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Newham Swords Cadet Training Day a Huge Success!

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.

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Happy Times

Our Internationals

The Newham Family

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Newham Takes Medals at Youth 5 Nations

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 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
    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!

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Newham Swords Younger Fencers Achieve Results on the World Stage

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
    Belbouab (U10B), Contractor (U12B) and Vassiljev (U10B) with their medals
  • Paris CEP Marathon Khalam focussing ahead of his bronze medal play off.
    Khalam focussing ahead of his bronze medal play off.
  • 2019 Maksim Vassiljev focussing ahead of his bronze medal play-off
    Maksim Vassiljev focussing ahead of his bronze medal play-off
  • The team with coaches Linda & Pierre
    The team with coaches Linda & Pierre
  • CEP 2019 Having a break
    CEP 2019 Having a break!
  • Belbouab (centre) seeded no 1 after 3 rounds of pooles in U10B
    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
    Flanked by Linda and Pierre, Isabella Manglangit came 12th in U11Girls, a personal best
  • Coaches Pierre Harper, Linda Strachan and Ciaran Archer
    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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