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This Pathway Camp was designed using athlete-informed data provided to us by the athletes who completed their pre and post reflection forms for EFC Cadet tournaments this season. The programme includes competitive poule fights with tactical themes, individual support on goals, team scenarios, and a nutrition workshop. Please bring a couple of personal goals you’d like to work on during free play.

Camp Focus

Saturday

  • Competitive poule fights with scenarios
  • Theme ‘Actions in the middle’ – be decisive and have a plan
  • Individual goal support – come prepared with what you want to work on
  • Team event scenarios- leadership, accountability and fight orders

Sunday 

  • Theme ‘Long Presses’ – building pressure, being brave, controlling distance and maintaining patience
  • Talented Athlete Programme mentoring
  • Individual goal support – come prepared with what you want to work on#
  • Team event scenarios- leadership, accountability and fight orders
  • Nutrition workshop

Coaching Team

We’re excited to welcome the following coaches to this camp:

    • Daniel Robinson
    • Don McKenzie
    • Marco Zaffino

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