This month's epee champion is Nick Scott-Samuel, with Jon Mason and Ross Grodent second and third.
Our Xmas social at the White Bear went swimmingly, with brilliant conversation and games of skill. Thanks to Anna Grodent for organising such an enjoyable event.
This week is McNeill Cup team sabre week, with a mystery prize for the winners, on top of the glory, of course.
Remember, we have been invited for a friendly at Churchill FC on Wednesday 27th December. Kick off is at 8pm and the address is: Ladymead Lane, Churchill BS25 5NH. It's a chance to beard our Saturday epee coach in his native lair and to blow away some of those Yuletide cobwebs.
For the New Year, Elite Epee Events are running Junior, Men's, Women's and Veterans competitions at Millfield School over the weekend of 6th & 7th January. Full details and entry forms can be found here. These are professionally run events and our foiners ought to be looking to test their steel there.
The Gloucestershire County Championships are coming up soon. The Junior Mixed U14 (born '04 or later) and Mixed U16 (born '02/'03) , along with the Senior Sabre competitions are on the 14th January, at Wycliffe College Sports Centre GL10 2JQ. All slashers start at 9am. In an inversion of the natural order of things, the Senior and Junior epeeists (same age bands as sabre) start at 1pm on the same day. A polymath could make a day of it. Entry is £12. Contact me at johnrohdeuk@yahoo.com if you'd like an entry form.
The podium matches the men's event of this week's Cancun Sabre Grand Prix can be seen here .In the women's competition, Arianna Errigo, who has dominated women's foil, is trying to cross over to the cutting event. You can see the semis and finals [http://]here. As ever with FIE YouTube coverage, be prepared to skip the longueurs between matches.
This Wednesday session (20th Dec.) is the last home fixture of the year. We'll have the Churchill friendly on the 27th and then a break until we start back on January 3rd. I'll probably put out a review of the year at some point over the holiday. Until then, you can keep up via our Facebook page [http://]here.
See you soon,
John