Having recovered from the Commonwealths we have appointed a new Sabre Team Captain, are enjoying competitions and continue to attract new veterans.
Richard Foster has taken over as Men’s Sabre captain, from Keith Davidson. We thank Keith for all his work picking teams and organising events in Scotland, while looking forward to his continuing contribution as fencer and supporter.
EVF European Circuit
Mike McKay was 2nd in the Memorial Max Gunter in Munich and following Guildford is second in the European rankings, Sheila Anderson and Viv Frith are 1st, in their respective categories.
Guildford produced a host of good results, with several people achieving best British fencer while the European fencers took the medals. Congratulations to everyone who competed.
· WS Cat 4 – We had a clean sweep with Viv Firth 1, Silvia Brown 2, Yvonne Walls 3
· MF Cat 2 – Won by Mike McKay
· WS Cat 2 – Michele Narey 2nd
· MS Cat 1 – Mo Mansoori 2nd
· WF Cat 1 – Beatrice Taylor 3rd
· WF Cat 3 – Sheila Anderson 3rd
BVF Age groups Leon Paul Centre, two good weekends of fencing.
· WS Cat 4 –Congratulations on a second clean sweep, Viv Firth 1, Yvonne Walls 2, Silvia Brown 3
· ME Cat 3 – Won by Hugh Kernohan
· WE Cat 2 – Won by Georgia Usher, the highest placed British fencer in Guildford
· WE Cat 3 – Maggie Tait 2nd, a good return to the podium
· WF Cat 3 – Sheila Anderson 2nd
· MS Cat 1 – Mo Mansoori 2nd, sustaining his Guildford performance
· MF Cat 2 – Nick Mort 3rd, good to see Nick amongst the medals
· MS Cat 3 – Julian Ghost 3rd, he was also the highest placed British fencer in Guildford
Teams are announced for Dublin and we are looking forward to future events. For more information on Veterans fencing and to get involved please click here.
