2026 Club Committee
Administration is the club's "Fourth Weapon". The club would not be able to operate without the support of its volunteers. If you have any questions about the club, you can ask these people when you see them at training.
The club also has two member protection officers (Valience East and David Evans), whose only job is the welfare of club members. Should you ever feel unsafe for any reason at the club, please reach out to them first. All matters will be treated as confidential.
Note: Committee members without pictures have been substituted with images of Powerful Owls. These committee members are definitely people — Owls are not permitted to hold office in the club. For now.
Shaun Thomson — President
Meet Shaun: The ANUFC president. He has been fencing for longer than some of you have been alive (and really loves when you remind him of this). If you have a question relating to club administration, or how to more effectively stab someone else (in fencing) then please don't hesitate to ask him!
Deron Yip — Vice-President
Deron is a second-year Health Science student at ANU. Having fenced at state and national levels as part of his school fencing team in Sydney, he hopes to bring some of that Sydney fencing spirit to Canberra. As Vice President, he plays a hybrid, supporting role in the administration and running of the club, and also manages the club’s Instagram page. He is always keen to help out where possible, so feel free to reach out if you have any concerns!
Zac Wicks — Secretary
As secretary, Zac deals with the club admin. Get in touch with him if you’d like to get involved with the Committee!
He also deals with most of our equipment repairs, so feel free to ask him for assistance!
Alex Ladwig — Treasurer
Alex is a fourth-year ANU Laws/Arts student who completed the beginner’s course in 2023 and has since gone on to fence in state and national competitions. Originally from Queensland, she is an enthusiastic supporter of Canberra winters (at least when fencing in full gear). As Treasurer, she keeps the club’s finances in order. She’s also keen to see more women involved in fencing at ANU, so if you’ve been thinking about giving it a go, come say hello!
Valience East — General Committee Member, Member Protection Officer
Samuel Marcus — General Committee Member
Rey Hopkins — General Committee Member
Jim Huntley — General Committee Member
Max Tatton — General Committee Member
Past Committees
2025: Fabian Heyde, Ian Cong, Zac Wicks, Shaun Thomson, Alex Ladwig, Jeremy Sadler, and Kristi Cheng.
2024: Grace Robinson, Ian Cong, Fabian Heyde, Shaun Thomson, Sam Parsons, Jeremy Sadler, and Zac Wicks.
2023: Rose De Kantzow, Grace Robinson, Anne Ruiz, Fabian Heyde, Natasha Ludlow, Jessica Porter, Ian Cong, Simon Malnar, and Shaun Thomson.
2022 Rose de Kantzow, Patrick McGlynn, Grace Robinson, Kelvin Peh, Poom Palakwongse, Fabian Heyde, Anne Ruiz, Simon Malnar, and Shaun Thomson.
2021 Anthony Huynh, Patrick McGlynn, Kelvin Peh, Grace Robinson, Rose de Kantzow, Oliver Chan, Jeremy Sadler, Isabelle Smith, Matthew McKay, and Desiree Lennox.
2020 Anthony Huynh, Patrick McGlynn, Kelvin Peh, Matthew McKay, Wisnu Trainugeraha, Shelen Shieh, Miki Morimoto, Jeremy Sadler, Pandu Kerr, and Kip Koenig.
2019 Anthony Huynh, Patrick McGlynn, Bodean Ball, Matthew McKay, Kate Kurtis, Isaac Chittendon, Keiran Dawson, Shelen Shieh, and Kelvin Peh.
2018 Michael Cook, James Downie, Dale Drummond, Adrian Hindes, Ashley Mills, D'Arcy Mullamphy, William O'Neil, Alister Oulton, and Kelvin Peh.
2017 Michael Cook, Joanna Cui, James Downie, Dale Drummond, Adrian Hindes, Ashley Mills, D'Arcy Mullamphy, William O'Neil, Alister Oulton, David Peilschmidt, and Ellen Phiddian.
2016 Chu Bing, Michael Cook, Dale Drummond, KL Ho, Harris Law, Ashley Mills, William O'Neil, Alister Oulton, Isabella Robinson, Evelyn Shi, and Yilu Zhang.