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Yvonne Walls
The North West Region Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 24th June at 9am at The Manchester Fencing Centre, Osborne Mill, Waddington Street, Oldham OL9 6QH.
Nominations are being taken for places on the NW Committee (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, NW Team Captain, NWJS Coordinator, Regional Development Officer, Welfare Officer)
Nominations must be proposed and seconded and with the agreement of the person being nominated.
Please return the following information to Jason Fidler, the NWR Secretary by 1st June.
Name:
Committee Position:
Proposer:
Seconder:
Any items for the agenda please also send to Jason by 1st June.
Best wishes,
Jason Fidler
Secretary, EFNWR
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Well done everyone!
| Competition | Foil | Épée | Sabre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys Under-12 | Dominic Kiss - bronze Oliver Hobson - 35th Callum Evans - 41st Andrew Clarke - 52nd |
Zachary Woodward - bronze Bogdan Mara - 8th Nathan Taylor - 13th Aum Khurana - 45th |
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| Girls Under-12 | Stephanie Currie - 23rd Pako Elseehy - 30th Aaliyah Khan - 54th |
Stephanie Currie - 22nd Grace Michell - 28th Sophia Neophytou - 31st |
Bethany Brierley - gold Eleanor Blackledge - bronze Honey Cooper - 9th |
| Boys Under-14 | Fraser Clark - 19th James Melia - 56th Eoin O'Brien - 60th Kim-Hendrik Merk - 67th |
Levi Randall-Morgan - 14th John Boyle - 53rd |
Cormac Sale - silver Nathan Chorlton - 5th Daniel Aldgate - 8th Nathaniel Fidler - 9th |
| Girls Under-14 | Bronwen Hyde - 6th Celena Appleby-Price - 12th Sydney Williams-Howe 23rd Olivia Ngo - 36th Grace Emmet - 44th |
Celia Conway - 40th | Zara Liu - bronze Nicole Saunders - 5th Bridget Belcher - 11th Amy Campbell - 21st |
| Boys Under-16 | Adam Suha - bronze Elliott Christianson - 29th Philip Dobson 37th James Edward Moore 51st Jamie McGilloway 53rd |
Harry Gibson - 24th Rowan Fitton - 29th Alistair Moir 38th |
Drew Thornley - silver Rohan Smith - 6th Dan Westhead - 12th McKenzie Malkin - 37th |
| Girls Under-16 | Amy Home - 5th Phoebe Newton-Hughes - 6th Rachel Jones - 16th |
Hannah Heaps - 9th Isabelle Woodman - 40th |
Aaliyah Sharplin - 20th |
| Boys Under-18 | Alexander Jones - 7th Ashley Dawson - 19th Joseph-William Szetu 46th |
James Edwards - Gold Joseph Westhead - 11th Jacob Tully - 17th James Wilson - 18th Cameron Chisholm - 38th |
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| Girls Under-18 | Jasmine Heaps - bronze | Brigitta Suha - 5th Alice Moore - 9th |
The North West team descended into Nottingham again, to Nottingham Trent University for a weekend of fencing with 9 other regions.
We had a last minute scrabble to complete the Women's Foil team. After going through all the known options, we ended up using Hannah Heaps to start with and Emily Ruaux as the reserve (after completing her sabre duties). Hannah deserved my thanks and appreciation for accepting the role even though she'd never used a foil up till a couple of days before the competition and was the youngest competitor!
All the teams battled hard and fought as well as they could over the weekend with especially strong performances from the women's epee team of Katrina Smith, Jasmine Heaps and Emily Southern who won best team. Both of the sabre teams who finished second, and Jenny Schofield who only dropped one bout all weekend in women's foil.
We had a great team performance winning 8 matches and only lost a very close team match to South East.
It was nice to see some old faces back in the mix and wanting to compete again
Unfortunately we finished in second place even though we won the most matches outright!
The South East again won although it was very tight with their two draws being counted as victories on indicators.
Potentially one or two hits decided it in their favour, the closest it's ever been!
Nicholas Murphy
Elaine at BBC Victoria Derbyshire's programme has sent the NW Region this message:
We broadcast every weekday morning between 11-1 on BBC2 and the BBC News Channel.
We are looking for OLYMPICS / PARALYMPICS fans to apply to be part of a programme we will be broadcasting live from Manchester on Monday 17th November to tie in with the parade in the city.
This can include people who have watched many of the events, people who have been inspired to take up sport because of the games, people who are not sporty but stepped foot in a gym for the first time as they were inspired by the games or people who are currently training hoping to be a star in 2020!
We would love if you could help us spread the word about this programme and encourage people to apply to be in the audience.
They may even get a chance to ask a question to their hero - or at least be in the same room!
Anyone who applies would most likely need to be available from 7am - 1pm on Monday 17th.
So if you would like to take part in the programme, and maybe get on TV, all you have to do is email Elaine:
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Men's Foil
| Place | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Jones | Salle Kiss |
| 2 | Nicholas Murphy | Northwich Fencing Club |
| 3 | James Dix | University of Manchester |
| 3 | Michael Swiffin | Marshall Fencing |
| 5 | Mike Elston | Salle Kiss |
Women's Foil
| Place | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sidhra Mahmood | Salle Angelo |
| 2 | Ikra Mahmood | Salle Angelo |
Men's Épée
| Place | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominic Paul | Stockport Sword |
| 2 | Connor Staniforth | Marshall Fencing |
| 3 | Michael Swiffin | Marshall Fencing |
| 3 | Nicholas Murphy | Northwich Fencing Club |
| 5 | Mike Elston | Salle Kiss |
| 6 | Kevan Riley | Lancashire Sword |
Men's Sabre
| Place | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Thornley | Marshall Fencing |
| 2 | Drew Thornley | Marshall Fencing |
| 3 | Michael Swiffin | Marshall Fencing |
| 3 | Nicholas Murphy | Northwich Fencing Club |
| 5 | Connor Staniforth | Marshall Fencing |
| 5 | Mike Elston | Salle Kiss |
Women's Sabre
| Place | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yvonne Walls | Marshall Fencing |
| 2 | Lindsey Hogg | Marshall Fencing |
| 3 | Ellen Robbins Wilkinson | Marshall Fencing |
Master at Arms
| Place | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Murphy | Northwich Fencing Club |
| 2 | Michael Swiffin | Marshall Fencing |
| 3 | Mike Elston | Salle Kiss |
The Senior Winton Cup event will be held over the weekend of 10-11th July 2016.
The following fencers have been selected to represent the North West Region; and we wish them every success:
TOM CORLETT
ALEXANDER JONES
TOM FLETCHER
JENNIFER SCHOFIELD
NICOLE RAJAN
HANNAH HEAPS
CHRIS TAYLOR
GREG CARTY
CHRIS HEAPS
SCOTT WILLIS
KATRINA SMITH
JASMINE HEAPS
EMILY SOUTHERN
PATRICK JENNINGS
JOHN SIMMONS
JAMES EDWARDS
EMILY RUAUX
RACHEL LASANCE
ELLA NIGHTINGALE
LIBBY JONES
Some of the younger North West fencers had success at the recent Cadet and Junior National Championships.
We congratulate all our fencers who took part.
The notable last "8" results are:
Cadet Womens Foil
Amy Home (Salle Kiss) 7th
Cadet Mens Sabre
James Edwards (Marshall) 5th
Cadet Womens Sabre
Ellen Robbins-Wilkinson (Marshall) 7th
Junior Womens Foil
Phoebe Newton-Hughes (Marshall) 6th
Junior Mens Sabre
James Edwards (Marshall) 3rd
England Fencing has finally published the results from the EYC competition held last weekend.
Notable quarter final highlights for our young NW fencers are given below.
OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO FENCED!
U13GF
Bronwen Hyde (Chester) - Gold
U15GF
Amy Home (Salle Kiss) - Gold
Phoebe Newton-Hughes - Silver
U11BF
Dominic Kiss (Salle Kiss) - 7th
U15BF
Adam Suha (Stockport) - Bronze
U13BE
Levi Randall-Morgan (Salle Kiss) - 5th
U15BE
Harry Gibson (Northwich) - 5th
U11BS
Zachary Woodward (Marshall) - Silver
U13BS
Nathan Chorlton (Marshall) - Silver
Daniel Aldgate (Marshall) - 8th
U15BS
Gabriel Dunn (Marshall) - Bronze
Drew Thornley (Marshall) - 5th
Rohan Smith (Marshall) - 7th
U11GS
Bethany Brierley (Marshall) - Gold
U13GS
Zara Liu (Marshall) - Gold
Nicole Saunders (Marshall) - 6th
U15GS
Ellen Robbins-Wilkinson (Marshall) - Bronze
Aaliyah Sharplin (Marshall) - 8th
The North West Regional Championships will be held at the Manchester Fencing Centre, Osborn Mill, Waddington Street, Oldham, on Sunday 31st July 2016.
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE FOR THIS COMPETITION.
To allow for competitors to fence for the usual “Master at Arms” award, there will be one round of poules followed by direct elimination, or a poule unique if less than 12 fencers per weapon (to be decided by the fencers themselves, on the day).
Check-in will open at 9am, and fencing will start at 09.03 for epee, 11.03 for foil and 13.30 for sabre.
The entry fee for 1 weapon will be £18, for 2 weapons fenced £27, and fencing with all 3 weapons just £34.
There will be medals for the first 4 in each category and for the best placed Veteran and Cadet in each.
Entry can easily be made online with “Allentries”.
Interim Selection Procedure for Veterans Winton Cup Team
This is an interim selection procedure to determine the composition of Teams for all weapons and genders for the Veterans Winton Cup to take place in September 2016.
It has been put in place to expedite the selection process for this year, and will be ratified or modified as seen fit by the BFNWR Committee at the AGM in 2016.
Selection Procedure
After the Veterans National Championships an initial candidate list shall be constructed from fencers within or affiliated to the NW Region according to the following criteria:
- Veterans National Championships Top 32 placing (Number of prospective candidates will vary with weapon and gender, depending on entry number in any given year).
- Senior Rankings top 100 (Again this will vary with weapon and gender).
The Team Captains will select an initial team and ask for acceptance from the fencers.
After the acceptance deadline, the Team Captains will submit the names of fencers for the Teams to the NW Committee for ratification.
Following this, the Team for each weapon and gender will be published on the NW Fencing website.
However, if the required quota of four per team is not achieved, then the Team Captains can fill the remaining places according to the position of required fencers at the NW Regional Championships, and/or at the discretion of the Team Captains, working in unison.
The final Team list will be published on the NW Website.
Should there still be any places left to fill, then the Team Captains will approach the Veteran Organisers/Chairman for help in filling them from the pool of fencers know to the BVF who are available to fence at the event and who wish to be allocated to any team.
In exceptional circumstances not covered by existing selection rules, the North West Committee will be the decision-making body.
Selection of teams will be announced in time for an appeal to be processed prior to the event in question. Any fencer wishing to appeal should send a written outline of their case to the North West Chair. A closing date for appeals will be announced when selections are published on the NW Website.
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