OLIVER BECOMES TOP GB CADET
LONDON CUP & EDEN CUP
Oliver Strange did amazingly well at the London Cup, winning all but all but one of his poule fights in a poule of seven! This saw him seeded 32nd out of 185 and giving him a bye to the 128. After a well fought match, Oliver was eliminated 15-12 by Dornano of France to finish 72nd. In the Eden Cup, he also put in a strong performance, finishing 154th.
CADET EUROPEAN TOURNAMENT BUDAPEST
285 Cadets entered this competition, after the poules Oliver Strange was ranked 22, After a wait of four and a half hours Oliver started with the round of 128 and slowly progressed to the L8 where he came up against the eventual winner, Oliver finished 7th. This result has seen Oliver rise to the spot of number one cadet in the country, with enough points to be considered for the European Championships!
BRC CADET EPEE
This was a competition full of Leon Paul fencers, who made some excellent results! Ed Scott Payne won gold in the boys event after narrowly scraping through the Top 8 and semi-finals 15-14! There he had a slightly more comfortable win against Hal Jones, who he beat 15-11.
For the girls Isabella Summers led the charge, with a strong 5th place finish where she faced the eventual winner, Imogen Bulman in a close match that ended 15-13.
During Sunday's medals ceremony, we had special guest Greg Massialas, head coach of the USA Olympic foil team, who was more than happy to present medals to our exhausted yet happy fencers!
Further results:
Women's: Henriette Hadalin 10th, Juliet Lumineau 16th, Hannah Lebor 24th, Lauren Ryder-Garcia 34th, Eleanor Loo 47th, Alice King 52nd
Men's: Omari Campbell-Okolo 18th, Raphael Degorce 42nd, Tristan Lumineau 48th
Special thanks to Keni for being there for every single on of our fencers this weekend and bringing out the best in them, well done!
Also thank you to Lyming Loo for some excellent photos of the epee on Saturday!
WELSH OPEN
Men's Epee: Congratulations to Ed Scott Payne and Owen Jordan, who both got bronze medals!
Club competition winner Idris came 11th, Adam Lorand 12th, Will Sturgeon 17th, Owen Edwards 26th, Sam Boyle 28th, Chin Hong Sze 33rd, George Watkins 34th, Bryan Hui 46th, George Dunmow 49th, Jeremy Baker 75th.
Women's Epee: Jessica Gundry lead the charge for Leon Paul with a 6h place finish! Sophie Suado (11th), Henriette Hadalin (12th) and Eleanor Taylor (15th) all made the top 16! Other great results by Juliet Lumineau (24th), Amelia Dudley (25th) and Gabriella Ortega (32nd).
Women's Foil: Ruby Roberts 60th.
Well done to everyone who competed at the Welsh Open last weekend!
ELITE EPEE MANCHESTER
U12 Boys: Congratulations to the Leon Paul boys, once again dominating the podium! Sameer won gold, with Casey Jones Amani Campbell-Okolo taking home bronze! Great job guys!
U17 Boys: Levi Randall-Morgan 6th
U12 Girls: Eloise Kumba-Kohen 9th, Jamie Summers 13th
U14 Girls: Eleanor Loo 9th
Senior Men's: George Watkins 11th, Bryan Hui 14th, Vincent Sze 16th, Sam Boyle 23rd
Great job everyone, especially Sam, who coached our young team to victory whilst competing on the same weekend himself!
LPJS BATH FOIL
Congratulations to Ali Al-Mohsin and Amelia Price who won bronze medals in the U15 boy's and girl's categories respectively! This marks Ali's second podium this season and makes Amelia joint first place in the U15 girl's foil rankings!
Further results:
U9 Boy's: Benjamin Luis 11th, Felix Berndorfer 12th
U9 Girl's: Xanthe Trim 5th
U13 Boy's: Faraday Walsh 10th, Noah Gilbert-Heitler 18th
U15 Girl's: Ruby Roberts 5th
CADET EPEE CIRCUIT, GRENOBLE
Men's Epee: Ed Scott Payne 38th
Women's Epee: Hannah Lebor 98th, Isabella Summers 104th, Lauren Ryder-Garcia 197th
NEWHAM LPJS
Well done to Yaqub Wagdi (1st) and Ashley Crees (2nd) on winning gold and silver in the U11 boys, well fenced!
Other fantastic results by:
U9 Boys: Benjamin Luis 13th
U11 Boys: Harold Pink 36th
U15 Boys: Bruno Winter 8th
