 The club had notable fencers at the club including M Broutin, Alphonse Kirchhoffer (Olympic silver medallist) and Léopold Ramus (6th at the Olympics).The New Zealand fencing club, Salle Jean Louis, has a direct link to Jean Louis himself, through his Prevost, one Emmanuel Broutin to his son C. Leon Broutin, to two English fencers (John and Victor Millard), to Bert Raper.Salle Jean Louis was founded in Auckland by Bert Raper in 1955.