Ddraig Wern Fencing

A Shepherd-Foster Company. Established 2006. Home of the Swamp-Dragons.

“I’ll be fencing until they nail the coffin shut!!" Phil Shepherd-Foster, 2006

“I started fencing when I was 61/2 - I wanted to know what Dad was getting upto! By the time I was 16 I had won a Leon Paul Series and been to my first World Championships. Now I’ve won 3 Opens, been England No1, UK Junior No1 and fenced all over Europe. At Uni I became Team Captain and then President, Some of my best friends are fencers, including my husband!" Meg Shepherd-Foster 2006

Who are Ddraig Wern Fencing?

Ddraig Wern is a partnership of two British fencers and coaches; Meg and Philip

Shepherd-Foster.

These Welsh Internationals established 'Ddraig Wern Gwernyfed Fencing Club' in 2006, and now, two years on - with a flourishing junior and senior club - their fencers are going from strength to strength. In the last year they have also established Ddraig Wern Carmarthen and Ddraig Wern Newcastle Emlyn. In 2008-9 they hope to expand to a include a Brecon club night and a Junior club based in Llandovery.

In addition to being very experienced fencers and well-qualified coaches, they are both Teachers, referees, first-aid trained and CRB checked.