SPORTS YEARBOOK 2011 (Including the 2009-2010 Review

convincingly won 45-29. At this
stage the team only needed 6 hits
to win the match.The match
concluded with a good show from
the sabreurs against a strong
Oxford team, losing by only 36-45.
Cambridge victory 126-96.
Despite narrowly losing out in the
Men’s Firsts, Cambridge won the
day. Both teams anticipate an
equally exciting set of matches
next year, when Cambridge will
host Oxford for Varsity 2011.
Season Review
2009-10 was an exciting season for
Cambridge fencing.The Men’s
Firsts, Seconds and Women’s Firsts
teams all performed well in the
BUCS league, taking them through
to the Finals at the English
Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
The Women's Firsts drew
Edinburgh in the semi-finals, a
particularly strong team. Despite
being without both an epéeist and
a sabreur, Cambridge put up a
Gliding Club
www.cugc.org.uk/cms/
Cambridge University Gliding Club
is part of Cambridge Gliding
Centre offering both trial flights
for those interested in trying
gliding and providing training for
those wishing to learn to fly
themselves. Members can train
whenever the airfield is open and
we also run dedicated training
good fight in all three weapons,
winning the epée, but in the end
lost overall 126-100. Although
narrowly missing out on getting
their Full Blues, the fact that
Oxford lost too, and that
Edinburgh went on to win the
final, was some consolation for the
Cambridge team.
The Men's Seconds drew
Loughborough in the semi-finals -
another tough match for the Light
Blues. Cambridge were missing
several epéeists due to exam
commitments, putting them on
the back foot from the start.
Despite some valiant efforts,
especially from newcomer foilist
Richard Morris, Loughborough
managed to pull ahead in the
epée and sabre, winning 132-126
over-all.
Having lost to Oxford by only a
few points in the Varsity Match,
The Men's Firsts team was keen to
set the record straight against
their old foes in their BUCS semi-
weeks both at our home airfield,
Gransden Lodge, and further
afield.The varsity competition is a
basic soaring competition but
several of our members enjoy
cross country flying both in
competitions such as the Junior
Nationals and in their free time to
participate in the British Gliding
Association Ladder.
finals draw. Despite not being able
to field sabreur Felix Wood or
epéeist Matt Gasperetti as a result
of academic commitments,
Cambridge felt confident.Things
started well in the sabre, with
Anthony Crutchett beating his
brother Alexander in the final
fight.The epeeists held their
ground, leaving the foilists with a
slight lead. Despite a slow start in
the foil, the Light Blues drove
home their advantage, winning
127-108 and advanced to face
Imperial in the finals.
Having recruited a number of
strong fencers that year, Imperial
were going to give Cambridge a
real challenge. However the Light
Blues, fired up by their victory over
Oxford, started well in the foil, and
managed to overcome Imperial's
strong sabre team to put
Cambridge in the lead. Going into
the epée, Imperial struggled hard
to close the gap, but to no avail.
The Cambridge Men's Firsts won
the BUCS final 127-117.
Score Oxford 496, Cambridge 426
The 2010 Varsity match was held
during the Inter-University Gliding
Task Week at Bicester airfield, the
home of OUGC.
Saturday was unsoarable so on
Sunday 8th July a team of four
pilots from each club rigged their
gliders in anticipation of the good
weather. Philippa Roberts,
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