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Gothenburg U14 EFC

Well done to Lathyn for finishing 18th and to Charlie for finishing 32nd at the Gothenburg EFC event on the 1st November. This event boasted 47 competitors, from Italy, Latvia, Turkey, Croatia, Denmark, Luxembourg and Sweden.

Lathyn scored four great wins in the poules, with victories against Brunnberg & Olausson (Sweden), Marsic (Croatia) and Lunndmark (Denmark). This gave Lathyn a bye through to the last 32, where he was narrowly defeated by a fencer who went on to win a medal. Great fencing!

Charlie made up for disappointing poule results by knocking out Soydan (Turkey) in the direct elimination to reach the last 32. Well done to both boys, who fenced brilliantly and gained some valuable International experience.

British U23 Championships

Congratulations to Ella for finishing 18th in the British U23 Championships at the Leon Paul Centre this weekend. Ella scored two excellent poule wins in a very tough poule.

Matthew (left) at the British U23 Championships

Great fencing also from Matthew, who fenced well to make the last 32 in the men’s foil event. Matthew also scored two great poule wins against strong opposition. Well done to both fencers!

John coaches at October GBR Development Camp – Rickmansworth

Thank you to British Fencing, for inviting our Head coach John, to coach at a third consecutive GBR pathway camp.

The camp took place from 26-28 October, at RMS for Girls, Rickmansworth, bringing together athletes from all weapons and para fencing for three days of technical, tactical and performance-focused development.

The foil programme, included working on:

Reflection and preparation
Piste and fight management
Team preparation
Scenario-based learning and performance processes

Full details can be found: here

https://www.britishfencing.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/GBR-Development-Camp-Schedule-October-2026-2.pdf

York BRC

Well done to Lathyn for making the quarter final at the York BRC. Lathyn was especially impressive in his first poule, winning 4 out of his 5 group stage matches.

Lathyn fenced brilliantly to win his first elimination match (12-6), before going out in the quarterfinals with a narrow (12-10) defeat against the eventual competition winner. Very close and well fenced!

BUCS match vs Bath

Matthew (right) attempting a flick to shoulder

Matthew took part in his first BUCS match against Bath. Matthew was able to score some spectacular touches. Although the foil team won comfortably, when combined with the Epee and Sabre results, Bath were declared victorious overall. Well done to Matthew and the whole team for fencing so well and good luck for the rest of the season.

Heart of England Cadet ‘B’

Harvey took his first step into cadet fencing at the Heart of England Cadet B, having recently aged out of U14. Moving up to a new age category is a big challenge, with new levels of competition and plenty to learn along the way.

Harvey got off to a great start, winning two poule matches in his first cadet event! A positive milestone as he begins this next chapter of his fencing journey.

Wessex Challenge Winner

Harry (left) Silver Medallist & Frank (centre) Gold Medallist

Frank, Harry and Nico took part in the Wessex Challenge today at St Francis School, Pewsey.

Harry (left) & Frank (right) in a close final. With Harvey refereeing

In the Cadet foil, Frank won the gold medal, beating Harry in the final (15-12), in a close exciting match that everyone thought would go down to the wire.

In a the under 14 boys event, they ran one giant poule. Nico put in an incredible effort to win 7 out of his 8 matches! This gave him second seed moving into the elimination stages. He progressed smoothly winning the quarter final 15-1, and his semi finals 15-10 before losing to a good opponent in the final. Great progress.

Congratulations to all three boys on such good fencing! Thank you to Neil Bromley for organising another great competition and to Harvey for providing excellent refereeing support.