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WFFC Celebrates 14th British Champion-NEW
Callum O'Donnell won the British U17 Men's Cadet Championship at Sheffield on the 5th October 2008 making him WFFC's 14th British Champion.
Callum's success comes on hot on the heels of the news that he has been selected as one of 5 winners of the Scottish Sports Aid Trust
Merit Award.
Callum was chosen from more than 150 young people in receipt of grants from the Scottish Sports Aid Trust each year they select 5 athletes to recieve their Merit Award.
Callum was to receive his award at the Scottish Commonwealth Games Council Annual Dinner in Glasgow on Saturday 25th October. Unfortunately, that is the weekend that he is in Germany fencing at Halle with the British Cadet Squad - we hope that his sister Niamh (Scottish Youth Series U12 Girls Foil Winner) will be able to collect the award on Callum's behalf!
WELL DONE CALLUM!
In addition to Callum's title WFFC fencers also achieved a further 3 last 8 places at the Championships.
We are very proud of all our fencers who competed.
Sorry to those of you for whom I don't have any photographs.
Men's Cadet Foil
Callum O'Donnell GOLD
Casey Avril 14th
Darren Brown 28th
Steven Russell 37th
  
Men's Junior Foil
Jamie Fitzgerald 5th
Casey Avril 10th
Callum O'Donnell 33rd
Steven Russell 36th
Darren Brown 51st
Women's Cadet Foil
Ruth Clarke 21st
Zoe Sayers 50th
Women's Junior Foil
Natasha Thomson 7th
Ruth Clarke 21st
Women's Cadet Epee
Amy Duffus 8th
Ali Evans 11th
Ellie Coyle 21st
Women's Junior Epee
Kirsty Thomson 10th
Ali Evans 16th
Amy Duffus 31st
Ellie Coyle 50th
Men's Cadet Epee
Andrew Harding 19th
Josh Johnston 21st
Andrew Winter 44th
Mens Junior Epee
Andrew Harding 39th
Josh Johnston 64th
Andrew Winter 74th
Women's Cadet Sabre
Nicole Pickering 9th
Women's Junior Sabre
Nicole Pickering 21st
Men's Junior Sabre
Neil McGibbon 18th
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Manchester Cadets-NEW
Well done to all the fencers who took part in the Manchester Cadet Tournament.
Men's Foil
Callum O'Donnell SILVER
Casey Avril 6th
Steven Russell 40th
Darren Brown 53rd
Alex Monk 67th
Women's Foil
Ruth Clarke SILVER
Zoe Sayers 44th
Women's Epee
Ali Evans BRONZE
Amy Duffus 12th
Men's Epee
Andrew Harding 11th
Andrew Winter 25th
Josh Johnstone 35th
Women's Sabre
Nicole Pickering 15th
Kate Daykin 39th
Sarah Hellewell 42nd
Men's Sabre
Scott Davidson 51st
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AWARD RECOGNITION FOR COACH KEN ROSE
Ken Rose was nominated for the Oustanding Individual Coach Award at the UK Schools Games - every one of the 1500 athletes taking part in the games was given the opportunity to nominate someone. Ken finished 3rd overall but for him it was enough that so many of the Scottish Team nominated him.
Ken (and lots of others) was also very pleased that his first coach Mike Westgate (the NI National Coach) was nominated for and won the Team Coach category.
Scottish Fencing announced on the Fencing Forum that Ken has recieved the Scottish Fencing Roger Crosnier Award for Coaching Achievement for the FOURTH YEAR RUNNING!
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START OF SEASON
Well, what a start to the season! After storming to victory at the UK Schools Games in three of the four team events that WFFCers were members of (see further down the page for the report) the older club members took all their enthusiasm and skills "Down South" to some of the largest and toughest events of the season and performed fabulously.
Ken and Lorraine covered two of the three events that fencers participated in and drove over 1000miles but it was worth it to see the athletes perform so well.
If anyone has any photographs of any of the fencing over the weekend and especially of the girls foil team at the UK Schools Games if they could send them to me by email or stick them on a disc and hend them in at the club it would be much appreciated. |
EPEE JUNIOR BSC SEPTEMBER 2008
The club was represented by Kirsty Thomson, Ali Evans, Amy Duffus and Andrew Winter at the new Junior BSC Epee event.
Girls Epee
Kirsty Thomson 14th
Ali Evans 13th
Amy Duffus 28th
This means Kirsty is in 8th position in the Junior ranking and Amy moves up to 7th and Ali up to 9th position in the cadet rankings.
Boys Epee
Andrew Winter 38th
This placing moves Andrew up to 25th in the cadet rankings.
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HAMLET OPEN SEPTEMBER 2008
Neil McGibbon and Nicole Pickering represented the club at the Hamlet Open.
Neil McGibbon finished in 16th place as the highest placed Scot and moved himself up to 6th in the GB Junior rankings. This will ensure Neil is selected for the GB U20 squad.
Nicole Pickering started the season off well with a position of 46th and gaining a GB Junior ranking of 26th. Nicole has already been selected to represent GB at the first cadet foreign event of the season.
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ESSEX OPEN SEPTEMBER 2008
Hot on the heels of the excellent Scottish results at the UK Schools Games Natasha Thomson, Ruth Clarke, Jamie Fitzgerald, Callum O'Donnell & Casey Avril all produced some fantastic results at the Essex Open.
Women's Foil
Natasha Thomson 10th
Ruth Clarke 53rd
Zoe Sayers 75th
These results will consolidate Natasha's ranking in the the top 5 of the Junior rankings and Ruth's place in the top 16 of the cadet rankings. This will mean both girls will be selected to represent Great Britain in the Junior and Cadet squads respectively.
Men's Foil
Jamie Fitzgerald 6th
Callum O'Donnell 12th (highest placed cadet)
Casey Avril 54th
These results will maintain Fitzgeralds position in the top 10 of the Junior rankings. O'Donnell moves up to 3rd place in the cadet rankings and chasing his clubmate Avril moves into 9th position. Again this means all the boys will be selected to represent Great Britain in their respective age group squads.
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UK SCHOOLS GAMES AUGUST 2008
West Fife beat England at UK Schools Games!
NINE members of West Fife Fencing club were members of Scotland’s most successful ever UK Schools Games fencing team.
Club youngsters helped Scotland to five gold and three bronze medals in the “mini olympic” multi-sport event held in Bath and Bristol last weekend.
The outstanding performance of the weekend came from the Scottish boys’ foil team. All three competing members of the Scotland team were West Fife Fencing Club members and were up against the strongest England team in the three-year history of these games.
The England team of Hussayn Rosowsky (world cadet bronze medalist), Peter Barwell (silver medalist at the Halle international in Germany), Tom Hendrie (fifth ranked GB cadet) and reserve James Davis (winner of the Halle international and 15th at the world cadet championships) were overwhelming favourites to win the event.
The Scotland/West Fife team of Jamie Fitzgerald (22nd at world cadet champs and second at Cabries international), Callum O’Donnell (British under-16 champion), Casey Avril (British under-16 silver medalist) and reserve Alex Keel-Dwyer (Edinburgh Fencing Club) were considered rank outsiders by everyone except themselves and their coach, Ken Rose.
England won the first bout with Jamie Fitzgerald letting a 4-2 lead slip, losing 5-4 to Peter Barwell.
Then came the outstanding performance of the match with Casey Avril (15) taking on Hussayn Rosowsky (17), the current world under-17 bronze medalist.
Casey fenced superbly landing both attacks and ripostes to win the bout 6-2 and put Scotland 10-7 ahead.
Not to be outdone, Callum O’Donnell won the next bout against Tom Hendrie 5-2 to put Scotland 15-9 up.
Everyone expected an England comeback but the Scots had other ideas holding onto their lead throughout the match.
England tried bringing in their reserve but to no avail, the three West Fife fencers upped their game and held their nerve to win 45-42.
West Fife and Scotland coach Rose said, “The Scottish reserve was not needed for this match so West Fife Fencing Club can fairly claim to have beaten the whole of England.
“Apart from Jamie Fitzgerald our team is younger and far less experienced than their English opponents.
"Their performance was truly remarkable. They were helped by some fantastic support from the Scots in the audience, who almost blew the roof off when Jamie scored the winning hit. "I’m so proud of all three of them.”
Although the boys’ team foil gold was unexpected there were more gold and bronze medals won by West Fife members.
Natasha Thomson won the girls’ individual event despite carrying a leg and wrist injury. In a display of great control and composure, Thomson defeated England’s Grace Stafford 15-10 in the semi-final and Alex Craig by the same score in the final.
Thomson was the first non-English fencer to win an individual gold medal in the three-year history of the UK schools games.
Jamie Fitzgerald had hoped to match Thomson’s effort in the boys’ foil but had to be content with bronze when he lost by one point 14-13 to England’s Peter Barwell in the semi-final.
In the team events, Thomson and Ruth Clarke, also of West Fife, were members of the gold medal-winning Scottish team.
Thomson fenced even better than in the individual event winning all her six bouts scoring a total of 34 hits while conceding just 5. Clarke (two years younger than Thomson) also fenced very well, winning three, drawing two and losing just one bout.
West Fife members Amy Duffus and Ali Evans helped Scotland win another gold in the girls’ epee team event.
Once again their English opponents in the final were highly fancied to win, but the Scots showed great team spirit to maintain a narrow lead for most of the match to win 45-42.
Josh Johnston and Andrew Winter were also members of the Scottish team.
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WEBSITE UPDATED
The website has been updated on the competitions page to link to information important for those trying for Junior or Cadet team places as well as linking to all the nominated competitions for all weapons.
Anyone who wants advice on what competitions are appropriate for their goals should speak to their coach.
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CLUB BBQ THIS WEEKEND SUNDAY 10th AUGUST
BBQ TIMES AND DIRECTIONS
Okay Folks, while there is still time to sign up for camping this Saturday (9th) and the BBQ this Sunday (10th) time is getting short as I need to work out how many tasty sausages and burgers & rolls to buy. If anyone has any special dietary requirements let me know and we will do our very best to cater for you.
So if you want to come and haven't let me know yet please do so by the 8th at lrsfwffc@aol.com thanks.
Okay Ken and I will be at the campsite from 6.30pm onwards on Saturday and there will be some cooking facilities available but you will need to bring your own supper and breakfast....................
The BBQ will start officially at 12pm but as we will have been camping the night before there will be people there all day so feel free to turn up anytime.
For those of you who haven't been before there are couple of large grassy areas for games to be played so please bring games equipment if you want. There is also a stream with a "pool" area where the youngsters can swim if they want so its wise to bring towels and some changes of clothes (socks at the very least!).
If you can, please bring a salad or pudding dish and drinks. The club will supply, burgers, sausages, rolls, marshmallows (its traditional to roast them over an open fire) some juice and water, cups, plates and cutlery.
How to find Nineacres ( I have a map which I can send as an attachment if you get in touch with me directly at lrsfwffc@aol.com)
By Road – North/South/East – Exit M90 Junction 6, for A977 Kincardine Bridge. Follow this road west for five miles until you reach the ’Crook of Devon’, at the village signpost turn first right, immediately after petrol station, driving past Fossoway Primary school. Follow road round to crossroads and take the campsite road/track on the left hand side. West - Depart at Kincardine Bridge and follow signs for Kinross (A977), continue west along this road for 16 miles until you reach the ’Crook of Devon’. Pass through the village and take the last turning on the left, driving past Fossoway Primary school. Follow this road round to crossroads and take the campsite road/track on the left hand side.
By Bus - A regular bus service between Kinross and Kincardine passes Fossoway Primary School road end, which is a 5 minute walk from the campsite.
Website if you want to see more:
http://www.2ndfifescouts.org.uk/Design/Nineacres%20Home.htm
Hope to see lots of you on Sunday
Lorraine
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Annual BBQ
CLUB RE-OPENS Monday 11th August, C U all then........
Dear All, The season has once again ended and we are indebted to all our fencers for being wonderful to work with, to parents for financial and emotional support and to all our helpers who make the club run as well as it does.
Check further down this page for more "NEW" items.
THANK YOU ALL
We also have to thank the club committee and many parent helpers for the fundraising Fayre which happened last weekend, they raised a total of £545 for the club, we hope this will got towards some new equipment for club members' use. Thank you to all involved for your efforts.
CLUB BBQ
Although the club is closed for the next few weeks (Thursday 3rd July through to Monday 11th August) there are still things to look forward to and the annual club BBQ has been provisionally booked at Nineacres Scout Campsite for the 10th August.
We have also made provision for camping to be available on the evening of Saturday the 9th. At present this is only a provisional booking so we need to know that there will be enough folks coming to make it happen. We appreciate many people will be on holiday at this time so if you can't come don't worry there will be other club events to join in with later in the season.
So if you can email Lorraine Rose at lrsfwffc@aol.com to let her know your family name and how many people you will bring to the BBQ and how many people would like to camp then you'll be informed as soon as the booking is firmed up or if the event is postponed. We are also going to need adults (over 18's) to help on the camping evening so if you want to spend a night under the stars to allow the youngsters a chance to have some fun then please do volunteer.
Lorraine would be REALLY grateful if you can let her know you are coming by the 23rd July.
CLUB RE-OPENS Monday 11th August, C U all then........
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Scottish senior Championships
Congratulations to WFFCs latest Scottish Champion CHRIS HARDING who won the senior Men's Epee title in Grangemouth.
Also in the Men's Epee WFFC Alumni Chris McCall was 5th and Jordan Euston 13th.
Men's Foil
Callum O'Donnell won the SILVER medal in the Men's Foil event losing 15/8 to Keith Cook of EFC.
Casey Avril won the BRONZE medal after losing to Keith in the semi finals.
Steven Russell was 7th and Matthew Euston 8th.
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GB Cadet & Junior Championships Entry Form
The entry form for the British Cadet and Junior Championships can be found HERE
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Cadet & Junior Information
For those of you hoping to make GB cadet or junior temas or the Scottish Junior team for the Junior Commonwealths the nominated competitions and selection rules have been published.
The foreign competition dates are still to be confirmed.
In the next couple of days I will split out the various weapons so keep an eye out on the links page for information directly relevant to your weapon.
Click on the links below to find out more.
Cadet Selection & Ranking Rules
Junior Selection & Ranking Rules
Calendar of nominated events for all weapons
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SUMMER FAYRE FUNDRAISER
The club will hold one of its major fundraising events on the 29th June at Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Aberdour Road from 1pm to 4pm.
We need lots of volunteers to help make the day a huge success and raise money to purchase new equipment for the club.
We need donations for the stalls -
Cake and Candy
Adults Tombola
Childrens Tombola
Book Stall
Handbag and jewellery
We also intend to have a second hand fencing kit stall so if you have items you have outgrown and wish to sell on to benefit other club members bring them along on the day with your name attached to them and how much you want for them
Other items can be brought to the club at any time where we have a box for donations.
We need lots of people to help out provding cover for the various stalls and helping to serve tea and coffee - as well as selling some tickets of course! Whatever help you can give will be greatly recieve dand is absoloutely necessary to ensure the success of the event. So even if you can only give half and hour let us know at the club where we have a form for you to sign up to help.
Tickets will be priced at £1 for adults and 50p for kids, this includes tea or coffee, biscuits and juice for the kids. Tickets will be available for sale at the club and through club members please do encourage family and friends to come along and support the event. The money raised will be put back into the club so it will benefit all club members.
Oh yes, there will also be a SOAK THE COACH event so come along and get your revenge on us all for making you work so hard !
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Round Four of the Youth Series-
The final leg of the Scottish Fencing Youth Series was held at Grangemouth Sports Centre on Sunday 18th May 2008.
Congratulations to all the WFFCers who took part, you all fenced fabulously and your coaches are enormously proud of you for fencing so well.
We'd also like to say a HUGE thank you to our older fencers who took time out to referee at the competition, it is so nice to see them refereeing at the same competitions that they fenced in when they were younger - the reffing wasn't half bad either
This was the last series in the event so as well as medals being awarded for achievment on the day the points totals from the best three of four results are tallied up and salvers are awarded to those who win the series overall.
WFFC Series winners are:
Niamh O'Donnell Iain Russell & Etienne Sadegphoor
U12 Girls Foil Joint winners of the U12 Boys Foil
Kate Daykin Scott Davidson
U14 Girls Sabre U14 Boys Sabre
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Full details of the points from all the competitions can be found on the Scottish Fencing website.
WFFC 4th Round Competition Results
U10 MIxed Foil
Kyle Sadegphoor - SILVER
Jessica Corby - BRONZE
Chloe Fielding - 7th
Best U9 Kyle Sadegphoor
Best U8 Chloe Fielding
U12 Girls Foil
Niamh O'Donnell - GOLD
Kate Daykin - SILVER
Best U11 - Niamh O'Donnell
U12 Boys Foil
Iain Russell - GOLD
Etienne Sadegphoor -SILVER
Connor Coughley -BRONZE
Sam Larkin - 8th
Jordan Miller -9th
U14 Boys Foil
Scott Davidson - SILVER
Scott Brown - BRONZE
Alex Monk - 6th
Best U13 - Scott Brown
U14 Boys Sabre
Scott Davidson - GOLD
Connor Coughley - SILVER
Best U12 - Connor Coughley
U14 Girls Sabre
Kate Daykin - GOLD
U14 Boys Epee
Scott Brown - GOLD
Iain Russell - BRONZE
Jordan Euston - BRONZE
Best U13 - Scott Brown
Best U12 - Iain Russell
Full results on the Scottsih Fencing website
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Scottish UK School Games Team Announced
Scottish Fencing announced on the 7th May 2008 the team for the 2008 UK Schools Games multi event tournament.
Congratulations to the WFFC fencers selected to represent Scotland.
Women's Foil
Natasha Thomson & Ruth Clarke
Men's Foil
Jamie Fitzgerald, Callum O'Donnell & Casey Avril
Women's Epee
Ali Evans & Amy Duffus
Men's Epee
Josh Johnston & Andrew Winter
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Wrexham Leon Paul Foil
On the 10th May 2008 Etienne and Kyle Sadegphoor travelled to Wrexham to take part in one of the Leon Paul foil events.
In the U9 Boys Kyle came home with the SILVER medal losing 7/10 to the current British U10 Champion Robert Feaster in the final.
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Durham Leon Paul Epee
Three WFFC fencers travelled to Durham on the 3rd/4th May 2008 to take part in one of the Leon Paul Epee tournaments.
In the U17 Boys Josh Johnston came home with the SILVER medal having beaten clubmate Andrew Winter 15/14 in the quarter finals, Andrew finished 7th.
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British U10 Championships
Congratulations to the two newest WFFC British medallists, Jessica Corby and Kyle Sadegphoor travelled to Telford in Shropshire to take part in the 2008 British U10 Championships.
Jess won the BRONZE medal losing in the semi final to the eventual winner and Kyle finished in 5th place winning a Last Eight medal.
We'd also like to say well done to their coach Mike O'Donnell -two British medals and a Scottish Champion in two weeks! Way to go Supercoach............. |
Scottish U12, U17 & U20 Championships
Congratulations to the latest WFFC Scottish Champions. (pics to follow)
U12 Boys Foil U12 Girls Foil
Etienne Sadegphoor Kate Daykin
U17 Ladies Foil U17 & U20 Men's Foil U17 Men's Epee U20 Ladies Epee
Natasha Thomson Casey Avril Andrew Harding Kirsty Thomson
Well done to all the WFFC fencers who competed, we are very proud of your fencing and results. Full results can be found on the Scottish Fencing website.
U12 Boys Foil
Etienne Sadegphoor - GOLD
Iain Russell - SILVER
Connor Coughley - BRONZE
U12 Girls Foil
Kate Daykin - GOLD
Jess Corby - SILVER
U17 Girls Foil
Natasha Thomson - GOLD
Ruth Clarke - SILVER
Sarah Helliwell - 10th
U17 Boys Foil
Casey Avril - GOLD
Scott Davidson - BRONZE
Steven Russell - BRONZE
Scott Brown - 8th
U17 Boys Epee
Andrew Harding - GOLD
Josh Johnston - SILVER
Archie Stewart - BRONZE
Andrew Winter - BRONZE
Jordan Euston - 8th
U17 Girls Epee
Ali Evans - SILVER
Amy Duffus - BRONZE
Ellie Coyle - BRONZE
U17 Boys Sabre
Scott Davidson - BRONZE
U17 Girls Sabre
Nicole Pickering -BRONZE
Kate Daykin - 6th
Sarah Helliwell - 7th
U20 Girls Foil
Natasha Thomson - SILVER
Ruth Clarke - BRONZE
U20 Boys Foil
Casey Avril - GOLD
Steven Russell - SILVER
Matthew Euston - 6th
U20 Girls Epee
Kirsty Thomson - GOLD
Ali Evans - BRONZE
Amy Duffus - 6th
Ellie Coyle - 7th
U20 Boys Epee
Chris Harding - SILVER
Josh Johnstone - BRONZE
Andrew Winter - BRONZE
Andrew Harding 6th
Ian Skicko - 7th
Archie Stewart - 8th
U20 Girls Sabre
Nicole Pickering - SILVER
U20 Boys Sabre
Neil McGibbon - BRONZE
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Foundation For Scottish Fencing Youth Development Series 4th Round
Well done to the following fencers who took part in the 4th round of the Youth Development Series run by The Foundation for Scottish Fencing Charty at Dollar Academy on the 12th & 13th April 2008.
U14 Boys Epee
Jordan Euston - SILVER
U16 Boys Epee
Josh Johnston - GOLD
Andrew Harding - SILVER
Andrew Winter - BRONZE
U16 Girls Foil
Amy Duffus - GOLD
Sarah Hellwell - 9th
U14 Boys Sabre
Connor Coughley - BRONZE
Over 16 Boys Sabre
Neil McGibbon - GOLD
U14 Boys Foil
Scott Brown - SILVER
Iain Russell - BRONZE
Connor Coughley - 5th
Alex Monk - 6th
U16 Boys Foil
Steven Russell - GOLD
Darren Brown - SILVER
Scott Davidson - BRONZE
Over 16 Boys Foil
Neil McGibbon - GOLD
Matthew Euston - SILVER
U16 Girls Epee
Amy Duffus - BRONZE
Ellie Coyle - BRONZE
U16 Girls Sabre
Nicole Pickering - GOLD
Sarah Helliwell - BRONZE
CONGRATULATIONS to overall series winners
U14 Boys Epee - IAIN RUSSELL
U16 Boys Epee - ANDREW HARDING
O16 Boys Sabre - NEIL MCGIBBON
U16 Boys Foil - DARREN BROWN
U16 Girls Sabre - NICOLE PICKERING
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Update from World Junior and Cadet Championships
Natasha Thomson and Jamie Fitzgerald both finished 22nd in their respective individual events in Acireale, Sicily.
 
They are the clubs first representatives at a World Championships and we are very proud of them and their achievement.
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WFFC on the radio
Natasha Thomson, Jamie Fitzgerald and Ken Rose were interviewed for the Johnnie Beattie radio show, their interviews should be aired on next weekends show, Saturday 5th April 9.05am - 10.00 am
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Scottish Senior Team
Congratulations to the WFFC fencers who took part in the Senior 5 Nations event, Scotland finished in second place overall to England.
Especially congratulations to the girls epee team who were the only Scottish team to win all four of their matches.
Men's epee only lost to a strong Welsh team, men's foil lost only to England, men's sabre lost to England and Northern Ireland, our young women's sabre team wasn't so successful winning only one match against Rep of Ireland but were still a great team.
Full results will be on the Scottish Fencing website soon.
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CLUB CLOSURE
The club will be closed from Monday 31st March until Thursday 3rd April inclusive.
The club RE-OPENS on Monday 7th April classes will run as normal but the club will close half an hour early at 9pm on the 7th,8th,9th,10th,14th & 15th April. Normal service will resume on Wednesday 16th April when Ken and Lorraine are back (for those who don't know Ken and Lorraine are going to Sicily with Jamie and Natasha who have qualified for the World Championships).
During the time that Ken and Lorraine are away Mike O'Donnell will be the coach in charge.
If anyone can help out during this time with supervision then please contact Mike on info@calecom.co.uk and he will sort out an hour and half time slot that suits you.
All help will be gratefully received especially at 6pm, setting up time, and around 8.45pm, packing up time!
Many of you have already asked us to pass on your best wishes to Jamie and Natasha for the World Championships, we join you in wishing them good fencing! As we will be there we will try and keep you updated either through the fencing forum http://www.fencingforum.com or here on the website.
The official website for the World Championships is http://www.escrime-acireale.com hopefully they will also update with results.
GOOD LUCK TWO OUR FIRST TWO QUALIFIERS FOR THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS!
 
Jamie Fitzgerald with coach Ken Rose. Natasha Thomson
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Scottish Senior Team
Good Luck to the Scottish Team at the 5 Nations event to be held in Glasgow on the 29th March 2008.
WFFC fencers who have been selected for the Scottish Senior team are shown below.
Kirsty Thomson (4th Cap for Women's Epee), Ali Evans (2nd Cap for Women's Epee), Natasha Thomson (2nd Cap for Women's Foil), Jamie Fitzgerald (2nd Cap for Men's Foil), Callum O'Donnell (2nd Cap for Men's Foil),Chris Harding (1st Cap for Men's Epee), Neil McGibbon (1st Cap for Men's Sabre).
    
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Foundation For Scottish Fencing Youth Development Series Round 4
Anyone competing in this competition will have to collect equipment from the club on the Thursday night prior to the event. Equipments forms will be available, please make sure you fill them out as soon as you can when the club re-opens.
Ken and Lorraine will still be away so best of luck and good fencing!
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Youth Development Series Round 3
Congratulations to those WFFC members who took part in the third round of the Foundation for Scottish Fencing's Devlopment Series.
U14 Boys Epee
Iain Russell GOLD
U16 Boys Epee
Andrew Harding GOLD
Andrew Winter SILVER
U14 Boys Sabre
Connor Coughley BRONZE
Over 16 Boys Sabre
Neil McGibbon GOLD
U14 Boys Foil
Scott Brown SILVER
Connor Coughley 4th
Alex Monk 5th
U16 Boys Foil
Darren Brown GOLD
Steven Russell SILVER
Scott Davidson BRONZE
Over 16 Boys Foil
Neil McGibbon GOLD
Matthew Euston SILVER
U16 Girls Epee
Amy Duffus SILVER
Ellie Coyle 4th
U16 Girls Sabre
Nicole Pickering GOLD
Sarah Helewell BRONZE
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British Schools Team Championships
The Queen Anne High School team consisting of Andrew Harding, Steven Russell and Scott Davidson which won both the epee and foil U13 British Team Championships last year have travelled down to Whitgift to compete in the same competition but this time in the U15 age group.
The quest to win another British Title is going well with the boys winning foil matches against Westminster 44/19, High Wycombe 44/12, St Benedict 45/11.
In the semi final the boys won 45/14 against Eltham College.
Breaking News: The boys have won the final 45/34 against Brentwood
Congratulations British U15 Foil Team Champions
  
Andrew Scott Steven
The boys are competing in the epee Team Champoinships on Sunday 2nd and with 9 teams the format of the competition has been three poules of three.
The Boys have finished first in their poule winning both matches and so have a bye directly to the semi finals.
In the poule they beat Arnold School 45/30 and Ewell College 45/5.
The boys won the semi final against St Beads 45/28.
The boys then lost the final against Newcastle 43/45. Better luck next year boys but still very well done.
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Cadet European Championships
Just after their selection for the British Worlds team was announced Natasha and Jamie will set off to Rovigo, Italy to compete in the European Cadet Championships.
We will update the website as soon as we have any news of their progress through the competion, meantime I'm sure you join us in wishing them the best of draws and good fencing!
Jamie competes on the 4th March and Natasha on the 6th March, the official website can be found HERE
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Cadet & Junior World Championships
Congratulations to Jamie Fitzgerald and Natasha Thomson who have both been selected to compete for Britain at the Cadet World Championships in Acireale, Sicily in April.
Jamie has also been selected to take part in the Junior men's team event.
This is a first for the club, we have never had anyone selected for the World Championships before, so for two fencers to make the British team in one season is fantastic and a testimony to the many hours of hard training that Jamie, Natasha and Ken have been through together over the years.
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British Youth Championships - EPEE & SABRE
Congratulations to the WFFC medallists at the recent British Youth Championships in Stoke on Trent February 2008.
  
Iain Russell Connor Coughley Archie Stewart Natasha Thomson
2nd U12 Epee 8th U12 Sabre 7th U16 Epee 6th U18 Epee
U12 Boys Epee
Iain Russell - SILVER
U14 Boys Epee
Scott Davidson 22nd
Alex Monk 46th
U12 Boys Sabre
Connor Coughley - Last 8
Iain Russell 12th
U12 Girls Sabre
Kate Daykin 11th
U14 Boys Sabre
Scott Davidson 20th
U16 Boys Epee
Archie Stewart - Last 8
Andrew Harding 9th
Josh Johnston 11th
Andrew Winter 17th
Darren Brown 27th
Steven Russell 37th
U16 Boys Sabre
Steven Russell 26th
U16 Girls Epee
Ali Evans 15th
Amy Duffus 18th
Ellie Coyle 23rd
U16 Girls Sabre
Nicole Pickering 14th
U18 Boys Epee
Ian Skicko 22nd
U18 Girls Sabre
Natasha Thomson - Last 8
U18 Girls Epee
Natasha Thomson 16th
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Scottish Fencing Allstar UK Youth Series Round Two
Well done to the WFFC fencers who competed at the second round of the Scottish Fencing Youth Series.
U14 Sabre
Scott Davidson SILVER
Connor Coughley BRONZE and Best U12 Medal
Kate Daykin 5th and Best Girl
U14 Epee
Iain Russell SILVER and Best U12 Medal
Alex Monk BRONZE
U10 Foil
Kyle Sadegphoor SILVER and Best U9 Medal
Sula Douglas 6th
Jessica Corby 7th
U12 Girls Foil
Kate Daykin GOLD
Niamh O'Donnell SILVER and Best U11 Medal
U12 Boys Foil
Iain Russell GOLD
Etienne Sadegphoor SILVER
Connor Coughley BRONZE
Jonathan Blackburn 5th
Sam Larkin 7th
U14 Boys Foil
Scott Davidson GOLD
Alex Monk BRONZE
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Slough Open-NEW
Well done to the WFFC fencers who travelled to Slough for the last domestice ranking competition of this season for women's epee and foil
Women's Epee
Ali Evans & Amy Duffus both finished in the L64.
Women's Foil
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Scottish Junior Quad Team
Well done to the following WFFC fencers have been selected to fence for Scotland at the upcoming Junior Home International event to be held in Stoke on Trent in February 2008.
U16 Girls Foil
Ruth Clarke
U18 Girls Foil
Natasha Thomson
U16 Barbarians Girls Foil
Zoe Sayers
U16 Boys Foil
Casey Avril, Darren Brown, Callum O'Donnell, Steven Russell
 
U18 Boys Foil
Casey Avril, Jamie Fitzgerald, Callum O'Donnell
U16 Barbarians Boys Foil
Scott Davidson
U16 Girls Epee
Amy Duffus, Ali Evans
U16 Barbarians Girls Epee
Ellie Coyle
U16 Boys Epee
Josh Johnston, Andrew Harding
 
U18 Boys Epee
Ian Skicko, Josh Johnston
U16 Barbarians Boys Epee
Andrew Winter
U16 Girls Sabre
Nicole Pickering
U18 Boys Sabre
Neil McGibbon
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European Cadet Championships
Natasha Thomson and Jamie Fitzgerald have both been selected to fence in the GB team at the European Cadet Championships in Rovigo, Italy in March 2008.
Both fencers are now number 1 in their respective rankings and this should mean they will both be selected for the World Championships - well done!
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British Youth Championships - FOIL
WOO PA PA!
WFFC celebrates it's most successful BYC Foil ever with two GOLD medals one SILVER medal and one last eight medal.
Natasha Thomson started the weekend off by returning the British U16 Girls Foil Champion's trophy which she won last season and she finished it by collecting the British U18 Girls Foil Champion's trophy. Natasha continued to show the same form that has seen her dominate the British cadet (U17) circuit beating two of Britain's top 15 juniors (U20) on her way to victory - Carolyn Benson of Wales in the semi finals and Catriona Sibert of England in the final.
This is Natasha's fourth British title and to round off her success she has been named as part of the GB team for the European Cadet Championships in Rovigo. Italy in March 2008, she has also been selected for the Scottish Senior Team for the annual 5 Nations Team event.
Natasha's success obviously inspired club mates Callum O'Donnell and Casey Avril who fought their way through some of the best U16's in Britain to set up an all WFFC final.
In the semi finals Callum fenced Alex Tofalides and Casey met Kareem Cheriton.
The final was close fought affair with both Casey and Callum leading at various points in the match but in the end Callum's experience advantage told and he won the match. However Casey can take consolation in the fact that he is young enough to enter the U16 event again next year.
In the U12 boys Iain Russell was the clubs only medallist picking up the 8th place medal and securing himself and automatic place in next years BYC finals.
All the other WFFC fencers were fantastic even though they didn't come home with medals.
Other WFFC results:
U12 Boys
Etienne Sadeghpoor 10th
Conner Coughley 18th
U14 Boys
Scott Davidson 16th
Scott Brown 34th
Alex Monk 46th
U16 Boys
Steven Russell 28th
Darren Brown 33rd
U18 Boys
Matthew Euston 20th
U12 Girls
Niamh O'Donnell 19th
Kate Daykin 28th
U16 Girls
Zoe Sayers 29th
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Scottish Open
The Scottish Open was held at Westwoods Health Club on Saturday and Sunday the 5th & 6th January 2008.
Congratulations to our medal winners
Natasha Thomson GOLD Women's Foil, Neil McGibbon SILVER Men's Sabre & Chris Harding SILVER Men's Epee & Ali Evans BRONZE Women's Epee.
Other WFFC Results:
Women's Foil
Natasha Thomson GOLD
Ruth Clarke 6th
Zoe Sayers 16th
Men's Foil
Callum O'Donnell 5th
Casey Avril 7th
Chris Harding 11th
Neil McGibbon 17th
Matthew Euston 32nd
Steven Russell 35th
Jordan Curran 40th
Darren Brown 41st
Women's Epee
Ali Evans BRONZE
Amy Duffus 13th
Ellie Coyle 17th
Men's Epee
Chris Harding SILVER
Josh Johnston 23rd
Andrew Harding 28th
Ian Skicko 31st
Archie Stewart 48th
Andrew Winter 50th
Women's Sabre
Nicole Pickering 15th
Men's Sabre
Neil McGibbon SILVER
David McGhie 9th |
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A few requests; please make sure you enter competitions on time and please enter as WFFC - this is EXTREMELY important for those of you entering adult events. At the Bristol Open Natasha and Zoe also Callum and Jamie ended up in the same poule as they had entered under different combinations of the club name. When there is only one round of poules this can mean the difference between making the cut and not. The same thing has occured for entries to the Manchester Cadets but Lorraine has contacted the organisers in the hope that one club name can be used for all the fencers entered.
Please return borrowed kit by 6pm the following Monday so that it can be used by other club members, electric kit can be returned by 7pm. If you are not coming the the club that night then please make alternative arrangements for its return. If you can't manage this i.e you are fencing abroad and don't return until Monday evening then let us know so we know the kit will not be available to other club members.
VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ken Rose has been awarded the Scottish Fencing Coaching Award for the third year running. This is a great recognition for Ken and his work with Scottish fencers we are delighted to see his efforts recognised by Scottish Fencing.
Natasha Thomson has moved to number one in the British U17 foil rankings after her 5th place at Bristol. She is also number five in the British Junior rankings.
Jamie Fitzgerald was number two in the British U17 foil rankings after Essex. He was also placed 6th in the British Junior rankings.
Kirsty Thomson is currently 5th in the British Junior epee rankings and Chris Harding is also 5th in the men's British Junior epee rankings.
Four fencers placed in the top 10 of the British rankings is a major achievement for the club, well done to everyone for helping to make this possible and lets hope that these fencers can all achieve their goals.
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