Trinity College Dublin

2011/12 Training Times

All training sessions take place in the Ancillary Hall in the Trinity College Sports hall.

Monday:
8.15-10pm, Hall B - Beginners Training with Colm.

Tuesday:
11am-1pm, Hall B - Individual Lessons (by appointment) with Colm or Anna.
3-5.30pm, Halls A&B - Squad Training with Anna (Invitation only).

Wednesday:
7am-12noon, Hall B - Individual Lessons (by appointment) with Colm or Anna.

Thursday:
7-10pm, Hall B - Intermediate Training.

Friday:
2-4pm, Halls A & B - Beginners Training with Colm & Anna and committee members.
4-5pm, Halls A & B - Development Squad Training with Colm & Anna (Invitation only).

Club Coaches

Anna Smith, Squad Coach

Anna first became involved in fencing in Trinity when she arrived in Dublin from Canada to complete a masters course in 2009/10 - she has since returned to our sunny shores to continue to apply her significant skills and experience both as a coach and as a fencer.
Together with significant achievements as a fencer, Anna previously worked as head coach for the beginner and intermediate programs at Capital City Fencers' Club in Victoria, Canada, and has a proven track record of success. She worked hard in 2010/2011, bringing up new talent, building the sport of fencing in Ireland and producing the next generation of international foilists in our beginner sessions along with Colm.
Anna has also achieved some very impressive results over the last years, and will be applying that knowledge and dedication to our Squad sessions for the 2011/2012 season.

Anna coaches our squad session on Tuesday afternoons as well as the intermediate training on Thursday evenings. Anna is also coaching our beginners and development squad sessions with Colm on Fridays.

Colm Flynn, Beginners Coach

Colm is a former DUFC Captain who has fenced for Ireland at Senior and Student levels. Primarily an epeeist, he has captained the Irish Men's Epee team on a number of occasions and is still an active international fencer on the FIE satellite circuit and on various open circuits.
Colm has been involved in the coaching of Trinity fencers for years and became our dedicated beginners coach in the 2009/10 season in what proved to be a very productive and successful year for Trinity's beginner fencers; in the 2010/11 season he was joined in this capacity by Anna Smith.

Colm runs our beginners session on Monday evenings as well as our beginners and development squad sessions on Friday afternoons with Anna and committee members.