Peter Wright - Senior Coach

Peter Wright is the Head Coach and founder of the NLSC.  He is responsible for all coaching at the club and the development of our Senior and Junior fencers.

 

He began fencing in Bristol in 1986 at the Raven fencing club, later he joined Salle-Roeder (now Salle Hunt-Roeder) under the tuition of Mr Dennis Hunt, one of the Country’s leading sabre coaches.  Peter competed nationally and internationally and represented Great Britain at Junior and Senior World Cup events.  Peter has also been a member of the Senior England Sabre team and has represented Great Britain at the Fencing Master’s World Championships.  

 

Peter has also been coaching sabreurs for over 15 years. His pupils have qualified for the England Home International and Cadet, Junior and Senior World Championships.    

 

Peter became the youngest ever British coach to hold a British Academy of Fencing (BAF) and Acadamie D’Armes Internationale (AAI) Master’s Diploma in Sabre Fencing in 1998.   Peter coached at many Clubs in the South-West including Salle Hunt-Roeder, Bath Sword Fencing Club, Millfield School, Sidcot School and Marlborough College before moving to London in 1999.

 

Currently Peter is also a coach at Bedford Fencing Club.  Many of NLSC’s fencers also train at Bedford.  

 

In 2006 Peter was presented with the “Sports Coach of the Year” by Bedfordshire Sports Council for his work with local youth sabre fencers.

Notable Achievements

 

Gold Medallist - Orebro (Sweden) Mens International Sabre Tournament

Gold Medallist Birmingham International Mens Sabre Tournament

Gold Medallist – Ridley Martin Cup

 

Silver Medallist – Helsinki (Finland) Mens International Sabre Tournament

Silver Medallist – Cole Cup (England) Mens International Sabre Tournament

Silver Medallist – British Universities Sports Association Championships

 

Bronze Medallist – British Senior National Championships

Bronze Medallist - Fencing Masters World Championships - Jadoigne (Belgium)

 

 

Bedfordshire Borough Council – Sports Coach of the Year (2006)

Team Manager England Youth Team (2004-2005)

British Academy of Fencing -  Award of Merit for Pupils’ Success (2002)

British Fencing Association - Award of Merit (Services to Coaching) (1999)

British Olympic Association – World Youth Games Fencing Coach (1998)

 

Daren Tee - Coach

Member: British Fencing Association, British Academy of Fencing