O.P.S. News

Amelia McCormack secures her best result of her career, taking 7th place in the Under 20 British Championship. Full results for club fencers on facebook page..

Gold, Silver and two Bronzes for local school teams. Full details on OPS Facebook page.

After a strong year for our youth fencers, 5 of them have been selected to fence for England at the Wroclaw International event in March. William Ferguson in the Under 13 Boys, along with Rachael Lever, Ellie Taylor, Maisie McCormack and Niamh Noble in the Under 15 Girls.

Great win for William Ferguson in the Under 13 event, winning 10-9 in a thrilling final. Top 8 spots to Adam Duffy who was knocked out in the Under 13 Boys by William and Maisie McCormack in the Under 16 Girls event.

Senior County Champions are Amelia McCormack and Chris Howser (6th in row). Also great fencing from Nigel Middleton 5th and Idris Hillier 7th in his first senior event outing. All our other less experienced fencers did well also, with Paul Chenary, having only started fencing a few months age, winning 4 out of 6 fights in the second round of poules, a great achievement.

Whilst this epee event was taking place, Will Ferguson was trying out foil, and was the top under 12 fencer and 3rd placed overall, at this event which included a range of under 10, under, 12 , under 14 and under 16 fencers. Really good going for his first fun foray into another weapon.

Well done to Matthew Lever in being selected to fence for Scotland at this event.

Good evening had by all.. Few weeks away from competitions over the traditional summer break. First event back is the Kidderminster Under 20 British Ranking Circuit event at the end of August.

Amazing fencing by our youngest fencers in this event catering for fencers in year 1 to 4 at school.

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Well done to our event winners

Year 1-2 Girls – Izzy Howser

Year 1-2 Boys – Bradley Letts

Year 3-4 Girls – Tilly Stephen-Smith

Year 3-4 Boys – Fabian Wyer-Roberts

More great results for club fencers with Rachael Lever turning the table on Henrietee Hadaline who beat her at the EYCs and winning the final by a clear margin. The result was followed up with Ellie Taylor 3rd and Maisie McCormack 6th n the same event. Daisy Reeves Turner fought well to secure 7th place in the Under 11 Girls event.

The real surprise of the day was in the Senior Mens Summer Open with club coach beating 2014 British Champion David Gregory (currently ranked 15th in GBR) 15-13, Paul Sanchez-Lethem (3rd on British Rankings) 15-12 and Matt Henderson (7th on GB Rankings) on his way to the semi final of this high ranking event, losing out to former World Under 20 Champions, Phil Marsh who ended up winning the event. Thanks for all the support to our fencers at the event.

Medals for Ellie Taylor in Under 13 girls winning silver, with clubmate Rachael Lever taking Bronze.