Flurry of international medals for Salle Paul in February
IWAS European Championships
Project fencer Gemma Collis qualified for the IWAS European championships in Paris.
In the sabre competition, she won two and lost three matches in poules. Qualifying for the main draw, her first DE was against Breus of Ukraine; Gemma lost 15-11.
In the epee event, she had an exemption from the poule round. In the tableau, she eliminated Holder of GBR, Kelman of Israel, and Rodriguez Menendez of Spain to reach the finals against Breus of Ukraine, which Gemma lost in a nail-biting final 14-15.
Huge congratulations to Gemma for her brilliant European Championships silver.
Final placings:
Women's Sabre A (17)
9. Gemma Collis
Women's Epee A (16)
🥈 Gemma Collis
Vladimir Mazuranic Memorial
Kaya Burrows won silver at the U23 EFC Open event in Zagreb. She started with four wins and two losses in the poules. In the tableau, she defeated Ilic of Serbia, Sizoo of the Netherlands, Shevchenko of Ukraine, and Kerman of Serbia to reach the finals, which she lost to Praxmarer of Austria.
Congratulations to Kaya for her silver medal.
Senior Women's Epee (38)
🥈 Kaya Burrows
Senior Men's Epee (18)
6. James Gowen
14. Will Sturgeon
17. Aurelio Calipa
26. Will Ferguson
LPJS King’s Canterbury
Four fencers from Salle Paul competed in Canterbury over the weekend. The highlight performance came from Kaeto Ngoka. She won all her poule matches. She had a bye through the last 8, won against Marli Thompson in the semis and Bridget Chan in the finals.
Congratulations to Kaeto for her gold medal.
U14 Women's Epee (20)
8. Xanthe Trim
U10 Boys Epee (14)
6. Alfredo Luis-Gomes
14. Samuele Balan-Cornaglia
U10 Girls Epee (7)
🥇 Kaeto Ngoka
Veterans Belgium and Netherlands
Four of ur veterans fencers took part in the Veteranentornooi Hallebardiers Veteran competition in Brugge.
Mariette won her competition in the Women’s Epee. She fenced a poule unique with mixed age veteran women, going 4v3d, her three defeats all 5/4. Mariette reversed her fortunes in the DE, with three consecutive 10/9 final hit victories all against younger age group fencers, Sarah Hariga BEL, Nathalie Smets BEL and Veerle Ornelis BEL to win the gold medal.
Veterans Men's Epee (30)
11. Simon Pink
13. Jeremy Baker
18. Pete Eames (plate winner)
Veterans Women's Epee (8)
🥇 Mariette Mason
London Youth Championships
Six Salle Paul fencers took part in the last London Region Youth championship event on Sunday.
Congratulations to Xanthe and Cyrus for the bronze medals, and Solu for his gold.
U12 Boys Epee (19)
5. Elliot Fung
U14 Boys Epee (11)
🥇 Solu Ngoka
🥉 Cyrus Lee
U14 Girls Epee (20)
🥉 Xanthe Trim
11. Aerin Russell
20. Levi Howden
U16 Boys Epee (12)
8. Yosef Greenstein
10. Elijah Palmer
BUCS Championships
As part of Nottingham University, Oliver Strange (team captain, here lifting the cup) and Florin Mirica have won the BUCS teams championships.
They faced off against Durham and the tallied score was tied at 113-113, but as Nottingham won both foil and epee they were crowned victors.
Congratulations to Oliver and Florin.
Challenge Wratislavia
Six LP Academy sabre fencers competed in the Wratislawa challenge in Poland. This is one of Europe’s biggest fencing competitions for age groups from U11 to U15.
The star of the day was Matthew Yeremeyev, who took an amazing first place and the GOLD medal out of 59 entries, winning a nail-biting final 10-9. Well done to Matthew for his outstanding performance, and thanks to all the fencers and parents for their effort and commitment. Special thanks to coach Noah Rogerson who organised the team and coached all the fencers through their first international.
Final placings:
U13 Boys Sabre (118)
34. Bijan Muganwa
75. Arthur Chen
U13 Girls Sabre (6)
63. Ariana Rashid
67. Sophia Chiesa
U11 Boys Sabre (59)
🥇 Matthew Yeremeyev
9. Aaron Zhang
British Veterans Championships
Eleven Salle Paul veterans competed in the Veterans Championships in Manchester over the weekend.
Hugh Kernohan won eight of his ten poule bouts. He won his matches against Gerry Toland, Tom Christ, Alex Agrenich, Chris Heaps and Will Miller to make the final, where he lost to 9-10.
Georgina Usher won all ten of her matches in poules. After a bye through the 32, she won against Fiona Haldane, Lindsay Bottoms, Sarah Budden, and Christine Steiner to win the competition.
Congratulations to Hugh for his silver medal, and Georgina for her gold.
Veterans Men's Foil (37)
23. Paul Winter
31. Graham Paul
Veterans Men's Epee (66)
🥈 Hugh Kernohan
12. John Prime
20. Simon Pink
28. Kola Ayanwale
30. Jeremy Baker
35. Pete Eames
42. Simon Brock
57. Graham Paul
Veteran Women's Epee (32)
🥇 Georgina Usher
32. Mariette Mason
Veteran Men's Sabre (37)
34. Graham Paul
Birmingham International
In the Epee, Georgina Usher won all six matches in poules. She won her tableau matches against Jenny Zhang, Lindsay Bottoms, Caroline Van Eldik, Louise Sadler, and Kate French to make the finals, where she won 15-9 against Charlie Follett.
In the Sabre, Jess won the bronze medal. She won all six of her poule fights. She then had a bye before winning against teammate Cindy Ouyang, Ellen Robbins Wilkinson. She lost in the semi-final to Bethany Brierley.
Congratulations to Georgina for her gold medal and to Jess for her bronze medal.
Final placings:
Senior Men's Epee (113)
13. Will Sturgeon
21. James Gowen
29. Aurelio Calipa
54. David Mina
61. Ayman Chow
66. Will Ferguson
Senior Women's Epee (88)
🥇 Georgina Usher
10. Kaya Burrows
17. Kseniya Kushtan
25. Eleanor Taylor
26. Aleksandra Pedraszewska
27. Jessica Varley
29. Zoya Suresh
48. Juliet Lumineau
Senior Men's Sabre (71)
57. Meksel Direk
Senior Women's Sabre (28)
🥉 Jess Corby
16. Huixin Ouyang
Senior Men's Foil (154)
17. Oliver Strange
27. Ashley Crees
46. Ethan Barter
59. Harri Pitcon-Tully
81. Oskar Picton-Tully
Senior Women's Foil (50)
21. Amelia Ward
