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BEAZLEY BRITISH FENCINGCHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT 2015with photos from f22imagesSixteen year old, Owen Jordanshines in SheffieldThe 2015 Beazley British FencingChampionships were held in Sheffield over theweekend at the English Institute of Sport. Therefollows a brief report from each of the individualevents.Men’s FoilWith forty-nine fencers taking part in thisevent it was no surprise that the countries’ toptwo men’s foilists, James Davis and RichardKruse (both of ZWF) fought off for the nationaltitle. Kruse started the fight by luring Davisinto attacking him so that he could use hisstrong defensive game to build a lead. At 4-1down, Davis began to build his attacks morecarefully and went 6-5 up. Kruse closed thedistance slightly and was able to establish an11-7 lead by the first break. The second periodwas a showcase of world class fencing fromboth Davis and Kruse. With Davis continuing topress Kruse adopted a slightly more aggressiveapproach and went on to take the title 15-12.The bronze medals went to Ben Peggs (ZWF)and Alex Tofalides (Salle Paul).Men’s SabreThe final individual event saw a field of thirtyeightfencers fight for gold. A repeat of thelast gold medal match in this event meantthat Alex Crutchett (The City) and JamesHoneybone (Truro) faced off for gold. Anotherclose final followed but Honeybone had tofight back from 7-5 down to trail by just onehit (7-8) going into the break. A great start tothe second period from Crutchett saw himlead 11-8 but Honeybone started to vary thedistance more effectively and that was enoughto see him retain his title with a 15-13 victory.Rubin Amsalem and Joanthan Webb (both fromCamden) secured the bronze medals.Men’s EpeeThe biggest field of the day – seventy – tookpart in this event and it was a good day forthe younger contingent as Tom Edwards(Redhill & Reigate Epee Club) and Owen Jordan(Touche) fought for gold. A fantastic first periodsaw Edwards attempting to lure Jordan intoattacking him so that he could use a defensivetactic which was countered by Jordan’sexplosive and accurate movement. Jordan led8-7 at the break but neither fencer was ableGold medallists: (top, left to right) MF - Richard Kruse, MS - James Honeybone, ME - Tom Edwards;(bottom, left to right) WF - Ayesha Fihosy, WS -Joanna Hutchison, WE - Hannah Lawrenceto dominate the tactical battle. This intriguingfight continued with the fencers trading hitsand at 10-10, three doubles ensured a tightfinish. A tremendously brave beat attack tookJordan to 14-13 but an equally brave hit to footfrom Edwards saw him draw level. A wellworkedattack into Jordan’s preparation wasthe winning hit for Edwards. Two Haverstockfencers, Greg Allen and Nick Perry went homewith the bronze medals.Women’s FoilA small field of sixteen fencers took part in thisevent with Ayesha Fihosy (Salle Boston) andKatie Smith (Edinburgh Fencing Club) fightingit out for the gold medal. Fihosy started thefight for the title by holding a long distancefrom Smith and picking her up on preparationor with counter actions. As the Boston fencer’slead grew, so did her confidence and she addedattacks to the mix. Fihosy dominated thefight from start to finish and ran away with a15-2 victory. Yvonne Chart (Truro) and NataliaSheppard (unattached) were the bronze medalwinners.Women’s SabreA field of twenty-four fencers took part in thisevent and two familiar names took to the pistefor the gold medal match – Joanna Hutchison(Camden) and Chrystall Nicoll (Leon Paul SabreAcademy). Both fencers were returning fromextended breaks from the sport. A dominantdisplay from the Camden fencer saw her takean 8-0 lead into the break with a combinationof solid long attacks and well-timed parryripostes. Nicholl came out for the secondperiod and immediately began looking for heropponent’s blade to establish the right of way.Despite this proving a successful tactic, thedamage had already been done and Hutchisontook the title with a 15-8. Harriet Dixon (OxfordUniversity) and Sophie Williams (Truro) were thebronze medallists.Women’s EpeeThirty-seven fencers took part in this event andit was Hannah Lawrence (Wingerworth) andAmy Radford (Malvern Hills Sword) who facedeach other in the gold medal match. Lawrencecontrolled the distance in the first period andaccurately picked up hits around her opponent’swrist. By the first break the Wingerworth fencerled 6-3. Radford came out on the attack in thesecond period but Lawrence displayed greatcontrol and picked off the Malvern Hills Swordfencer time after time. With Radford forcedto push, Lawrence was able to continue herpatient game and took the title, 15-6. MaryCohen (Beauvais) and Katrina Smith (Truro)went home with the bronze medals.f22images can be found on their website12 THE SWORD JULY 2015
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Page 1 and 2: THESWORDBritish Fencing MagazineJUL
Page 4 and 5: News in BriefBAKU 2015The British O
Page 6 and 7: BRITISH FENCINGMARKS VE DAYTaster S
Page 8 and 9: BUPA WESTMINSTER MILEThe BUPA Westm
Page 10 and 11: SENIOR EUROPEANCHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT
Page 14 and 15: Birmingham InternationalTournament
Page 16 and 17: Hertfordshire Junior CountyChampion
Page 18 and 19: MASTER’S AND REVENUREPORTSCOMPETI
Page 20 and 21: MEDICAL AND SCIENCEBecoming Mentall
Page 22 and 23: Learning to shoot fencing where you
Page 24 and 25: Fencing Flashmob 2015A Worldwide Ev
Page 26 and 27: SENIOR INTERNATIONALROUND UPby our
Page 28 and 29: By Beatrice FannonROUND UPWHITCHURC
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