Coach Tutor: Robert Pryer

Course Dates:13^th-14^th April 2013

Times: 9.00 – 5.00pm each day

Venue:  Sportspark, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ (click here for map)

Cost: £175.00 (Includes BFA registration and Course Manual. Please note that this course does not include First Aid and Safeguarding and Protecting of Children courses. Holding a recent First Aid and Safeguarding and Protecting of Children are requirements of registration on the coach register. Please contact Charlie Miller at [email protected] who will assist you to source an appropriate course. Certificates will not be issued until all registration requires have been met.

Entry Level Requirement. 1 year fencing experience. If you have been teaching Go Fence or Mini-fence and would like to make a transition to metal fencing, please discuss this with the course tutor prior to application.

Please note that candidates under the age of 18 will not be eligible to register as a coach and receive their qualification until they turn 18.

Applications. Applicants should send the registration form together with payment for the full course fee payable to British Fencing to Charlie Miller at [email protected] or by post to the Workforce and Business Development Coordinator, British Fencing, 1 Baron’s Gate, 33-35 Rothschild Road, London W4 5HT. Applicants may be self-funding, or part or whole funded by their clubs and/or through their County Sports Partnership (Coach Development Officer) and/or through England Fencing (Development Grants). Please visit http://www.britishfencing.com/academy/academyskilldevelopment/coach/funding_for_coaches for information on funding for coaches.

For further information on the content of this course please contact Chris Forbes at [email protected]. Further information on coach development in general can be had from Charlie Miller at [email protected] .

Application Form