Congratulations to all our fencers who competed at the British Under 20 Championships in Nottingham last weekend.
Rachael Lever lead the way winning Silver following a really tough event and a number of last hit victories and keeping her No 1 ranking on the Under 20 British Rankings.
Full Club results
Women’s event : 2nd Rachael Lever, 30th Maisie McCormack, 42nd Kesh Talbot
Men’s event : 15th William Ferguson, 19th Neo Wilson-Wan, 42nd Oscar Potts, 57th James Gowen
The club re-opened for existing fencers a couple of months ago and has been very busy with 20-30 fencers attending most sessions.
Due to Covid space limitations, we are currently unable to take on new beginners, but we are looking at options of hiring additional hall areas and bringing in additional coaches to facilitate this.
If you are interested in learning to fence, please express your interest by email to chrishowser@hotmail.co.uk
We are currently still unable to run any club sessions.
If you are interested in learning to fence once restrictions are lifted please email chrishowser@hotmail.co.uk to express your interest.
Well done to Finn Noble in his selection for the Cadet International in Krakow in February.
Great results for Rachael Lever at the Under 20 World Cup event in Burgos, Spain.
Winning 4 out of 6 fights in the first round, she qualified easily for the Direct elimination rounds. With a a bye through the Last 256, she won her L128 & L64 matches against tough opponents and lost narrowly in the last 32.
In an event with 203 fencers, she was the top place Brit by almost 40 places and a final place of 29th has jumped her to 3rd on the British Under 20 rankings.
England Wins the overall 5 Nations, beating Scotland into 2nd place.
Chris was involved in two of England’s Men’s Epee matches, with the team winning both matches.
O.P.S. Club coach, Chris Howser, has been selected to fence in the Men’s Epee team for England at the Five Nations Championships in Dublin on 23rd November.
Well done to Rachael Lever, Niamh Noble and Maisie MCCormack who have all been selected to fence for GBR at the Under 20 World Cup event in Laupheim in Germany on 24/25th November.
Well done to Finn Noble for being selected for the Grenoble Cadet European Circuit event on 16th November.
Good luck at the event.
Jess Varley has been shortlisted for the Best Senior Female Athlete for the UIPM (World Pentathlon Association) awards, which is rather impressive.
It would be great if as many people would vote for Jess (and also Kate French who I taught to fence many years ago).
Voting takes place at – https://uipmawards.com/uipm-2019-best-senior-female-pentathlete/?fbclid=IwAR0XlpxIb9TM-bR_7CaLlGo5ChNFCwelKtyRB8677ypSlpSzXw0Q_kIXqiM
Good Luck to Jess