All camps are open to 18+ including Seniors
26th – 29th July: Summer Camp
10th October: Training Day
25th – 28th October: Half Term Camp
Coaching by Olympians and Former British and Commonwealth Champions
The Newham Junior Foil Competition has one more event in 2021 and there are no regional restrictions
The U16 category has been reinstated for 2021
Event 3: Saturday, 9th October
Newham LPJS (Foil): 13th and 14th November 2021
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!!
The results for our latest competition on 19th June 21 can be found on the Engarde Service website.
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.
The Newham Swords Family are extremely proud to announce that Teagan Williams-Stewart, (our reigning National Senior Women’s Foil Champion and current GB U20 No 1), has just been selected for her first Senior European Championships (which will take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in October). We are so so proud of you Teagan, especially for reaching this milestone at the tender age of 18! Onwards and upwards!
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!
