Archives: 2015 January

Archive for January, 2015

Saxons make the quarter finals in Scotland

Wednesday, January 28th, 2015

Men’s Foil

Christopher Mollard – quarter finals (5th)

Women’s Foil

Oxana Mikhaleva – last 32

Men’s Sabre

Ben Usher – quarter finals (8th)

Women’ Sabre

Constance Goulletquer – quarter finals (5th)

Well done everyone in a tough field all round. You can find the results here.

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Saxons take over the Aldershot Open

Tuesday, January 20th, 2015

13 Saxons took part in the Aldershot Open last weekend, providing over 20% of the entry in Men’s and Women’s Foil.

Men’s Foil

Nick Mort – quarter finals (7th)

Christopher Mollard – last 16

William Price – last 16

Paul Lowen – last 32

Douglas Ashby – last 32

Fred Thomas – last 32

Patrick Dempsey – last 32

Nathan Garnham – last 32

Paul Harden – last 64

Gabriel Cottrell-Kirby – last 64

Women’s Foil

Seville Babaeva – silver

Gillian Worman – quarter finals (5th)

Fernanda Da Silva – last 32

Well done everyone!

Results for all weapons can be found here

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Eden Cup and Leon Paul Cup

Tuesday, January 13th, 2015

Two Saxon fencers took part in international tournaments this weekend: William Price in the Eden Cup (Junior World Cup) and Christopher Mollard in the Leon Paul Cup (Satellite).

Eden Cup

The Eden Cup is one of the selection events for the British Junior (Under 20s) team, and Saxon’s William Price earned his second GB cap by getting selected for this event along with 19 other British fencers. He started strongly, beating the other British fencer in his poule but went on to lose the other 5 fights in his poule to finish V1D5.

After the poules William was seeded 99th but did not make the cut and so his day ended there.

Final placing: 99th of 115 fencers.

Leon Paul Cup

The Leon Paul Cup is one of five Men’s Foil Satellite events throughout the year but the one with the biggest entry. Christopher Mollard was the only entry from Saxon and came out of his poule V2D3, an improved performance on his previous attempts at this competition.

After the poules he was seeded 99th of 142 fencers and made the cut, earning himself a last 128 fight against the Portuguese fencer Alvaro Noite. A match which he lost 15-6.

Final placing: 100th of 142 fencers.

You can find the full results, including scores from the poules and the elimination tableau, here.

Well done to both of you!

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