Finchley Foil held its first Inter Club Competition on January 21st for under 11's and under 13's.It was a great success.There were fencers from Camden Fencing Club and St. Benedict's fencing Club from Ealing taking part. There was a great buzz at the club. Parents and fencers said they had a great day and are looking forward to the next one in March at St. Benedict's. Finchley Foil had two teams in each of the age groups U11's and U13's) with a total of 18 of the club fencers taking part. For some this was their first time taking part in a team event. The competition is a friendly competition and it is hoped that it will encourage more children and parents to enter competitions on a more regular basis. The aim is to give the fencers confidence to enter events and gives them experience fencing different opponents.For further information and entry forms please click this logo or the link.

Congratulations to James for winning Gold at the Cambridge Winter Open

Congratulations to Amy for her selection to the Junior Commonwealth's as a member of the England Team next month in the Channel Islands.

Leon Paul Junior Series final Ranking 2011

Results for the Newham LPJS competition:

Results from the Hertfordshire Fencing Competition 13th November 2011

The XXXV International Children's Fencing Tournament "Challenge Wratislava" is being held on 24/ 25th March at the Sports Hall, Orbita, 2 Wejherowska Str. Wroclaw Poland. Finchley Foil is hoping to send some fencers again this year... The timetable is as follows.

Results from the Leon Paul Team Event can be found by clicking here or by selecting the button above

Results from the Club Competition...12th November 2011

Congratulations to all those who competed at the Camden Leon Paul Competition.

Congratulations to all those who competed at the Cadet and Junior Championships in Sheffield.

Congratulations to Amy who came 9th at the Welsh Open at the weekend.. Amy has also been appointed Women's Weapon Captain at Sheffield University Fencing Club and was elected onto the University Sports Committee. Amy was voted "Most Valuable Player" for the Women's Team 2010 -11 and "Best Fresher" at Sheffield University's fencing club last year.
Despite a tough BSC, Amy also reached 6th at the Bristol Open and is currently 9th in the Junior rankings.

Congratulations to Clare... Silver medallist in the Women's Foil and Bronze medallist in the Women's sabre at the Vets' World Championships.. Brilliant Results ...

Well done to all our Finchley Foil Fencers on their fantastic results at the England Youth Championships and to their coaches for all the help and support at the event and at club. It was great to see how they all supported each other. Well done to Catherine who fenced in her first individual event and got hits in four out of five of her matches in the poule.

Results:

U 11's girls:
Isabella Silver
Catherine 24th
Amanda 26th

U 11's boys
Brij Bronze
Alessandro 41
Max 50

U 15's boys
McKinley 10th

The Jack Petchey award winner for last term is Manolis. Congratulations... very well done. Take a look at the Petchey page for further information

British Youth Championships 2011

At the British Youth Championships in Sheffield earlier in the year representing the London Region in the U12's was Isabella Gill.  This was her first time at the BYC's and she won the Silver medal.  Well done to Mckinley Bex also his first time at this event in Epee came 27th in the U16's.

Amanda Mond goes from strength to strength, at the LPJS Wrexham U9G congratulations on winning Silver, at the BYC Under 10 Foil Amanda finished 20th and at the LPJS Portsmouth and Southsea U9G Amanda Silver, U11B Brij Bronze and U15B McKinley won bronze.

Congratulations to all who improved their grade last term.

Well done to all of you for your hard work.

If anyone is interested Leon Paul run a scheme to accredit junior referees. The scheme is formally recognised and is a great way to get more experience. If there is sufficient interest we will run a course at Finchley Foil. Further details can be found at http://www.leonpaul.com/lpjs/lpjs_referee.htm

Official Sports London is an exciting new bursary opportunity to assist Londoners aged 16+ to complete sports officiating qualifications, volunteer or work as officials and maybe even officiate at the London 2012 Games.

Gaining an Official Sports Bursary can unlock the door to gaining a new qualification, improve your access to volunteering, work and social opportunities and allow you to take the lead for your sport

Finchley Foil Old Boys
Richard and Laurence started their fencing careers in Finchley foil many years ago and as our number 1 and 2 foilists are the mainstay of the team which won bronze in the European Team championships last year. At present they are in training for the London 2012 Olympics and attended the test event held at the Excel Centre on Saturday the 26th and Sunday 27th November 2011. We wish them the best of luck for 2012!

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