Over the 6th and 7th of April over 150 fencers gathered in the south side of Glasgow for this year’s Glasgow Open. Saturday was packed with both men’s and women’s epee and sabre events, giving us our first four winners:
· Men’s Epee: Rob Blackburne (Forth Valley Fencing Club)
· Women’s Epee: Liddy Stanier (Edinburgh Fencing Club)
· Men’s Sabre: Jerome Gan (St Andrews University)
· Women’s Sabre: Nicole Saunders (Premier Sabre Academy)
Sunday saw men’s and women’s foilists battle it out for the top spots, producing our final two winners:
· Men’s Foil: Jorge Hernando (Salle Holyrood)
· Women’s Foil: Chloe Campbell (Forth Valley Fencing Club)
We were especially proud this year to run foil Level 2 referee training – congratulations Sean Walton (practical), Nye Ulferts-Kirkpatrick (practical), Matt Pocock (theory & practical), Etienne Sallé (theory), Ross Hardaker (theory) and Ferdinand Zakar-Smith (theory) for passing examinations over the weekend, and a big thank you to David Fielding for running the course and the rest of the referee team for helping accommodate it.
We also gave a number of other awards over the weekend:
Dusty Memorial Trophy for Best Club: Edinburgh Fencing Club
Best Veteran: Sheila Anderson (Glasgow West End Fencing Club)
Best Student: Alice Knowles (University of Strathclyde)
Full results (including secondary competitions) available here!
We’d really love to see more competitions around Scotland and we’re eager to help anyone who wants to do so. If you’re interested in running a competition (particularly an Open) and don’t know where to start, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at glasgow-open@sallesolas.scot.
And finally, make sure to keep the 5th and 6th of April 2025 free 😉
Thanks to Mark Alvares for producing this overview of the Glasgow Open to share with the wider Scottish Fencing Community,
