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…
Congratulations to William Price on earning his first cap for Great Britain by competing at the recent Junior World Cup in Bratislava. He came out of his poule with one victory and being seeded 167th in a field of 180 fencers. The full results can be found here
A big congratulations to Paul Lowen, who has qualified for the Veteran Fencing World Championships by finishing 5th and the highest in his age group at the British Fencing Veteran National Championships this weekend. A bit of background on the age groups The age groups are: – Category 1: 40+ – Category 2: 50+ –…
The results for the British Veteran National Championships. Mens Foil Paul Lowen – quarter finals (5th and category 3 medal) Michael [Fred] Thomas – quarter finals (6th and category 1 medal) Corsini King – last 64 Full results can be found here
Seville and Jasmine have both been selected for the upcoming U15 trip in Paris. Seville is currently ranked at 4th in England, and Jasmine at 9th for their age group. Congratulations!
Christopher Mollard travelled to Edinburgh for the annual 5 Nations International, this time held on home soil. Overall the event was won by England with 20 victories, closely followed by Scotland in 2nd with 18. The Scottish Mens Foil team came through undefeated with the following results: Scotland 45 – 41 Northern Ireland Scotland 45…
Paul Lowen has been selected for the GB Team travelling to the 2013 Veteran World Championships. This years event will be held in Varna, Bulgaria and begins on Monday 30th September and ends Sunday 6th October. Paul will be competing on Tuesday 1st October in the 60-69 category, he joins a 4 strong team…
Christopher Mollard has been selected for the 2013 5 Nations Tournament. This years event will be held in Edinburgh on the weekend of the 2nd/3rd November where Scotland will fight against the other nations. The nations competing are: England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Congratulations on your second cap. Team Announcement
Three Saxons took part in the England Youth Championship over the weekend In the U13 boys Dougie Ashby came 14th out of 82. In the U15 boys David Cuss came 27th and William Price came 29th out of 76. Full results can be found here Congratulations to all.
Saxon Fencing Club’s Nick Mort was selected to represent Scotland at the Veteran 4 Nations Tournament being held in Dublin, on the weekend of 4th-5th May 2013. With Nick in the team, Scotland finished 2nd overall and 3rd in the Mens Foil. The results were as follows: England 45 – 30 Scotland Scotland 45 –…