Joan BECK

LAST WORDS

We all know what a remarkable person Joan was. Not least in maintaining a large extended family of friends of which we represent a lucky few.

I have always admired her passion for learning and sharing knowledge through her teaching. Joan was a wonderful communicator.

Her approach to learning and teaching was always collegial and team focused, underscored by her lively sense of humour and a natural generosity of spirit. Her motto: If it wasn't fun it wasn't...

The Beck sisters and Mum are like three sisters, therefore, my brother and I feel Joan(and Marjorie)are aunts to us. The Becks were next door neighbours and we share a lot of extended family attitudes. We relate to Joan's Swords Club days, her achievements there and followed by her subsequent archeological career with great interest. Joan even managed, upon entering Willandra Village, to get the village library "booming"! We,too, as "family" will miss her greatly. From Margaret, Neville and...

Always known as "Professor Beck" Joan was an essential part of the history of fencers and fencing in Sydney and Australia.

So many in our fencing community will reflect on the formative role that Joan paid in their development, not only as fencers but in the values she taught alongside excellent technique.

We can all remember her booming voice calling us to the piste or announcing the results & advising us that we were fencing in the next Swords Club event. And no one could...

The New South Wales Fencing Association expresses our sympathy for the family of Joan Beck who was a leading light in the sport of fencing. As Head Coach of The Swords Club, she inspired many of our successful fencers and coaches and her legacy will be lasting.
Duncan Fairweather, President, NSW Fencing Association