Chris Howser

Well done to all the club/local fencers attending for some very encouraging results. Phoebe Oliver lead the way with an amazing 3rd place in the Under 11 girls, with Rachael Lever 7th, Ellie Taylor 9th and Maisie McCormack 14th. Edmund Corker took 8th place in the boys under 11, with Tabby Pattison 14th a very strong Under 13 Girls event. Joshua Myers secured 3rd place in the Under 17 boys with Jessica Varley doing one better with 2nd in the Under 17 girls.

It is great to see all the fencers making great strides forwards and I look forward to seeing even more improvements for the England Youth Championships at the end of June.

Tabby Pattison wins bronze in the Under 12 girls epee to win the clubs first individual national medal in the first year of the clubs existance. Grace Wyer-Roberts and Phoebe Oliver, both with another year in this age-group took 15th and 33rd respectively in the Under 12 girls. Marcus Arnold came 17th in the Under 12 Boys, with Amelia McCormack 35th in the Under 14 girls event. Herman Leung’s 31st place in the Under 14 boys, Joshua Myers 22nd and Theo Edwards 41st in Under 16 boys, along with Marlena Razali’s 18th in the Under 18 girls event shows a great range of talent in the local area. Well done to all of you.

A team of 4 year 5 girls from Oundle & Kings Cliffe school secure Silver in the Under 11 event. With another year for all these girls to compete in this catagory, if gives the school a great chance of even more success next year with this team.

Jess Varley takes a great 13th place out of an entry or 29. Her best Open result to date.

Another great result for Theo Edwards securing silver in the mens epee event.

Well done to all of you that fenced at this event, especially Marcus Arnold (U12 Boys), Tabby Pattison, Phoebe Oliver, Grace Wyer-Roberts (U12 Girls), Herman Leung (U14 Boys), Amelia McCormack (U14 Girls), Theo Edwards (U16 Boys) and Marlena Razzali and Jessica Varley (U18 Girls) who have all qualified to fence at the British Youth Championships Finals at Sheffield in May. Great results for you all and for such a new set-up to be gaining this type of success so quickly shows how hard all of you are working to be your best. 

O.P.S. and local school fencers went home with the majority of golds as well as a host of other medals, see tab on left for full results. Titles for local fencers were won by Inaky Turner U10 Boys, Eleaner Taylor U10 Girls, Marcus Arnold – U12 Boys, Tabby Pattison U12 Girls, Amelia McCormack U14 Girls, Joshua Myers U16 Boys, and Jessica Varley U18 Girls. Well done to all those mentioned above as well as our other local medallists.

A great haul of medals for club/local school fencers with Jess Varley winning Gold in the U17 Girls, Silvers to Tabby Pattison (U11 Girls) and Marcus Arnold (U11 Boys), with Bronzes going to Rachel Lever and Hugo Bell. 

All of the clubs fencers reached at least the quarter finals, including Maisie McCormack 5th (U11 Girls), Inaky Turner 5th (U11 Boys), Beatrice Wells 6th (U11 Girls), Rebecca Leadbetter 6th (U14 Girls), Amelia McCormack 8th (U14 Girls) and Matthew Lever 8th (U14 boys).

Well done to all the squad taking part, superb for most of your first competition.

Chris Howser retains the championship he won in 2010 with a win in the finals against Bedford’s John Prime.

Congratulations to Theo Edwards for his 3rd place in the Under 15 Boys event at what is one of the toughest LPJS events of the season. Great Result