BYC Information - REMINDER

Congratulations to those of you who have qualified for the British Youth Championships next year.

Travelodge currently have rooms for £19 per night at the Stoke Talke Travelodge on the 18th & 19th January 2008- this offer expires on the 1st December 2007. It may be worth your while having a look at the site if you need hotel accommodation for the foil weekend.

The Travelodge site can be found HERE

Here are some important links to forms giving you information and forms you need to fill out for the competition & take with you on the day:

Information about dates, times, competition format, equipment regulations can be found HERE

A parental consent form which you need to present at check in can be found HERE

There will be equipment forms out at the club early in January please fill them out early as this makes it easier to make sure we can provide enough equipment for all the club members who require it.

WFFC Foil BYC Qualifiers

Natasha Thomson, Zoe Sayers, Kate Daykin, Niamh O'Donnell, Matthew Euston, Callum O'Donnell, Casey Avril, Steven Russell, Darren Brown, Alex Monk, Scott Brown, Scott Davidson, Conor MacGregor, Iain Russell, Connor Coughley, Etienne Sadegphoor & Jonathan Blackburn.

WFFC Epee BYC Qualifiers

Natasha Thomson, Ali Evans, Amy Duffus, Ellie Coyle, Andrew Harding, Steven Russell, Darren Brown, Andrew Winter, Josh Johnston, Archie Stewart, Scott Brown, Scott Davidson, Alex Monk & Iain Russell.

WFFC Sabre BYC Qualifiers

Natasha Thomson, Nicole Pickering, Kate Daykin, Neil McGibbon, Scott Brown, Scott Davidson, Connor Coughley & Jonathan Blackburn.

Xmas Wishes

WFFC Club Committee would like to wish all the club members a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

We RE-OPEN ON MONDAY THE 7TH JANUARY 2008.

See you all then.

THANK YOU

Ken and Lorraine would like to thank Lesley and Mike O'Donnell for organising the Christmas fun night which was fantastic. Also thanks to the other members of the committee who helped out on the night.

Scottish Open

All equipment requested for the Scottish Open will be taken to the competition by Ken and Lorraine.

Scottish Youth Development Series Round One

Congratulations to all the WFFC club members who took part in this competition.

Full results can be found on the Foundation For Scottish Fencing website HERE

Full WFFC results can be found HERE

Sabre Junior Selection Circuit

In Stratford Upon Avon on the 2nd December at the third of the British selection Circuit sabre competitions Neil McGibbon won the BRONZE medal.

Hereford and Worcester Open

On the 2nd and 3rd December WFFC fencers competed in the Hereford & Worcester Open a ranking event for Scottish selection for the Junior Quad.

In women's sabre Nicole Pickering finished 13th.

In women's foil Ruth Clarke finished 19th and Zoe Sayers 35th.

In women's epee Ali Evans and Amy Duffus finished 24th & 28th respectively.

In men's foil Steven Russell and Darren Brown finished 76th & 80th respectively.

In men's epee Ian Skicko and Andrew Winter finished 94th & 108th respectively.

Cabries International Foil Tournament,France

Congratulations to Jamie Fitzgerald (pictured above with coach Ken Rose) who won the SILVER medal at the 5th Coupe Mondiale International foil event in Cabries, France. In a field of 342 Jamie lost only two fights in two days of fencing, he lost one poule fight in the second round and thereafter was undefeated until the final.

Also competing was clubmate Callum O'Donnell, in his first international cap with the GB squad Callum finished in the top 96 of the competition.

At the same tournament Natasha Thomson (pictured below) competed in the girls event. Natasha has cemented her position as number one GB cadet by finishing in the top 32 from a field of 226. It is almost certain that Natasha will now be selected to compete for GB at both the European Championships in Rovigo, Italy in March 2008 and again at the World Championships in Acireale, Italy in April 2008.

BYC Information

Congratulations to those of you who have qualified for the British Youth Championships next year.

Travelodge currently have rooms for £19 per night at the Stoke Talke Travelodge on the 18th & 19th January 2008- this offer expires on the 1st December 2007. It may be worth your while having a look at the site if you need hotel accommodation for the foil weekend.

The Travelodge site can be found HERE

Here are some important links to forms giving you information and forms you need to fill out for the competition & take with you on the day:

Information about dates, times, competition format, equipment regulations can be found HERE

A parental consent form which you need to present at check in can be found HERE

There will be equipment forms out at the club early in January please fill them out early as this makes it easier to make sure we can provide enough equipment for all the club members who require it.

WFFC Foil BYC Qualifiers

Natasha Thomson, Zoe Sayers, Kate Daykin, Niamh O'Donnell, Matthew Euston, Callum O'Donnell, Casey Avril, Steven Russell, Darren Brown, Alex Monk, Scott Brown, Scott Davidson, Conor MacGregor, Iain Russell, Connor Coughley, Etienne Sadegphoor & Jonathan Blackburn.

WFFC Epee BYC Qualifiers

Natasha Thomson, Ali Evans, Amy Duffus, Ellie Coyle, Andrew Harding, Steven Russell, Darren Brown, Andrew Winter, Josh Johnston, Archie Stewart, Scott Brown, Scott Davidson, Alex Monk & Iain Russell.

WFFC Sabre BYC Qualifiers

Natasha Thomson, Nicole Pickering, Kate Daykin, Neil McGibbon, Scott Brown, Scott Davidson, Connor Coughley & Jonathan Blackburn.

International News - Women's Cadet Foil

Congratulations to Natasha Thomson who competed in and international cadet event in Tauberbischhofsheim, Germany on Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th November.

In the largest field ever in this event (255) Natasha finished in 10th position.

This results means that Natasha retains her number one spot in the GB cadet ranking lists.

Well done Tash!

Welsh Open & GB Sabre Circuit

Also on the weekend of the 10th & 11th November various club members competed at domestic events.

At the Welsh Open club alumnus Chris Harding had a great day finishing in 7th position in the men's epee.

Also in men's epee club alumnus Chris McCall finished 84th & club member Ian Skicko 136th.

In Men's foil Jamie Fitzgerald finished in 14th position.

In women's epee Kirsty Thomson finished 35th, Ali Evans 80th & Amy Duffus 100th.

In men's sabre Neil McGibbon finished 26th.

Full results of the Welsh Open can be found here.

Nicole Pickering competed in the second ranking event of the GB sabre circuit at Gateshead finishing in 20th place.

International News - Men's Cadet Foil

At the same time as the Youth Series Halle, Germany Jamie Fitzgerald was competing in an international cadet (U17) competition carrying GB ranking points for his bid to make the GB team for the world championships.

Jamie finished in 5th place. Well done!

Allstar UK Youth Series Round 1

On day two of round 1 on Sunday 4th November 5 WFFC members competed and finished as follows:

U14 Sabre

Scott Davidson GOLD

Scott Brown BRONZE

Kate Daykin BEST GIRL

U14 Epee

Iain Russell SILVER

Jordan Euston BRONZE

Best U12 Iain Russell

The first day of the first round of the Allstar UK sponsored Scottish Fencing run Youth Series took place at Inverkeithing High School on Saturday 3rd November.

Thanks to WFFC members Natasha Thomson, Callum O'Donnell, Iain Skicko, Andrew Harding and Steven Russell who all helped to referee at the event.

14 young WFFC members took part in various foil competitions winning a total of 12 medals between them.

U10 Mixed Foil

Kyle Sadegphoor SILVER

Jessica Corby BRONZE

Best U9 Kyle Sadegphoor

U12 Girls Foil

Niamh O'Donnell GOLD

Katie Daykin BRONZE

Phoebe Whitlock 6th

Best U11 Niamh O'Donnell

U12 Boys Foil

Etienne Sadegphoor GOLD

Iain Russell SILVER

Conor Coughley BRONZE

Jonathan Blackburn 5th

Jordan Miller 11th

U14 Boys Foil

Scott Brown GOLD

Scott Davidson SILVER

Conor MacGregor 6th

Alex Monk 9th

Best U13 Scott Brown

Winners of WFFC Style Prizes Phoebe Whitlock, Conor MacGregor and Jordan Miller

Well after a longer than expected absence from the internet the Rose household has gone wireless so the website should now be updated with our usual regularity.

Meantime much has happened!

Club Alumnus Chris Harding has been selected to fence for Great Britain at the Junior European Championships, his individual competition is on the 31st October and can be followed HERE. Chris finished 63rd and was the only GB fencer to make the cut in this competitions - well done Chris!. Good luck to Chris and the GB fencers in the team events.

Amy Duffus competed at the Junior A Grade in Portugal with the GB squad and finished 32nd.

Natasha Thomson competed at the Coup de Samaria in Bratislava with the GB squad and finished 15th.

Jamie Fitzgerald competed in the Leon Paul Junior Foil A Grade and finished 59th.

The Scottish Schools Individual competition was held at Grangemouth on the 27th and 28th October and club members won SEVEN Scottish titles as well as one of the Best Schools trophies. Full WFFC results can be found HERE

BRISTOL OPEN

Women's Foil

Natasha Thomson 5th

Ruth Clarke 52nd

Zoe Sayers 68th

Ellie Coyle 81st

Women's Epee

Kirsty Thomson 6th

Ali Evans 59th

Amy Duffus 67th

Ellie Coyle 94th

Men's Foil

Jamie Fitzgerald 42nd

Callum O'Donnell 43rd

Casey Avril 74th

Men's Epee

Chris Harding 36th

Steven Russell 132nd

Chris McCall 162nd

Men's Sabre

Neil McGibbon 56th

BRENTWOOD JUNIOR SABRE

Men's Sabre

David McGhie 16th

HAMLET SABRE

Men's Sabre

Neil McGibbon 24th

ESSEX OPEN

At the Essex Open on Saturday 1st Spetember WFFC fencers Zoe Sayers, Natasha Thomson, Jamie Fitzgerald and Callum O'Donnell competed in the foil events.

After the poules Zoe had not won any fights but was happy with her performance and the experience gained at her first major open. Natasha reached the other extreme and won all of her poule fights beating 9th ranked fellow Scot Eli Ponzoni  along the way. Natasha finished in 10th position overall and Zoe was 65th.

Callum O'Donnell only won one poule fight but made the cut and met Reece Melia in the 128 and lost 15/11 to the UK Schools Games team gold medallist.Jamie Fitzgerald followed the same line as Natasha winning all his fights to become 3rd seed and gaining a bye through the first round of DE.

Jamie finished in 9th position and Callum in 110th place.

On the Sunday Kirsty Thomson finished in 10th place and Ali Evans 43rd in ladies epee.

Chris Harding finished 26th in the men's epee.

UK SCHOOLS GAMES TEAM RESULTS

CONGRATULATIONS to the WFFC medal winners

Individual Medals

Women's Foil Natasha Thomson - SILVER & Men's Foil Jamie Fitzgerald BRONZE

Full WFFC Individual results can be found HERE

Also Congratulations to our team members who also won medals for Scotland.

Women's Foil Team- SILVER MEDAL

Natasha Thomson      Ruth Clarke

Women's Epee Team- SILVER medal

     Amy Duffus         Ali Evans

Men's Sabre Team- SILVER medal

  Neil McGibbon

Men's Foil Team- BRONZE medal

   Casey Avril        Jordan Curran     Jamie Fitzgerald   Callum O'Donnell

Men's Epee Team- BRONZE medal

  Josh Johnston      Ian Skicko

BRITISH FENCING AWARD OF MERIT

Ken and Lorraine Rose were awarded the British Fencing Award of Merit at the recent British Senior Championships in recognition of the work they have done at West Fife Fencing Club.

Ken and Lorraine would like to thank all those who have helped them to achieve this award. West Fife Fencing Club exists in its current successful format because Ken and Lorraine have been supported, encouraged, helped and believed in by many people over the years.

GB SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007

The GB Senior Championships were held at the England Institue of Sport in Sheffield on Saturday 21st July.

The field in all weapons was strong with top fencers such as Jo Maynard, John Willis, Anna Bentley, Alex O'Connell, Louise Bond Williams & Richard Kruse in attendance.

Full details of the WFFC fencers results can be found HERE

"Team" WFFC

Men's Foil

Jamie Fitzgerald 7th

Callum O'Donnell 69th

Casey Avril 88th

Men's Epee

Chris Harding 13th

Chris McCall 90th

Men's Sabre

Neil McGibbon 91st

Women's Foil

Natasha Thomson 14th

Ruth Clarke 27th

Women's Epee

Kirsty Thomson 18th

Amy Duffus 31st

Ali Evans 35th

CORNWALL LEON PAUL FOIL

Zoe Sayers took time out from her summer holiday to compete in the Cornwall Leon Paul foil.

Zoe is coming home with Cornish bronze after losing to eventual silver medallist Jzuee Pradhan of Salle Eton.

DORIC OPEN

Congratulations to Chris Harding WINNER of the Men's Epee event for the second year running!

Read about more WFFC results HERE

CAR BOOT FUNDRAISER

Many thanks to everyone who donated items for the car boot sale. Special thanks to committee member Lorraine Brown & son Scott who braved the weather one wet Sunday morning to set up camp at Inverkeithing and raised £62.50 for the club!

From the two car boot sales we have attended the club has raised £147.50

Summer Closure & Annual BBQ

The Club will be closed from Thursday 5th July

We will re-open on Monday 13th August

The annual club BBQ will be held on Sunday 19th August - if you want to come and haven't yet put your name on the list you can do this on Monday 13th August & Tuesday 14th August at the club or you can email Lorraine at lrsfwffc@aol.com with the numbers of people attending.

If you are really brave you can camp on the Saturday night............. check out the gallery pages and the club pages for some pictures from last year.

Further information can be found HERE

CAR BOOT FUNDRAISER

Many thanks to everyone who donated items for the car boot sale. Special thanks to committee member Lorraine Brown & son Scott who braved the weather one wet Sunday morning to set up camp at Inverkeithing and raised £62.50 for the club!

From the two car boot sales we have attended the club has raised £147.50

Summer Camp Details Out Now

Breaking news

Phil Carson dad and coach of BYC winners Rebecca and Victoria has been in the USA working with the highly successful women's sabre team and their coach Ed Korfanty.

Phil has learned new techniques which he is using to good effect at his own club in London but he has very kindly offered to come and work with our sabreurs for 2 1/2 hours a day during the training week.

Phil tells us the style is radically different from the European one but as Ed Korfanty's fencers have won 36 world Championship medals in the last 15 years he must know a thing or two!

We think this is a fantastic opportunity for Scottish based fencers to come and work with Phil, an established and successful coach in his own right, and learn about the techniques that are proving so effective for Miss Ward and her team mates.

We would also like to thank Phil for the generous offer as he is giving up some of his holiday time to give Scots this opportunity.

There are some places left and the closing date for forms to be retuned is this weekend.

SUMMER TRAINING WEEK
“Death By Technique”
AUGUST 13TH – 17TH 2007

Ken & Lorraine Rose are pleased to invite you to attend their pre-season summer training week. This is an excellent opportunity to get ready for the new fencing season.

Ken Rose will be in overall charge of the coaching programme for the week which will include, Group Footwork, Group Bladework, Individual Lessons, Tactical & Competitive Sparring.  Every effort will be made to tailor the coaching to individual fencers needs. Ken will be assisted by Lorraine Rose and other assistant coaches. The week will concentrate on fencing technique and the application of good technique in sparring and competition fencing. There will be games and several prizes each day for the best and most improved.

WFFC Members Registration Form

NON WFFC Members Registration Form

CADET POTENTIAL PROGRAM

Congratulations to WFFC members Natasha Thomson, Jamie Fitzgerald and Callum O'Donnell who have all been invited to British Fencing's funded program for the top 6 cadets in each weapon.

The program will focus on fitness, footwork and coach support.  The aim is to raise the standard of fitness and footwork of the squad to match the best fencers abroad.

We wish them the best of luck with what will no doubt be a challenging program.

Congratulations also must go to Ken, his hard work with the fencers means that ONE QUARTER of the foilists on the program come from WFFC!