British Fencing Club of the Year 2019-2020
British Fencing Performance Club of the Year 2020-2021
Club Training at Newham Swords
SportsDock
- Advanced fencing (Invite only): Wednesdays 8.00 – 10.00pm
- Adults Club: Wednesday 8.00 – 9.30pm
- Primary School Ages: Thursday 5.00 – 7.00pm:
- All Ages: Thursdays 7.00 – 9.00pm
- All Ages: Fridays 7.00 – 9.00pm
Bottisham
Our new club near Cambridge for junior beginners and experienced fencers on Tuesdays. More information here
Training Camps
All camps are open to ages 7+ including Seniors
2022 dates for your calendar
- Half Term Camp: 30th May – 2nd June
- Summer Camp: 25th – 28th July
- Commonwealth Games Training Camp 6-7th August
- Training Day for all ages: Sunday 9th October
- Half Term Camp: 24th – 27th October
Competitions at Newham Swords
2022 Newham Junior Challenge Series
(with points system) returns with 5 events
These Competitions count towards the England U12 and U14 Rankings
- Saturday February 5th: Event 1
- Saturday March 12th: Event 2
- Saturday July 2nd: Event 3
- Saturday October 8th: Event 4
- November 19th or 20th : Event 5 (TBC)
NB. Our policy is no refunds and no carry forwards.
…so far this season
Newham Swords Fencing Club is extremely proud to announce that it has now gained one hundred medals, so far this season. These medals are all from top four placings in LPJS events, Newham Junior Series events, the British Youth Championships, the National Cadet, Junior and Senior Championships, the Public Schools Championships, numerous Cadet and Junior BRC competitions, and various Senior Opens. Well done to all of our fencers who have contributed to such an amazing achievement! The Newham Swords Family are extremely proud of each and everyone of you!!
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A fun interactive game show celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the London 2012 Olympics will be performed during Newham Heritage Month in June at Libraries in the borough. Linda Strachan gets a mention and you can book free places using a QR Code.
Well done to all of our Newham Swords fencers who, between them, took a total of twelve medals over seven categories, at Saturday’s second Newham Junior Foil Event.
Congratulations to:
Dominik Juras, Salahudeen Ahmed and James Hernon (in his first ever fencing competition) who took Gold, 5th and 6th place respectively in the U10B.
To Anita Abramenkova who took Gold in the U10G.
To Mohammed Belbouab, Maksim Vassiljev, Jagroop Shergill and Michael Malasenkovs (in his first ever fencing competition) who took Gold, Silver, Bronze and 11th place respectively in the U12B.
To Gabrielle Wallis-Hughes who took Bronze in the U12G.
To David Bishay, Khalam Contractor, Harry Kontakos and Brian Chyzowski who took Gold, Bronze, Bronze and 9th place respectively in the U14B.
To Isabella Manlangit, Amy Booth and Delia Cheta who came 8th, 10th and 11th place respectively in the U14G.
To Daniel Juras, Mikhel Archer and William Lauga who took Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively in the U16B.
Well done to all of you! Pierre and I are super proud of you all!!
Newham Swords, British Fencing’s Performance Club of the Year for 2020 and 2021, set a new record at the Newham Junior Foil Tournament (which took place at Sports Dock last week), by gaining a total of thirteen medals in seven of the eight categories. The Club were also the first fencing club in the country to successfully stage a fencing competition since the first lockdown in March last year.
In the U10 Boys Category, Dominik Juras took Gold after remaining undefeated throughout the competition whilst team-mates, Salahudeen Ahmed and Adam Khan, took Bronze and 6th place respectively.
In the U10 and U12 Girls, Anita Abremenkova and Gabrielle Wallis-Hughes each took Gold.
In the U12 Boys Category, Newham Swords took a clean sweep when Jagroop Shergill, Mohammed Belbouab and Maksim Vassiljev took Gold, Silver and Bronze.
In the U14 Girls and Boys Age Groups, Newham Swords took a total of four medals when England U15 Internationals, Isabella Manlangit and Khalam Contractor, each took Gold, whilst David Bishay, Harry Kontakos and Khari Peterkin took Silver, Bronze and 8th place respectively in the U14 Boys.
In the U16 Boys Category, England U15 Internationals, Mikhel Archer and Daniel Juras, took Gold and Bronze respectively, whilst William Lauga gained 6th place in the U16 Boys Age Group.
“I am very proud of the fact that this group of young fencers managed to win seven of the eight categories and finish the competition as top club”, said Head Coach and Olympian, Pierre Harper.
“This amazing achievement is down to the hard work put in by this talented group of fencers and the fantastic team spirit amongst them, added Club Manager, and fellow Olympian, Linda Strachan.
Newham Swords Fencing Club is very proud to announce that it has just been awarded the Corporate LiveWire Prestige Award for Fencing Club of the Year, for London and the South East.
Rocky Singh (Project Manager for the London and SE Prestige Awards) remarked that “the judges were impressed by the Club’s personal touch, consistency of reviews and community feel”, and that “the passion for what you do really comes across”.
Newham Swords would like to thank Rocky and his team for this Award.
Well done to the entire Newham Swords Family for this achievement, having also received British Fencing’s Performance Club of the Year and Young Athlete of the Year Awards for 2020/2021, earlier this year.
Pierre and I can’t wait to see you all again soon!
Newham Swords are very proud of the fact that it has just been awarded British Fencing Performance Club of the Year for 2019 – 2020.
This is the second time that the Club has received a Best Club Award, having won British Fencing’s Club of the Year Award for 2018 – 2019.
Newham Swords was also awarded British Fencing Young Athlete of the Year for 2019 – 2020 due to the success of our GB International and reigning National Senior Women’s Foil Champion, Teagan Williams-Stewart
A Club with Legacy at its Heart – An Article about Newham Swords
Extracted from The Sword January 2021
Well done to all the fencers who worked extremely hard at our Cadet Training Day, held at Sportsdock last Sunday.
The session was full with 30 fencers enrolled. A special mention also to our Newham Swords junior coaches, Teagan Williams-Stewart (reigning National Senior Women’s Foil Champion) and Emilija Lukaite (a former National U23 Women’s Foil Champion) who were fantastic with the kids! It was great to have these young female coaches on board.
In Dublin, while the Paris CEP was underway, (see separate story), Teagan Williams-Stewart and Georgia Silk took gold and bronze respectively in the Individual Event and also Team Gold at the Youth 5 Nations!
“What a great result for Teagan and Georgia who have also ended their season as the GB Cadets Number 1 and 2! “
Georgia Silk (Left) taking Bronze and Teagan Williams-Stewart (2nd Right) taking Gold for England in the individual event 
Georgia and Teagan Winning the Team gold for England
Pierre and I are so proud of everyone and of what you achieved for Newham Swords over the weekend. Well done to you all!
A great weekend for Newham Swords Fencing Club! On Day 1 of the CEP (Fencing Clubs of Paris) Mini Marathon in Paris (in very hot and humid conditions!!), Maxim Vassiljev and Mohammed Belbouab took bronze and 5th place respectively in the U10 Boys Event whilst Anita Abremonkova and Dominik Juras got to the 3rd Round and last 64 respectively in their U10 Events.
In the U12 Boys Event, Khalam Contractor got the best result of his fencing career to date by taking bronze (losing to the eventual winner) whilst team-mates, Valentins Abremonkovs and David Bishay, both made it to the last 32.
On Day 2, Isabella Manglangit (finishing in 12th place) and Harry Kontakos both made it to the last 32 in their U11 Events whilst Daniel Juras and George Hills came 11th and 12th respectively out of 93 fencers in their U13 event, while Mikhel Archer also made the last 64 in the U13 Boys event.
Belbouab (U10B), Contractor (U12B) and Vassiljev (U10B) with their medals 
Khalam focussing ahead of his bronze medal play off. 
Maksim Vassiljev focussing ahead of his bronze medal play-off 
The team with coaches Linda & Pierre 
CEP 2019 Having a break! 
Belbouab (centre) seeded no 1 after 3 rounds of pooles in the U10B 
Flanked by Linda and Pierre, Isabella Manglangit came 12th in U11Girls, a personal best 
Coaches Pierre Harper, Linda Strachan and Ciaran Archer
Thank you to former GB U20 International, Ciaran Archer, who gave up his weekend to help Pierre and I coach in Paris. (click pics for larger images)
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