Congratulations to all our fencers who competed at the Fighting Fit LPJS event yesterday and to Georgia Silk who represented GB at the Senior Satellite International in Amsterdam:

Amsterdam Senior Satellite:
Georgia Silk: 48th

Fighting Fit LPJS:
U12G
Lynne Sakulsom: 6th
Enock Lin: 8th

U12B
Nathan Gollen: Bronze
Axel Ansah: 8th
Yuvraj Panesar: 13th
Ran Hu: 17th

U14B
Omar Ogunrinde: 24th

U14G:
Farah Viegas-Trimble: 9th
Veronika Kushtan: 10th
Sophia Chu: 11th
Sukhmani Panesar: 24th

U17G
Darcy Attwood: Silver

U17B
Ethan Hu: Silver

Well done also to our two referees, James Hernon and Jamaal lbn Mahbub, who gained their first experience of refereeing at a junior event.

And a big THANKYOU to our coach on the day, Emilija Lukaite, who did a great job of looking after our fencers who competed at the Fighting Fit LPJS event!

The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!

Congratulations to Newham Swords fencer, Mary Maguire, who took Bronze at the FCL Junior ‘A’ British Ranking Competition (BRC), held last weekend. This is an outstanding result, given that Mary is only thirteen years of age, competing in her first Junior ‘A’ BRC!

Well done also to club-mate, Darcy Attwood, who (aged just thirteen), achieved 21st place, competing in her first Junior BRC, and to Jamaal lbn Mahbub who achieved 33rd place in the Men’s Foil Individual.

Last but not least, many thanks to Veronika Kushtan who provided great team support on the day, and to Darcy and Mary’s parents who kept me fed and watered during the competition!

The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!

Congratulations to Mary Maguire for winning her second Cadet British Ranking Foil Competition of the season, held in Cardiff July 25. Well done also to club-mate, Darcy Attwood, who achieved 7th place and to our Head Coach, Pierre Harper, who looked after them both. The Newham Swords Family is super proud of you all!!

Another “Super Saturday” for Newham Swords Fencing Club which took a whopping 14 medals in one day (setting a new club record)!!

Congratulations to all our fencers who medalled or achieved personal bests in the Newham Junior Series Event, the EFC U14 Festival in Turkey, and the Paris Mini Marathon all held last weekend.

Well Done to:

Newham Junior Series Event:

U10 Girls:
Lynne Sakulsom: Gold
Yuna Nakaba: Silver
Lily Garham: Bronze
Enock Lin: 5th
Tara Gollen: 7th

U10 Boys:
Lennie Shulman: Silver
Yuvraj Panesar: Bronze
Ho Yiu: Bronze

U12 Girls:
Farah Viegas-Trimble: Gold
Veronika Kushtan: Silver and Series Winner
Amelia Davey: Bronze
Sukhmani Panesar: 12th

U12 Boys:
Axel Ansah: 9th
Nathan Gollen: 11th
Ran Hu: 16th

U14 Girls:
Darcy Attwood: Gold and Series Winner (sharing the Series Winners Shield with Mary Maguire)

U14 Boys:
Ethan Hu: 8th
Maksim Antonov: 18th
Omar Ogunrinde: 22nd

U17 Boys:
Jamaal lbn Mahbub: Bronze and Series Winner
Bradley Osborne: 6th
Sarim Baig: 7th

EFC U14 Festival Turkey:
James Hernon: 20th
Mary Maguire: 20th
Tyler Osborne: 37th

Paris Mini Marathon:
U10 Girls:
Sophia Chu: 7th

U11 Girls:
Sophia Chu: 11th

The Newham Swords Family is so proud of you all!!

Congratulations to our four medallists from the LPJS GB Challenge Foil event which took place last Sunday:

Veronika Kushtan: Gold in the U12 Girls
Farah Viegas-Trimble: Silver in the U12 Girls
Sophia Chu: Silver in the U10 Girls
Lynne Sakulsom: Bronze in the U10 Girls

Well done also to all the following Newham Swords fencers who gave their all:

U10 Girls:
Tara Gollen: 18th

U10 Boys:
Yuvraj Panesar: 15th

U12 Girls:
Elizabeth Hernon: 7th
Sophia Chu: 13th
Sukhmani Panesar: 15th
Amelia Davey: 20th

U12 Boys:
Nathan Gollen: 13th

U17 Girls:
Darcy Attwood: 6th

U17 Boys:
James Hernon: 12th

A big thankyou to our coaches, Emilija Lukaite and Linda Strachan, who did a great job looking after all twelve fencers on the day, to Head Coach, Pierre Harper, for all his hard work in training ahead of the competition, and to our junior coaches, Malcolm Knox and Denis Cranwell, for their help in preparing the younger fencers.

The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!

Congratulations to Newham Swords fencer, Mary Maguire who (at just 13 years of age) took Gold at yesterday’s U17 British Ranking Competition. This follows her English U15 Youth Championships title which she gained last weekend!

Well done also to:

Veronika Kushtan (aged just 11 years of age) who came 22nd

Darcy Attwood (aged 13) who came 26th

Tyler Osborne (aged 13) who came 32nd

James Hernon (aged 13) who came 37th

Raphael Lauga (aged 13) who came 58th

Pierre and I are so proud of these young cadets and what they achieved at this U17 British Ranking Competition. Lots of lessons learnt and good development for the future!

Congratulations to our three medalists from the English Youth Championships this weekend:

Mary Maguire: Gold in the U15 Girls

Farah Viegas-Trimble: Silver in the U13 Girls

Veronika Kushtan: Bronze in the U13 Girls

Well done also to:

U11 Girls:
Lynne Sakulsom: 8th
Elizabeth Hernon: 9th
Sophia Chu: 11th
Yuna Nakaba: 17th
Lily Garham: 20th

U11 Boys:
Nathan Gollen: 11th
Yuvraj Panesar: 36th

U13 Girls:
Sukhmani Panesar: 22nd

U13 Boys:
Tyler Osborne: 13th

U15 Boys:8
James Hernon: 5th
Ethan Hu: 30th
Raphael Lauga: 33rd

This competition also brought Newham Swords it’s 100th medal of the season!!

The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!

Congratulations to our Newham Swords fencers who took nine medals between them at the Cambridge Junior Series Event, held last Sunday!

Well done to:

U17 Girls:
Darcy Attwood: Silver
Mary Maguire: Bronze

U14 Boys:
James Hernon: Gold
Ethan Hu: Bronze

Tyler Osborne: 6th and Series Winner
Raphael Lauga: 9th
James Cheng: 18th

U14 Girls:
Farah Viegas-Trimble: 7th (fencing in an older category)

U12 Boys:
Nathan Gollen: 5th

U12 Girls:
Veronika Kushtan: Silver
Farah Viegas-Trimble: Bronze

U10 Boys:
Lennie Shulman: 5th

U10 Girls:
Sophia Chu: Bronze
Lynne: Bronze

Many thanks to our coach on the day, Emilija Lukaite, who did a fantastic job of looking after everyone over two halls!!

The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!

Congratulations to our fencers, James Hernon, Mary Maguire and Tyler Osbourne who have just been selected to fence for GB at the EFC U14 International in Turkey, taking place next month.

This selection is the sixth for Mary at GB level this season and the first for James and Tyler.

Pierre and I are so proud of your working ethic and of what you’ve achieved in your fencing career so far. Onwards and upwards!

Congratulations to Newham Swords fencers, Veronika Kushtan and Lynne Sakulsom, who took Gold in the U12 Girls and Bronze in the U10 Girls respectively, at the Boston LPJS last weekend.

Well done also to:

U10 Boys:

Lennie Shulman: 8th

Yuvraj Panesar: 10th

U10 Girls:

Sophia Chu: 5th

Yuna Nakaba: 6th

Lily Garham: 7th

U12 Boys:

Nathan Gollen: 12th

Ran Hu: 20th

U12 Girls:

Sukhmani Panesar: 18th

U17 Boys:

Sarim Baig: 13th

Special thanks to our coach, Emilija Lukaite, who looked after them all!