Owen Jordan [above] was eyeing up his opponent prior to his second match in the Frisby Vs Hinkley on Monday. The night saw the young blood dominate the field with both Owen and Matt Bolton [below] winning all of their matches.
Third team member Simon drew some luck from his Mcenroe headband and managed 2 out of 3 victories.
That’s two home victories for the club but now we have to attempt to some away victories.
This is a call out to all club members and parents of club members. Frisby Fencers are registered as a club with the Tesco Vouchers for Clubs scheme. As you are all aware fencing equipment is expensive and any contribution towards replacing kit though wear and tear would be greatly appreciated.
We had a great day at the British Youth Championships yesterday. This is the National Finals where fencers who have qualified in their Regional heat compete against each other. It is the most important youth competition in the country. Owen [Above] won Bronze in the Boys’ Under 14 Epee and Matt [Below] won Bronze in the Boys’ Under 16 Epee – a fantastic result!
There were 49 entrants in the Under 14′s and 45 in the Under 16′s. In the Under 16′s Joshua Myers came 22nd and Felix Swinbank came 28th. All fenced brilliantly and we are very proud of their achievements.
The links to the results are:
Under 16
http://fencingarchive.net/competition.php?cid=2850
Under 14
http://fencingarchive.net/competition.php?cid=2847
Frisby had lots of youngsters at the LRFU County Schools Championships Yesterday at Uppingham School. This involved Frisby Fencers from the County of Leicestershire and Rutland representing their schools.
Left to right: Ellis Gee, Gianluc Bucci, Thomas Whetton, Harry Palmer, Niamh Noble
Under 12 Boys’ Epee
1st Harry Palmer Ratcliffe College
2nd Thomas Whetton Ratcliffe College
3rd Gianluca Bucci Ratcliffe College
3rd Janni Vizma Uppingham Community College
Under 12 Boys ‘Poule Unique’ Competition
1st Janni Vizma UCC
2nd Ellis Gee Ratcliffe College
3rd Harry Warin UCC
3rd Gianluc Bucci Ratcliffe College
Under 12 Girls’ Epee
1st Niamh Noble Ratcliffe College
Under 16 Boys’ Epee
Daniel Webster UCC
If you would like to register for the East Midlands Region Seniors Competition then please use the below link to download the form. The venue is Towcester Centre for Leisure, Springfields.
Closing date is 01/06/2012.
Good Luck
For those that are interested there is a fencing special on East Midlands Today from around 6:30pm.
I do believe their article will be featuring Chilwell Blades who have a rather fetching website, so it may be very foil centric.
Could this be an opportunity to get EastMidlands Today to do a follow up on Epee at Frisby?
For those that weren’t there last night there is no club night on Monday the 9th April.
But it is fencing as usual the following week.
For those that are interested please use the link below to download the LRFU Schools 11-12 application form.
Good luck for those that enter!
On Sunday 4th March Frisby Fencers Owen Jordan, Felix Swinbank, (pictured) Darryl Hazlewood, Matt Bolton and Josh Myers competed in the Nottingham Open Senior Men’s Epee tournament held at the Harvey Hadden Stadium in Nottingham.
The event attracted 65 fencers from all over the UK, and even from abroad. All our fencers did very well and this was Owen and Josh’s first Senior competition. The final positions were Owen 20th, Felix 22nd, Darryl 30th, Matt 35th and Josh 54th. A fine performance from members of the club.
On the previous weekend Owen Jordan fenced in the Leon Paul Junior Series Epee at Ashton near Manchester. Owen represented Frisby Fencers in the Under 15 section. This year Owen has had to move up to the older category and he found it difficult at first to fence the older boys. After settling down he began to find his usual form and went on to win the competition. Well done to Owen.
