Epee

35 epeeists took part in the Epee section of the UEA Master of Arms competition held at the University Sportspark centre. Many congratulations to Julie Henson of the NFC who was placed first in a difficult final poule of six

Julie Henson who emerged from the 2019 Commonwealth Fencing Championships with a bronze medal in the Ladies Individual Epee and a gold medal in the Team event. 

The competition took the form of a Poule unique which was held over two consecutive club nights. There was a strong entry of some very accomplished and experienced epeeists, which resulted in a high standard of competitive fencing. (Where two

Mens 1st = Stephen Domek, Affondo. 2nd = Frank He, UEA. 3rd = Nick Burton, NFC. 4th = Fergus Rees, Ipswich. 5th = Michael Naulls, NFC. 6th = Darren Paner, NFC. 7th = Ted Hudson, NFC. 8th = Rob Johnson, GYWFC. 9th =

1st =  Kris Sales, UEA, 2nd = Xavier Gerin.   Ipswich, 3rd = Pete Eames. Leon Paul, 4th = Martin Walters  UEA, 5th = Fergus Gilda. Ipswich, 6th = Ben Bone. UEA, 7th = Ted Hudson. Norfolk, 8th = Nathan Gull. UEA, 9th  = Robert Johnson. GYWF, 10th

There was an encouraging turnout of 12 fencers for the Easter Bunny Epee Competition. Once again, we decided to hold a Poule Unique format in order to give everyone a full evening’s fencing of 11 fights each. Our thanks to

Many congratulations to Julie Henson who came joint 3rd in the recent British Epee Championships. This event was the final qualifier for selection to represent England in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, such selections should be announced in the near future.

At the time of writing, there are 12 epeeists who attend the club night on a regular basis, with a further 8 making occasional, but very welcome appearances due to their work commitments. Dariusz Bobushia, John Hemnant and Harry Southan

Julie Henson in full flight against Edourd Datnov  a Russian  epeeist who came 4th in The Youth Olympics of 2012.

There were 30 entrants for the Epee section of this tournament. For various reasons, only 4 members of the Norfolk fencing Club were able to take part. 4th = Martin Walters, 7th = Kris Sales, 28th = Connie Adams, 30th