I am very proud to announce that ahead of our 21st year of running Newham Swords, we have just been awarded an SME Greater London Enterprise Award for the 2026 Leading Youth Fencing Club. This is “in recognition of our excellent Youth Development and Community Sports Programmes”.

I’d like to thank all the coaches at Newham Swords (Pierre Harper, Denis Cranwell, Emilija Lukaite and Malcolm Knox) and the Newham Swords Family who have all made a significant contribution to this award over the years.

Onwards and upwards!

WELL DONE to all our fencers who competed at the GB Cadet/Junior Championships at the weekend!

Special shout out to Darcy Attwood who achieved a personal best when taking Bronze in the Women’s Foil U17 event (aged just 14) and to Farah Viegas-Trimble (aged just 13) who came 26th.

Well done also to James Hernon and Tyler Osborne (aged 15 and 14) who were placed 14th and 26th respectively in the Men’s Foil U17 event, and to Jamaal Ibn Mahbub who came 48th in the Junior Event.

Thankyou to our coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan who did a fantastic job of looking after them all!!

Congratulations to both Jamaal lbn Mahbub and Farah Viegas-Trimble who both achieved personal bests at last weekend’s U20 BRC A Foil Event.

Well done to Jamaal for achieving 14th place, and to Farah Viegas-Trimble (aged just 13) for being placed 22nd.

The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you both!

Fantastic Start to Lynne’s Season:

Congratulations to Newham Swords fencer, Lynne Sakulsom, who took DOUBLE GOLD at last weekend’s LPJS Foil International, winning both the U10 and U12 Women’s Foil events!

This follows Lynne’s Silver medal which she gained at the EYCs, held the weekend before.

The Newham Swords Family is extremely proud of you!!

Well done to all our fencers who competed at last weekend’s English Youth Championships:

U10 Girls:
Lynne Sakulsom: Silver
Tara Gollen: 8th

U12 Girls:
Sophia Chu: Silver
Lynne Sakulsom: 7th

U12 Boys:
Nathan Gollen: 5th
Axel Ansah: 10th
Lennie Shulman: 13th

U15 Girls:
Veronika Kushtan: Bronze
Darcy Attwood: 6th

U15 Boys:
Ethan Hu: Bronze
James: 5th

A big shout out to our coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan, who worked tirelessly over the two days of competition!

Well done to all our fencers who competed at this weekend’s British U14 and Senior Open.

U14G:
Veronika Kushtan: Silver (a career best at this event)
Shun-Yuet Wong: 12th (competing in her first British Open)
Sophia Chu: 15th

British Senior Open:
Georgia Silk: 6th
Holly Thompson: 15th
Darcy Attwood: 39th (also competing in her first British Senior Open)

Many Thanks to coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan, who did a great job looking after all our fencers over the two days!

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

Another “Super Saturday” for Newham Swords Fencing Club which took a total of ten medals and five Series Winners Shields at the Newham Junior Series Event last Saturday.

Congratulations to:

U10G:
Lynne Sakulsom: Gold
Tara Gollen: 6th
Louisa Berta: 9th

U10B:
Bela Dietz Debicki: 10th

U12G:
Lynne Sakulsom: Gold
Sophia Chu: Bronze and Series Winner
Enock Lin; Bronze

U12B:
Nathan Gollen: Bronze
Yuvraj Panesar: 8th
Ran Hu: 12th

U14G:
Veronika Kushtan: Gold and Series Winner
Safiyah Eslami: 7th
Amelia Davey: 8th
Sukhmani Panesar: 9th
Kristiyana Angelova: 10th

U14B:
Tyler Osborne: Series Winner

U17G:
Darcy Attwood: Gold and Series Winner
Veronika Kushtan: Silver

U17B:
James Hernon: Gold and Series Winner
Tyler Osborne: Silver

Many Thanks to the Newham Swords Family who helped with the set-up, check-ins and set-down, to our DT (Alex Savin), our coaches on the day (Emilija and Linda), our Armourer (Andrew Nisbet), and all of the Referees who worked tirelessly in extreme heat!

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

Mateusza Memorial Festival:

Congratulations to Veronika Kushtan who came 14th (out of 77 fencers) at the Mateusza Witkowskiego Memorial Fencing Festival, narrowly going out to the eventually winner of the competition.

Leon Paul Cadet BRC:

Congratulations also to our five young fencers (aged 12 to 13 years) who competed at last weekend’s Leon Paul Cadet BRC. Well done to:

Farah Viegas-Trimble: 8th
James Hernon: 9th
Veronika Kushtan: 22nd
Ethan Hu: 22nd
Tyler Osborne: 36th

It was great to see our whole squad supporting one another.

Special thanks to coaches, Pierre Harper and Linda Strachan, who did a fantastic job of looking after them all over the two days of fencing.

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

Well done to all seven fencers who competed in the Boston LPJS yesterday:

U12 Girls:
Lynne Sakulsom: Bronze
(Fencing in an older category)

U12 Boys:
Lennie Shulman: 8th
(Losing to the winner on the last hit)
Yuvraj Panesar: 18th

U14 Girls:
Veronika Kushtan: Silver
Farah Viegas-Trimble: Bronze
Sophia Chu: 6th
Sukhmani Panesar: 15th

And special thanks to our coach on the day, Jamaal, who did a fantastic job of looking after them all!
The Newham Swords Family is super proud of you all!!

Well done to all 16 fencers who competed at last weekend’s BYCs in Sheffield.
Congratulations to:

U12 Boys:
Nathan Gollen: 15th
Ran Hu: 18th
Lennie Shulman: 25th
Yuvraj Panesar: 30th
All made their first appearance at the BYCs.

U12 Girls:
Sophia Chu: 6th (aged just ten years), also making her first appearance.

U14 Boys:
Tyler Osborne: 5th

U14 Girls:
Farah Viegas-Trimble: Bronze
Veronika Kushtan: 12th
Sukhmani Panesar: 42nd

U16 Girls:
Darcy Attwood: 7th

U16 Boys:
James Hernon: 7th
Ethan Hu: 17th
James Cheng: 51st

U18 Girls:
Emily Cheng: 21st

U18 Boys:
Jamaal Bronze
Sarim Baig: 44th

A big shout out to our coaches, Pierre Harper, Linda Strachan and Emilija Lukaite, who did a fantastic job of looking after them all over three days!!
The Newham Swords Family is really proud of you all!!