Today in Maribor, the European Cadet Championships continued with the Women’s Épée event. Kerrie Johnson and Rosie McGonagle were selected for Ireland. McGonagle seeded 96th with V1D5, with a victory over Molyvidou GRE. Johnson had no victories in the pool and seeded 99th. Unfortunately, both girls were eliminated before the DE round. They placed 96th… Read more »
Jessica Timlin and Anna Lee competed at the European Cadet Championships today, both reaching the L64 after solid performances throughout the day. Following the pools, Jessica Timlin was V2D4, seeding 62nd with victories over Rossini ITA and Gulen TUR. Anna Lee was V3D3, winning against Soriano FRA, Ceres MDA and Sanguino POR to seed 39th…. Read more »
The Merseyside Open concluded in Liverpool today, with Salle Dublin’s Geoffrey Corcoran and Northern Ireland fencer Rachel Conner (Laszlo’s) each taking bronze in the épée events. Once again, Men’s Épée proved the largest event of the weekend with 89 entries. Duncan Salter (Pembroke) made it to the L8, while QUB fencers Richard Adams and Paul… Read more »
Congratulations to David Alexander, who took gold in Men’s Foil at the Merseyside Open today, retaining his title for a third year. Conor Nagle (Pembroke) was knocked out by the eventual silver medallist in the L16 and placed 14th overall. Fellow Pembroke foilists Phillip Cripwell and John Wyatt both reached the L32 while DUFC fencers… Read more »
Stephen Concannon and Aidan Clarke fenced at the Sabre de Wolodyjowski senior World Cup in Poland yesterday, competing in a field of over 200 fencers. Clarke was V0D6 after the pool and unfortunately was eliminated before the round of DEs, placing 197th overall. Concannon was V2D4, with victories over Kisiel POL and Wang CHN taking… Read more »
Congratulations to junior fencer Victoria Duxbury who took silver in Women’s Foil at the BUCS Individual Championships yesterday. Representing the top flight of student fencing, 79 foilists entered from 38 universities around the UK. The event took place in Sheffield as part of the multi-sport university championships. Duxbury met her Edinburgh University teammate Ruth Clarke… Read more »
Good luck to Stephen Concannon and Aidan Clarke at the Sabre de Wolodyjowski senior World Cup event in Warsaw this weekend. Pools begin tomorrow morning at 8.00 Irish time, and live results will be streamed via Fencing Vision. Best of luck also to those travelling to Liverpool for the Merseyside Open this weekend!
The Irish Fencing Federation is delighted to announce that we will be holding a training weekend on 7/8 March, 2015 at Loreto Abbey School, Dalkey, with some international coaches and fencers. This weekend is targeted at experienced fencers (at least 2-3 years’ experience). Places are limited so apply early! If over-subscribed, preference will be given… Read more »
Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 East of Ireland Open, hosted by UCD. This year’s champions are as follows: Men’s Épée – John Wright (UCD) Women’s Épée – Kate Coleman-Lenehan (Pentathlon Ireland) Men’s Foil – Conor Nagle (Pembroke) Women’s Foil – Joana Ramalho (unattached) Men’s Sabre – Stephen Concannon (Salle Dublin) Women’s Sabre –… Read more »
Anna Lee made it through to Day 2 of the Challenge CEP Marathon, which was contested today in Paris. V7D5 in yesterday’s pools saw Lee through two cuts and into the preliminary tableau, where a victory over Patel GBR put the Pembroke cadet into the final L64. This morning, Lee faced 12th seed Schiavone ITA,… Read more »
Good luck to Anna Lee (Pembroke) who is through to the second day of the Challenge CEP Marathon after an excellent performance today in Paris. In the first pool, Lee was V4D2, seeding 39th of 144 girls and easily passing the first-round cut to 115 to progress to the second pool. In the second round,… Read more »
Three junior épéeists travelled to Latvia this weekend for the Junior World Cup in Riga. Philip Slater (Lisburn Gladiators) was V0D6 in the pool to seed 127th. Jonathan Burnside (Foyle Fencing) was V1D6 and seeded 107th. Both missed the first-round cut to 104 fencers. With V3D3, Geoffrey Corcoran (Salle Dublin) seeded 76th and progressed to… Read more »
Well done to David Alexander at the Löwe von Bonn in Germany this weekend, the fourth World Cup of the season. In the pool, Alexander was V2D4 including two narrow 5-4 defeats. Unfortunately, he missed the cut by just two places and placed 160th of 211 fencers.