Broad Street Wrington Web Archive
Wrington Youth Week
Thursday, 12th August, 2004
Thursday afternoon Rec Friday
By the afternoon, the bouncy castle and trampoline, which had filled the Memorial Hall earlier, had gone, to be replaced by little piles of equipment under each chair ...






... and the first item to be introduced ... a pair of stout gloves ...
... used not for issuing challenges, but for practicing the correct stance ...
... and after the gloves, the jacket, which called for a little help to put on ...
... and last but not least, for safety's sake, the mask ...
... and safety also requires the foils to be held point down when not in use ...
... and having sorted all that out, let battle commence ...
... and after the demonstration of, and practicing the lunge ....









... and the parry ...
... a hit, a hit, a palpable hit !