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Touché Fencing Club was founded by coaching couple Hilary and Baldip Sahota and has been located in Towcester fo approximately 10 years. Located at the leisure centre, our club has excellent facilities with changing rooms and showers for use of TFC members. A viewing gallery provides a safe and convenient meeting point for junior members allowing their parents/carers to see what is going on with the fencing.


Towcester Centre for Leisure

Baldip Sahota


Head Coach.
Qualified to BFA level 4 in all 3 weapons, Baldip ran and coached at several clubs before founding TFC.

A former British Fencing squad member, he is now an assessor for the BFA Coaching Schemes and runs coaching courses for both coaches and fencers in the region. Baldip is currently  British Cadets Team Captain and Coach to the GB wheelchair Fencing Team.

Coaching workshops have included guest fencers and British No1 Richard Kruse  and coaches such as Bella Kopecka, Linda Strachan and Piers Harper.





Hilary Sahota


Assistant Head Coach.
Hilary is co-founder of TFC. Qualified to level 4 in all 3 weapons and a former British Polytechnics Champion, Hilary is actively involved in promoting fencing in schools around the region (including Beds, Bucks and Northants) attracting youngsters to the sport with 'Minifence'

Hilary is also coach to the
GB wheelchair Fencing Team
and recently accompanied the fencers on an internationl trip to Canada.
  Jacques Portal


Jacques is our assistant coach. Qualified to BFA level 2 in both Foil and Épée, Jacques is a keen fencer, competing in local, county and Open events. Jacques recent-
ly fenced for Great Britain, in France, at the Veterans European Championship.

Currently he is developing the junior section of the club with Hilary.