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Cambridge Winter Tournament

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Mens Foil

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Aldershot Open 2012

Monday, January 9th, 2012

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January National Rankings

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Mens Foil

47     Christopher Mollard

65     David Standen

68     Paul Lowen

86     Nick Mort

97     Edz Maldoom

155  Patrick Dempsey

193  Paul Harden

227  Wayil Eisa

242  Alex Williamson

420  Alex Chatterton

449  Oliver Robinson

463  Jeremy Oates

475  Anthony Brown

Womens Foil

169  Beth Lowen

Mens Sabre

183  Adrian Medhurst

Mens Epee

280  David Standen

522  Arthur Gun Cuninghame

This is the first time that the club has had 5 fencers in the top 100, well done to them.  Saxons have had a brilliant 12 months of competition, bring on the next!

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Competition Results for December 2011

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Leon Paul Cup Satellite

Two Saxon fencers took part in their first international event, the Leon Paul Cup held in east London.  Both being world unranked fencers had extremely tough poules but managed to do better than expected with David losing two matches 5-4 and Christopher winning one.  These encouraging poule results weren’t enough however to prevent both fencers being cut from the competition and finishing:

Christopher Mollard – last 256 (129th)

David Standen – last 256 (138th)

British National Championships

No Saxon fencer managed to make it past the last 64 stage, with all three having extremely tough poules.

David Standen – last 64

David won 3 and lost 3 in his poule, giving him a provisional seeding of 40th.  He then lost his last 64 DE match to Alex Tofalides 15-6.

Christopher Mollard – last 64

Christopher won 2 and lost 3 in the poule and having lost one match 5-4 after leading 4-2.  He was seeded him 43rd and drew Acland Bryant, losing 15-5.

Edz Maldoom – last 64

Edz won 2 of his poule fights but was cut due to his indiciator.  If he had scored another 2 hits then he would have made it through to the draw.

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Competition Results for November 2011

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Leeds Open

Christopher Mollard – quarter final (6th)

David Standen – last 32

Alex Chatterton – last 64

Welsh Open

Edz Maldoom – last 32

Patrick Dempsey – last 32

Christopher Mollard – last 64

David Standen – last 64

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Competition Results for June 2011

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Quiet month.

London Foil  – 23rd  June

Chris Mollard was our only entry here and came 26th.

European Vets – 2nd-6th June

Paul Harden and Paul Lowen ventured abroad to France to take part in the European Veterans championships.

Paul Lowen came 16th out of 76 in ‘50s’ mens foil while Paul Harden came 31st in the ‘60s’ mens foil.

White Horse Trophy – 26th June

After taking first and second last year, Saxon’s ubiquitous two teams, the Huscarles and the Fyrd, made their optimistic way to Abingdon to compete in the White Horse Team Trophy.

The Huscarles on paper looked like a team capable of retaining the silverware. Sabreur Simon Whitaker has transformed from upstart into a genuinely classy fencer, with a fleetness of foot most Saxons can barely imagine. Nick Mort, returning to his preferred weapon after fencing sabre last year, we all know as a foilist of great skill and repute. It was hoped that Epeeist Grant Smith’s record of solid above-averageness, despite this year being a bit rusty and carrying a bit more timber than ideal, would prove to be enough.

The Fyrd blended youth and experience (if not in quite equal measures). The ever present sabre of Adrian Medhurst was joined by the skillful and experienced foilist Patrick Dempsey and the up and coming tyro epeeist Alex Searle.

As always the tournament began with a poule unique in each weapon. With only 8 participants this year, this was somewhat less gruelling than of yore.

In the sabre, Simon only lost one of his 7 bouts, losing only to a wily veteran from Stourbridge to take 2nd seed whilst Adrian’s 4 wins earned him a creditable 4th.

In the Epee, Alex struggled a little, only winning 1 of his 7 bouts although there were several close bouts and he deserved better than his 7th place. Grant scrapped hard and was pleased with his 5 wins and 3rd place, his foot hits working well.

In the foil it was the nominally 2nd team fencer Patrick who took the honours, his 6 wins and second place beating Nick’s solid 5 wins and 4th.

The difference between the two was their head-to-head encounter, one played out many times of the years, which Patrick won.

The Huscarles consistancy earned them no. 1 seeding overall, whilst the Fyrd’s 6th meant they would have a challenging elimination round from the start, the strong ULU team.

The match started badly for the Fryd, with Alex going several points down against the very capable Graham Miles. Alex is a clever fencer, however, and learns quickly. He took several points without reply and handed over to Patrick only 10-9 down. Patrick squared off against foilist Maxim Izotov, confident of his form and only one point down, but the Russian had the better of the bout, steadily outscoring Patrick, and handing (about) a 5 point deficit (records and memory being imperfect) to Adrian. After falling further behind, the bearded Kentishman  found his distance and timing and was reeling ULU’s Darren Page in. A ten point leg is but a blink of the eye in sabre, however and ULU reached the required 30 points before they could be caught. However, Alex, Patrick and Adrian had taken what looked like a mismatch and run ULU close in a match which felt closer than the 30-25 scoreline suggested.

The Huscarles had a far easier quarter final against Wrekin B, all three dominating their opponents to take a comfortable 30-14 win. The semi final against Oxford should also,on paper, have been canter for the Huscarles, but they contrived to make hard work of it. In the first leg Nick couldn’t quite get it right and handed Grant a small deficit. Grant then pushed too hard to make this up and leaked hits until handing over to Simon 9 behind.

Simon then played the most remarkable leg of the tournament. Never doubting himself, in one of the finest displays of footwork and whacking seen in Saxon colours, he not only made up for his team mates profligacy, he extended the lead to a convincing 30-25.

This earned them a final place against ULU who had won their own tough semi-final against Stourbridge Squirrels. First up, Simon won his leg against Darren, although at 10-8 it was not as dominant as might have been expected. Nick and Max are also old foes and a close bout was expected.

Nick just had Max’s measure on this occasion, and  handed over to Grant 4 points up. ULU’s Graham,is also well known to Saxon from previous encounters and is a good fencer, but had been slightly off his best all day. Grant had beaten him in the poule and should have been able, at epee, to defend his lead. Unfortunately, Graham chose this moment to find his mojo and his beat-fleches had the overly defensive Grant repeatedly flat-footed. Grant was reeled in, passed and his late rally quashed to give the title to ULU 30-28, giving ULU a clean sweep over the Saxons and consigning the champions to a creditable, if disappointing, runner’s up spot.

National Rankings as at 30.06.2011

Men’s Foil
79 P Lowen
91 C Mollard
104 D Standen (as Manchester Uni.)
109 E Maldoom 
135 P Dempsey
163 W Eisa
186 N Mort
278 P Harden
453 J Oates
465 O Robinson

Women’s Foil
157 B Lowen

Men’s Epee
286 D Standen
498 A. Gunn Cunninghame

Men’s Sabre
247 A Medhurst

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Competition Results for October 2011

Sunday, October 30th, 2011

Ashton Open

David Standen – semi final (3rd)

Christopher Mollard – quarter final (8th)

Alex Chatterton – last 16

University of York Open

David Standen – final (2nd)

Sussex Open

Nick Mort – last16

Christopher Mollard – last 32

Patrick Dempsey – last 32

Edz Maldoom – last 64

Paul Harden – last 64

Coventry Open

Foil

Nick Mort – quarter final (7th)

Christopher Mollard – last 16

Paul Lowen – last 16

Paul Harden – last 32

Sabre

Adrian Medhurst – last 16

Allstar Cup

David Standen – last 64

Christopher Mollard – last 64

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Competition Results for September 2011

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Saxon fencers took part in the following competitions during September 2011:

Essex Open

Christopher Mollard – last 32

David Standen – last 64

Nick Mort – last 64

Paul Lowen – last 64

Edz Maldoom – last 64

Wayil Eisa – last 128

Paul Harden – last 128

Anthony Brown – last 128

Bristol Open

David Standen – last 64

Christopher Mollard – last 64

Edz Maldoom – last 128

Patrick Dempsey – last 128

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End of Season Rankings 2010/11

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Mens Foil

63     Paul Lowen

78     Christopher Mollard

90     David Standen

93     Edz Maldoom

134  Patrick Dempsey

162  Wayil Eisa

182  Nick Mort

246  Alex Williamson

248  Paul Harden

444  Oliver Robinson

452  Jeremy Oates

Womens Foil

157  Beth Lowen

Mens Sabre

243  Adrian Medhurst

Mens Epee

279  David Standen

492  Arthur Gun Cuninghame

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Competition Results for May 2011

Friday, August 19th, 2011

A great month with three Saxons getting into the top 100 Men’s foil rankings (this has got to be a first) and three others Beth, Ollie and Adrian getting their first ever ranking points.

Brighton Open – 8TH May

The month got off to big start for a number of Saxon members entering this competition at Men’s foil and Men’s sabre.

Chris Mollard turned in superb performance by coming second with Paul Lowen and Nick Mort both reaching the last eight.

The final results were.

Men’s Foil

• Chris Mollard 2nd
• Paul Lowen 6th
• Nick Mort 8th
• Paul Harden 17th
• Ed Maldoom 19th

Men’s Sabre

• Adrian Medhurst 7th

Manchester Open Foil – 15TH May

Chris Mollard ventured up north and came a good 8th.

Chichster Open – 28TH/29TH May

Eight Saxons went down to the South Coast to fight in three different weapons including Beth Lowen at Women’s foil and Arthur Gunn-Cunnninghame at Men’s Epee.

The final results were.

Men’s Foil

• Paul Lowen 10th
• Ed Maldoom 22nd
• Chris Mollard 34th
• Paul Harden 47th
• Ollie Robinson 48th
• Rudi Albesa 57th

Women’s Foil

• Beth Lowen 15th

Men’s Epee

• Arthur Gunn-Cunninghame  56th

National Rankings as at 31.05.2011

Men’s Foil
76 P Lowen
93 C Mollard
94 D Standen (as Manchester Uni.)
105 E Maldoom 
136 P Dempsey
169 W Eisa
187 N Mort
254 P Harden
451 O Robinson
457 J Oates (as Gadaski)

Women’s Foil
25  A Mitchell (as Aldershot)
163 B Lowen

Men’s Epee
286 D Standen

Men’s Sabre
253 A Medhurst

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