Eltham College Fencing Club

Sunday 12 Feb 2012

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:20:00 +0000

EC FENCERS - no training this Sunday, if you're not away on holiday please go to the Royal Stennick competition in Sandwich.

SE region qualifier for British Youth Championships - sabre

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:48:00 +0000

Eltham College are hosting the South East Qualifier for the British Youth Championships on Saturday 4th February 2012.
This is for U12,14,16,18 fencers (U10 will have their own competition at a later date).
Details and form are here.

Any EC fencers are welcome to come and support on the day, or to help with the running of the competition.

ROYAL STENNICK CHALLENGE

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:29:00 +0000

SUNDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2012
SIR ROGER MANWOODS SCHOOL
MANWOOD ROAD
SANDWICH CT139JX

The next Royal Stennick Cup will be held as usual at Sir Roger Manwoods school. There will refreshments available all day. The competition consists of three age groups U10, 14 and 18. You must be within your age group on the 1st January. All entries must be members of the BFA. We will be holding all three weapons in all age groups and the check in times are:
Foil 10.00am
Epee 11.30am
Sabre 12.00am

This competition is suitable for fencers of all standards.

Last time EC fencers picked up 10 medals and the Royal Stennick Cup!

Entry forms are available from EC Head Coach.

Surrey Youth Championships 2012 results

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:05:00 +0000

The first competition of the year, the Surrey Youth Championships, held at Epsom College on 22nd January resulted in nine medals for EC fencers.
The standard of this competition was much higher than in previous years with fencers from twenty schools and clubs taking part.
Well done to all EC fencers taking part.

U12 Epee
5th place Harrison Hazeldine

U14 Epee
=BRONZE Tim Pearson
=BRONZE Adam Whitelaw
6th place Luke Wells
10th place Oakley Hill-Smith

U18 Epee
GOLD Elliott Grover

U10 Foil
GOLD Lachlan Jarvie
BRONZE Rudi Bruijn-Yard

U12 Foil
SILVER Fergus James
5th place Lewis Tuck
6th place Ethan Wells
8th place George Garton
21st place Zaki Boudjemaa

U14 Foil
=BRONZE Edward Blackman
=BRONZE Owen Tuck

U16 Foil
5th place Adam Aspden

U10 Sabre
GOLD Dominic Norton-Raybould

U14 Sabre
5th place James Marsden

Happy New Year

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:34:00 +0000

EC Fencers only:

Sunday training restarts this week, 8th January.

The Sports Hall is unavailable for the next few months so will be training in the Junior School Hall.

The times are:
9.30am to 12.30pm Foil and Sabre
11am to 2.30pm Epee

This will enable everyone to train safely, have an individual lesson each session and older fencers to continue with S&C training in the gym.

Competitions coming up very soon:

Surrey Youth Championships at Epsom College – Foil / Epee / Sabre – Under 10,12,14,16, & 18
Suitable for ALL EC fencers.
Entry forms at www.scfu.homestead.com

Brixton Leon Paul Junior Series – Epee only – Under 9,11,13 & 15
Suitable for all epeeists under 15 years.
Entry forms at www.leonpauljuniorseries.com

Adam and Andrew selected for the England U15 squad

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:12:00 +0000

More good news for EC fencers; Andrew Hughes and Adam Whitelaw have been selected to be part of the U15 England Epee team to fence in Wroclaw, Poland in March 2012.
It takes a lot of dedication and considerable travelling to competitions all around the country to achieve this goal.
Both fencers have been so close to selection in the past, and we are delighted that they have both made the team this time around.

Ben selected to represent GB

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:20:00 +0000

Ben Dines has been selected to represent Great Britain at U15 Sabre next month in Moneteau.
Ben switched to sabre one year ago and has won two gold and one bronze medal at competitions and was placed 8th in the British Youth Championships.
Ben, at twelve years old, has two more years in the U15 age group and will be one of the youngest fencers competing in the International Challenge event in January.
Well done Ben, very proud of you!

Brixton LPJS 2012

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:32:00 +0000

Entry form and further details on the Leon Paul Junior Series web site:

Saturday 28-01-2012

Stockwell Park High School, Clapham Road, London, SW9 0AL
Categories: u9, u11, 13, 15 boys and girls
This is an epee only event
Two competitions for the price of one!

Ideal for fencers of all standards – Brixton Fencing’s LPJS has two levels of competition in one event.

The main competition runs like every other in the Leon Paul Junior Series, complete with medals and points which may qualify you to join the England epee squad in Poland (points apply to U13s and U15s only).

For newer fencers (U13 and below) who are building experience and learning to compete, getting knocked out in the first round doesn’t mean you have to go home early and empty handed. We are running a plate competition with special medals – in a competition designed to build confidence, and recognise new talent.

Results of the Kent U16/Senior foil/epee/sabre championships 2011

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:32:00 +0000

Girls Senior foil
1st Joanna Cornish, Mallard

Boys Senior foil
1st Joe Joyner, Gravesham
2nd Alex Cowan, Tonbridge
3rd Edward Massey, Tonbridge
3rd William Ross, Mallard
5th Ned Wontner, Tonbridge
6th Geoffrey Yu, Tonbridge
7th Connor Mc Kee, Tonbridge

Boys U/16 Foil
1st Daniel Grimwood,Tonbridge
2nd Adam Aspden, Eltham College

Girls Senior sabre
1st Megan Beddoe, MX

Girls U/16 sabre
1st Daisy Hutton, MX
2nd Miranda Stevens, MX

Boys Senior sabre
1st Alex Cowan, Tonbridge
2nd Ned Wontner, Tonbridge

Boys U/16 sabre
1st Jack Edmundson, MX
2nd Pelham Botley, MX
3rd Charles Gellett, MX
3rd Simon Dacey, MX
5th Sam Redburn, MX
6th Ben Dines, Eltham College
7th James Winkett, MX
8th James Marsden, Eltham College

Girls senior epee
1st Joanna Cornish, Mallard

Boys senior epee
1st Joe Joyner, Gravesham
2nd Elliott Grover, Eltham College
3rd Ned Wontner, Tonbridge
3rd Ryan Mathieson, Gravesham
5th Alex Cowan, Tonbridge
6th Geoffrey Yu, Tonbridge
7th Edward Massey, Tonbridge
8th Connor Mc Kee, Tonbridge

Boys U/16 Epee
1st Cameron Prior, Gravesham
2nd Killian Mc Cabe, Invicta
3rd Daniel Grimwood, Tonbridge
3rd Adam Whitelaw, Eltham College
5th Elliot Wedge, Eltham College
6th Tim Pearson, Eltham College

Kent U16 and Senior Boys and Girls Foil, Sabre and Epee Championships 2011

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:13:00 +0000

Below is the entry list for the Kent competition to be held at Benenden School on 20th November:

U16 Boys Sabre
James Winkett, MX Fencing
Sam Redburn, MX Fencing
Simon Dacey, MX Fencing
Charles Gellett, MX Fencing
Jack Edmundson, MX Fencing
Ben Dines, Eltham College
James Marsden, Eltham College

U16 Boys Epee
Elliot Wedge, Eltham College
Killian McCabe, Invicta
Daniel Grimwood, Tonbridge School
Tim Pearson, Eltham College

U16 Boys Foil
Daniel Grimwood, Tonbridge School
Adam Aspden, Eltham College

Senior Boys Sabre
Ned Wontner, Tonbridge School
Alex Cowan, Tonbridge School

Senior Boys Epee
Joe Joyner, Gravesham FC
Ryan Mathieson, Gravesham FC
Jon-Jon Alban-Davies, Tonbridge School
Edward Massey, Tonbridge School
Conor McKee, Tonbridge School
Ned Wontner, Tonbridge School
Alex Arotsker, Tonbridge School
Alex Cowan, Tonbridge School
Geoffrey Yu, Tonbridge School
Elliott Grover, Eltham College

Senior Boys Foil
Joe Joyner, Gravesham FC
Jon-Jon Alban-Davies, Tonbridge School
Edward Massey, Tonbridge School
Conor McKee, Tonbridge School
Ned Wontner, Tonbridge School
Alex Arotsker, Tonbridge School
Alex Cowan, Tonbridge School
Geoffrey Yu, Tonbridge School
William Ross, Mallard

U16 Girls Sabre
Miranda Stevens, MX Fencing
Daisy Hutton, MX Fencing

Senior Girls Sabre
Megan Beddoe, MX Fencing

Senior Girls Foil
Joanna Cornish, Mallard

R.I.P Jamie Ackerman

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:04:00 +0000

Jamie, a seventeen year old fencer from Truro, died on Sunday after being hit by a car on his scooter after training at his club.
We knew him from competitions and fencing camps and he will be remembered for his helpfulness and strength of character, and also for his yellow rubber duck strategically placed on his rear warning line at competitions. R.I.P Jamie.

Bath LPJS Epee 2011

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:13:00 +0000

This event, held at Millfield School, turned out to be the 2nd highest ranked U13 event of the year so far (after the England Youth Championships).
Andrew Hughes reached 11th place after a great first pool but disappointing second pool and was knocked out in the second DE round. Adam Whitelaw won Silver having reached the final after a bye and scoring the winning hit in two 9-9 situations.

U16 and Senior Boys and Girls Foil, Epée and Sabre Championships 2011/2012

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:21:00 +0000

VENUE: The Sports Hall, Benenden School, Benenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4AA

DATE: Sunday 20th November 2011

START TIME: Foil 9.30am Epée and Sabre ASAP after the report time

REPORT TIME: Foil 9.00am Sabre 11.00, Epée 1.00pm

ENTRIES TO: Tim O’Conor, C/O Eltham College, Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London SE9 4QF

ENTRY FEES £10.00 for one event, (per person), £15.00 for entry to two events and £20.00 for entry to three events

(CHEQUES payable to the Kent County Amateur Fencing Union and sent to Tim O’Conor)

The forms for this competition on the Kent Fencing Web Site are currently incorrect; this event is NOT being held at Eltham College.

U16 Foil : Born 1996/1997.
U16 Epée and Sabre : Born 1996/1997/1998.
Senior : Born 1994/1995 or earlier if still in full time secondary education.

Results of the Royal Stennick Challenge October 2011

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:48:00 +0000

Eltham College won the trophy "Royal Stennick Cup" for the most number of points overall.

Results of EC fencers are:

U10 Foil
Gold Lachlan Jarvie
Silver Ethan Wells
Bronze Zaki Boundjemaa

U14 Foil
=Bronze Dimitri Webb
=Bronze Edward Blackman
6th Charlie Cooper
7th Toby Baldwin

U14 Epee
Silver Oakley Hill-Smith
=Bronze Elliot Wedge
=Bronze Andrew Hughes
5th Harry Calder
6th Harrison Hazeldine
7th Luke Wells
8th Tim Pearson

U14 Sabre
Gold Ben Dines
Silver James Marsden
Bronze Felix Rahilly

U18 Foil
Gold Adam Aspden

Royal Stennick Challenge - Kent

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:54:00 +0000

There will be no team training on Sunday 16th October as all fencers should be entering the Royal Stennick Challenge. Details of the competition and entry form are here: http://www.kentfencing.org.uk/pages/calendar.htm

Competition results

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:50:00 +0000

Sorry about the lack of updates recently

These are the results of competitions entered recently:

GB U20 Championships
Elliott Grover 20th place

British Selection Circuit U20/U17 London Epee
Elliott Grover 56th
Jordan Ratcliffe 94th

LPJS MXfencing (West Malling) Sabre
U12 James Marsden 5th place
U10 Felix O’Rahilly BRONZE

LPJS Arnold (Blackpool) Epee
U17 Elliott Grover GOLD
U15 Harry Calder 7th place
U13 Adam Whitelaw BRONZE
U13 Andrew Hughes 5th place

London Youth Games – SILVER medal
Adam Aspden
Andrew Hughes
Adam Whitelaw

Young Bill Hoskyns Epee 2011
Adam Whitelaw SILVER

LPJS Camden Sabre
Ben Dines 24th place
James Marsden 25th place
Tom Hood 28th place

England Youth Championships 2011
U13 Sabre Tom Hood 32nd place
U13 Sabre James Marsden 34th place
U15 Foil Adam Aspden 16th place
U13 Foil Andrew Hughes 10th place
U13 Foil Luke Wells 45th place
U11 Foil Fergus James 8th place medal
U11 Foil George Garton 10th place
U11 Foil Lewis Tuck 22nd place
U11 Foil Toby Baldwin 43rd place
U11 Foil Ethan Wells 45th place
U11 Foil Arthur Goggin 54th place
U13 Epee Adam Whitelaw 14th place
U13 Epee Andrew Hughes 19th place
U13 Epee Tim Pearson 35th place

Holland Trip 22 to 27 August

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:44:00 +0000

For parents whose sons are intending or interested in going to Holland there will be a parents meeting at the start of fencing next Sunday (24th July) at 10am to go through the trip, costs, consent forms, and Q&A's etc.
I will need to know by Monday 25th July exactly who is going as there are still a few maybes.
If you cannot attend the meeting please let me know by text or email and I will email you forms and details.

Summer Trip to Holland

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:53:00 +0000

Monday 22 August 7am to Saturday 27 August 5pm

This trip is suitable for all ECfencing team members year 6 and older.

We will be travelling by ferry to Amsterdam and staying in a hotel in the Utrech district (not yet selected).
Transport each day by coach (with driver).

Monday 22 Aug
Travel Day and orientation.

Tuesday 23 Aug
Exclusive ECfencing team training day at Scaramouche Fencing Club in Arnhem led by Arvid Oostveen (coach of several world cup finalists) and Indra Angad Gau (world cup champion and Bejing Olympian).
Evening training joining their youth club fencers, mainly epee.

Wednesday 24 Aug
Half day training at Scaramouche Fencing Club as Tuesday.
Afternoon indoor climbing wall, swimming and BBQ.
Evening training joining their youth club fencers, mainly foil and sabre.

Thursday 25 Aug
Full training day in Bocholt, Germany organised by Rorik Janssen (National coach for the Netherlands) and Andrea Borella (Ex European and World Champion).

Friday 26 Aug
Day trip to Amsterdam.

Saturday 27 Aug
Travel day home.

Contact Tim if your son is interested in attending.

England Youth Championships 25th and 26th June 2011

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:23:00 +0000

ECfencers: The closing date for the EYC's is Tuesday 14th June BUT the boys events are getting full.
So far we have 5 fencers entered and 20 have not!
Epee and Sabre is on the Saturday and Foil on the Sunday.
ALL fencers (except year 3 and year 10 and above) should be fencing in this competition.
Enter online here.

May Half Term Training Camp 2011

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:49:00 +0000

Sixteen ECfencers took part in our two day training camp in the Eric Liddell Sports Centre at the start of the May half term.

Mick Johnson looked after the foilists and sabreurs (our foil coach, Chris Galesloot was in Holland competing in the Dutch Championships).

David Buist, epeeist, who as a Junior was ranked in the top 40 in the world and has been coaching the GB Junior squad since 2006, led our footwork routines and worked with our epeeists.

Jon Rhodes taught all our fencers how to sprint properly (not exactly needed for fencing but an obvious benefit for other sports). Performance sessions included coordination for the younger fencers and focusing & regaining confidence for the older fencers.

Official ECfencing training diaries were introduced to the fencers. Spike has been testing out our training diary for the past couple of months which is a A5 portfolio folder containing information and other ‘stuff’ to help our fencers prepare, train and compete. It is intended that these diaries become a way of life for our fencers, just like wiki is for homework!

Steve Hyman, armourer, taught our younger fencers about kit maintenance and fixed all our broken kit.

At the end of the camp I hope our fencers left more knowledgeable, and had a fun time.

Photos from the camp are here

ECfencing Team Half Term Training

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:46:00 +0000

Monday 30th May and Tuesday 31st May
10am to 4pm (5pm for Senior fencers)
Eric Liddell Sports Centre (park in Senior School)
Coaches: Tim O'Conor, Jon Rhodes, Mick Johnson and David Buist.
Armourer: Steve Hyman.
Course content will be tailored to each fencer attending; weapon, ability, expectations etc.
Cost still not know as not everyone has replied if they are coming (hint).

Sunday training

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:08:00 +0000

ECfencers only
Sunday training is now in the Eric Liddell Sports Centre until Christmas.
10am to 1.30pm (Older fencers till 2.30pm).
Please collect all kit needed (including electric) during the weekday class as no kit will be stored in the Sports Cente.

Brentwood School Trip and Summer Camp

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:02:00 +0000

Saturday 21 May 9am to 5pm

EC fencers only - Due to problems with my email please contact me again using my school address tjo@eltham-college.org.uk to let me know if you are going and if transport can be provided or is needed. Even if I replied to your email please email again.
Also please email me again regarding the Summer Camp.

Kent Youth Championships 2011 - ECfencers results

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:51:00 +0000

Nineteen ECfencers took part in this years Kent U10/12/14 Championships this weekend hosted at Eltham College. We won ten out of a possible twelve medals including all three Gold medals.
Lewis Tuck, Luke Wells and Andrew Hughes won the Under 10’s,12’s and 14’s titles respectively which repeats the success of Eltham fencers over the past two years at this competition.
Our under 10’s have continued to show their domination in South East England by having all six fencers placed higher than any other club or school fencer.

The fencer of the day was Lachlan Jarvie who is our youngest fencer in the team and faced fencers two years older in his first competition. He won four of his pool matches (all non-ECfencers) and only lost to his two team mates both senior in years. Lachlan was finally placed fifth just outside a medal position; not bad for a fencer with two more years in the same age group. Well done also to his coaches Elliott Grover and Chris Galesloot, they must be very proud of his performance.

All our fencers were great on the day, but other coaches were very complementary of the footwork skills of Isak, the choice of actions from Arthur, Felix, Dimitri, Charlie and Owen, the dedication from Luke, George and Ethan and the sportsmanship from Edward, Lewis and Elliot.

Thanks to everyone who helped run the event; Katie, Manola, Peter, Janet, Pyscho, Andy, Flo, Chris, Tarann, Mick, Ellz, Jon, Fran, Cos, Spike and anyone I have missed.

A few pictures from the event are here

Full results for ECfencers are:

Under 10 Boys Foil

Lewis Tuck - GOLD
Isak Larsson-Laprak - SILVER
Arthur Goggin - =BRONZE
Zaki Boudjenaa - = BRONZE
Lachlan Jarvie - 5th place
Michel Burda - 6th place
Ethan Wells - 7th place

Under 12 Boys Foil

Luke Wells - GOLD
Oakley Hill-Smith - =BRONZE
George Garton = BRONZE
Felix O’Rahilly - 5th place
Dimitri Webb - 6th place
Charlie Cooper - 12th place
Harrison Hazeldine - 13th place
Edward Blackman - 14th place

Under 14 Boys Foil

Andrew Hughes - GOLD
Adam Whitelaw - BRONZE
Owen Tuck - BRONZE
Elliot Wedge - 5th place

Brentwood Visit Saturday 21st May

noreply@blogger.com (TOC) — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:33:00 +0000

Meet at the Senior School entrance at 9am, returning approx 5pm.
Parents needed to help with transport.
Training in the morning, lunch then a competition in the afternoon.
St. Benedict’s School will be joining us also this time.
Suitable for all ECfencers, all ages, all weapons.
Email Tim if you are attending/help with transport.