World Cup Medal for Salle Paul Fencer
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Before we celebrate the winter holidays, we have some news worthy of celebration from the weekend. Find out below.
Bangkok Foil Junior World Cup
Salle Paul has another World Cup medallist!
Adding to Salle Paul's list of World Cup medalists, Oliver Strange was in Bangkok over the weekend, competing in both the individual and team event of the Junior World Cup.
Four wins and two losses in the individual placed him 42nd after poules. He cruised through the L128, and toughed out a 15-13 victory against Khalifa of Qatar. He defeated 10th seed Semeneev of Uzbekistan, before losing in the L16 by Han of Korea.
In the team event, Great Britain defeated Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong in quick succession. A 43-45 loss against France had them fence off for third place against Uzbekistan. The British junior team took the lead early in the bronze medal match and never let it go, claiming a bronze medal at the World Cup.
After a stellar performance in Bangkok, Oliver Strange is ranked fourth on the junior rankings. He is primed for a spot at Junior European Championships in February.
Junior Men's Foil (119): Oliver 16th
Junior Men's Team Foil (14): Oliver Strange (Team GBR) 🥉
Knossos Cup
Salle Paul had two fencers qualify for the epee junior World Cup in Heraklion. Hal Jones represented Great Britain, and Florin Mirica represented Romania. Florin won four and lost two (both 5-4) in his poule; Hal won all his poule fights. They were both the higher seed in their 128 matches, but were both eliminated in that round.
Junior Men's Epee (188): Hal 66th, Florin 73rd
Junior Men's Team Epee (16): Hal (Team GBR) 6th, Florin (Team ROU) 11th
Coupe Mondiale Cabriès
Rui Zhao, Ashley Crees, and Yaqub Wagdi were in Cabries for the foil EFC last weekend. Mixed performances in poules had Ashley and Yaqub promoted to the tableau; Rui was cut. Both Yaqub and Ashley were defeated in the first round, against French fencers Simon and Lenoble respectively.
Rui fenced under the GBR 3 team. Winning their 32 match against Spain 2, they then lost to GBR 1, Slovakia, and France 5, before defeating Latvia to claim 15th place.
Cadet Men's Foil (183): Ashley Crees 71st, Yaqub 77th, Rui 140th
Cadet Men's Team Foil (20): Rui (Team GBR 3) 15th
