Tributes paid to trailblazing fencing coach David Kirby, a Covid victim
OBITUARY FOREFRONT: David Kirby was a trailblazing fencing coach who helped dozens of athletes towards national and international glory TRIBUTES have been paid to local fencing legend David Kirby, who has died from Covid. The 70-year-old former army Major, who lived just outside Evesham, was head of coach development at Shakespeare’s Swords, the renowned fencing club he established at King Edward’s School, Stratford over 30 years ago. Credited for introducing fencing to thousands of youngsters over four decades of coaching, he was regarded as one of the leading lights in modern ...
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