

Sign up:

If you have applied for the 2025-26 GBR Pathway Programme, you should have received an email from Sport:80, which you need to accept and then login to Sport:80 to complete the final stages of your registration.

Please see below for the logistics information for the December GBR Pathway Camp.

Arrival:

Please arrive at the Jubilee Campus Sports Centre after 10am in time for a 10.30am start on Saturday 13th December, and after 9am in time for a 9.30am start on Sunday 14th December. Please sign in on arrival. The venue address is below:

Jubilee Campus Sports Centre
University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus – Innovation Park
Triumph Road
Nottingham

NG7 2TU

What3words address: https://w3w.co////prop.linked.refuse

Departure will be from the same place at 5pm each day. Please sign out when you leave.

Food:

You will need to bring food for lunch each day. There is limited food available to buy onsite.

What you need to bring:

Remember that all sparring sessions will be in full kit, including socks. The coaches won’t let you fence unless you are.

  • Full fencing kit. All must be in good condition and you should have at least 3 weapons and 2 body wires.
  • Test and tool kit to maintain your fencing kit.
  • Sports kit for non-fencing activity. T-shirts, shorts, indoor running shoes/trainers.
  • Named water bottle.
  • Your training diary, a computer or tablet if your diary is in electronic format or online, computer or tablet if you are part of the DiSE programme.
  • Your GBR Pathway tracksuit if you have one (please arrive wearing your tracksuit).
  • Any essential medication and non-essential medication, e.g. paracetamol.
  • Food – you will need to bring lunch each day.

Last updated 1 Dec 2025