November Round-up
Grenoble EFC Epee
Stanley Leech won Bronze! After winning all of his poules fights, Stanley had a bye through the first round of DEs. He then won against Julien Joel Saur, Albert Jakub Kowalczyk, Oghenegaren Esiovwa-Thompson and Benjamin Lao to reach the L8. In the L8, Stanley won against Ruben Garcia Miguel of Spain, but was defeated in the semi-final against Geoffrey Yao of USA. Solu Ngoka went 4V2D in the poules, which meant he faced Leandre El Madani in the L256. After winning this fight, Solu lost to David Dodin of USA, 14-13, in the next round.
Emma Mitzova went 4V2D in the poules, which gave her a bye through the first round of DEs. Emma then won against Justine Fabre and Catherine Witter before losing to Eline Hofer of Switzerland.
Congratulations to Stanley on the bronze medal and thank you to coach Sam for the support over the weekend.
Final Placings:
Cadet Men's Individual (235)
🥉 Stanley Leech
93. Solu Ngoka
Cadet Women's Individual (218)
29. Emma Mitzova
Munich Sabre FFE
Keira D-Sallows went 3V3D in the poules, which meant she faced teammate Nina Lewis in the first round of DEs. After winning this fight, Keira lost to Felice Herbon of Germany. Melissa Jane and Nina Lewis also both went 3V3D in the poules. Nina lost to teammate Keira in the first round of DEs and Melissa lost to GBR teammate Ava Davies in the same round.
Eiger Swinscow lost one fight in the poules, which mean the got a bye though the first round of DEs. Eiger then lost to Asier Olangua of Spain in the L32.
Eiger also took part in the team event. They had bye into the final, where they had to face Austria. They won this fight, to take the gold medal.
Melissa and Keira also took part in the team event. They lost to Germany in the final, 45-42, to take the silver medal.
Congratulations to Eiger on the gold medal and to Keira and Melisa on their silver medals. Thank you to coaches Can and Noah for all of their support over the weekend.
Final Placings:
Junior Women's Individual: (28)
15. Keira D-Sallows
17. Melissa Jane
18. Nina Lewis
Junior Men's Individual: (61)
19. Eiger Swinscow
Junior Men's Team: (3)
🥇 GBR
Junior Women's Team: (2)
🥈 GBR
U23 British Championships
Sam Allen is British U23 Champion!
Sam won all of his poules fights, which gave him a bye through the first round of DEs. He then won against Oakley Francart, Henry Martin and Liam Croft to reach the final. In the final he defeated teammate Olympios Gougoulias, to take the title.
Olympios Gougoulias won Silver! Oly also won all of his poule fights, and had a bye. He then won against Ben Kirby, teammate Eiger Swinscow and Dylan Galazka to reach the final, where he lost to Sam. Eiger Swinscow went 3V2D in the poules, so also had a bye. Eiger won against Sam Horne in the next round but then lost to Dylan Galazka int he L8. Abdullah Christi won now poule fight but then lost to Boldiszar Melegh in the first round.
Melissa Jane won Silver! After going all up in her poules, Melissa had a bye through to the L8. Here, she won against Ava Davis. In the semi-final, she defeated teammate, Any Westwell, before losing int he final to Lexie Craze. Amy Westwell won bronze! Amy went 3V1D in the poules, which also gave her a bye. She then won against Ezgi Kocer, before losing to teammate Melissa in the semi-finals. Keira D-Sallows went 2V3D in the poules, and faced Nicole Saunders in the first round. After winning this fight, she was defeated by Lexie Craze. Nina Lewis also went 2V3D in the poules. In the first round she lost to Erin Corcoran.
Congratulation to Sam on his gold, Olympios and Melissa on their silvers and to Amy on her bronze! Thank you to coaches Jon and Can for the support to the fencers!
Final Placings:
U23 Men's Sabre (24)
🥇 Sam Allen
🥈 Olympios Gougoulias
7. Eiger Swinscow
20. Abdullah Christi
U23 Women's Sabre (11)
🥈 Melissa Jane
🥉 Amy Westwell
6. Keira D-Sallows
9. Nina Lewis
