Hello Fencers!
The new season promises exciting developments at White Eagle, with the new Wednesday Academy set to start on the 26th of this month (details here: https://www.bwefencing.co.uk/bristolfencingacademy/), a monthly club foil championship on the stocks, and our half-termly junior competitions resuming. Beginners Epee and Foil courses are also in the offing.
We'll be making a little trek, most probably to Ashton Park Sports Centre again, for the 19th of this month, as the school has its Open Evening.
White Eagle epeeist, Jack White hit the National Junior Championships as only his second major epee - as opposed to Modern Pentathlon - tournament. Competition in this U20 competition for the best in the UK, was always going to be tough but Jack came out of his poule having beaten the best fencer but a loss to the worst delivered a DE against the eventual fifth placer. 54th of 73 is an excellent, fighting result at this stage of his career (photo: Carly Collins).
On the topic of competitions, a slew of local, regional and county competitions is coming up over the next few months:
16th September: The Gloucestershire County Foil Championships (at Wycliffe College, Glos.).
23rd September: The Dart Individual Epee and Sabre Competitions (at Totnes, Devon).
7th October: The South West Sabre and Foil Championships (at Millfield School, Somerset).
4th November: The Gloucestershire Team Foil Championships (at Wycliffe College, Glos.).
13th January: The Gloucestershire County Sabre and Epee Championships (at Wycliffe College, Glos.)
Full details of all the above are given here: http://www.swfencing.co.uk/calendar/category/seniors/list/.
There is also the Hampshire Open (Portsmouth) will take place on the weekend of 29th/30th September. It's has events for all weapons, as well as separate Veterans competitions. Details are given here: http://www.southhampshirefencing.co.uk/hampshire-open/
Digression, deviation unhesitatingly on display in our latest course in the basics of Sabre (photo: Anna Grodent).
See you soon,
John
